[Advaita-l] Ritual Purity, Svadhyaya, and Commute

[V Subrahmanian]

Here is an interesting piece of information on Mādhyāhnikam:


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regards
vs

On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 10:57 PM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 8:13 PM, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Namaste
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>> I heard some people saying Madhyanha Sandhya is not according to
>> Sastric sources. It is not required but some people are doing it.
>> Morning and evening Sandhya is sufficient.
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> Actually the very first sandhyā vandanam a vaṭu performs soon after his
> brahmopadeśa is the mādhyāhnika.  That evening is the first sāyam sandhyā.
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> In the Srimadbhāgavatam, the story of Ambarisha has Durvāsa going to the
> Yamuna to perform his noon-oblations:
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> SB 9.4.37
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> *pratinandya sa tāṁ yācñāṁ kartum āvaśyakaṁ gataḥnimamajja bṛhad dhyāyan
> kālindī-salile śubhe*
> Word for word:
> *pratinandya <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=pratinandya>*
>  — gladly accepting; *saḥ
> <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=sah>* — Durvāsā Muni; *tām
> <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=tam>* — that; *yācñām
> <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=yacnam>* — request; *kartum
> <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=kartum>* — to perform; *āvaśyakam
> <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=avasyakam>* — the
> necessary ritualistic ceremonies; *gataḥ
> <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=gatah>* — went; *nimamajja
> <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=nimamajja>* — dipped his
> body in the water;*bṛhat
> <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=brhat>* — the Supreme
> Brahman; *dhyāyan
> <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=dhyayan>* — meditating on;
>  *kālindī <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=kalindi>* — of
> the Yamunā; *salile
> <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=salile>* — in the water; *śubhe
> <http://vedabase.com/en/synonyms-index?original=subhe>*— very auspicious.
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> For that word 'āvaśyakam', Sridhara Swamin (Advaitin) and
> Virarāghavacharya (Viśiṣṭādvaitin) comment: mādhyāhnikam.
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