[Advaita-l] Meaning and significance of mantra

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste Raghav ji,
In this context, I recall reading in deivattin kural, a collection of
speeches by HH Sri chandrashekharendra sarasvati svAminah, the erstwhile
maThAdhipati of the kAnchi maTha, that the period after utsarjana was to be
devoted to studying the vedAngas.

The manusmriti says that veda adhyayana may continue even in the period
after utsarjana during the shukla paksha of each month, with vedAngas
studied in the krishna paksha.

To a certain extent, this is moot because if veda adhyayana itself is not
happening, to do prAyashcitta for not doing utsarjana during the
anadhyayana kAla is like a criminal seeking pardon for not obeying traffic
rules while fleeing from a heist.

Kind regards,
Venkatraghavan

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 10:09 AM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Venkatraghavan ji
> It is said that the kAmokArshIt mantra in upAkarma is not for general
> purpose prAyascitta of omissions and commisions which occur in the course
> of daily conduct (for which there is the employment of rudra prashna
> chanting etc., for example) , rather its only on account of having studied
> the Veda when its anadhyayana was enjoined. Was such a long furlough every
> year for studying other branches of (non-vedic) knowledge?
>
> Om
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 4:42 PM Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste Sadaji,
> > In the context of upAkarma samskAra, the kAmokArShIt japa is done as a
> > prAyAshchitta for the adhyAya utsarjana akaraNa -  failing to do
> utsarjana,
> > which is the formal cessation of veda adhyayana during the anadhyayana
> > period (the Tamil months tai to AvaNi / pausha to Sravana / January to
> > August)
> >
> > Regards
> > Venkatraghavan
> >
> > On 25 Aug 2018 15:51, "kuntimaddi sadananda via Advaita-l" <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > PraNAms to all
> > Wanted to know the meaning and significance of kamokaarsheet mantra.
> > It is supposed to be for prayaschittam.
> > Hari Om!Sadananda
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