[Advaita-l] prayAshchitaM for sAvitribhraShTAH

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste Sri Rajesh ji,
I concur with Sri Subrahmanian ji - but since you want shAstra vihita
prAyaschitta, please refer vashiShTha dharmasUtra 11.75-11.79

http://www.hinduonline.co/vedicreserve/kalpa/dharma/vasishtha_dharma_sutra.pdf

The options offered are:
1) uddAlaka vratam - for two months he should live on barley gruel
(yAvaka), one month on milk, half a month on curd, six days on food
received without being asked for, three days on water, and fast for one day
and night
2) ashvamedha avabhrita - participate in the ritual bath at the end of the
ashvamedha
3) vrAtyastoma

Whether these options are possible I do not know, but I do feel for the
boys. Hope you find some way forward.

Regards
Venkatraghavan



On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Rajesh Benjwal via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> You are correct Subrahmanianji,
>
>
> My concern is we do not know what Shankaracaryaji saw in that particular
> person and allowed him. If any Jagadguru says that there is no need to
> perform any prAyashchita karma for sAvitribhraShTAH then it is acceptable
> but when someone allow to an individual who has come to him then this is a
> different thing. There are some sAstra pramAnam that bleesing of the siddha
> purusha is enough to remove your dosham.  So having blessing of such a
> person is equal to a prAyashchita karma.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 4:07 PM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Rajesh Benjwal <rbenjwal at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >>  Namaste Subrahmanianji,
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help.
> >>
> >> In our Gurukula we follow sastras strictly, if we are looking for an
> >> alternate then again there must be some sastra pramanam in favour of it.
> >>
> >
> > I understand your concern. Śiṣṭāchāra or their upādesha is also a
> pramana.
> >
> > regards
> >
> >
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