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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 :
 
http://www.srivaishnavam.com/aradhana.htm
 
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
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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
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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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