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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