[Advaita-l] Prasna regarding Aruna Prasna

[Sujal Upadhyay]

Namaste,

I am not qualified for to answer this topic, however, I have found
something that can be useful.

In he book, Hindu
Dharma<http://kamakoti.org/newlayout/template/hindudharma.html>,
there is a topic on child
marriage<http://kamakoti.org/newlayout/template/hindudharma.html/18/1/hindu/Marriage>
(Part
18), please check Eight Forms of
Marriage<http://kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part18/chap5.htm>and previous
two chapters

Interesting thing related to this topic is that mantras in marriage are
recited for all forms of marriage. Out of it one marriage Brahma Marriage
is conducted when girl has not attained puberty, but she goes to stay at
her husband's home when she is matured.

Mantras are said in advance.

Please find a quote below by Kanchi Paramacharya

I will give you an example in this context. When the brahmacarin performs
> the samidadhana he prays before Agni to grant him good children. How absurd
> would it be for our reformers to argue, on the basis of this prayer, that a
> young boy must have children when he is yet a celibate-student and that he
> may become a householder only later. The point to note is that the boy
> prays on advance for good children. The Vedic mantras cited by reformers
> must be seen in the same light.



> The mantras [quoted by reformers] are appropriate for the marriage of a
> girl who has come of age also.
> This is our reply to the school of opinion represented by the Rt Hon'ble
> Srinivasa Sastri. If the mantras in question are chanted at the time of the
> marriage of girls who have come of age, it does not mean that all marriages
> are to be celebrated after the girls have attained puberty. According to
> the brahma form of marriage, the girl must not have had her menarche. There
> is incontrovertible proof for this in the Vedic mantra chanted at the end
> of the marriage rite<http://kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part18/referp18.htm#MARRIAGE RITE>
> .
>


> I told that a girl is under the sway of a gandharva between the time she
> is able to wear her clothes without anybody's help and her menarche. His
> name is Visvavasu. The mantra I referred to is chanted by the groom
> addressing this demigod. "o Visvasu, " it says, " I bow to you. Leave this
> girl and go. Go to another girl child. Have I not become the husband of
> this girl? So give her over to me and go to another girl who is not married
> and lives with her father. " During the wedding the groom performs a puja
> to this gandharva and prays to him to free the girl from his control. Here
> is proof that the bride is not under Agni and has not had her menarche



>
> *UdirsvatoVisvavaso namasedamahe tva /Anyamiccha prapharvyam sanjayam
> patya srja/Udisrvato pativati hyesa Visvavasunnamasa girbhiride /Anyamichha
> pitrsadam vyaktam/sa te bhago janusa tasya vidhi.*


Coming back to the topic, in brahmacharya ashram, according to Kanchi
Paramacharya, everything is taught, including upanishads. i.e. samhitA,
brAhmaNa, araNyaka, vedAnta (upanishads), but after completing the
education, brahmacharin return to home and lives a life of house holder.

I think that the applications of teachings of various parts of veda-s
(samhitA, etc) are related to ashrams, but they are taught atleast on
philosophical or intellectual level since the first ashram.

I hope this is helpful.

AUM

Sujal

OM

Sujal Upadhyay

"To disconnect from the self and to become Aware of anything else is
nothing but unhappiness" - Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi

He who has faith has all
He who lacks faith, lacks all
It is the faith int he name of lord that works wonders
FAITH IS LIFE, DOUBT IS DEATH - Sri Ramakrishna


On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Namaste
>
> This event really happened. Once a man learned in Upanishads and Brahma
> Sutra Bhashya went to see a Sanyasi. He wanted to have a thorough
> discussion. But the Sanyasi asked him Do you do Sandhyavandana daily or
> not? The man said I am not doing it regularly. The Sanyasi said Then there
> is no discussion required with you. You first learn to do your Nitya Karma
> unfailingly and come to me.
>
> In the Advaita list we have to understand importance of Prerequisites and
> following them without fail. Only then we can become eligible to discuss
> Advaita. Otherwise it is waste of time.
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 1:21 PM, kuntimaddi sadananda <
> kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------
> > On Fri, 11/8/13, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >  If we have to discuss only Advaita here it is not possible.
> >  Because SILENCE
> >  is the one and only way to teach Advaita. Dakshina Murthy is
> >  teaching
> >  SILENCE only. All the doubts of the students are cleared by
> >  SILENCE only.
> >
> > Shree Venkatesh Murthy - PraNAms
> >
> > I have no interest to get into these discussions - However for those who
> > are interested silence does not teach advaita either. advaita is negation
> > of duality that is being experienced is not a reality That has to be
> > established by a shravana, manana and nidhidhyaasana which involves
> thought
> > process. Detailed discussion of this was provided recently in the series
> > posted with the heading - vichaara saagara of Nischaladasa. Please study
> > the part 11 and Part II - respond to the purvapaksha. After the study
> > contemplation on the truth sitting in silence will help in abiding in the
> > knowledge. Silence is not absence of thoughts silence is in spite of
> noise
> > or even the thoughts since the truth that is paaramaarthikam is
> independent
> > of either absence or presence of thoughts,, which are just
> superimpositions
> > on the truth. That is what mithyaa means. Since these topics have already
> > been discussed in the above series posted last week, I remain silent..
> >
> > Hari Om!
> > Sadananda
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