Dear All Krishna BhakthAs :
It is my pleasure to share with you the mail sent to me by
Sriman Govindarajan Swamy of MadhurAnthakam , currently
teaching Sanskrit at Oman .He has been kind enought to point
out the various days on which different SampradhAyins celebrate .
Please Follow your KulaachAram and Your Achaarya Paramaparai's
guidelines .
I will add here some background material on Sri Jayanthi
and focus on Sri VaishNavite tradition in observing Sri Jayanthi
and particularly in Ahobila Matam .
1. Lord Krishna is saluted as " Jayanthi sambhavam dhAma "
in Sri GopAla Vimsathy's first slOkam .Please refer to the e-book
in Sundarasimham web site for detailed commentary on the Vaibhavam of
Sri Gopaalan , who incarnated on the day in which KrishNa paksha ashtami
is united with RohiNi nakshathram during the AavaNi month:
" RohiNee sahithaa SrAvaNa maasasya KrishNAshtami " .
The PourANikaas explain why the name Jayanthi is associated with
the avathAra dinam of our Lord :
" Jayam PuNyam cha tanuthE jayantheem tEna thAmm Vidhu: "
This auspicious day gives both victory ( Jayam) and PuNyam.
When we say Sri Jayanthy , it only refers to KrishNa Jayanthy .
All the other Jayanthis have to be qualified as Sri Nrusimha
Jayanthi , Varaaha Jayanthy etc. For all except Sri Jayanthy ,
thithi is PradhANam ( e.g: Raama Navami) .
Sri Jayanthy is observed acording to Souramaanam and not on
the Lunar ( Chandramaana) calendar . Hence , Sri Jayanthy is
celebrated in Simha ( AavaNi ) Maasam .There are different
opinions on the day of celebration between Munithraya SampradhAyins
and Sri Matam SampradhAyins . Please refer to Sriman Govindarajan's
comments below on the dates of celebration of Sri Jayanthy and
follow your AchArya paramparai .
The importance is the day selected for Sri Jayanthy should be totally
devoid of Sapthami (Thithi) and Krithtikai ( adjascent Nakshathram) .
It should be a Siuddha Ashtami.If such a date is not available ,
then one can celebrate on Navami with Suddha RohiNi.JanmAshtmi
Vratham (GokulAshtami) is not rcommended for celebration by VaishNavAs.
The sankalpam for upavAsam after daily Aaradhanam during the day is :
Sri BhagavdhAj~nyaa Sriamn NaarayaNa preethyarTam SrI Jayantheem
upOkshya , ParaNAm karishyE ".
In the evening , one performs Saayam sandhyaa , the sargam from
BhAgavatham dealing with Sri KrishNAvathAram is recited .Pravachanam
can also be done . At night , one does the ThiruvArAdhanam for PerumAL
at Vrushabha lagnam ( mid night usually) . PaaraNai is completed afterwards.
The Sankalpam for AarAdhanam is:
Sri Jayanthy VisEshArAdhanam karishyE .
During mantrAsanam section of the AarAdhanam , recitation should be :
LokanATAya KrishNasya jayanthee SamupAgathaa
or
Sree Jayanthee puNya kaala karthavya Sri KrishNArAdhanam karishyE
Argya DhAnam is done by Munithraya SampradhAyins with coconut water for
Chandran and KrishNan . Sri Matam SampradhAyins do not perform the arghya
pradhAnam .
There are manthrams for aavAhanam and UpasthAnam for Chandran and KrishNan .
Arghyam is performed for KrishNan during ParyAngaasanam time.Munithraya
SamprafdhAyins perform Aaradhanam next morning and then complete their PaaraNai.
Sri Matam sampradhAyins conclude the PaaraNai after conclusion of
the midnight AarAdhanam ( uthsavAnthE PaaraNAm karishyE ) .
Have a delightful Sri Jayanthy ,
V.Sadagopan
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Original Note from Sriman Govindarajan Swamin:
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" Dear Swamin, Kindly note that the Janmashtami that falls tomorrow (16-08-06)
is only for
Smarthas and north Indians.
Srivaishnavas celebration will be on other two days :
1) Munithraya Srijayanti will be on Madhyashtami day i.e. 14th September 2006
Thursday.
2) Sri Ahobila Math Sampradaya sishyas celebration will be on 15th September
2006 Friday.
Tennacharya Sampradaayains follow Pancharathra Srijayanti. So it will be on
Friday 15th September 2006.
Note: Those who perform Madhyashtami* from Munithrya Sampradaya sishyas should
perform it on Bharani Day i.e. 12th September 2006 instead of 14th September
2006. It is not correct to perform Madhyashtami Tarpanam on Srijayanthi day.
Kindly also inform others.Sishyas of Srimad Ahobila Muth can perform Srijayanti
on 14th September 2006 since they celebrate Srijayanthi on next day ".
Happy Janmashtami, Dasan,
V.C. Govindarajan,
Coordinator, Department of Sanskrit,
Indian School, Al-Ghubra,
P.O.Box No.1887, P.C. 111,
Sultanate of Oman
phone:00968-99076048
www.geocities.com/vcgrajan/kendram.html
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