[Advaita-l] Chitrahuti

[Ramamurthy Venkateswaran]

Pranams
 
I read the thread on Chitrahuti and the question and answers gave some clarifications and I am grateful to Shri Sriramji for that.  I will further request that the source on which this information is gathered.  If this is not possible, may I further request that the procedure(s) the mantras to be recited before lunch and dinner.  Also, combining the relevant rules, the type of food to be cosumed for lunch and dinner, if mentioned it will greatly benefit the members, particularly persons like me.
 
With profound regards,
 
Sincerely,




R. VENKATESWARAN
 
email: r_venkateswaran at hotmail.com
 



 

> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:37:07 +0530
> From: venkatasriramp at yahoo.in
> To: advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
> Subject: [Advaita-l] Chitrahuti
> 
> Namaste,
>  
> ////
> a. why the chitrahuti (during our bhojana vidhi) is generally / widely
> observed during the day meals and not before the dinner ?
>  
> //
>  
> There are 2 category of pitrudevatas.  One category is created by Prajapati Brahma and the other category is presided by vasu,rudra & aditya who are the mentors of our own forefathers ie., pita, pitamaha, prapitamaha (father, grandfather & great-grandfathers).
>  
> Among the 1st category fall:
>  
> anala, soma, yama, aryama, agniShvAtta, barhiShada & somapa.  
>  
> Again, each one have their own 7 sub-categories.  
>  
> These 7 x 7 = 49 pitru gaNAs are called "diva pitru gaNAs" who are sAsvata (eternal),
> ie., till kapAnta.  
>  
> Yama falls under diva pitru gaNAs alongwith his attendants chitra & chitragupta.
>  
> So, during the mAdhyAnhna bhOjana, the kavya is offered to yama, chitra & chitragupta 
> in the form of 3 morsels of rice.  These is a form of pitru pinDa pradAna to "divya pitrus".
> And obviously, pitru-devatas are invoked in aparAnha kAla and that too only once.
>  
> And hence, they are not invoked during night at dinner.
>  
> //
> b. why chitrahuti is not given during a shradda bhojana ?
>  
> //
>  
> The shrAddha bhojana is the prasAda to our departed forefathers and it's adhikara to
> partake that prasada is only to vasu, rudra, aditya in the form of our bhOktAs, and
> nobody else.  
>  
> Even devatarchana, ghaNTa rAva at home & mahAnivedana to panchayatana is also
> prohited during the shrAddha ceremony day.  The reason being, "THAT DAY IS 
> EXCLUSIVELY FOR PITRU DEVATAS IE., OUR DEPARTED FORFATHERS who 
> are in the form of vasu, rudra & adityas respectively.
>  
> regs,
> sriram
>  
> 
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>  
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