SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, adiyEn's two cents worth: This is based on adiyen's discussion on the subject with vidwAn Sri ANC Swami of Srirangam few years ago: Sri ANC Swamin is retired Principal residing at Srirangam. His jnAna vairgAya, anushtAnam is seen to be believed. Swamy gets up in the wee hours- goes to kollidam; comes back, does his anushthAnams namely, prAtha sandhyavAndhanam, japams, brahma yagnam and others- takes kalakshepam for his few sishyas on rahasyams, at about 11 30- 12 noon he performs madhyAnikam, and then ThiruvarAdhanam which goes on till about 2 - 2.30 p.m. Swamy then takes bhagavath prasAdham for antharyaami - and he does not eat anything nor drink (milk) before. Swamy - when asked by adiyEn- that adiyEn does prAtha sandhyAvandhanam and madhyAnikam, ArAdhanam before going to the office - all by 7 a.m- and sought his response if it is correct. Swamy said, "it is first ok to do that for office goes and students." No doubt- prAthas sandhyAvandhanam is to be started before the sun rise; madhyAnikam when the Sun is straight above your head (sukram uccharath...) about 12 noon and evening saayam sandhyAvandhanam by 6 p.m befroe the sun sets.. [it is also referred to as kaaNaamal; kONAmal and kaNdu... ] However, if one misses to do prAthas sandhyAvandhanam before the Sun rise, he has to perform kaalaadheethapraayaschitthra argyam. if one misses to do madhyAnikam before 12 noon- he has to do praayaschittha argyam (not the one who does before 12 noon - so even if performed at 7 a.m - it is within the norm - as per Swami.. ] saayam- if one does after sun set- praayaschitthra argyam needs to be offered. Swami is writing a very exhasutive and elabrative ahnikam vyAkhyanam in simple tamil based on thirukkudanthai Desikan Ahnikam. Awaiting its release.. It is an attempt that is important first. Make a humble good beginning and Bhagawaan and Acharya's anugraham would put you on right track. Also, the good, user friendly, simple to read- easy to follow- repeating the Achamanam, praNAyaamam every time so that one need not refer back to first pages- is all housed in the wonderful sandhyAvandhanam book released by Srimad Poundarikapuram Swami. those who wish to obtain, please write to me and I can arrange to send. They are available in Srirangam, Bangalore, Chennai. There is also a very good book in all languages (Kannada, Tamil and english). One can get this Sandhyavandanam book (Actually it is the realease from thillaistanam svami kaimkarya sabha and published by nrusimhapriya trust. Trust this helps Regards namo narayana dAsan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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