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Dear all:
Dr. Ramakrishna's analogy given below is simple yet so apt in bringing out in a 
telling manner the necesity of doing SV . 
I am sure you will enjoy it.
Moderator
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Priya  Bhagawathas,
Jaisrimannarayana
My  layman  analogy  of   performing  Trikala  Sandhyavandanam  by  a
human  being   is  like  travelling  with  three  valid  tickets
necessary  for  the  days  journey.
The  procedure  part  of  it  may depend  on  one's    chaathurvarnam
that  is  a  Brahmin  should  do  with  full  mantras  while  others  in
decreasing  order  of  rituals   probably  like  offering  water  only
in  time  or  showing  their  gratitude  in  one way  or  the  other
etc.
Not  doing  Sandhyavandanam   is  like  ticketless  travel  on  this
journey  of   life
Just  as  travelling  with  ticket  will  avoid  the  embarrassment
of   abusal, fining,  penalty,  jailing  etc and  at  the  same  time
travelling  with  ticket  will  not  bestow  any  special
prizes/awards/profits/gains;  similarly  performing  Sandhyavandanam
will  only  prevent  us from  situations  similar   to  getting  fined,
penalized  or  jailed  and  doing  it  may  not  bestow  extra  favours
by  right  but  not  getting  the  situations  like fining/penalty/jail
may  themselves  appear  big  fortunes.
Applying  the  analogy  further  - a  non-upanayanee's  responsibility
lies  with  his/her  parents.  So  if  the  parents  do  not   perform
the Upanayanam  of  their offspring  then  the  burden  of
sandhyavandanam (ticketing)  shall  be borne  by  them.  But  once  a
person  undergoes  upanayanam  it  is  his reponsibility.   Similarly
girls  are  probably  exempted  from  Sandhyavandanam  in  full
ritualistic  way  and  that is  taken care  by  the  father  and  later
on  by  her  husband. (but  may  be  still  offering  them as
gratitude  directly/indirectly   to  the  Lord  or  through  doing
service  in  running  the  household)
All   the  doubts  regards  timing  etc  can  also  be  compared  with
travelling like  buying ticket  before  travelling  and  not  whenever
one  likes
Just  as  tickets  are  purchased  while  travelling  what  ever  one's
condition is  like  not  well  or  suffering  similarly
Sandhyavandanam  should  be performed  at   all  times  and  no
exemption  in  general.
This  is  only  a  lay man analogy
Jaisrimannarayana
Dr.Kilambi  Ramakrishna  Ramanuja  Dasan


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