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Dear Sri Shrinivas:

Thanks very much for your mail.
PLease see SrIman Venkatesan's note
of today. 

There is no question on slacking on ThrikAla
SandhyA Vandhanam and other ordained nithya
KarmAs by anyone . There is agreement there .

Hence we will be moving on to other topics .

My thanks to all of you , who have 
already sent in your comments on this
important subject .

Namo Veda PurushAya , 
V.Sadagopan
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Dear Sri TCA Venkatesan,

Sandhyavandanam has to be performed without fail. This is the laid down 
firmly in the srutis...for eg "devapitru kAryAbyAm na 
pramatitavyam"(dont be careless in doing your duty to the God and 
forefathers)...esha adEshaH...esha upadeshaH (this is the command, this 
is the upadesam)...mantras quoted from sikshavalli...

Refer to Emperumanar's Srimad Bhagavad Gita Bhasyam where He strongly
comdemns the view of giving up karmas laid down in the sastras
(nityakarma), the karmas pertaining to relieving of our indebtedness, the
karmas that cleanse us, when commenting on "sarva dharmAn..."

While asking Arjuna to perform the karma, the Lord proclaims that these 
laws have been verily laid down by Him. In the pAncharAtra agama, the Lord 
categorically proclaims "...mat bhaktopi na vaishnavaH"(even if he is a 
devotee he does not belong to Me). To overlook His command just amounts to 
committing Bhagavadapachara and overlook the preachings of the Acharyas 
who preach nothing other than His commandments amount to 
Bhaagavadapacharam.

Please see the picture of the upadesam that stares at our face when we 
enter the poundareekapuram asharam that will tell us what great a sin it 
is to skip sandhyavandanam. If one skips sandhyavandanam, he ceases to 
have the eligibility to do anything. He is considered to be a treacherous 
fellow by the Lord. He even loses to eligibity to enter His sannidhi.

Consider the case of two servants of a master. One servant does the 
whatever the Master has ordered and the other simply eulogizes the great 
qualities of the master without actually performing the task assigned. The 
master would certainly be disappointed with this "kaam chor" servant and 
would take him to task while He would reward the other guy aptly. 

Even if a death happens in a house, one is supposed to perfrom 
sandhyavandanam upto argyapradanam. This itself is considered to be 
sufficient during ashoucha period.

The sastras say that if one's father, brother, son or even a friend is not
in a position to do sandhyavandanam because of illness, one should do the
sandhyavandanam for their sake. 

It is our prime duty to carry out the orders of the Lord to the best of
our extent. I say best of our extent because, we often find excuse by way
of lack of time or blame the horrid circumstances. During the kurukshetra
war, the warriors offered arghyam with sand because there was no water. If
one is travelling atleast, the mantras should be chanted mentally. Take
for example that we are appearing for an exam. If we dont know answers for
100 marks what would be do? Would we give the blank answer sheet? Or would
we try and write for obtaining the bare minimum marks? Similarly we should
strive to do our duty to the best of our ability and offer the action and
its fruit to the Lord. For the Lord Himself advises this in Gita ."Swalpam
apy asya dharmasya traayate mahato bhayaat". (Gita Chapter 2, sloka 
40....(The practice of even a little of this dharma protects one from 
great fear).

Sandhyavandam has the bhakti yoga,karma yoga and jnana yoga in an 
encapsulated form. And it is for this reason also that EmperumAnAr 
performed sandhyAvandanam till His last day without fail. 

achAryapAdAnghrirENu





 
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