Some Vedic sacrifices of this century

[Sankaran Jayanarayanan]

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Sankaran Jayanarayanan wrote:

> On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Anand Hudli wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:15:18 -0600, Sankaran Jayanarayanan
> > <kartik at ECE.UTEXAS.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >AFAIK, none of the shAstras twist a man's arm into performing such yaGYas.
> > >Nowhere can you find an *injuction* that a yaGYa with an animal sacrifice
> > >_must_ be performed. When the tirukkuraL, a tamil book on ethics says,
> > >"Refraining from performing one animal sacrifice is better than the
> > >performance of a thousand such sacrifices," the ParamAchArya DOES NOT say
> > >the tirukkuraL is mistaken. Rather, he is careful to point out that the
> > >tirukkuraL does not say that performing such a sacrifice is wrong, and
> > >therefore one should not condemn animal sacrifices.
> > >
>
> [..]
>
> >
> >   "vasante vasante jyotishhA yajeta" - as per this one must perform
> >   the agnishhToma yajna every spring. In fact, even the ParamAchArya
> >   of Kanchi mentions people called "prati-vasanta-somayAji" who used
> >   to perform this soma yajna (agnishhToma-jyotishhToma) every spring.
> >   Now, any soma yajna involves both the soma juice and animals. So one
> >   could make an argument that there is an injunction to conduct such
> >   yajnas.
>

I just heard from a reliable source that the Jaimini suutras have the
injunction relating to the above as "svargakAmo yajeta" -- one desirous of
heaven shall sacrifice. Therefore, if one does not crave for svarga, there
is absolutely no need to conduct the JyotishhToma or agnishhToma yaGYas,
as H.H points out:

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> From: Anand V. Hudli (view other messages by this author)
> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:16:38
> Subject: Last word on the Buddhism-advaita issue (Hopefully!)
>
> [deleted]
>
>  Further, as HH Shri Abhinava Vidyateertha points out, the Veda
>  usually has a qualification attached to a sacrifice. "If you
>  desire such and such a thing, then do such and such a sacrifice/rite."
>  So the conclusion is: If you don't have the desire for the thing
>  indicated, there is no need to undertake the prescribed sacrifice.
>
>  Anand
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>

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-Kartik

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