QUES ANSW DIVINE2-2022-17 Dearfriends,
Theseare information compiled as QA by me in 1998’s-2004’s and stored in mycomputer. They are posted by learnt members. STILL BEING COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS. I welcome healthy responses frommy friends Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78,dated 17-02-2022 Q1 Whetherperforming Pariharams can reduce Saturn ill effects? A1 Yes. It is believed that When Saturn dauring Ezharai saniperiod(Sade sathi) and when it is in the eighth from moon , it causes lot ofharm Whether Saturn occupies the twelfth , first or second house, Or even goesto the house of death or occupies the seventh star, Saturn will always bepleased with pariharams. Thus ends the thunderbolt armour of Saturn, Occuring in the discussionbetween Brahma and sage Narada, In Brahmanda Puranam Q2 Underwhose directions Tulasidas wrote Ramayan? A2 Tulsidas wrote twelve books. The most famous book is his Ramayan. Ram-charit-manas inHindi. He wrote this bookunder the directions of Hanuman. This Ramayan is read andworshipped with great reverence in every Hindu home in NorthernIndia. It is an inspiring book. Q3 When didTulsidas disposed all his wealth? A3 Some thieves came to Tulsidas's Ashram to take away his goods. Theysaw a blue complexioned guard, with bowand arrow in his hands, keeping watchat the gate. Wherever they moved, theguard followed them. They were frightened. In the morning they asked Tulsidas, "O venerablesaint! We saw a young guard with bow and arrow in his handsat the gate of your residence. Who is this man?" Tulsidas remained silent and wept. He came to know that Lord Rama Himself had been taking thetrouble to protect his goods. Heat once distributed all his wealthamong the poor. Q4 What wasthe speciality of Tulasidas at birth? Who were his parents? Was he anincarnation? A4 Tulsidas was born in Rajpur, in the district of Banda in UttarPradesh, in Samvat 1589 or 1532 A.D. He was a Sarayuparina Brahmin by birth and is regarded as an incarnation ofValmiki, the author of Ramayanawritten in Sanskrit. His father's name was Atmaram Shukla Dube and his mother's name Hulsi. Tulsidas did not cry at thetime of his birth. He was born withall the thirty-two teeth intact Q5 What arethe family details of Tulasi das? A5 Tulsidas's wife's name was Buddhimati (Ratnavali). Tulsidas'sson's name was Tarak. Tulsidas waspassionately attached to his wife. He could not bear even a day's separationfrom her. Q6 Everybodyknows Kuchelan ‘s orginal name was Sudama.Ques- How many children he had? A6 Sudama was married and it wassaid he had twenty-sevenchildren relish, Q7 What wasthe reason for Rukmini stopping Krishna from eating the third Handfull of Avalbrought by Kuchela ? As Lord Krishnan was about to putthe third handful in his mouth, his wife Rukmini stopped him, saying it was enough.Had Krishna eaten athird handful, it is said that the wealth of the Lord Himself would havepassed to Sudama.* Q8 What arethe Rites for Celestials and Rites for Fathers? How we should peform the two?Whatshould be the position of Yanjopaveetham and sikha during the two rituals? A8 Rites for Celestials and Ritesfor Fathers-The rites meant for the deities must be performed with devotion and those meant forthe pitrs or fathers must be performed with faith. What is done withdevotion is yajna and what is done with faith is sraddha. While performing the former, the sikha must be gathered into a knot andthe sacred thread must rest on the left shoulder, and while performing the latter thesikha must be worn loose and the sacred thread must rest on the right shoulder.The sikha and the sacred thread are meant for these two purposes. Sannyasins do nothave either. When they renounce the world they also renouncethe rites for the fathers and cease to worship a number of deities. They adorethe Paramatman directly without any worldly desire in their hearts. The north isthe direction in which we make the passage to the celestials. This path is called""uttarayana". Our departed fathers reside in thesouth"Dakshinayana" is the way to the world of the fathers When we sit facing the east to perform rites for the gods our leftshoulder is to the north. So the sacred thread must rest on it. When we are notengaged in either of these two rites- that is when we are doing our officework or something else- the sacred thread must not rest on either shoulder andmust be worn like a garland. (No iyers seems to observe this rule in practice now.Except during the rites for the fathers, most people have their sacred threadresting on their left shoulder. My note- I have seenNorth Indian Brahmins wearing sacred threads around neck while doingbusiness etc. in Chennai evening bazar area. Having no clear ideas in early stages of life,I thought the person would have worn aroundthe neck while going to toilet and forgot to put it in normal position.) Q9Where do we have reference to tali? A9 Thali - Though there is no mantram for THALI KETTAL, and Aapasthamberhas not mentioned about THALI, there is a refeance in lalitha sahasranamam as well as lalithaashtothara Q10 How many darbhas are usedfor a Koorcham? How it is differentiated from pavithram? A10 Thepavithram for pithru tharpanam should be made out of three durbha and thekoorcham should be made of 7 or 9 durbhas. In making offerings at Sraddhas a share is firstoffered to the deity of fire(Agni). Q11Why a portion of the offerings first made to Agni during sraadha? A11 If a portion of the offerings be first made tothe deity of fire at a sraddha, Rakshasas of regenerate origin cannot then do any injury to such a sraddha. Beholding the deity of fire at a SraddhaRakshasas fly away from it. Q12What are the regulations regarding women who can be associated with sraadha? A12A woman who has become impure in consequence of the advent of her season, or onewhose ears have been cut off, should not be allowed to remain where a Sraddhais being performed. Nor should a woman (forcooking the rice to be offered in the Sraddha) be brought from a Gotra other thanthat of the person who is performing the Sraddha. Q13Whether anyrhing told in Mahabharata whysexual congress interdicted for the man who performs a Shraddha and also for thebhoktha? A13Mahabharata accounts for these as follows:- Once a celestial messenger reached devaloka. Afterthe celestial messenger had said these words connected with righteousness andduty, the deities who were seated towards the east, the Pitris also, applaudingthat ranger of the sky, began as follows. The Pitris said: Welcome art thou, and blessingsupon thee! Do thou listen, O best of all rangers of the sky! The question youhave asked is a high one and fraught with deep meaning.ThePitris of that man who indulges in sexual congress on the day he performs aShraddha, or eats at a Shraddha have to lie for the period of a whole month onhis vital seed. That Brahman who becomes the Ritwik at a Shraddhaconstitutes himself, by that act, the Pitri of the person performing theShraddha. Hence,he should abstain that day from sexual congress with even his own spouse. [Note: The Brahmana who becomes the Ritwik and eatsat a Shraddha becomes a Pitri of the person performing the Shraddha. Hence,when his identity has been changed, he should, on that day, abstain from sexual congresswith even his own spouse.By indulging in such congress, he incurs the sin of adultery.] O best of all rangers of the sky, the man who eatsat Shraddha should bear himself with purity for that day. By acting otherwise,one surely incurs the faults I have indicated. It cannot be otherwise. Hence,the Brahmana who is invited to a Shraddha for eating the offerings should eat them after purifyinghimself by a bath and bear himself piously for that day by abstaining fromevery kind of injury or evil. The progeny of such a person multiply andhe also who feeds him reaps the same reward. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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