SrI:
Dear BhakthAs:
There is a question from SrI SrInivAsan about
VaiswadEvam.
Here is my input.
In SrImath RaamAyaNam , there is a reference to
Lord Raamachandra needing a new dwelling (
ParNasAlai )
at Chithrakootam . LakshmaNa swamy created
it . Raamachandra
needed the new
residence readied for the performance of AgnihOthram ,
Vaisva dEvam as a
part of the Nithya KarmAs for a Gruhasthan .
VaisvadEva PrakAram with the various balis are done
twice
a day before BhOjanam by gruhasthAs .The
pramANam is :
" VaiswadEvasthu karthavya: panchasoonApanutthayE
"
( VaiswadEvam is done for eradicating sins of PrANi
vadham
(ahimsai) arising possibly at five places and occasions in one's
house :
1. aduppu and twigs used to keep the fire for
preparation of
PrasAdham (2) The pestle and grinding stone ( Ammi
, Kuzhavi)
(3) Upaskaree ( sieve , MuRam) , (4) KaNdinee (
uRal , Ulakkai/
Pestle and mortar, cutting utensil ) and (5)
Theerttha Paathram .
The key purpose is to gain BhagavAn's nigraha
nivrutthi
and Aathma suddhi. It is preferrable to do it in
LoukIagni instead of
VaidhikAgni so that all can partake the VaisvadEva
PrasAdham .
Without pathni ( a widower) can not perform
VaisvadEvam .
There are 5 ways of placing the Bali .ChakrakAram
is considered
the best way . There are manthrams for recieving
the annam for
VaisvadEvam from the hands of Pathni.There are
specific anna vibhAga (division)
kramams and
directions to invoke visva DevA: ( Sarva DevA: , whose antharyAmi
is
the Lord ).There are 22 Balis to be invoked. and
parishEcahnams .
Pathnee has to remove Pithru Bali and Rudra Bhali.
Pancha Yaj~nam follows.
Vaayasa Bali and SvAna Bali are the last of the
Balis .BhOjanam after athithi
sathkAram follows .
Ahnika Grantham by SrImath Azhagiya Singar is the
source for
this summary .There is so much more material that
will be too
much to cover in this short posting .
SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
,
V.Sadagopan
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