[Advaita-l] enlightenment

latha vidyaranya lathavidya at yahoo.co.in
Sun Nov 9 13:02:11 CST 2008


hari om
namaste

in my humble understanding, malaapakarshana snaanam is the initial bathing given to remove the 'mala' or the dirt. once it is cleaned the abhishekam starts. like, how i would take bath first to clean myself of dirt and grime and then start applying make up! it is symbolic of removing the 'paapa shesha' that i would have gathered for the day and then start worshipping with a purer mind. 

please do correct me if my understanding is wrong.

namaste

--- On Sun, 2/11/08, Krishna banavar <banavar.krishna at gmail.com> wrote:
HAri Om,

I want to understand the meaning and purpose of malApakarShaNa snAnam.  It
is generally done before starting Abhishekam.  Is it different from
Abhishekam.

Krishna Murthy
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