Dear Sriman Sukumar and Ramachandran,
we are supposed to chant gAyatrI as dvijas. other than that there is
no attacehment to it in the sampradAyam. In fact, we are not supposed
to do any upAsanAs.
participating in laksha/akhaNda gAyatrI japam etc. does not go well
with the sampradAyam.
gAyatrI is not any female deity and hence not mother of any
scripture, as per our sampradAyam. SrImAn SrIbhAshyam appalAchArya
swAmI has clarified this in his works. Also there is a beautiful
explanation given for the gAyatrI mantra as I said earlier.
It is SrIman nArAyaNa, the mother and father of everything
("pitAhamasya jagatah.." bhagavad gItA)
we are not supposed to do any upAsanA but involve in kainkaryam.
In the temple premises, we have to face the presdiing deity i.e.
SrImannAryANa's archA form, and not east or west, while doing sandhyA
vandanam. However, sandhyAvandanam can be skipped or postponed when
we are busy with kainkaryams. This is what SrImAn TK GopAlAchArya
swAmI's sandhyA vandanam book says.
It is worth thinking of "naharam aruL purindhu.." pASuram of ALwArs
in this context.
adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan
VinjmaUri SrImahAvishNu SarmA
--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, sukumar <sukumar@xxxx> wro
te:
> Sri Krishnaya Namah!
>
> Thanks a lot for a detailed explanation. I am in the process of
getting a
> detailed book on Sandhyavandanam from Tulasi Thota, Bangalore.
>
> In the meanwhile, I still have few queries:
>
> 1. There is a sloka in the Sandhyavandanam - "dhyeya sada
savithramandala
> madhyavarthi; narayanaha sarasijasana, sannivishtahaha, keyuravan,
> makarakundalavan, kiritihari ............ savithranamaka
lakshminarayana
> preraneya lakshminaraya prithyartham......" With this, can we
deduce
> Savithramandala madhyavarthi as Srimannarayana. I could not
understand
> much with my limited knowledge on Sanskrit.
>
> 2. Also, you said Savita lies inside Sun. Can you elaborate on
Savita.
> Is it Lord Srimannarayana.
>
> 3. Who is the author for this Naimisthika karma. Or is it a part
of Karma
> Kanda(first part) of Vedas
>
> 4. There are various types of this karma depending on veda -
yajurveda,
> rigveda etc., Why is that so. Why can't it be combined as a single
capsule
> (as you said below) and given to us.
>
> 5. How do we know our veda. Is it only by our ancestors, or is it
dependent
> on our Gothra, as you know, same gothras is allocated for different
class
> of people and this is very complex structure.
>
> Hope you have time to answer these. Thanks for your time.
>
> Sukumar
>
> PS: Last but not the least, elders say in my household that if
Gayathri
> Manthra chanted daily for a period of 7 years, Gayathri follows you
like a
> shadow.
>
>
>
> Sri Krishnaparabrahmane Namah!
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