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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:
Dear devotees,
             One small correction to my previous post on the same. I 
used a wrong word "criterion" for samAshrayaNam. Basically, there is 
no restriction(at atma level) other than the interest itself! But it 
would be better if one undergoes the same after realizing "I'm not 
the body". When I don't even know the difference between the body 
and the AtmA(when I'm young), how do I understand thirumanthram? I 
know a friend who had his samAshrayaNam when he was 5 or 6 and he 
goes behind some other tradition now! To put swamiji's words 
exactly, HH said, it is nothing to do with marriage. That's all.
Sri Chinna Jeeyar swamiji said if there is birth/death, then there 
is a 15 day pollution period and 4 day for women. On these days one 
doesn't get it done nor one performs any kaimkaryam.

             In the olden days the scenario was different. Women 
were taken care of by the father/brother until the marriage and then 
husband. But who takes cares of the father/brother/husband? It is 
srIman nArAyaNA ONLY! This is the meaning for the three knots in 
mAngalyam also. The third is eternally valid. The first two can be 
negated and is not strictly valid(unlike the third one)in current 
conditions. So one should know the exact meaning behind 
samAshrayaNam.

tvamEva mAtA ca pitA tvamEva, tvamEva bandhus ca gurus tvamEva |
tvamEva vidyA draviNam tvamEva, tvamEva sarvam mama dEvadEva ||

AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam
adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsI
NC Nappinnai








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