TaaraNa Samvathsaram
: SankarAnthi PaNDigai Dinam
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SrI:
NamO Sri
VenkatEsAya
NamO Sri
HayagreevAya
NamO Sri RanganAthAya
Dear Sri VaishNavAs
:
Until now , we covered the
introductory sections of
Bhagavadh AarAdhanam upto the
placement of
the vessels for this sacred
ceremony .We have now come to
the branch in the road that
takes us further to detailed ( Ghana)
AarAdhanam or shorter ( Laghu
) AarAdhanam . For Ghana
AarAdhanam to be done by
those , who have the time , reference
is made
to help from
the knowledgable elders or AchAryAs or
through Ahnikam treatises on
Sri VaishNava SadAchAra NirNayam
( HH Srimath Azhagiya
Singar's Ahnika Grantham ) or the summary of
AarAdhanam section from there
by Sri Venkata Raghavan :
We will
cover one version of the Laghu AarAdhanam procedures here
.
After Sankalpam for (Laghu)
BhAhyArAdhanam and placement of
the two vessels (SarvArTa
ThOyam and Prathigraha Paathrams) and
the filling of the SarvArTa
Thoya vessel with water admixed with ParimaLam
( special ingredients
referred to in the previous posting ) , we are ready for
the start of the laghu
AarAdhanam .
Invitation to the Sacred
VirajA River to enter into the AarAdhana Jalam
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Touch the SarvArta ThOyam
vessel with pavithra finger of the right hand,
recite AshtAksharam seven
times and consecrate the water with manthram:
" (PraNavam ) NamO
NaarAyaNAya, SarvArtha ThOyam ParikalpayAmi ".
Use the special spoon (
UddharaNi ) to take one measure of water from
the consecrated vessel, (add
a flower and TuLasi leave if available )
and place the UddhariNi
water in the
palm of the left hand , Cover
that with the right palm ,
lift it upto the chest level and recite
AshtAksharam
four times. Then say : " Vim
Virajaayai Nama: , yEhyEhi VirajE ! AagaccchA-
gaccha ! " . Meditate that
the Viraja river flowing in Sri Vaikuntam
has entered the water in the
palm and use it sprinkle it on the AarAdhana
vessels/accessories ,
the ArchA Moorthy/PerumAL and Self . Reflect that
the dhivya dEham suitable to
perform Bhagavath AarAdhanam has been
blessed
now.
Seeking the Lord's
permission
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Get permission from the Lord
to perform His AarAdhanam by performing
PushpArchanam to the Lord :
place a pushpam on the head of the Lord
with manthram : (PraNavam)
AadhAra Sakthyai Nama: " and place another
pushpam at the sacred feet of
the Lord with the manthram : "(PraNavam)
Puratha: PadhapeeDAya Nama:
". Medidate on the AchAryan and say:
" hE Bhagavan!
ThvadhArAdhanAya Maamm anujaaneehi ".
Please recite the prayer
invoking the Lord to arrive along with His Devis and
Parijanams and to stay for
His AarAdhanam and accept all the aasanams
from Manthraasanam to
PunarmanthrAsanam :
Ijyaakaalas-thrutheeyOyam
ahnOmsas-samupAgatha:
sambhruthAsccha sambhAraa:
KalpithAnyAsanAnyapi
snAnAdhyarTaani DevEsa! TavEcchA vartathE
yadhi
avalOkana-dhAnEna tath sarvam saphalam
kuru
TadharTam
sahadhEveebhyAm sanugais-sachivaissaha
madhanugrahAya krupayA hyathraaganthum
Thvamarhasi
yaavadhyAsanam manthrAsanAntham poojyasE
mayaa
thAvath
saannidhyam athraiva kurushva PurushOtthama !
(
Meaning): Oh Lord ! The third division of the day (Ijyaa
kaalam)
has
arrived. The saamagriyAs / needed material for Your
AarAdhanam
have been
assembled. The aasanams for the different stages of
the
AarAdhanam are siddham /ready . Please cast Your
auspicious
glances
on them and make them fulfilled .
Please
arrive at this poojA graham with Your consorts and
Servants
(
Parijanams) and bless adiyEn .Please make Your presence
from
the first
aasanam ( ManthrAsanam) to PunarmanthrAsanam !
ManthrAsanam
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"
ManthrAsanAya Nama: , (PraNavam) NamO
NaarAyaNAya
ManthrAsanam SamarpayAmi , Assanam prathigruhNeeshva ",
PaadhukAbhyAm Nama: " . Take a
spoon of water , add pushpam
and say :
"(PraNavam) NamO NaarAyaNAya , arghyam samarpayAmi"
.
show that
consecrated water in the uddhariNi to the Lord , request
Him to
accept it and seek His pardon for any lapses and afterwards join
it
to water
in Prathigraha Paathram . Please say : "Paadhyam
SamarpayAmi"
after
taking 2 spoonfuls of water from SarvArtha ThOyam vessel ,
show
it to the
Lord and place it in the Prathigraha paathram. Follow
that
with"
aachamaneeyam SamarpayAmi " with three spoons of
water ,
present it to the Lord and then place it in the Prathigraham
.
Repeat
similarly the presentation of Arghya, Paadhya ,
aachamaneeyam
offering
to the Lord's consorts and AchAryan and
say :
" Sri BhUmi NeeLAdhibhyO nama: ,
asmath AchAryAdhibhyO Nama: ,
argya Paadhya aachamaneeyam samarpayAmi
"
Follow
thru the above procedures for presenting arghyam ,
Paadhyam
and aachamaneeyam to them all .
SnAnAsanam
******************
recite :
" aathmAthmeeyamcha sarvam nithya kinkarathvAya sveekuru
,
(PraNavam) NamO NaarAyaNAya , SnAnAsanam samarpayAmi "
.
Add
TuLasi and/or Pushpam to water and offer arghya , Paadhya
,
aachamaneeyam as before .
Recite
MaathrA dhAnam samarpayAmi " and place PerumAL in
the
special plate used for His sacred bath . Recite : "
dhanthAvana
jihvA
nirlEhana kaNDUshAthikam samarpayAmi" with the spoon
of
water
consecrated by TuLasi and ring the sacred bell (
KanDushakam
means
Vaai KoppaLitthal or rinsing the mouth ) ; if Purusha
Sooktham is
known , perform thirumanjanam to the accompaniment of
it or
use
AshtAksharam for the sacred bath accompanied by the
GhantA
Naadham .
Next , dry the Lord and return Him to His Koil AzhwAr
.
AlankArAsanam
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After
returning Him to His original abode , recite :
(PraNavam)
NamO
NaarAyaNAya , AlankArAsanam SamarpayAmi " and
repeat
arghya , Padhya , Aachamaneeya upachArams.
Now offer
Sandal paste (Gandham) , Pushpam , Dhoopam ( lit
lamp ),
Dheepam (
camphor) and discard the burnt camphor . Offer
Achamaneeyam
thereafter with 3
spoons of water and discard in Prathigraha Paathram.
Manthra
Pushpam
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Place on the
archana plate , pushpam , TuLasi
and recite
Manthra Pushpam (
ref: http://www.sadagopan.org
,
the
VaidhikAnushtAnam link there and the article
on
manthra Pushpam
there ) .
Archanai
**************
Perform Archanai
starting from ( PraNavam ) KesavAya
Nama:
to (PraNavam)
DhAmOdharAya Nama: and conclude with
" SrI BhUmi NeeLA
SamEtha SrImathE NaarAyaNAya Nama: " .
Perform
AshtAkshara Japam thereafter .
BhOjyAsanam
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Recite : "
(PraNavam) NamO NaarAyaNAya ,
BhOjyAsanam
SamarpayAmi " .
add TuLasi to water from SarvArtha ThOya
vessel
and offer as
before arghya , Paadhya , aachamaneeyam to the
Lord.
Recite : "
arhaNAmbhu SamarpayAmi " and show a spoon of
water to the
Lord and add a sprinkling of ghee to the rice ,
lentil
and sweets (
if no coked material , show the spoon of
water
and sprinkle the
fruit or raisins et al) ; say the
ParishEcahana
Manthram
and PrANAUhUthi manthrams (see below) . Then say
:
(PraNavam) NamO NaarAyaNAya ,
dhivyAnnam , Paayasam ,
Bhakshya Vargam ,
Madhu , dadhi NiVedhayAmi " offer
a spoon of water and say :
"Paaneeyam SamarpayAmi " ,
AmruthApithA namasi ; hastha
prakshALana kaNDUshAn
samarpayAmi "; release that
spoon of water into Prathigraha
Paathram . Offer similarly
BhOjyAsanam for the Lord's consorts
and His AchAryAs : " SrI
BhUmi NeeLAdhibhyO Nama:
Ananatha Garuda
VishvaksEnaadhibhyO Nama : ,asmath
AchArya VaryEbhyO Nama: ,
dhivyAnnam Bhakshyam
Paayasam nivEdhayAmi "
.
ParishEchana
Manthram
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PrANAgnihOthra
Manthrasya , Brahmaa Rishi:
Anushtup Chandha: VaisvAnarAgnir-dEvathA and with arghya
theertham , recite : " Sathyam thvartEna
ParishinchAmi ( First ParishEchanam) , AmruthOpastaraNamasi
"
(Second
ParishEchana Manthram ).
PrANAhUthi
Manthram
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( PraNavaM)
PrANAya SvAhA , ApAnAya SvAhA , VyAnAya SvAhA
,
UdhAnAya
SvAhA and (PraNavam) SamAnAya SvAhA
.
PunarmanthrAsanam
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Recite : " (PraNavam) NamO
NaarAyaNAya , Punar ManthrAsanam
samarpayAmi , PaadhukAbhyAma
Nama: " with addition of TuLasi TaLam
to a spoon of water ;
offer
arghya-Paadhya-aachamaneeyam as before.
Offer fruit , betel
leaves (
Thaampoolam ) et al . SaaRRu MuRai ,
gheetham , Naatya UpachArams should
be done here . But as
a custom ,
SaRRu MuRai is done at the Next aasaana samarpaNam
( ParyankAsanam). SaaRRumuRai
can be elaborate or short based
on one's awareness ( Veda Manthrams ,
Dhivya Prabhandham , ThiruppAvai
last two Paasurams et
al).
ParyankAsanam
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Recite " (PraNavam) ParyankAsanAya Nama:,
(PraNavam )
PaadhukAbhyAm Nama: " Offer arghya , Padhya
, aachamaneeyam ,
have SaaRumuRai , remove the used garlands
and preapre the Lord
for His yOga Nidhraa . Seek His pardon for
deficencies in AarAdhanam
with the prayers:
Ajn~Adh aTavaa Jn~Adh asubham yanmayA
krutham
Kshanthum arhasi tath sarvam dhAsyEna cha
gruhANa maamm
Jn~AnathO ajn~AnathO vaapi vihitham
yanmayaa subham
Tath sarvam poorNamEvAsthu preethO bhava
JanArdhana !
(Oh JanArdhana! Please pardon me for
all trespasses and blemishes
committeed consciously or ootherwise and accept me as Your servant .
Please perfect all these deficiencies and make them complete and
be pleased with me) .
UpachAraapadEsEna
kruthAnaharaharmayaa
upachAraanimAn sarvAn kshamasva
PurushOtthama
(Oh PurushOtthama! Please forgive all these
upachArams
offered daily , which are apachArams
).
Perform Aachamaneeyam
.
Perform Saathveeka ThyAgam
:
" BhagavAnEva SvaniyAmya Svaroopa STithi
pravrutthi
svasEshathaikarasEna anEna aathmanaa
svakeeyai: cha
dEhEndhriyAntha: karaNai: svakeeya
kayANatama
dhravyamayAn oupachArika
-saamsparsika-saandhrushtika -
aapyavahArikadhi samastha bhOgAn
athiprabhUdhAn ,
athipriyatamAn , akhila parijana
paricchadhAnvidhAya
Svasmai SvapreethayE SvayamEva
prathipAthidhavAn "
Partake Theertham , TuLasi and
SaThAri thereafter .
Then the Maanaseeka Prayer is to
VishvaksEnar and others ,
who guard PerumAL to protect Him and return
Him for next
day's aarAdhanam and leaving without worry
to attend to
other things in the world of Loukeekam
.
SrImath Azhagiya Singar
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil
VaradAchAri Sadagopan
P.S : SaalagrAma AarAdhanam
is the simplest to perform .
Vigraha AarAdhanam has
specific difficulties to overcome.
The two mile radius
around SaaLagrAma Moorthy is sacred.
The Saala grAmams (be they
full with good chakram
or have cracks ) are worthy
of worship, do not need
invocation (aavahanam ) due
to nithya Saanidhyam ;
they do not need prathishtai
(Consecration ) , Saanthi ,
parihAram ,or PrAyascchittham
. AbhishEkam with
pure milk is sufficent . The
SaaLagrAma worship
confers BhOgam in this world
, removes all dhOshams
and blesses one with Moksham
.
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