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The Psycho-Spiritual Effects of Punsavan Sanskara on Pregnant Mother and Foetus 1 Overview Article International Journal of Science and Consciousness Access online at: www.ijsc.net August 2016, 2(3), 1-12 The psycho-spiritual effects of punsavan sanskara on pregnant mother and foetus Radhika Chandrakar*, Dr. Kamakhya Kumar**, Sudhanshu Verma*** *Research Scholar, Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Shantikunj, Haridwar, India ** Associate Professor, Dept. of Yoga and Health, DSVV, Shantikunj, Haridwar, India *** Research Scholar, Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Shantikunj, Haridwar, India Abstract Punsavan sanskara is the 2nd sanskara out of 16 sanskara’s. The aim of this sanskara is to direct the foetus towards righteous path. So that the coming generation can move forward with the positive thought. Science has proven that there is an intense effect of mother, family and social environment on foetus. Foetus has ability to hear, to learn, to taste and to develop memory. Along with these facts another fact is the development of his personality takes place in womb. Foetus react itself for outer stimuli. All these facts have proven that whatever environment we will provide to foetus, the child will become like that. From the stories of Vedic era of Hindu religion Prahalad, Rama, Krishna, Lav-Kush, Abhimanyu and Arjuna etc. It is very clear that parents can have the child as they want. During Punsavan sanskara, the herbs which have been given to pregnant woman provide physical strength and immunity power to foetus. During the process of consolation and oath provides emotional support by this technique, foetus learn different kinds of emotions like love, affection, equability, happiness and respect for others. During the process of charu pradan, the rice pudding (kheer) has put into yajna and the residual rice pudding should be taken by pregnant woman. By doing so, mother accept the quality like almighty god, increases spirituality and reduces mental conflicts. In this way it provides positive effect on pregnant mother and her foetus. So it can be concluded that Punsavan sanskara has emphasised on the overall personality of the foetus. As we well known about the inbound interrelation between mother and foetus. And foetus had nourished by mother during tenure period, so it is our effort to establish the good personality into the foetus by the nourishment which is given by the mother. Key words: Psycho- spiritual, Punsavan sanskara, Pregnant woman, Foetus Article Received: 01-07-2016, Published: 26-08-2016 Conflict of interest: None declared *Corresponding Author: Radhika Chandrakar, Research Scholar, Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Shantikunj, Haridwar, India; Email: [email protected] International Journal of Science and Consciousness (IJSC): a Bio-Psycho-Spiritual approach Published by the Research Foundation for Science & Consciousness, Uttarakhand, India Copyright IJSC 2016 | August 2016 | Vol. 2 | No. 3 | Pages 1-12 eISSN: 2455-2038 An international, refereed, quarterly, open access, multidisciplinary, e-journal 2 Psycho-spiritual effects of punsavan sanskara Introduction: Today our family is filled with misery and Therefore, such a system in society was discord. The leading cause is ill-bred children. that every couple should be provided experience Headman and Elderly persons of the Home are reproductive responsibility for the best child. To looked troubled from the little ones Tactlessness, explain his discipline and motivation to conduct indiscipline, theft, selfishness, rudeness, the same type shall be trained. The couple that Teachers are upset at the school with their follow best practice in those days, according to behaviour. Until childhood lasts till then the the resolution continue to have success in devilish, there is little understanding have to developing and producing superior offspring. lean toward sensuality and luxury. As grow (Brahmvarchas, 2016) older, they become selfish. His functioning is If society is to be cultured, would imbued with selfishness. They may prove a curse continue to take through the sacraments. Re-live for parents, culture, and humanity. There are any this great cultural revival process is necessary. rare lucky homes of which will be frolicking (Sharma, 2015) Considering these disparities, nectar of intimacy, discharge of duties, courtesy, which in ancient times, we have to follow the goodwill, service, sacrifice, affinity. same routes developed by our sages. They will Irresponsibility of parents is the major cause of unload the sacrament pattern in your life, then the drastic change in circumstances, who have the family, society and nation may be heading origin children without the necessary towards correct direction. The story of qualifications. Due to these blunders, today our abhimanyu, prahalad, Aṣṭ̄avakra, Parikṣit etc. family and social life is becoming toxic. explains that how to effects mother’s thoughts, To rise up children is a great emotions and actions on foetus. We gained responsibility, to which a lot of time requires for lesson by these stories which leads the child preparation. Just as, any important task to towards the righteous path. Tales such as these successfully complete required collecting all the are age old reminders of the importance of necessary tools. Similarly, to get the best child blessings and gracing our children even before there requiring best quality education-initiation they enter the world. Now we will discuss the where must be generate the proper situations, process by which we can cultivate good sanskara which could seat a perfect organism. To get the in our child. This process is known as punsavan perfect crop, farmers provides and arranged sanskara. It was mentioned in ancient scriptures. irrigation and care for plants. But if it is not be This tradition has been following by the age of good tillage of land and do not mature seed that great saint and sages. it is wasted all hard work and farmers can’t Construction of children is not after birth, Gets produce crops at will. Due to Parents Spiritual started to gestation and at the birth time, its role, organism enters the body and the completed 80%. During pregnancy, Baby’s environment in which they are born. So good to physical, mental and spiritual development can give birth should try to make yourself better. be molded to the way which we want. Once People who have decreased the physical, mental, marked as a voice recorder, the same way good spiritual position, their child would be inferior. and bad thoughts and emotions arising in the (Sharma, 2015) mind of the woman and infant are covering in his Copyright IJSC 2016 | August 2016 | Vol. 2 | No. 3 | Pages 1-12 eISSN: 2455-2038 An international, refereed, quarterly, open access, multidisciplinary, e-journal 3 memory. He is completely soul-conscious. Soul begin to grow physically. The body and brain has left the old body and not in the sense of this begin to take shape. The physical and emotional new body, so his subconscious mind holds all the harmony of a couple has a great effect when the feelings in his memory. Mother's thinking, child is conceived. However since the child is emotions and bahaviour has deep impact on the within the mother’s womb, her feelings and foetus. Prospective mother have should be good emotions continue to affect him throughout the knowledgeable sources. Divine souls take birth pregnancy. The Punsavan ceremony is conducted in divine and sacred environment. to prepare the mother for her responsibility In Indian culture, along with the physical health towards the unborn baby. (Bhalla, 2009) of the future child, thinking, character, All conscious parents wish that the child in the behaviour, and development of properties for the womb - whether son or daughter should be full model from prenatal preparation was of strength and vigor; should be healthy, disease- undertaken. To achieve the best quality, sharp, free, long-lived, intelligent and good looking. The rattling, children for the sake of the unborn child second ritual - the Punsavan sanskara is were trained to the couple and family three performed with this objective, two to three times. months after the foetus is placed in the mother's Before Conceive – garbhadhan sanskara womb. (Sharma, 2016) In the 3rd month of pregnancy- punsvan During the period of pregnancy perform, sanskara invoking blessings for Divine protection for In the 7th month of pregnancy- simantopnayan his/her bright future. This sanskara is sanskara (Brahmvarchas, 2016) performed, when the child is in the form of a foetus - three months old in the mother's womb, Punsavan sanskara- to achieve maximum benefit. However, there is Punsavan sanskara is the first sanskara no harm in performing it after three months. A just after the garbhadhan sanskara, as a pre birth specific herbal preparation energized in the sanskara. The chances of abortion are more sacrificial fire of yajna is given to the mother to likely in third, fourth and eighth months, reach the foetus. This special 'treatment' therefore it is very necessary to protect the performed with chanting of mantras during a womb in these months with the help of yajna strengthens healthy development of the legislation of Punsavan and Simantonnayan gross (physical), subtle (mental) and astral sanskara. Ayurveda describes the theory of (conscious) body of the child. "Supraja janan" or eu-maternity, which is similar The experiments on the Punsavan sanskara have to punsavan ceremony. (Jaiswal, 2015) revealed startling results: the mothers, who were Utpatsyamānagarbhasya prone to abortion or whose earlier issues were bejikgārbhikdoṣaparihārānrtha subjected to metabolic system's deficiencies or to some genetic disorders since birth, have ”׀׀pumrūpatvasampattaye ca pumsavanam that means “Punsavan Sanskar (sacrament) is delivered healthy babies after this sanskara. It conducted to remove the semen and womb has now been accepted by the researchers that related deficiencies of the unborn child and to the herbal preparation processed under the make it male” (Das, 2016) vitally charged vapors of yagya affects the This Punsavan ceremony is conducted during the cellular and molecular (including genetic) third month of conception.
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