Upakarma – Veda Arambham Utsarjana – Sastra Arambham

2020

Upakarma – Veda Arambham

Utsarjana – Sastra Arambham

Compiled by Prof. K. Ramesh

Contents PREFACE ...... 1

SEQUENCE OF ACTIVITIES ON UPAKARMA DAY ...... 2

KAMOKARISHIT JAPAM ...... 2

1. ACHAMANAM ...... 2 2. PAVITRA DHARANAM ...... 2 3. VIGHNEŚVARA DHYANAM ...... 3 4. PRANAYAMAM ...... 3 5. KAMOKARISHIT JAPA SANKALPAM ...... 3 6. KAMOKARISHIT JAPAM 108 TIMES...... 3

MADHYANHIKAM ...... 3

BRAHMAYAJNAM ...... 3

MAHA SANKALPAM ...... 4

1. ACHAMANAM ...... 4 2. PAVITRA DHARANAM ...... 4 3. VIGHNEŚVARA DHYANAM ...... 4 4. PRANAYAMAM ...... 4 5. MAHASANKALPAM ...... 4 6. PROKSHANAM IN PLACE OF TAKING BATH ...... 7

YAJNOPAVEETA DHARANAM ...... 7

1. ACHAMANAM ...... 7 2. VIGHNEŚVARA DHYANAM ...... 7 3. PRANAYAMAM ...... 7 4. WEARING OF NEW PUNUL ...... 7 5. ACHAMANAM ...... 8 6. REMOVING THE OLD PUNUL ...... 8

KANDARISHI TARPANAM ...... 8

1. ACHAMANAM (WEAR PAVITRAM) ...... 8 2. VIGHNEŚVARA DHYANAM ...... 8 3. PRANAYAMAM ...... 8 4. KANDARISHI TARPANA SANKALPAM ...... 8 5. KANDARISHI TARPANAM ...... 8

ŚRAVANA HOMA ...... 9

1. BASIC PERMISSION AND VIGHNEŚVARA PUJA ...... 9 1. Vighneśvara dhyanam ...... 9 2. Pranayamam ...... 9 3. Vigneśvara Puja Sankalpam ...... 9 4. Mahadvandanam ...... 9 5. Asanapuja ...... 9 6. Ghantapuja ...... 9 7. Vighneśvara Puja...... 10 ii

8. Dupam, Deepam, Naivedyam ...... 10 9. Prarthana ...... 10 2. SANKALPA FOR HOMA ...... 11 1. Send off to Ghaneśa ...... 11 2. Kalaśa puja ...... 11 3. Sankha puja ...... 11 4. Atma Puja ...... 11 5. Guru Dhyanam ...... 11 3. PREPARATION FOR HOMA ...... 12 1. Establishing Lowkikagni ...... 12 2. Establishing the homa patras ...... 12 3. Cleansing of upakaranas for Homa ...... 12 4. Varuna Avahanam ...... 13 4. KALASA STHAPANAM ...... 13 5. VARUNA AND VEDA VYASA PUJA ...... 15 1. Varuna Puja ...... 16 2. Veda Vyasa Puja ...... 16 6. CONTINUATION OF HOMA ...... 16 1. Brahma Varanam ...... 16 2. Aajya Samskaram...... 16 3. Darvi Samskaram ...... 17 4. Keeping Paridhis and Aaghara Samits ...... 17 5. Agni Parishechanam ...... 18 6. Idhma homa ...... 18 7. Aaghara ...... 18 8. Aajya bhagam ...... 19 9. Agni Mukham ...... 19 10. Prayaschitta Homa...... 19 7. KHANDA RISHI HOMA ...... 19

VEDA ARAMBHAM ...... 20

END OF THE VEDA PARAYANAM ...... 22

JAYADI HOMA ...... 23

Vyahruti Homam ...... 27 1. UTTARANGAM ...... 27 1. Paridhi Praharanam ...... 27 2. Saggusrava Homa ...... 27 3. Prayaschitta Homa ...... 27 4. Purnahuti Homa ...... 28 5. Parishechanam ...... 28 6. Avabhruta snanam ...... 29 7. Pooja to Brahma ...... 29 8. Upasthanam ...... 29 9. Abhivadanam ...... 29 10. Namaskaram...... 29

PUNAR PUJA TO VARUNA AND VEDA VYASA ...... 30 iii

Dupam, Deepam, Naivedyam ...... 30 Prasanam...... 30

GAYATRI JAPA/HOMA ...... 31

1. ACHAMANAM ...... 31 2. PAVITRA DHARANAM ...... 31 3. VIGHNEŚVARA DHYANAM ...... 31 4. PRANAYAMAM ...... 31 5. GAYATRI JAPA/ HOMA SANKALPAM ...... 31 6. PRANAYAMAM ...... 31 7. GAYATRI AVAHANAM ...... 32 8. GAYATRI JAPAM ...... 32 1. Karanyasam ...... 32 2. Anganyasam ...... 33 3. Òyanm¯ ...... 33 4. Pancha Puja ...... 33 5. Japam or Homa 1008 times ...... 33 6. Anganyasam ...... 34 7. Òyanm¯ ...... 34 8. Pancha Puja ...... 34 9. PRANAYAMAM ...... 34 10. GAYATRI UPASTHANAM ...... 34 11. NAMASKARAM ...... 35 12. ABIVADANAM ...... 35 13. SAMARPANAM ...... 35 14. ACHAMANAM WEAR PAVITRAM ...... 35 15. ABIVADANAM ...... 35 16. RAKSHA...... 35

ESTABLISHING AGNI FOR GAYATRI HOMA FOR BRAHMACHARINS ...... 36

BIBLIOGRAPHY ...... 37

Preface

The Upakarma is a ritual that every Brahmin participates in every year mostly as a routine. Many simplify the whole aspect as a yearly change of punul activity. In reality it is much more than that. The current document summarises the sequence of activities in Upakarma including the details of the Upakarma Homa for Krishna Yajur Vedins. The mantras and activities for the first Śravana by Brahmacharins is not included as of now. Sufficient information is provided towards the end on how to do Gayatri Homa by Brahmacharins.

The compiler has learned a lot while compiling this document. If the performance of upakarma including the homa can be mastered by all Brahmins it can lead to a great Sanatana dharmic revival in a true sense. The activities include learning Deva puja, Kalasa sthapana and establishing Agni and Jayadi homa for victory. These are very essential for many of the Smarta karmas that a Brahmin has to do in one’s life time such as Veda Vratam (a day before marriage), Marriage, Seemantam, Ayushhomam, Upanayanam etc. The mantras mentioned are in normal chanting form following pratiśakhya rules of Vedic chanting. So to use this compilation one needs to approach a competent Vedic scholar and learn all the mantras mentioned by oral tradition. Self learning is prohibited as it can lead to vipareeta phala. One may note in this compilation, while chanting Gayatri mantra, it is mentioned as per pratiśakhya rule as “tÐs” instead of “tÏs” as mentioned in most of the books! The mantras in pink colour with swaras are not from Yajus Sakha and the swaras are called pracheena swaras. Being an academician myself extreme care has been taken to attention to details. Also one will notice that Gayatri has to be chanted with five pauses and the dhyana sloka mentions Gayatri having two lotuses in her hands – the popular picture of Gayatri holds lotus only in one hand – here again the search was on to get the correct picture. The Gayatri vighraha at Anantapadbhanabha sway temple, Trivandrum holds two lotuses!

For the correct performance of these anushthanas, one has to have the knowledge of the Dharma Sutra, Grihya Sutra as well as Śrauta sutra. The compiler has been in touch with great scholars in the last ten years to get the correct set of procedures as mentioned in the sastras. Some of the procedures look little complicated like use of two uddarinis for Agni prathishta – in fact the Aapastambha grihya sutra clearly says such procedures! Also one is not in a position to extrapolate from one activity to the other – for example the grinding of water (udbhavanam) by aayamatam to grinding of aaja – each procedure is so specific! For some of the activities in Agni karya – one should not say swahakaram – for all such subtilities, the original source has been verified and only those are mentioned in this compilation. Also in homas one uses two darvis – in which homas these need to be used are also clearly mentioned in texts such as Kapardi Karika. A picture of palasa leaf is put adjacent to the mantras depicting whether to use the pradhana darvi (big leaf) or itara darvi (small leaf).

In many smarta karmas, kalasa sthapana is needed and even to draw a line on the akshata, there is an appropriate mantra! This only shows how sacred the activity is. We invoke the Devata at our place and if they have to come, a proper protocol is to be adhered to. The kalasa has to be built up step by step chanting appropriate mantras and these are brought out in this compilation.

I hope the compilation is useful for an ardent asthika who wants to do anushthanas as prescribed in the sastras. Being a human effort there could be mistakes in this document and if anyone notices it please bring it to my attention for correction.

The sequence of activities and the mantras for upakarma has been verified by Brahmaśri Lakshmana Ghanapatigals and Brahmaśri Sivaramakrishna Ghanapatigals. My pranams are to them.

Prof. K. Ramesh, IIT Madras 1st August, 2020.

2 Sequence of Activities on Upakarma Day

Upakarma means beginning or "Arambham", i.e., to begin the study of the Veda. Utsarjanam is giving up of the learning of Vedas from Tai but learn the sastras and the cycle is repeated every year.

The mantras lose their veerya with their usage in the kamya karmas and also due to non adherence of niyama in chanting them. Hence they become old (yatayamam – lost its power) and in order to regain their full glory, Upakarma and Uthsarjana are to be done. Wearing a new punul is part of Upakarma but it is not only that.

1. After routine Sandhyavandanam and samidadhanam/aupasanam do "kAmo'karshIt..." japam preferably after 8:30 A.M as it is a prayaschitta karma 2. Madhyanhikam 3. Brahmayajnam 4. Mahasankalpam in a congregation. 5. Bath after Mahasankalpam 6. Wear the new punul by chanting appropriate mantras 7. Do Kandarishi tarpanam – you need some akshata and tila for this 8. Participate in Śravana homa 9. Veda arambham.

Brahmacharis need to have vapanam done mandatorily on this day but Grihasthas should not do this on this day. The sastric recommendation is to do take bath then do sandhyavandanam, smidadhanam and then do vapanam and take another bath to do rest of the activities! Taking bath many times a day seems to have been a very simple activity in those days! Wearing of new clothes, wearing of new mekalai, palasa dandam and krishnajinam (now not possible due to Government regulations) etc., are recommended for Brahmacharis.

Thus wearing the new punul is just a miniscule activity on this day. The sankalpa you do on this day is quite elaborate and it is more of a step towards self-purification to be fit enough to learn the Veda. It is recommended to do this in a congregation as you openly ask for atonement for several types of papa – and one way of prayaschitta is to openly admit the mistakes – although specific procedures exist for various kinds of papa. Bath after mahasankalpa is a must but rarely done these days – you just do prokshanam by chanting “Apo Hishtha … “. Then you please the Rishis by doing a tarpanam followed by a homa and then start learning the Veda. Normally on the day of pournami you are not supposed to learn Veda – however Śravana pournami is an exception where you have to start the Vedic learning!

The karmas "kAmo'karshIt..." japam and Gayatri japam the next day are prayaschitta karmas and Sastra ordains to reap full benefit it should be done in sangava kala – approximately after 8:30 A.M. Hence the sankalpa given here is appropriate from 8:30 A.M onwards – only for this time scale the nakshatras, yoga and karana are mentioned.

Kamokarishit Japam

As we do not do Utsarjana karma these days, as an atonement for that lapse, chanting of this japam is ordained. 1. Achamanam 2. Pavitra Dharanam

The acharya needs to recite this §)¼Ya Þm( h)ÛyWnIm(saEp)sï(. ¢m)æOÓdE)v| ¢m(æO)DEy(ÓnaE AÞt¤. while giving the pavitram along with akshata to the karta.

Put at least two strands of kuśa grass below the legs and wash the right palm. Keep at least two strands (even numbers) of kuśa grass along with pavitram.

3. Vighneśvara dhyanam 4. Pranayamam 5. Kamokarishit Japa Sankalpam (After sankalpa discard the loose darbha of yours in the North and wash both the hands) mmaEpaäO - smÞt - d¤¢rt - Xy - ¹ara - ½£ prmEár - p#£ÏyTI| S¤BE SaEBnE m¤h¥t©I Aaïb#'N: ¢¹t£ypraD©I áEtvrahkÚpE vWvÞvt mÓvÓtrE A¾a¢v|S¢ttmE k¢ly¤gE p#TmE padE j|b¥¹£pE Bartvx©I BrtKÎfE mEraE: d¢XNE paá©I, Sa¢lvahn SkaÖdE A¢Þmn¯ vtImanE Ûyavha¢rkEp#Bva¢d-x¢¾s|vÏsraNa| mÒyE SavIr£nams|vÐsrE, d¢XNaynE g#£Ým §t¬ kzkmasE

S¤²pXE p¬NImaÞya| S¤B¢tT¬ iÓÑ¤ vasry¤³aya|, ½vN nXæOy¤³aya| Aay¤Ýman¯ yaEgy¤³aya|

6. Kamokarishit Japam 108 times kamaE{kar¯÷x£+°maE) nm:. kamaE{kar¯÷x£Ïkam: kraE¢t nahÄðraE¢m kam: ktaI nahÄðtaI kam(: kar)¢yta nah(Äðar)¢yta ex tE kam kama(y Þva)ha¡ mÓy¤rkar¯÷x£+°maE) nm:. mÓy¤rkar¯÷x£ÓmÓy¤: kraE¢t nahÄðraE¢m mÓy¤: ktaI nahÄðtaI mÓy¤(: kar)¢yta nah(Äðar)¢yta ex tE mÓyaE mÓy(vE Þva)ha¡ If you have not learnt the above mantra then chant the following 108 times kamaE{kar¯÷x£n¯ mÓy¤rkar¯÷x£n¯ nmaE nm:.

Pavitra visarjana (remove from the finger, remove the knot and discard it in the North) and do achamanam. Madhyanhikam Brahmayajnam

Typically one does these at home and then join the congregation to do Mahasankalpam. Though Brahmayajnam is a nityakarma – many don’t know how to do this. They have to do this at the congregation necessarily before Mahasankalpam. One has to wear new pavitram for Mahasankalpam. 4 Maha Sankalpam

1. Achamanam 2. Pavitra Dharanam The acharya needs to recite this while giving the pavitram along with §)¼Ya Þm( h)ÛyWnIm(saEp)sï(. ¢m)æOÓdE)v| ¢m(æO)DEy(ÓnaE AÞt¤. akshata to the karta.

Use pavitram made of two strands of A)n¥)ra)Dan¯÷h)¢vxa( v)¼Iy(Ót:. S)t¸£(vEm S)rd)Þsv£(ra:¡ kuśa grass. nvaE( nvaE Bv¢t) jay(ma)naE{þa+ÄðEE)t¤â)xsa(mE)Ïyg#E+. The karta needs to recite this while wearing the pavitram and put akshata on the head. Ba)gÓdE)vE×yaE) ¢v d(DaÏya)yÓp# c)Ód#ma+¢Þtr¢t d£)GImay¤(:¡ Put at least two strands of kuśa grass below the legs and wash the right palm. Keep at least two strands (even numbers) of kuśa grass along with pavitram.

3. Vighneśvara dhyanam 4. Pranayamam 5. Mahasankalpam

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ÞvNIÞtEy, g¤âtÚpgmna| tÏs|sgaIÁy mhapatkana| mhapatk An¤mÓt¦Ïvad£na|,

`. AapaE) ¢h ¿a m(yaE)B¤v(:. ta n( U)j©I d(Datn. m)hE rNa(y) cX(sE. yaE v(¢ÜS))vt(maE) rs(:. tÞy( BajytE)h n(:. u)S)t£¢r(v ma)tr(:. tÞma) Ar(Äñmam v:. yÞy) Xya(y) ¢jÓv(T. AapaE( j)ny(Ta c n:. ` B¥B¤Iv): s¤v(:¡ After bath wear madi vastram, apply vibuti and then do achamanam twice. Yajnopaveeta Dharanam

1. Achamanam 2. Vighneśvara dhyanam 3. Pranayamam mmaEpaäO - smÞt - d¤¢rt - Xy - ¹ara - ½£ prmEár - p#£ÏyTI|, ½¬t ÞmatI ¢v¢ht ¢nÏykmaIn¤¿an yaEÂyta ¢s¼YTI| b#'tEjaE{¢Bv¦¼YTI| yåOaEpv£tDarN| k¢rÝyE Wash your right palm and fingers with water.

4. Wearing of New Punul First one has to wear the new punul and then only remove the old ones. A Brahmachari wears one punul and a grihastha two or three.

AÞy ½£ yåOaEpv£tDarN mhamÓæOÞy. prb#' §¢x:.(Touch the head - TH)¢æO¾¤p¯ CÓd:.(Touch the nose - TN) prmaÏma dEvta. (Touch the chest with both hands - TCBH) yåOaEpv£tDarNE ¢v¢nyaEg:. Take one punul on both your hands with the knot of Brahma mudichu on the right hand facing up and the left hand closing the panchapatra, chant the following and wear the punul. y)åOaE)p)v£)t| p(r)m| p)¢væO(| p#)jap(tE)yIÐs(h)j| p¤)rÞta+t¯.

Aa)y¤)Ýym(g)#Y| p#¢t(m¤· S¤)B#| y(åOaEpv£)t| bl(mÞt¤) tEj(:¡ 8

5. Achamanam Repeat steps 4 and 5 until one wears two or three punuls as the case may be. 6. Removing the old Punul After chanting the following mantra remove the old punul and smell it – so that the mantras that you have chanted with that does not go away with it! – wash it with little water and discard it in the Northerly direction. upv£t| ¢B°tÓt¤ j£NI| kÜmlÑ¥¢xt|. ¢vs¦ja¢m p¤nb#I'vca©I d£GaIy¤rÞt¤ mE¡

Kandarishi Tarpanam

1. Achamanam (Wear pavitram) 2. Vighneśvara dhyanam 3. Pranayamam

4. Kandarishi Tarpana Sankalpam mmaEpaäO - smÞt - d¤¢rt - Xy - ¹ara - ½£ prmEár - p#£ÏyTI|, Aïp¥va©I³ evÄñ^N ¢vSExN

¢v¢S¾aya| AÞya| p¬NImaÞya| S¤B¢tT¬ AÒyayaEp@m kmaIÄñ kaÎf§¢x tpIN|k¢rÝyE¡ Wash your right palm and fingers with water.

5. Kandarishi Tarpanam Pour water along with akshata and tila as Rishi teertha three times. Punul as Niveeti p#jap¢t| kaÎf§¢x| tpIya¢m. saEm| kaÎf§¢x| tpIya¢m.

A¢g"| kaÎf§¢x| tpIya¢m. ¢váan¯ dEvan¯ kaÎf§x£wÞtpIya¢m. saw¢ht£d©Ivta: up¢nxdÞtpIya¢m. ya¢åOk£d©Ivta: up¢nxdÞtpIya¢m. vaâN£d©Ivta: up¢nxdÞtpIya¢m.

Brahma Teertha: Water poured down b#'aNwÞvy|B¤v| tpIya¢m. (Brahma Teertha) through the bottom of the palms. sdsÞp¢t|tpIya¢m.Punul as Upaveeti

Keep pavitram over the right ear. Do Achamanam Wear pavitram.

9 Śravana Homa

It is very common to see in congregations that about 60% of the people leave after wearing the punul! The main purpose of Avani Avittam comes only now! One starts with Vigneswara puja, followed by establishing Agni and then a Kalasa. The Lords Varuna and Sage Vyasa are invoked in the kalasa. So it is a Vyasa puja by all Brahmins! One does basic upacharas for them and then the homa proceeds. The rishis responsible for various chapters (khandas) have been propitiated by tarpanam earlier and now they would be pleased by offering Aajya homa. It is a brief homa with 9 aahutis.

While the Agni is still on in the homa, Veda Arambham is initiated. One literally chants the first mantra of major chapters and the idea is that one should take it up for further study then on. After the completion of Veda Arambham, Jayadi homa is to be performed (about 55 Aahutis) for various devata and then the purnahuti is done. After purnahuti, punar puja of the Kalasa is done and the water is sprinkled and also taken internally. All attendees should be with the pavitram for the whole procedure as the Sastrigal does this physically as our representative.

A close observance of these will train all Brahmins on kalasa sthapana, AgniMukham and Jayadi (homa that gives victory to one who does) – all these form the basics of smarta karma that one has to do in one’s life. It is unfortunate that the importance of this has not been emphasized and the notion that Avani Avittam is a ritual to change the worn out punul has caught on. This has to change for the benefit of the society and all attendees in such congregation should request the Sastrigal to go slow on these so that others can observe the nitty gritty details and learn it over time rather than it is being done at supersonic speed giving an impression that it is the job of the Sastrigal to do this in the fastest speed to keep the attendees in good humor! 1. Basic Permission and Vighneśvara Puja

¢n¢vIG"En p¢rsmaçyTI| Aad¬ ¢vG"Eár p¥ja| k¢rÝyE¡ Clean both the palms with water. 4. Mahadvandanam (Do a namaskaram after chanting)

Aab#'laEkadaSExat¯ AalaEkalaEkpvItat¯. yE vs¢Ót ¢¹ja dEvaÞtE×yaE ¢nÏy| nmaEnm:¡

AagmaTI| t¤ dEvana| gmnaTI| t¤ rXsam¯. GÎzarv| kraEØyad¬ dEvtaºankarNm¯¡

(Ring the bell indicating the start of the puja proceedings)

7. Vighneśvara Puja

` g)Nana+ÓÏva g)Np(¢tw hvamhE k)¢vÄð(v£)nam¤(p)m½(vÞtmm¯.

ÇyE)¿)raj)| b#'(Na| b#'NÞpt) Aa n(ÜS¦)Îv°¥)¢t¢B(Þs£d) sad(nm¯¡

¢dÛy-p¢rml-gÓDan¯ Darya¢m. AXtan¯ smpIya¢m. p¤Ýpmalam¯ smpIya¢m. p¤ÝpW: p¥jya¢m.

` s¤m¤Kay nm:. ekdÓtay nm:. k¢play nm:. gjkNIkay nm:. lØbaEdray nm:. ¢vkzay nm:. ¢vG"rajay nm:. ¢vnaykay nm:. D¥mkEtvE nm:. gNaÒyXay nm:. PalcÓd#ay nm:. Gjannay nm:. v@t¤Îfay nm:. S¥pIkNaIy nm:. hErØbay nm:. ÞkÓd-p¥vIjay nm:. ¢s¢¼¢vnaykay nm:. ½£ mhagNptyE nm:. 8. Dupam, Deepam, Naivedyam

D¥mkEt¤gINaÒyX: PalcÓd#aE gjann:. v@t¤ÎfÜS¥pIkNI: hErmb: ÞkÓdp¥vIj:. xaEfSWta¢n nama¢n y: pZEt¯ ½¤N¤yad¢p. ¢vïarØBE¢vvahE c p#vESE ¢ngImE tTa. 11 s|g#amE svI kay©Ix¤ ¢vG"ÞtÞy n jaytE¡

2. Sankalpa for Homa

` g)Nana+ÓÏva g)Np(¢tw hvamhE k)¢vÄð(v£)nam¤(p)m½(vÞtmm¯.

ÇyE)¿)raj)| b#'(Na| b#'NÞpt) Aa n(ÜS¦)Îv°¥)¢t¢B(Þs£d) sad(nm¯¡ ½£¢vG"Eáray nm: yTaÞTan| p#¢t¿apya¢m. SaEBnaT©I XEmay p¤nragmnay c.

2. Kalaśa puja (Put chandan and kumkum on four sides of the kalaśa. Put akshata and pushpa in the kalaśa. Close the kalaśa with your right palm and chant the following.) gÄñE c ym¤nE cWv gaEdav¢r srÞv¢t. nmIdE ¢sÓD¤ kavE¢r jlE¢Þmn¯ s¢°¢D| k[â¡

Offer flowers by chanting the following: ` gÄñayW nm:. ym¤nayW nm:. gaEdavyªI nm:. srÞvÏyW nm:. nmIdayW nm:. ¢sÓDvE nm:. kavEyªI nm:¡ p¤ÝpW: p¥jya¢m¡ 3. Sankha puja (Fill the Conch with water from kalaśa.) Ïv| p¤ra sagraEÏp°aE ¢vÝN¤na ¢vD¦t: krE. dEvWà p¥¢jt: svªI: pa·jÓy nmaE{Þt¤tE¡

Do prokshanam of puja dravyas with the water from the Conch. Then do prokshanam of oneself three times with the conch water. Put the remaining water back to the kalaśa. Again fill the conch with water from kalaśa and keep it on the Northern side safely.

4. Atma Puja dEhaE dEvaly: p#aE³aE j£vaE dEv: snatn:. ÏyjEdåan¢nmaIÚy| saE{h|BavEn p¥jyEt¯¡

5. Guru Dhyanam g¤âb#I'a g¤â¢vIÝN¤-g¤Iâd©IvaE mhEár:. g¤â: saXaÏpr| b#' tÞmW ½£ g¤rvE nm:¡

3. Preparation for Homa 1. Establishing Lowkikagni (Need two uddarinis! – instead one can use the brass cup meant for keeping it as praktoyam can be used in place of uddarani-1 by having a small quantity of water to start with) Keep the samit used for

East Homa kunda with a layer of drawing the lines on the

sand or thavidu or rice homa kunda. Do 6 husk. Draw six lines on it avokshanam using half of the

using a samit in the order water from uddarini-1. Take

3 1 and along the directions out the samit and discard it in

shown. 4 the niruriti (south west) direction after breaking it into two. Wash your right palm and fingers. Put the balance of water from Mother can bring the Agni on a uddharani-1 on the Eastern/ brass plate (not on varatti) to be Northern side (mostly East) of put in the homa kunda. Saying the homa kunda and keep a

small brass cup (praktoyam) B¥B¤IvÞs¤vraE| establish Agni. with water on the spot. Kindle

Put some akshata and one Agni to its full extent – put

uddarani water from uddarini-2 varattis and wood chips after

2. Establishing the homa patras On the Northern side of Agni spread some darbhas (12 in number) (East to West with nuni facing East) and keep the vessels needed for performing the homa in the inverted position Two at a time (Apastamba grihya sutra 1st Kanda, sutra 16, p12) from West to East one after another. (1) Pradhana Darvi – the main leaf of Purasa tree – with which the main homas are perormed. (2) Aajya patram – the vessel to keep Ghee for performing the homa (3) Praneeta Patram – used for invoking Varuna (4) Prokshani patram – the name signifies that one uses this to cleanse the vessels and darvis meant for performing homa (5) Itara Darvi – smaller leaf of Purasa tree – with which secondary homas are performed (6) Idhmam – a small bundle of arasa samit – you need 20 of them – 3 meant for paridhi (of varied thicknesses and length, should be about twice the length of a normal samit), 2 for aagharam, 15 to perform homa. In addition, one for upasthanam.

3. Cleansing of upakaranas for Homa

Touch water and having cleaned the hand, keep aayamatam made of two strands in the right hand, touch all the patras and darvis (with the tip of fingers) and then take the prokshani patram and keep it up in the place between you and the paristaranam on the Western side on 12 darbhas. Put akshata first followed by jalam in it. Hold the aayamatam in both West to East the hands using thumb+ring finger with nuni facing North and move the water from West to East three times. This is called grinding the water and is a process of cleansing it.

Keep up all the inverted vessels and remove the knot of the idhmam. Keep pavitram (aayamatam) on the palm of right hand with nuni in the direction of fingers, pour jalam in small measure from the prokshani patram by keeping it in the left hand, do prokshana (sprinkle water upwards with fingers joined) of all these three times, keep the prokshani on the Southern side as shown in the figure.

East Patra Sadhanam (12 darbhas) 6 1 9 5 9 11 8 Varuna Avahanam in Praneeta Asanam for 2 9 Brahma 3 The final position of vessels after 4 darbhas basic purificatory karmas is

shown. All the vessels opened up

and the knot of idhmam is opened 9

is indicated as step 9. 3

Paristaranam of 16 10 Prokshani with balance water

darbhas each 7 Patra Sadhanam (12 darbhas) 4. Varuna Avahanam Now take up the praneeta patram, keep it in front of you put some akshata and fill it with water. Grind it with pavitram three times as before and raise the patram to the level of your nose and keep it on the Northern side in between the paristaranam and the patra sadhanam on 12 strands of darbha and close it with 8 strands of darbha.

vâNay) nm(:. sklaraDnW: Þv¢cItm¯. (Put akshata on the praneeta)

After reaching this stage one has to do elaborate kalasa sthapanam on the left of the Patra sadhanam.

4. Kalasa Sthapanam (Draw lines on the rice in the following sequence after chanting the mantra for each line) East

Banana Leaf b#'(jåOa)n| p#(T)m| p¤)rÞta)¢¹s£(m)tÞs)¤âcaE( vE)n Aa(v:. Akshata

1 sb¤)¢D"ya( up)ma A(Þy ¢v)¿aÞs)tà) yaE¢n)ms(tà) ¢vv(:¡ 3 1 2 Aranyakam, 6th Praśna, 6th Panchadi; 276B nakE( s¤p)NIm¤p) yÏpt(Ótw ¶)da vEn(ÓtaE A)×yc(Xt Ïva. 6

4 ¢hr(ÎypX|) vâ(NÞy Ñ)¥t| y)mÞy) yaEn¬( Sk[)nØB¤(r)Îy¤m¯¡ 2 5 2 14

AaÔya(yÞv) sm(Et¤ tE ¢v)át(: saEm) v¦¢ÝN(ym¯. Bva) vaj(Þy sÄñ)TE¡ 3

yaE â)d#aE A)g"¬ yaE A)Ôs¤ y AaEx(D£x¤) yaE â)d#aE ¢váa) B¤v(na{{¢v)vES) tÞmW( â)d#ay) nma(E AÞt¤¡ 4

(Clean the hands with water) 4th Kandam, 6th Praśna, 15th i)d| ¢vÝN¤)¢vIc(@mE æOE)Da ¢nd(DE p)dm¯. sm¥(FmÞy paws¤)rE¡ 5 Panchadi; 158S

iÓd#|) ¢váa( Av£v¦DÓÐsm)¤d#Ûy(cs)¢Äñr(:. r)T£t(mwrT£)na| vaja(na)w) sÏp(¢t|) p¢tm+¯¡ 6

(Place some dharbhas – at least four facing East. Can also place some dhurva (arugampil), flowers and, sprinkle water with chandan. Then place the empty kalasa by chanting the following mantra) b#'(jåOa)n| p#(T)m| p¤)rÞta)¢¹s£(m)tÞs)¤âcaE( vE)n Aa(v:. sb¤)¢D"ya( up)ma A(Þy ¢v)¿aÞs)tà) yaE¢n)ms(tà) ¢vv(:¡

(By chanting Gayatri place the aayamatam on the kalasa with nuni facing North.

Pour water into the kalasa through the aayamatam until its brim by chanting ` B¥B¤Iv): s¤v(:.Touch the kalasa with some dharbha and chant the following mantra)

AapaE) va i)dw svI|) ¢váa( B¥)taÓyap(: p#a)Na va Aap(: p)Sv) AapaE{°)-mapaE{m¦(t)-map(-Þs)m#afapaE(

¢v)rafap(-ÞÞv)rafap)-ÜCÓda)w)ÞyapaE) ÇyaEt£)w)-ÝyapaE) yj¥)w)-xyap(-Þs)Ïymap)-ÞsvIa( dE)vta) AapaE)

B¥B¤Iv)Þs¤v)rap) AaEm¯¡

From the panchapatra take a uddharani water and put it in the kalasa while every chanting of pranayati.

A)p: p#N(y¢t. ½)¼a va Aap(:. ½)¼amE)var×y( p#)N£y) p#c(r¢t. A)p: p#N(y¢t. 15 y)åOaE va Aap(:. y)åOmE)var×y( p#)N£y) p#c(r¢t. A)p: p#N(y¢t. vj#aE) va Aap(:. vj#(mE)v

B#at¦(ÛyE×y: p)#¶Ïy( p#)N£y) p#c(r¢t. A)p: p#N(y¢t. Aapa)E vW r(XaE)G"£:. rX(sa)mp(hÏyW. A)p: p#N(y¢t. Aapa)E vW dE)vana|+ ¢p#)y| Dam(. dE)vana(mE)v ¢p)#y| Dam( p#)N£y) p#c(r¢t. A)p: p#N(y¢t.

Aapa)E vW svaI(dE)vta+:. dE)vta( e)var×y( p#)N£y) p#c(r¢t. A)p: p#N(y¢t. Aapa)E vW Sa)Óta:.

Sa)Óta¢B(rE)vaÞy) S¤cw(Smy¢t. Hold the aayamatam in both the hands using thumb+ring finger with nuni facing North and move the water from West to East by chanting the following mantra three times. This is called grinding the water and is a process of cleansing it. West to East 1st Kandam, 1st Praśna, 7th d)EvaE v(Þs¢v)taEÏp¤(na)Ïv¢ÅC(d#EN p)¢væO(EN) vsa)EÞs¥y(IÞy r)¢Üm¢B(:¡ Panchadi; 2S

Rig Veda s ¢h rÏna+¢n da)S¤xE+ s¤)va¢t( s¢v)ta Bg(:. t| Ba)gÉ¢c)æOm£+mhE¡ Put ratna into the kalasa. Then put koorcha with nuni facing up on the niruruti portion of kalasa. k\caIg#W: raXsan¯ GaEran¯ ¢C¢ÓD kmI¢vGa¢tn:. ÏvampIya¢m k[ØBE{¢Þmn¯ saPÚy| k[â kmI¢N¡ v¦Xrajsm¤dqB¥ta: SaKaya: pÚlvÏvc:. y¤Ýman¯ k[ØBEx¤ApIya¢m svIpapapn¤äOyE. Mavilai na¢LkEr-sm¤dqB¥t ¢æOnEæO hrs¢Ømt. ¢SKaya Ñ¤¢rt| svI| pap| p£fa· mE n¤ d¡ Coconut horizontally with kudimi facing East for vaidika karma. Only for agama karma keep it vertical. sv©I sm¤d#a: s¢rt: t£TaI¢n c nda ¶da:. AayaÓt¤ mm SOÓÏyTI| Ñ¤¢rtXykarka:¡

2nd Kanda, 1st Praśna, 65th 5. Varuna and Veda Vyasa Puja Panchadi; 58S i)m| mE( vâN ½¤D£) hv(m)ïa c( m¦fy. Ïvam(v)Þy¤ra c(kE¡ täva( ya¢m) b#'(Na) vÓd(man)Þtda

Sa+ÞtE) yj(manaE h)¢v¢BI(:. AhE(fmanaE vâNE)h baE)¼Y¤â(Sws) ma n) Aay¤): p#maE(x£:¡ 16

A¢Þmn¯ k[ØBE sklt£TaI¢Dp¢t| vâN| Òyaya¢m.

s)hÞa(#S£rqxa) p¤â(x:. s)h)Þa#a)X: s)hÞa(#pat¯. s B¥¢m|( ¢v)áta(E v¦)Ïva. AÏy(¢t¿êSaÄñ)^lm¯. A¢Þmn¯ k[ØBE vEdÛyas| sp¢rvar| Òyaya¢m. vâNs¢ht vEdÛyas| Aavahya¢m. vâN s¢ht

vEdÛyasay nm: Aasna¢d xaEfSaEpcaran¯ smpIya¢m. Aasn| smpIya¢m. padyaE: paï|

smpIya¢m. AÃyI| smpIya¢m. Aacmn£y| smpIya¢m. mD¤pkI| smpIya¢m. Þa"an| smpIya¢m.

Aacmn£y| smpIya¢m. vÞæO| smpIya¢m. upv£t| smpIya¢m. AOBrN| smpIya¢m. ¢dÛy-

p¢rml-gÓDan¯•Darya¢m. AXtan•¯ smpIya¢m. p¤Ýpmalam¯ smpIya¢m. p¤ÝpO¢N smpIya¢m.

1. Varuna Puja

` vâNay nm:. p#cEtsE nm:. s¤ã¢pNE nm:. Apa| ptyE nm:. mkr vahnay nm:.

jla¢D ptyE nm:. paS hÞtay nm:. t£TI rajay nm:.

2. Veda Vyasa Puja

` kESvay nm:. narayNay nm:. maDvay nm:. gaE¢vÓday nm:. ¢vÝNv© nm:.

mD¤s¥dnay nm:. ¢æO¢v@may nm:. vamnay nm:. ½£Dray nm:. ¶x£kESay nm:.

6. Continuation of Homa 1. Brahma Varanam (A person of competence needs to be appointed as Brahma to supervise that the karma is being performed as per the śastra. In practice, a koorcha is propitiated as Brahma)

A¢Þmn¯ AÒyay upakmIhaEm kmI¢N b#'aN| Ïva| v¦NE. b#'NE nm: sklaraDnW: Þv¢cItm¯.

2. Aajya Samskaram (Making the aajya fit for performing the homa. Use only ghee from cow’s milk)

Keep the aajya patram between you and the Agni on the Western side on the darbha kept for praneeta. Keep the pavitram on it (Pavitram nuni must face either East or North) and fill it with sufficient quantity of cow’s ghee by pouring through the pavitram – first stage of cleansing.

On the North-West side (outside paristaranam) keep a varrati with three pieces of Agni (taken from the Northern part of homa kunda) and on that keep the aajya patram. Take a full darbha and lit its nuni and show it to the aajya and discard the darbha on the South-west side – second stage of cleansing

Cut the nuni of the two darbhas about an inch clean it with water and put it in the aajyam – third stage of cleansing

Take a full darbha and lit its nuni and circumambulate the aajya patra three times and discard the darbha on the Northern side. Take out the aajya patra in the Northern side and put back the fire to the Agni – fourth stage of cleaning.

Between you and the paristaranam on the Western side, keep the aajya patram on the darbhas. Keep the aayamatam horizontal on top of it with the nuni facing North and hold it in both the hands with thumb+ring finger move it back and forth from East to West and West to East three times. (Note the subtle change – for water cleansing only in one direction but here on both the directions) – ensures Back and forth the fifth stage of cleansing.

Remove the knot of the aayamatam (also called as pavitram) and touch the jalam with right hand fingers (just touch the water in prokshani) and keep it in Agni with nuni facing East.

3. Darvi Samskaram (Making the leafs meant for giving aahutis to Agni fit for performing the homa)

Keep one darvi each on the palm of each hand and show the inner side of the leaves to the Agni simultaneously – this is symbolic to heating the darvis.

Hold both the darvis on the left hand and clean it with three fresh full darbhas. Again heat the darvis as before and now do prokshana of the darvis three times with a little water and keep them down on the Northern side of the aajya patram. The darbhas used for cleaning the darvis are to be wetted with water from bottom to top by moving the wet thumb and ring finger over it and then keep them in Agni.

4 4. Keeping Paridhis and Aaghara Samits 5 Paridhi needs to be twice the size of the samit. Take special efforts to get suitable paridhis. Take the thickest paridhi from the idhmams and keep it in the West between agni-kundam and 2 3 paristaranam. Then keep a paridhi which is slightly thinner than the first one but longer on the Southern side between agni-kundam and paristaranam. Finally keep the thinnest paridhi which is also shorter on the Northern side between agni-kundam and paristaranam. 1 Hold two reasonably thick and long samits on the right hand and touch the paridhi on the Western sideand keep the two samits vertically on the Eastern end of the agni-kunda one on the South first and the other in the North. 18

5. Agni Parishechanam (Marking the place of homa with water). First do on Southern side using rishi teertha from West to East. Then on the Western side from South to North and then on the Northern side from West to East. Finally, starting at the NorthEast end of Agni kunda (esanya moole) do parishechanam in the clockwise (pradakshina) direction.

4 Start from here A¢d)tE{n¤(mÓyÞv. 1 4

1 2 An¤(m)tE{n¤(mÓyÞv. 3 For clarity the parishechanam 3 sr(Þv)tE{n¤(mÓyÞv. is shown big. In fact, the water should drop between paridhis and Agni kunda only. The 4 arrangement is as follows: Agni 2 dEv(s¢vt): p#s¤(v. kunda, then parishechanam, then paridhi and finally 6. Idhma homa paristaranam.

Keep one idhmam in the North and take the rest containing 15 samits and soak it with aajyam with the help of darvi (for convenience some suggest to dip the bottom of these in aajyam – not correct) and take the permission of Brahma to keep it in Agni using your right hand. Brahma will give the permission and then place it in Agni. – This is the only instance where the explicit approval of Brahma is taken in Śraddham – it appears while doing a yajna, the karta will have to take permission for several things at several times before doing them from Brahma. A¢Þmn¯ upakmIhaEm kmI¢N b#'n¯ iÒmmaDaÞyE. ` AaDÏÞv. b#'apINm¯.(Saying so keep the idhmams in the agni-kunda) 7. Aaghara (It is not a homa though the action is similar, but only a preparation for homa) (By meditating on Prajapati do this – take sufficient ghee in the itara darvi – the smaller leaf – pour a continuous stream of ghee from Northwest corner to SouthEast corner without swahakaram but one needs to chant at the end the following) p#japty id| n mm. (Take sufficient ghee in the main darvi – the bigger leaf – pour a continuous stream of ghee from Southwest corner to NorthEast corner without swahakaram but one needs to chant at the end the following) iÓd#ay id| n mm. Mrugee mudra to hold the darvi for aajya homa

The sutra says enter from the paridhi sandhi drop ghee as a continuous manner in a straight line within the homa kunda and end at the tip of paridhi at the other end. Aajya should not fall outside the kunda – so well trained karta moves the hand from paridhi sandhi and puts ghee only within the kunda – a very subtle act – can be done with concentration.

8. Aajya bhagam (Use the main darvi for homa – within the agni-kunda at the specified part homa has to be done)

A)g"yE) Þvaha+¡ (NorthEast) Ag"y id| n mm.

saEma(y) Þvaha+¡ (SouthEast) saEmay id| n mm. 9. Agni Mukham

A)g"yE) Þvaha+¡ (Centre) Ag"y id| n mm. 10. Prayaschitta Homa

AaE| B¥B¤Iv)Þs¤v:) Þvaha+¡ p#japty id| n mm. (Take aajya from itara darvi four times)

7. Khanda Rishi Homa p)#jap(ty© kaÎf§)xy)© Þvaha+. p#japty© kaÎf§xy id| n mm¡ 1 saEma(y kaÎf§)xy)© Þvaha+. saEmay kaÎf§xy id| n mm¡ 2

Ag"y©( kaÎf§)xy)© Þvaha+. Ag"y© kaÎf§xy id| n mm¡ 3

¢váE+×yaE dE)vE×y:( kaÎf§)¢x×y): Þvaha+. ¢váE×yaE dEvE×y: kaÎf§¢x×y id| n mm¡ 4 sa)w¢ht£+×yaE d©)vta+×y up¢n)xì)yÞÞvaha+. saw¢ht£×yaE d©vta×y: up¢nxìy id| n mm¡ 5 ya)¢åOk£+×yaE d©)vta+×y up¢n)xì)yÞÞvaha+. ya¢åOk£×yaEE d©vta×y: up¢nxìy id| n mm¡ 6 va)âN£+×yaE d©)vta+×y up¢n)xì)yÞÞvaha+. vaâN£×yaEE d©vta×y: up¢nxìy id| n mm¡ 7 b#'(N© Þvy|)B¤v)© Þvaha+. b#'N© Þvy|B¤v id| n mm¡ 8

¡½£) g¤)â)×yaE) n)m): h¢r:AaE(4)m¯¡

g)Nana+ÓÏva g)Np(¢tw hvamhE k)¢vÄð(v£)nam¤(p)m½(vÞtmm¯.

ÇyE)¿)raj)| b#'(Na| b#'NÞpt) Aa n(ÜS¦)Îv°¥)¢t¢B(Þs£d) sad(nm¯¡

1. h¢r:AaE(4)m¯¡ i)xE ÏvaE)j©I Ïva( va)yv(ÞÞTaE-pa)yv(ÞÞT, dE)vaE v(Þs¢v)ta p#a{pI(yt¤) ½E¿(tmay) kmI(N)

AaÔya(yd¯ Òvm¢G"ya dEvBa)gm¥jI(Þvt£): py(Þvt£: p#)jav(t£rnm£)va A(y)ßma ma v(ÞtE)n iI(St)

ma{GSw(saE â)d#Þy( hE)¢t: p¢r( vaE v¦N³[ d¯D#¤)va A)¢ÞmÓgaEp(t¬ Þyat b)º£yIj(manÞy

p)S¥Ópa(¢h¡ (First mantra of Krishna Yajur Veda Samhita – in fact first four anuvakas are to be chanted. Abridged version is given as per the book by Brahmasri Anna, Ramakrishna Mutt publications.) 2. D¥r(¢s) D¥vI) D¥vI(Ót)ÓD¥vI) t|yaE+{Þman¯ D¥vI(¢t) tÓD¥+vI) y| v)yÓD¥vaI(m)ÞÏvÓdE)vana(m¢s)

s¢Þa"(tm|)p¢p#(tm)¸¤¤¾(tm|) v¢þ(tmÓdEv)h¥t(m)-m»¤(tm¢s h¢v)¼aIn)Óèwh(Þv) maºa+¢mI)æOÞy( Ïva)

cX¤(xa)p#EXE) ma BEmaI s|¢v(ÀTa) ma Ïva( ¢hw¢sxm¯¡ h¢r(:AaE(3)m¯¡(Mantra from first kanda)

The number in the bracket indicates the matra kalam of chanting the letter ‘O’ – it has to be 4 matra kalas initially and at the end 3 matra kalas – these are niceties. If followed will regulate once breath well.

3. h¢r:AaE(4)m¯¡ b#') sÓD(äO)ÓtÓmE( ¢jÓvtm¯. X)æOw sÓD(äO)ÓtÓmE( ¢jÓvtm¯. ix)w) sÓD(äO)ÓtaØmE(

¢jÓvtm¯. UjI)w) sÓD(äO)ÓtaØmE( ¢jÓvtm¯. r)¢yw sÓD(äO)ÓtaØmE( ¢jÓvtm¯. p¤¢¾)w)

sÓD(äO)ÓtaØmE( ¢jÓvtm¯.p#)jaw sÓD(äO)ÓtaØmE( ¢jÓvtm¯. p)S¥ÓÐsÓD(äO)ÓtaÓmE( ¢jÓvtm¯¡ h¢r(:

AaE(3)m¯¡ (First mantra of Ashtakam – Krishna Yajur Veda, Taittiriya Brahmanam) 21

4. h¢r:AaE(4)m¯¡ B)d#| kN©I(¢B: S¦N¤)yam( dEva:. B)d#| p(ÜyEma)X¢B)yIj(æOa:. ¢ÞT)rWrÄñW+Þt¤¾¤)vaw s(Þt)n¥¢B(:. ÛySE(m dE)v¢h(t)| yday¤(:. Þv)¢Þt n) iÓd#aE( v¦)¼½(va:. Þv)¢Þt n(: p¥)xa

¢v)ávE(da:. Þv)¢Þt n)Þtaßya©I) A¢r(¾nE¢m:. Þv)¢Þt naE) b¦h)Þp¢t(dIDat¤¡ h¢r(:AaE(3)m¯¡ (First mantra of Arunam – Krishna Yajur Veda, Taittiriya Aaranyakam)

5. h¢r:AaE(4)m¯¡ s|)åOan|( ¢v)åOan(Øp#)åOan(¸a)nd(¢Bja)nt¯. s)ÄðÚp(manØp#)kÚp(manm¤p)kÚp(man)

m¤pkql¦^çOÄðql¦)çOm¯. ½EyaE) vs£(y Aa)yÐsØB¥(tØB¥)tm¯. ¢c)æO: kE)t¤: p#)Bana)BaÓÐs)ØBan¯.

ÇyaE¢t(Ýma)w)ÞtEjÞvana)tp)w)Þtp(°¢B)tp°¯(. raE)c)naE raEc(manÜSaEB)nÜSaEB(man:k)ÚyaN(:¡

dr¯÷Sa( è)¾a d(r¯÷S)ta ¢v)áã(pa s¤dr¯÷S)na. Aa)Ôyay(mana) Ôyay(mana) Ôyaya( s¥)n¦tEra+.

Aa)p¥yI(maNa) p¥yI(maNa p)¥ry(Ót£ p¥)NaI p¬+NIma)s£. da)ta p#(da)ta{{n)ÓdaE maEd(: p#maE)d:¡h¢r(:

AaE(3)m¯¡First mantra of Kathakam – Krishna Yajur Veda Taittiriya Brahmanam)

6. h¢r:AaE(4)m¯¡ p#)s¤)ÂmÓta( ¢D)ysa)nÞy( s)X¢N( v)rE¢B(vI)raw A)¢B x¤) p#s£(dt.

A)Þmak)¢mÓd#(u)By(¸¤jaEx¢t) yÐs¬)ØyÞyaÓD(saE) b¤baE(D¢t. A)n¦)X)ra §)jv(ÞsÓt¤) pÓTa)

yE¢B)ÞsKa(yaE)y¢Ót(naE vrE)ym¯¡ sm(yI)ma sØBgaE(naE ¢nn£ya)Ðs¸a+Þp)Ïyw s¤)ym(mÞt¤ dEva:¡

h¢r(:AaE(3)m¯¡ (First mantra of Ekagni Kanda – Krishna Yajur Veda Taittiriya Brahmanam)

7. h¢r: AaE(4)m¯¡ A)¢g"m£+LE p¤)raE¢h(t|, y)åOÞy( dE)vm¦)¢Ïvjm¯+. haEta+r| rÏn)-Dat(mm¯¡ h¢r(:

AaE(3)m¯¡(First mantra of Rig Veda)

8. h¢r: AaE(4)m¯¡ Ag") Aaya(¢h v£)tyE( g¦Na)naE h)Ûyda(tyE. ¢n haEta( s¢Ðs b)¢hI¢x(¡

h¢r(:AaE(3)m¯¡(First mantra of Sama Veda) 22

9. h¢r: AaE(4)m¯¡ S°aE( dE)v£r)¢B¾(y) AapaE( BvÓt¤ p£)tyE+. S| yaEr)¢BÞa#(vÓt¤ n:¡ h¢r(:

AaE(3)m¯¡(First mantra of Atharva Veda)

10.h¢r:AaE(4)m¯¡ ATataE dSIp¥NImas¬ ÛyaÁyaÞyam:. p#atr¢g"haEæO| h¤Ïva.

AÓymahvn£y| p#N£y. Ag"£nÓvadDa¢t. ngt¢½yaE{Óym¢g"| p#Ny¢t¡ h¢r(: AaE(3)m¯¡ (First sutra of ApastambaŚrauta sutram – this explains the agni karyas as mentioned in Vedas)

11.h¢r:AaE(4)m¯¡ AT kmaI¢N Aacaraïa¢n g¦/ÓtE. udgynp¥vIpXah: p¤ÎyahEx¤ kayaI¢N. yåOaEpv£¢tna p#d¢XNm¯¡ h¢r(:AaE(3)m¯¡(First sutra of Apastamba Grihya sutram – this explains the agni karyas to be done in one’s household)

12. h¢r:AaE(4)m¯¡ ATat: samyaca¢rkan¯ DmaIn¯ ÛyaÁyaÞyam:. DmIåOsmy: p#maN|

vEdaà. cÏvaraE vNaI:¡ h¢r(: AaE(3)m¯¡(First sutra of Dharma sutram – this explains the Dharma Śastra)

13. h¢r:AaE(4)m¯¡ AiuN¯. §l¦kq. eAaEHq. eEA¬c¯. hyvrz¯. lN¯. MmHNnm¯. JBM¯. GFDx¯. jbgfdS¯. KPCZT-cztv¯. kpy¯. Sxsr¯. hl¯.

i¢t mahEára¢N s¥æOa¢N¡ h¢r(:AaE(3)m¯¡ (First sutra of Vyakaranam)

14.h¢r:AaE(4)m¯¡ATataE b#'¢jåOasa¡ h¢r(:AaE(3)m¯¡ (First Sutra of Brahmasutra) End of the Veda Parayanam (Keep the hands in anjali mudra and chant the following mantra thrice)

`. nmaE) b#'(NE), nmaE( AÞÏv)g"yE), nm(: p¦¢T)ÛyW, nm) AaEx(D£×y:. (First mantra of second Praśna of Krishna Yajur Veda Taittiriya Aaranyakam) nmaE( va)cE, nmaE( va)cÞpt(yE), nmaE) ¢vÝN(vE b¦h)tE k(raE¢m¡ Go back home with pavitram and youngsters need to be welcomed with aarati. Do namaskaram to the family puja altar and then do Pavitra visarjana followed by Achamanam. AarÖDa vEda:.

Aa)¢Bg£)I¢BIyIdtaE( n U)nmaÔya(yy h¢rvaE) v¼(Iman:. y)da ÞtaE)t¦×ya)E m¢h( ga)EæOa â)ja¢s(

B¥¢y¿)Baja)E AD( tE Þyam¡ b#') p#ava(¢dÝy) t°a)E ma ha(s£t¯¡ ` Sa¢Ót)ÜSa¢Ót)ÜSa¢Ót(:¡ 23 Jayadi Homa ett¯ kmI sm¦¼yTI| jya¢d haEm| k¢rÝyE.

3rd Kanda, 4th Praśna,

Jayadi Mantras ¡jya¢d haEm mÓæOa:¡ 15th Panchadi; 118S

¢c)äO·) Þvaha+. ¢cäOay©d| n mm¡ 1 ¢c¢äO(à) Þvaha+. ¢cÏya id| n mm¡ 2

Aak\(t·) Þvaha+. Aak\tay©d| n mm¡ 3 Aak\(¢tà) Þvaha+. Aak\Ïya id| n mm¡ 4

¢våOO(t·) Þvaha+. ¢våOOtay©d| n mm¡ 5 ¢v)åOOn(·) Þvaha+. ¢våOOnay©d| n mm¡ 6 mn(à) Þvaha+. mns id| n mm¡ 7 SÀv(r£à) Þvaha+. SÀvr£×y id| n mm¡ 8 dr¯S(à) Þvaha+. dr¯Say©d| n mm¡ 9 p¥)NIma(sà) Þvaha+. p¥NImasay©d| n mm¡ 10 b¦)hÅc) Þvaha+. b¦ht id| n mm¡ 11 r)T)Ót)r·) Þvaha+. rTÓtray©d| n mm¡ 12 p#)jap(¢t)jIya)¢nÓd#a(y) v¦ÝNE) p#ay(ÅCÑ¤)g#: p¦(t)naÇyE(x¤) tÞmW) ¢vS)Þsm(nmÓt) svaI)Þs u)g#Þs ¢h hÛyaE(

b)B¥v) Þvaha+. p#japty id| n mm¡ 13 3rd Kanda, 4th Praśna, Abhyatana Mantras 16th Panchadi; 118S A)¢g"B¥I)tana)m¢D(p¢t)Þsma(vÏv)¢ÞmÓb#'(°))¢ÞmÓX)æOE+{Þyama)¢SÝy)Þya| p¤(raE)Daya(m)¢ÞmÓkmI(°))ÞyaÓdE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. Ag"y id| n mm¡ 14 iÓd#aE+ÇyE)¿ana)m¢D(p¢t)Þsma(vÏv)¢Þmn¯ … dE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. iÓd#ay©d| n mm¡ 15 y)m: p¦(¢T)Ûya A¢D(p¢t)Þsma(vÏv)¢Þmn¯ … dE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. ymay©d| n mm¡ 16 va)y¤r)Ót¢r(X)Þya¢D(p¢t)Þsma(vÏv)¢Þmn¯ … dE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. vayv id| n mm¡ 17 s¥ya©I( ¢d)v«¢D(p¢t)Þsma(vÏv)¢Þmn¯ … dE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. s¥yaIy©d| n mm¡ 18 24 c)Ód#ma) nX(æOaNa)m¢D(p¢t)Þsma(vÏv)¢Þmn¯ … dE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. cÓd#ms id| n mm¡ 19 b¦h)Þp¢t)b#I')N«¢D(p¢t)Þsma(vÏv)¢Þmn¯ … dE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. b¦hÞpty id| n mm¡ 20

¢m)æOÞs)Ïyana)m¢D(p¢t)Þsma(vÏv)¢ÞmÓb#'(°))¢ÞmÓX)æOE+{Þyama)¢SÝy)Þya| p¤(raE)Daya(m)¢ÞmÓkmI(°))ÞyaÓdE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. ¢mæOay©d| n mm¡ 21 vâ(NaE)pa)m¢D(p¢t)Þsma(vÏv)¢Þmn¯ … dE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. vâNay©d| n mm¡ 22 s)m¤)d#ÞÞa#aE)Ïyana)m¢D(p¢t)Þsma(vÏv)¢Þmn¯ … dE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. sm¤d#ay©d| n mm¡ 23

A°)w) sam#a+Çyana)m¢D(p¢t)tÓma(vÏv)¢Þmn¯ … dE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. A°ay©d| n mm¡ 24 saEm) AaEx(D£na)m¢D(p¢t)Þsma(vÏv)¢Þmn¯ … dE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. saEmay©d| n mm¡ 25 s)¢v)tap#(s)vana)m¢D(p¢t)Þsma(vÏv)¢Þmn¯ … dE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. s¢væO id| n mm¡ 26

â)d#: p(S¥)na)m¢D(p¢t)Þsma(vÏv)¢Þmn¯ … dE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. âd#ay©d| n mm¡ 27 (Wash your hands with water – It is considered as a mark of respect to Rudra!)

Ïv¾a( ã)paNa)m¢D(p¢t)Þsma(vÏv)¢Þmn¯ … dE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. Ïv¾® id| n mm¡ 28

¢vÝN¤): pvI(tana)m¢D(p¢t)Þsma(vÏv)¢Þmn¯ … dE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. ¢vÝNv id| n mm¡ 29 m)âtaE( g)Nana)m¢D(pty)Þt©ma(vÓÏv)¢Þmn¯ … dE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. mâìy id| n mm¡ 30

¢pt(r: ¢ptamha: prE{vrE) tta+Þttamha i)hma(vt. A)¢ÞmÓb#'(°))¢ÞmÓX)æOE+{Þyama)¢SÝy)Þya| p¤(raE)Daya(m)¢ÞmÓkmI(°))ÞyaÓdE)vh¥+Ïya)wÞvaha+. ¢pt¦×y id| n mm¡ (instead in practice it is customary to chant) mÓæOaE³ dEvta×y id| n mm¡ 31 (Wash your hands with water)

rd th st Rashtrabhruta Mantras 3 Kanda, 4 Praśna, 19-21 Panchadi; 119S

§)ta)xa f¦tDa(ma)¢g"gI(ÓD)vIÞtÞy¬x(DyaE{Õs)rs)Uja©I) nam) s i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa(t¤) 25 ta i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa+Ót¤) tÞmW) Þvaha+. Ag"yE gÓDvaIy©d| n mm¡ 32 ta×y)ÞÞvaha+. AaEx¢D×y«{ÕsraE×y id| n mm¡ 33 s)w¢h)taE ¢v)ása(ma) s¥ya©I( gÓD)vIÞtÞy) mr£(cyaE{Õs)rs( Aa)y¤vaE) nam) s i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa(t¤) ta i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa+Ót¤) tÞmW) Þvaha+. s¥yaIy gÓDvaIy©d| n mm¡ 34 ta×y)ÞÞvaha+. mr£¢c×y«{ÕsraE×y id| n mm¡ 35 s)¤x¤)m": s¥yI(r¢Ümà)Ód#ma( gÓD)vIÞtÞy) nX(æOaÎyÕs)rsaE( bE)k[r(yaE) nam) s i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa(t¤) ta i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa+Ót¤) tÞmW) Þvaha+. cÓd#msE gÓDvaIy©d| n mm¡ 36 ta×y)ÞÞvaha+. nXæOE×y«{ÕsraE×y id| n mm¡ 37

B¤)Çy¤Þs¤(p)Na©I y)åO« g(ÓD)vIÞtÞy) d¢X(Na AÕs)rs(Þt)va nam) s i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa(t¤) ta i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa+Ót¤) tÞmW) Þvaha+. yåOay gÓDvaIy©d| n mm¡ 38 ta×y)ÞÞvaha+. d¢XNa×y«{ÕsraE×y id| n mm¡ 39 p#)jap(¢t¢vI)ák(maI) mnaE( gÓD)vIÞtÞy(ÁsaI)maÓy(Õs)rsaE) vÓh(yaE) nam) s i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa(t¤) ta i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa+Ót¤) tÞmW) Þvaha+. mnsE gÓDvaIy©d| n mm¡ 40 ta×y)ÞÞvaha+. §ÁsamE×y«{ÕsraE×y id| n mm¡ 41 i)¢x)raE ¢v)áÛy(ca) vataE( gÓD)vIÞtÞya{{paE+{Õs)rsaE( m¤)da nam) s i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa(t¤) ta i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa+Ót¤) tÞmW) Þvaha+. vatay gÓDvaIy©d| n mm¡ 42 ta×y)ÞÞvaha+. Adq×y«{ÕsraE×y id| n mm¡ 43 26

B¤v(nÞy ptE) yÞy( t u)p¢r( g¦)ha i)h c(. s naE( ra)Þva{Çya(¢nw ra)yÞpaExw( s¤)v£yIw( s|vÐs)r£Naw(Þv)¢ÞtwÞvaha+. B¤vnÞy pÏy id| n mm¡ 44 p)r)mE)¿Y¢D(p¢tm¦I)Ïy¤gI(ÓD)vIÞtÞy) ¢vá(mÕs)rsaE) B¤vaE) nam) s i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa(t¤) ta i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa+Ót¤) tÞmW) Þvaha+. m¦ÏyvE gÓDvaIy©d| n mm¡ 45 ta×y)ÞÞvaha+. ¢váÞma AÕsraE×y id| n mm¡ 46 s¤)¢X)¢tÞs¤B¥(¢tBId#)k]Ïs¤v(vaIÓp)jIÓyaE( gÓD)vIÞtÞy( ¢v)ï¤taE+{Õs)rsa)E âcaE)) nam) s i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa(t¤) ta i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa+Ót¤) tÞmW) Þvaha+. pjIÓyay gÓDvaIy©d| n mm¡ 47 ta×y)ÞÞvaha+. ¢vï¤dq×y«{ÕsraE×y id| n mm¡ 48

Ñ¥)rEhE(¢trm¦f)yaE m¦)Ïy¤gI(ÓD)vIÞtÞy( p#)ja A(Õs)rsaE( B£)âvaE) nam) s i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa(t¤) ta i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa+Ót¤) tÞmW) Þvaha+. m¦ÏyvE gÓDvaIy©d| n mm¡ 49 ta×y)ÞÞvaha+. p#ja×y«{ÕsraE×y id| n mm¡ 50 caâ(: k]pNka)S£ kamaE( gÓD)vIÞtÞya){{DyaE+{Õs)rs(ÜSaE)cy(Ót£)naIm) s i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa(t¤) ta i)d| b#'( X)æO| pa+Ót¤) tÞmW) Þvaha+. kamay gÓDvaIy©d| n mm¡ 51 ta×y)ÞÞvaha+. Aa¢D×y«{ÕsraE×y id| n mm¡ 52 s naE( B¤vnÞy ptE) yÞy( t u)p¢r( g¦)ha i)h c(. u)â b#'(NE){ÞmW X)æOay) m¢h) SmI( yÅC) Þvaha+.

B¤vnÞypÏy© b#'N id| n mm¡ (B¤vnÞy pÏy id| n mm¡) 53 p#ja(pt©) n ÏvdE)taÓy)ÓyaE ¢váa( ja)ta¢n) p¢r) ta b(B¥v. yÏka(maÞtE j¤h¤)mÞt°aE( AÞt¤ v)ywÞya(m) pt(yaE ry£)NawÞvaha+. p#japty id| n mm¡ 54 27

Vyahruti Homam (3) B¥: Þvaha+¡ Ag"y id| n mm¡ B¤v): Þvaha+¡ vayv id| n mm¡ s¤v): Þvaha+¡ s¥yaIy id| n mm¡ yd(Þy) kmI)N«{Ïyr£(¢rc|) y¹a) Óy¥(n¢m)hak(rm¯. A)¢g"¾t¯ ¢Þv(¿)k]t¯ ¢v)¹an¯ svI)w¢Þv(¾)w s¤h¤(tÄðraEt¤)

Þvaha+¡ Ag"yE ¢Þv¾k]t id| n mm. 58 Svishtakrut (Chant in high-pitched voice) The amount of ghee has to be more than what is used earlier. Chant the mantra in a hi-pitched voice. The aahuti has to be done on the northeast part of the Agni kunda such that it does not mix with the earlier aahutis!

1. Uttarangam Touch the paridhis with ghee using the pradhana darvi in the order they were kept. (West, South, North)

1. Paridhi Praharanam Take the paridhi on the Western side and keep it on Agni. Then, take the other two paridhis (first from the Southern side and then North) and offer them simultaneously to Agni. Take out the aaghara samits and offer them in the homa kunda. 2. Saggusrava Homa Keep itara darvi on your left hand with ghee and pradhana darvi on your right hand with ghee. Ensure that the tip of itara darvi touches the nuni of pradhana darvi. Pour the ghee from both the darvis to Agni kunda without Swahakaram. As per Aapastambha Śrouta Sutra, nuni of itara darvi touching the nuni of Pradhana darvi is important. Keeping Aajya in itara darvi seems to be secondary. vs¤×yaE âd#E×y Aa¢dÏyE×y: swÞa#av BagE×y id| n mm¡

AaE| B¥B¤Iv)Þs¤v:) Þvaha+¡ p#japty id| n mm¡

3. Prayaschitta Homa

A¢Þmn¯ kmI¢N AnaåOat p#ay¢àäOa¢n k¢rÝyE¡ Wash your right palm.

Ana+åOat|) ydaåOa(tm¯. y)åOÞy( ¢@)ytE) ¢mT¤(. Ag"E) td(Þy kÚpy. Ïvw¢h vEÏT( yTa t)TwÞvaha+¡ Ag"y id| n mm¡ 3rd Ashtakam, 7th Praśna, 115th Panchadi; 176B 106S p¤â(xs¢ØmtaE y)åO:. y)åO: p¤â(xs¢Ømt:. Ag"E) td(Þy kÚpy. Ïvw¢h vEÏT( yTa t)TwÞvaha+¡ Ag"y id| n mm¡ 28 yÏpa(k)æOa mn(sa d£)nd(Xa) n. y)åOÞy( m)ÓvtE) mtaI(s:. A)¢g"¾¼aEta+ @t¤)¢v¢¹(ja)n°¯. y¢j(¿aE dE)vaw§(t¤)SaE y(ja¢t) Þvaha+¡ Ag"y id| n mm¡

A¢Þmn¯ AÒyayaEp@m haEm kmI¢N mÒyE s|Ba¢vt smÞt daEx p#ay¢àäOaTI| svIp#ay¢àäO| haEm| haEÝya¢m.

AaE| B¥B¤Iv)Þs¤v:) Þvaha+¡ p#japty id| n mm. (Take Aajya from Itara darvi four times)

¢vÝN(vE) Þvaha+¡ ¢vÝNvE prmaÏmn id| n mm.

nma(E â)d#ay( pS¤)pt(yE) Þvaha+¡ âd#ay pS¤pty id| n mm. (Wash your hands with water. It is considered as a mark of respect to Rudra!)

4. Purnahuti Homa Hold both the darvis on left hand and aajya patram on the right hand and do homa by emptying the aajya patra (ensure that the nuni darbhas, put in the third stage of cleaning, have fallen on the fire). Here again the mantra has to be chanted with a high-pitched voice. s)çO tE( Ag"E s)¢mD(Þs)çO ¢j)ºaÞs)çO §x(yÞs)çO Dam( ¢p#)ya¢N(. s)çO haEæOa+ÞsçO)Da Ïva( yj¢Ót s)çO yaEn£)ra p¦(NÞva G¦)tEn) Þvaha+¡ Ag"yE sçOvt id| n mm Keep the aajya patra and the darvis on the northern side wash your hands and then do Pranayama.

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2 4 dEv(s¢vt): p#asa(v£:.

6. Avabhruta snanam

1 Chanting vâNay) nm(:. Put akshata on the praneeta patra. Keep it in front of you and put some 4 2 jalam. From that put some teertham on the East, South, West, North and one within itself using your right hand once each. Invert the patram on the Eastern side pouring all the water down. 3

Touch the water that has fallen on the ground with your right palm and do prokshana of yourself and all those related to the karma being conducted.

7. Pooja to Brahma b#'n¯ vr| tE dda¢m b#'NE nm: sklaraDnW: Þv¢cItm¯. (Put akshata to Brahma) Collect darbha forming the pristharanam from East, South, West and put them on the Northern side.

8. Upasthanam (One of the samits kept separately from the idhmam on the Northern side is to be used)

Þvaha+¡ (Keep the samit on the Agni) Ag"E: upÞTan| k¢rÝyE.(Stand up and chant the following)

Ag"E) ny( s¤)pTa( ra)yE A)Þman¯ ¢váa(¢n dEv v)y¤na(¢n ¢v)¹an¯. y¤)yaE)¼Y(ÞmÇj¤¤(h¤ra)NmEna)E B¥¢y(¿aÓt)E nm( u¢³| ¢vDEm. mÓæOh£n| ¢@yah£n| B¢³h£n| h¤taSn. y¼^t| t¤ mya dEv p¢rp¥NI| tdÞt¤ tE¡ p#ay¢àäOaÓySExa¢N tp: kmaIÏmka¢n vW. ya¢n tExa-mSExaNa| k]ÝNan¤ÞmrN| prm¯. The best method of Prayaschitta is to remember the name of Lord Śri Krishna. (Chant Krishna Krishna twelve times) 9. Abhivadanam 10. Namaskaram (Note for Agni alone you have to do first abhivadanam and then a namaskaram)

Remove the paristaranam East, South, West and North and discad them in the Northern side. This action frees the Agni. Similarly remove all the patra sadhana darbhas too and discard in the Northern side.

30 Punar Puja to Varuna and Veda Vyasa

In a simplistic fashion the puja is done. vâN s¢ht vEdÛyasay nm: Aasna¢d xaEfSaEpcaran¯ smpIya¢m. So saying put akshata Dupam, Deepam, Naivedyam

täva( ya¢m) b#'(Na) vÓd(man)Þtda Sa+ÞtE) yj(manaE h)¢v¢BI(:. 2nd Kanda, 1st Praśna, 65th Panchadi; 58S AhE(fmanaE vâNE)h baE)¼Y¤â(Sws) ma n) Aay¤): p# maE(x£:¡ y)åOEn( y)åOm(yjÓt d)Eva:. ta¢n) Dma(I¢N p#T)maÓya(sn¯. tE h) nak|( m¢h)man(ÞscÓtE. yæO) p¥v(©I sa)ÒyaÞs¢Ót( dE)va:¡

AÞmat¯ k[ØBat¯ Aava¢ht| vEdÛyas| vâN| c yTaÞTan| p#¢t¾apya¢m. Slightly shift the kalasa towards the North. Then prokshanam and prasanam of the sanctified water.

Prasanam Prokshanam of kumba jalam followed by prasanm of kumba water after removing pavitram. Akalm¦Ïy¤hrN| svIÛya¢D¢nvarNm¯ svIpapXykr| mÓæOp¥taEdk| S¤Bm¯. Wear pavitram. Dakshina to Sastrigal and namaskaram followed by Abhivadanam. Then proceed for home. Children are to be invited with an aarati at home and then prostrate at the altar and remove the pavitram and do achamanam twice. Then prostrate elders at home and seek their blessings.

1. Bhasma Dharanam (Wear bhasma) b¦)hÐsam( XæO)B¦d¯ v¦)¼v¦(¢ÝNy¢ÓæO)¾¤B¬j(ÜS¤¢B)tm)¤g#v£(rm¯. 4th Kanda, 4th Praśna, 34th Panchadi; 152S iÓd#) ÞtaEm(En p·d)SEn) m¼Y(¢m)d| vat(En) sg(rEN rX¡

31 Gayatri Japa/Homa

1. Achamanam 2. Pavitra Dharanam The acharya needs to recite this §)¼Ya Þm( h)ÛyWnIm(saEp)sï(. ¢m)æOÓdE)v| ¢m(æO)DEy(ÓnaE AÞt¤. while giving the pavitram along with akshata to the karta.

A)n¥)ra)Dan¯÷h)¢vxa( v)¼Iy(Ót:. S)t¸£(vEm S)rd)Þsv£(ra:¡ Use pavitram made of two strands of kuśa grass. nvaE( nvaE Bv¢t) jay(ma)naE{þa+ÄðEE)t¤â)xsa(mE)Ïyg#E+. The karta needs to recite this while wearing the pavitram and put akshata on the head. Ba)gÓdE)vE×yaE) ¢v d(DaÏya)yÓp# c)Ód#ma+¢Þtr¢t d£)GImay¤(:¡ Put at least two strands of kuśa grass below the legs and wash the right palm. Keep at least two strands (even numbers) of kuśa grass along with pavitram. 3. Vighneśvara dhyanam 4. Pranayamam 5. Gayatri Japa/ Homa Sankalpam (After sankalpa discard the loose darbha of yours and wash both the hands. Prayaschitta karma – start by 8:30 A.M) mmaEpaäO - smÞt - d¤¢rt - Xy - ¹ara - ½£ prmEár - p#£ÏyTI| S¤BE SaEBnE m¤h¥t©I Aaïb#'N: ¢¹t£ypraD©I áEtvrahkÚpE vWvÞvt mÓvÓtrE A¾a¢v|S¢ttmE k¢ly¤gE p#TmE padE j|b¥¹£pE Bartvx©I BrtKÎfE mEraE: d¢XNE paá©I, Sa¢lvahn SkaÖdE A¢Þmn¯ vtImanE

B¥ra¢d sçO Ûya¶t£na| A¢æO B¦g¤ k[Ïs v¢s¿ g¬tm kaÜyp Aa¢ÄñrsO: §xy:. (Head) 32

gayæO£ u¢ÝNkq An¤¾¤p¯ b¦ht£ pHq¢³ ¢æO¾¤p¯ jgÏy: CÓda|¢s.(Nose)

A¢g" vay¤ AkI vag£S vâN iÓd# ¢váEdEva dEvta:. (Touch Chest with both hands) p#aNayamE ¢v¢nyaEg:¡ Do Pranayamam 10 times.

7. Gayatri Avahanam – Prayer to Gayatri devi to occupy the lotus of the individual’s heart.

Mantra from (Touch the head) (Nose) Aayat¤ i¢t An¤vakÞy vamdEv §¢x:. An¤¾¤p¯ CÓd:. Mahanarayana Upanishad; 293B gayæO£ dEvta. (Touch the chest with both hands) gayæyavahnE ¢v¢nyaEg:¡

Aaya(t¤) vr(da dE)v£) A)Xr(| b#')s|¢m(tm¯. ga)y)æO£+ÉCÓd(sa| ma)tEd| b#(' j¤)xÞv( n:¡ Oh Devi, who can grant any boon, please come here to teach me the Truth established in Vedanta.

AaEjaE({¢s) shaE({¢s) bl(m¢s) B#ajaE(¢s dE)vana)ÓDam) nama(¢s) ¢vá(m¢s ¢v)áay¤)ÞsvI(m¢s s)vaIy¤r¢BB¥raEÄñayæO£mava(hya)¢m. (Show the avahana mudra) sa¢væO£mava(hya)¢m. (Show the avahana mudra) srÞvt£mava(hya)¢m. (Show the avahana mudra)

8. Gayatri Japam (Being an elaborate Japa doing of anganyasam, karanyasam are also seen in practice.) sa¢væya §¢x: ¢váa¢mæO:. (Head) ¢nc¦d¯gayæO£ CÓd:. (Nose) s¢vta dEvta. (Touch chest with both hands) tÐs(¢v)t¤vIrE+Îym¯ i¢t b£jm¯. Bga©I( dE)vÞy( D£m¢h i¢t S¢³:.

1. Karanyasam tÐs(¢v)t¤: b#'aÏmnE AÄñ^¿a×ya| nm:. vr+EÎym¯ ¢vÝN¤vaÏmnE tjIn£×ya| nm:.

¢DyaE) yaEn(: sda¢SvaÏmnE k¢n¢¿ka×ya| nm:. p#caE)dya+t¯ svaIÏmnE krtlkrp¦¿a×ya| nm:. 2. Anganyasam tÐs(¢v)t¤: b#'aÏmnE ¶dyay nm:. vr+EÎym¯ ¢vÝN¤vaÏmnE ¢SrsEÞvaha.

¢DyaE) yaEn(: sda¢SvaÏmnE nEæOæOyay v¬xzq. p#caE)dya+t¯ svaIÏmnE AÞæOay Pzq. B¥B¤IvÞs¤vraEm¯ i¢t ¢dÂbÓD:.

3. Òyanm¯

m¤³a¢vd#^m hEmn£lDvlÅCayW: m¤KW: æO£XNW: y¤³a¢mÓÑ¤¢nb¼rÏnmk[za| tÏvaTIvNaI¢Ïmkam¯.

¢DyaE) yaE n(: p#caE)dya+t¯. 34

6. Anganyasam tÐs(¢v)t¤: b#'aÏmnE ¶dyay nm:. vr+EÎym¯ ¢vÝN¤vaÏmnE ¢SrsEÞvaha.

¢DyaE) yaEn(: sda¢SvaÏmnE nEæOæOyay v¬xzq. p#caE)dya+t¯ svaIÏmnE AÞæOay Pzq. B¥B¤IvÞs¤vraEm¯ i¢t ¢d¢ÂvmaEk:.

7. Òyanm¯

m¤³a¢vd#^m hEmn£lDvlÅCayW: m¤KW: æO£XNW: y¤³a¢mÓÑ¤¢nb¼rÏnmk[za| tÏvaTIvNaI¢Ïmkam¯.

9. Pranayamam 10. Gayatri Upasthanam – Request Gayatri devi to return to Her abode. gayæO£ upÞTan| k¢rÝyE. u)äOmE( ¢SK(rE dE)v£) B¥)Øya| p(vIt)m¥DI(¢n. b#a)'NE+×yaE /(n¤åOa)n)| g)ÅC dE(¢v y)Ta s¤(Km¯¡(Stand up and chant with folded hands) Also chant the following.

¢m)æOÞy( cr¯÷xN£)D¦t)Ü½vaE( dE)vÞy( san)¢sm¯. s)Ïy¢·)æO½(vÞtmm¯¡

¢m)æOaE jnan¯( yaty¢t p#ja)nn¯ ¢m)æOaE da(Dar p¦¢T)v£m¤)tïam¯. 3rd Kanda, 4thPraśna, ¢m)æO: k])¾£r¢n(¢mxa){¢Bc(¾E s)Ïyay( h)ÛyH G¦)tv(¢¹DEm ¡ 45th Panchadi; 122S 35 p# s ¢m(æO) mta©I( AÞt¤) p#y(Þva)n¯) yÞt( Aa¢dÏy) ¢SX(¢t v#)tEn(. n h(ÓytE) n j£(ytE) ÏvaEtaE) nWn)mwhaE( AÜMaE)Ïy¢Ót(taE) n Ñ¥)rat¯¡

11. Namaskaram 12. Abivadanam

13. Samarpanam (Take little water in the hand and put it on the ground through deva teertha) kayEn vaca mnsE¢Ód#yWvaI b¤¼YaÏmna va p#k]tE: ÞvBavat¯. kraE¢m yïÏskl| prÞmW narayNayE¢t smpIya¢m¡

Keep pavitram over the right ear.

14. Achamanam Wear pavitram 15. Abivadanam

16. Raksha

A)ïa naE( dEv s¢vt: p#)jav(Ðsav£)-Þs¬B(gm¯. pra( Ñ¤)ÝÝv¢p"(yws¤v.

Mantra from Mahanarayana ¢váa(¢n dEv s¢vt-Ñ¤I¢r)ta¢n) pra(s¤v. yì)d#ÓtÓm) Aas¤(v¡ Upanishad; 295B

Pavitra visarjana followed by achamanam.

This compilation is done by Prof. K. Ramesh, IIT Madras. For any comments and corrections send it to [email protected]. Sprinkle water – keeping the water in the palm and shake it to allow it to escape between Abyukshanam the fingers gracefully. Palm faces upwards. Take water in the palm and put it on the floor with a force to cleanse the place. Palm faces Avokshanam the floor. Sprinkling water upwards by keeping the fingers joined using pavitram, mavilai etc. with a Prokshanam view to sanctify/purify. Palm faces upwards.

Size of Samit and the mudra to be used for placing it on Agni

Measure of one “ottai’ – this should be the size of the samit for homa. Hamsee mudra to hold the samit 36 Establishing Agni for Gayatri Homa for Brahmacharins

Gayatri homa is usually done on the year of thalai avani avittam. However, acharyals recommend doing Gayatri homa every year by both Brahmacharins and also Grihastas. Brahmacharins have to do it in lowkikagni and grihastas have to do it on their respective Aupasanagni only. The new trend of samashti Gayatri homa finds no support in the Sastras. If a grihasta is not doing Aupasana every day (this is the case mostly) – he has to do Vicchinna Agni Sandhanam, perform sayamouapsana sahita pratar aupasanam and then do Gayatri Homa. The homa kunda will have paristaranam etc. for a grihasta.

Brahmacharins have a very simple procedure for doing samidadhanam. On Gayatri Homa day let the Agni be established in a more traditional way as mentioned below. Let Agni be brought by one’s mother and placed it on asanam (lines drawn in the homa kunda by a samit) and the associated sastric procedure, place a small brass cup with only water on the Eastern side of homa called praktoyam. Then do a parishechana as in Samidadhanam chanting “deva Savita prasuva” and start doing Samidadhanam. On the same Agni, the Gayatri Homa can be continued. Instead one can do Samidadhanam normally and use that Agni for placing it in the homa kunda and then do Gayatri Homa. Finally do another parishechana by chanting “deva Savita prasaveehi”.

Please note the procedure has definite steps – clearly mentioned in Aapastambha Dharma Sutra and follow it as meticulously as mentioned next diagramatically.

Preparation for Homa (Need two uddarinis! – instead one can use the brass cup meant for keeping it as praktoyam can be used in place of uddarani-1 by having a small quantity of water to start with) Keep the samit used for

drawing the lines on the

East Homa kunda with a layer of homa kunda. Do

sand or thavidu or rice avokshanam using half of the 6 husk. Draw six lines on it water from uddarini-1. Take

using a samit in the order out the samit and discard it in

3 1 and along the directions the niruriti (south west)

shown. 4 direction after breaking it into

two.

Wash your right palm and fingers. Put the balance of water from Mother can bring the Agni on a uddharani-1 on the Eastern/ brass plate (not on varatti) to be Northern side (mostly East) of put in the homa kunda. Saying the homa kunda and keep a

small brass cup (praktoyam) B¥B¤IvÞs¤vraE| establish Agni. with water on the spot. Kindle

Put some akshata and one Agni to its full extent – put

uddarani water from uddarini-2 varattis and wood chips after

on the plate in which Agni was cleansing by a prokshanam brought. Red hot thanal to be with the vyahrutis. directly put over the Agnimidhva – keep a samit on Agni. Keep viragu varatti etc. Prajvalya lines - considered as – blow the Agni with a tube/samit (not directly) to kindle it. asana for Agni. Have all the 1008 samits counted and placed in appropriate plates. Do prokshana of all the samits before using it for the homa. Have Aajya or cow’s milk in a silver cup and dip one end of each samit and place it on Agni after chanting Gayatri. Return to Gayatri Japa/Homa Sankalpam. 37 Bibliography

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