Look at the beauty of mantra in afternoon sandhya vandanam.
After reading this, do a brahmin ignore doing such beautiful boon from surya narayana?
If Brahmin start doing sandhya vandanam, he just not pray as selfish but pray for entire community.
Look at the beauty of mantra which is inclusive and ask for all happiness.
Can't we chant this mantra in afternoon?
Can't we be selfless and pray for everyone daily?
Can't we do our duty called sandhya vandanam?
Pasyamey saradha sadham பச்யேம சரத: சதம்
(நூறாண்டு நாம் வாழ்வதை பார்ப்போம்)
(Let us see our life till we reach 100 years)
Jeeveyma saradha sadham ஜீவேம சரத: சதம்
(நூறாண்டு காலம் வாழ்வோம்)
(Let us live for 100 years)
Nandhaama saradha sadham நந்தாம சரத: சதம்
(நூறாண்டு உற்றார் உறவினருடன் கூடிக் வாழ்வோம்)
(Let us live with all our relatives together in our 100 years of life)
Modhaama saradha sadham. மோதாம சரத: சதம்
(நூறாண்டு மகிழ்ச்சியோடு வாழ்வோம்),
(Let us lead happiest life in our 100 years of life)
Bavaama saradha sadham. பவாம சரத: சத:
(நூறாண்டு கீர்த்தியுடன் விளங்குவோம்)
(Let us live with fame and pride in our 100 years of life)
Srunvaama saradha sadham. ச்ருணவாம சரத: சதம்
(நூறாண்டு காலமும் இனியதை கேட்போம்)
(Let us hear only the good things in our 100 years of life)
Prappravaama saradha sadham ப்ரப்ரவாம சரத: சதம்
(நூறாண்டு காலமும் (இனியதையே பேசுவோம்)
(Let us speak only good things in our 100 years of life).
Ajeedhaasyaama saradha sadham. அஜீதாஸ்யாம சரத: சதம் (நூறாண்டு காலமும் தீமைகள் அண்டாமல் வாழ்வோம)
(Let us live without miseries, worries in our 100 years of life)
Jyoksa sooryan dhrusey ஜ்யோக்ச ஸூர்யந் த்ருசே
(இங்கனம் 100 ஆண்டு காலமும், நீண்ட காலம் சூரியதேவனை பார்த்து அனுபவிக்க ஆசைப்படுகின்றோம்)
(We pray and wish to see lord surya for such long years and enjoy this life)
Videha or Mithila desam during Mahabharata period, are now part of Nepal.
In Ramayana period, Goddess Sita Devi did her avatar in this land of videha(Mithila) desam.
This kingdom was ruled by king Janaka. Also called as Janakpur. Sita is a Nepali Girl if we think of today.
During Mahabharatha period, these Nepal kings of virata, malla, videha desam, supported pandava.
The entire army, accepted the leadership of drupada and followed his advice.
Malla desam is situated near the bank of ganga river.
Malla desam is situated between virata and videha desam.
Pandava brothers during 13 year of exile period (vanavasa) in forest, had to stay hidden at the 13th year.
To hide themselves in this 13th year, they chose virata desa in Nepal to spend their last year.
Nepal is known for giving us Goddess Sita and protecting pandava brothers for a complete one year.
Elder brother Yudhishthira, assumed the identity of game entertainer to the king and called himself "Kanka".
Bhima became a cook named "Ballava".
Arjuna became dance and music teacher as transgender "Brihannala" and dresses as a woman.
He taught dance to Virata king Daughter "uttara". Uttara, Nepal princess later married Arjuna"s son "Abimanyu".
Nakula became a servant to take care of horses as "Granthika". Sahadeva became a servant to take care of cows as "Tantipala".
Princess Draupadi became maid as "Sairandhri" or "malini" to queen Shudeshna.
Keechaka, the son and also commander of king Virata's armed forces. He had a lust for the maid Sairandhri (Draupadi).
Kichaka approached the queen, and inquired about Sairandhri. The queen who does not know the true identity of Sairandhri, and arranged a meeting with Draupati.
Draupati went to meet him and Kichaka tried to molest her.
Draupati pushed him and ran to the court of king Virata.
Kichaka chased her, caught and kicked her in the court of Virata in front of the king.
Yudhistra kept silent to ensure to complete this 1 year somehow and didn't revealed his identity.
Helpless draupati, reported this incident to bheema.
Bheema asked draupathi to invite keechaka to her place. Draupathi went again and informed keechaka to come to her place.
Bheema waiting for keechaka arrival, grabbed him and gave him powerful punch of 1000 elephant strength over his head.
With this blow, keechaka head went inside his stomach like a ball. Keechaka died on spot.
Keechaka was not a weak warrior himself.
To expand virata desam, he had several times defeated "susarma" the king of trikartha (today's Punjab).
The death of keechaka in mysterious way, raised doubts to susarma.
Susarma believed only bheema must have killed keechaka, due to his tremendous power.
Hence, susarma informed duryodhana to initiate a war against virata desam.
Guru prince duryodhana, along with trikarta king susarma and karna surrounded the virata desa with a massive army.
Virata king, knowing the situation sent his army headed by his son "uttara kumar" to face the war.
Looking at the massive army and presence of all mighty kings and duryodhana, uttara kumar got frightened and return back to his palace.
Arjuna who has disguised himself as transgender, spoke to the king that he will ride the horse chariot, and will face the kuru army.
On the way, he took all his sastra, and astra and kept uttara kumar aside, fought single handedly to defeat the kuru army and saved the virata.
The defeat to a transgender, was shameful for duryodhana, karna and they returned back.
After completion of one year, pandava showed their identity to virata king.
Virata king apologized for them for keeping them as servants.
Yudhistra thanked him to give him a place to stay hidden during the whole 13th year.
Virata king, offered his daughter "uttara" to mighty Arjuna for marriage.
Arjuna politely refused the proposal by saying the relationship is more of teacher and student and can't marry.
He was wise enough to accept Uttara as her daughter in law and married her to his son "Abimanyu".
With this relationship, during Mahabharata war, entire virata desam (Nepal) stand behind pandava and fought for dharma.
On 1st day, "Uttara Kumar" fought bravely in the war, and achieved Veer swarga.
He got killed by Madra desa (today punjab in pakistan side) king "salya" on same day.
Salya saluted Uttara Kumar bravery in his battle.
By seeing "Uttara Kumar" died in the battle, "swetha kumar" his younger brother angrily marched towards Salya.
Seeing this, Bhishma asked swetha kumara to fight with him.
During the fight, Bhishma killed swetha kumara as well on Day 1.
Day 1, was a great defeat for pandavas and virata king lost his both sons.
This defeat on Day 1, put Yudhistra in extreme worry due to heavy loss of his army men and prince of other kingdom.
He even started saying,
"Duryodhana will definitely going to win this battle with his massive army and powerful generals"
Sri krishna gave him confidence and asked him not to get disheartened with this defeat.
Day 2 was ended up in success for pandavas.
The war went for 2 weeks and on Day 15, Drona killed Virata king as well in the battle.
Thus Nepal stand behind the Dharma and fought against Duryodhana who was standing on Adharma.
Mahabharata war happened around 3000BC which is nearing the end of Dwapara Yuga. Kali Yuga started around 3102BC.
After 3000 years, around 563BC Siddhartha the prince of Nepal and son of King Sudhdhodhana born. He born in lumbini, Nepal.
At his young Age, seeing a dead body, he got disinterested about his life that one day he has to die as well.
He dethrone his empire desire and went out in search of truth.
He roam around several places around nepal and Bihar.
Finally reached Bodh Gaya in Bihar which is 450KM away from lumbini, Nepal.
He attained clarity of his life purpose in bodh gaya in magadha desa (which is south bihar).
His teaching and philosophy became popular among people who were following Vedic Sanadana Dharma.
Many got attracted to Buddhism.
When Magadha King (Orissa) Ashoka adapted Buddhism, this resulted as a greatest mistake to let foreign invaders of islam and christians to enter Bharat and loot, enslave, and kill hindus and destroy more than 40000 prime temples across bharat from Afghan till south india after a few century.
Asoka made other kings to accept Buddhism which teach non violence and peace.
Santhana dharma gave these teaching only to brahmins.
But attracted towards this sanyasa principle, ashoka made all kings to adapt peace and non violence.
From 563BC till 947AD, Buddhism spreaded like wild fire. Afghan was completely Buddhist country during that time.
Muslim invasion started around 947AD in Afghan which was a Buddhist country during that time ruled by Amir Suri.
All because of Ashoka who initiated this foolish religion conversion.
Buddhism failed in India due to this and people returned to their Sanathana Dharma.
After death, we leave our body and becomes pretha (in Tamil we say ஆவி).
We remain as pretha, till our son or some men, does 12days samskara (apara karma) for us.
If 12 days samskara not done by son or anyone, we left with no option than roaming as pretha till someone do pinda dhanam for us, at the feet of lord narayana in gaya.
If we commit suicide in any form, we will take the form of pisasa and roam around in earth.
If someone do pinda dhanam at the feet of lord narayana in gaya, we leave this pisasa roopam and take pithru sareeram.
After death, if the son do apara karma samskara for 12 days, we will leave the pretha sareera and achieve divine form of "pithru" sareeram and reach pithru logam.
pithru logam is below swarga logam.
Pithru devatha tracks our entry and keep track of our last birth and our relatives.
Then we reach to yama loga (which is in south side of Earth. i.e., Below Earth in Space) to get reward or punishment of our past karma either in naraka loga, or to swarga loga.
Yama dharma, is the king for all these souls in pretha form, pisasa form, pithru form.
He guides them to naraka loga or swarga loga based on their deeds.
If no good or bad deeds committed, he request that soul to touch his head on their feet and request them to reach kaivalya or vaikunda or respective abode of god they worshipped.
Yama logam is below our milky way galaxy.
Simply we say, it is in south direction and sandhya vandana offers respect to Yama dharma thrice daily facing South direction. It is given as prime duty for brahmins.
Sandhya vandanam is a collection of mantras that give protection for human community by praying for everyone with Deva (demi Gods) and Paramathma Narayana.
Brahmins do sandhya vandana not just for himself, but for welfare of all people thrice a day.
This sandhya vandanam includes a worship to Yama Dharma (God of Death) towards south direction as well.
Everyone in those days lived for 100years easily because brahmins where doing their duty of worship thru sandhya vandana and getting the blessing of god for everyone for healthy, stress less life.
Today's brahmin must introspect this beauty of sandhya vandana which gave long life, healthy life. Brahmins must relook themselves and start doing sandhya vandanam.
Every year, the son has to do Sraardham on his father or mother death date as per our hindu calendar (thithi) by offering food and charity to Vedic Brahmins and Chanting Vedic Mantras to worship Pithru Devatha. The Word Shraddha (Sraardham) means dedication with full faith.
The water, rice food that we give to the departed parents are taken in divine form by 3 demi gods - "Vasu, rudhra, aditya (sun)" and they take these to pithru loga.
Pithru devatha look at the shraddha (dedication) of the son for his late parents.
Devatha just smells the food given in the form mantra, and blesses the son and relations for better life and happiness.
Also pithru devatha blesses the parent soul who might have reborn in this world either as animal or human based on his karma, to get better life. Pithru Devatha, blesses the departed parents, even at their next birth.
These blessing can't be defined. We might have escaped from accident. We might have escaped from job loss. We might have become millionaire with no education or talent. These are called blessings. It can't be reasoned. These are past karma and pithru devatha or devas blessings.
Pithru devatha are so merciful than devas.
But at the same time, pithru devatha can bless and also curse as well.
They don't expect our food given in shrardham. But they look at the dedication of the sonwhether he is interested to offer food for his late father or mother, in the form of veda mantra.
A son who forgets his duty of doing Shrardham every year for his late parents, will get the curse of pithru devatha. These curse will spoil the entire family in many forms for generation thru ill health, lack money, accident death, fear, infertility etc.,
Doing pinda pradhanam (Food Offering) at gaya at lotus feet of lord narayana, is the only option to stay away from curse of pithru devatha.
It is a duty of son to do Shrardham every year, to show his gratitude to his parents who gave him (soul) human body to do bhakthi on lord narayana in this world and attain moksha.
காலத்தில் மரணம் அடைந்து, ஸம்ஸ்காரம் செய்யப்படாதபடி அல்லது ஸம்ஸ்காரம் ஆகும் வரை அலைந்து கொண்டிருப்பவர்கள் - "பிரேதங்கள்".
அகாலத்தில் தற்கொலையோ அல்லது ஆயுதம், தீ, விஷம் முதலியவைகளாலோ துர்மரணம் அடைந்து அலைந்து கொண்டு இருப்பவர்கள் - "பிசாசுகள்".
தாங்கள் செய்த புண்யத்தாலும், புத்ரன் செய்யும் ஸம்ஸ்கார பலத்தாலும், தெய்வத்தன்மையை அடைந்து விட்டவர்கள் - "பித்ருக்கள்".
இவர்கள் யாவருக்கும் யம தர்மராஜா தலைவராவார்.
பித்ரு லோகம் என்பது ஸூவர்கத்துக்கு கீழே, பூமிக்கு மேலே தென் திசையில் இருக்கிறது.
நாம் சிரார்த்தம் செய்யும் போது, 8 வஸூ, 11 ருத்ர, 12 ஆதித்யர்கள் என்ற 3 தேவகணங்கள் மூலமாக பித்ருக்களை போய் அடைகிறது.
பித்ருக்கள், தேவர்களை விட கிருபை அதிகம் உள்ளவர்கள்.
பித்ருக்கள் அனுக்ரஹம் செய்யவும், நிக்ரஹம் செய்யவும் சக்தி உள்ளவர்கள்.
பித்ருக்களுக்கு, நாம் செய்யும் சிராத்தத்தாலோ, பிண்டத்தினாலோ, தில தர்பணத்தாலோ ஆகவேண்டியது ஏதுமில்லை.
இவைகளை நாம் அளித்தாலும் முகர்ந்து விட்டு த்ருப்தி அடைகின்றனர்.
ஆயினும், நம் கையால் ஏதாவது ஏதாவது பெற்றுக் கொள்ள வேண்டும் என்றும், அனுக்ரஹம் செய்ய வேண்டுமென்றும் இந்த ரீதியில் பரலோகம் சென்ற பிறகு கூட நம்முடன் தொடர்பு வைத்துக் கொள்ள விரும்புகின்றனர்.
அவர்களை நாம் மறந்து விட்டால் பித்ரு த்ரோஹிகள் ஆகிவிடுகிறோம்.
