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Balaji Swamin,

Nothing to worry. U had a upanayana, brahmopadesham & u r regularly performing 
sandhya & gayathri japam. Just erase from ur mind that 9 extra years were spent 
for no fault of u without entering into the gayathri's fold. Simply carry on ur 
adhyayanam and nitya karma.

In fact there are many superstitions & practices which has no real basis as per 
the Dharma sastras. All that is important for upanayanam as per the sastra is 
'garbhashtamam'. 'Ashtavarsha brahmana Upanayetha' is the dictat. H.H. 44th 
Jeer of Ahobila Mutt, when posed such a question of 3 brahmacharis simply 
disposed it off saying it as baseless belief. That is how my younger brother 
had his upanayanam and we three brothers in my house were brahmacharis for 
atleast 6 long years. All of us are at present married with me spending 13 
years now in the Gruhasthasrama. Everything is good by Lords grace.

So the message is try to dismiss superstitions as far as possible!

sajjana pada padma parama renuhu

Lakshmi Narasimha dasaha




Balaji <t_balaji@xxxx> wrote: Hi All,

I want to know what is the right age for Upanayanam? I read in the Sapthagiri 
magazine that if the Upananayam is not performed between the age 8 and 16, then 
the boy is not for Brahmopadesha. The article continued that "it is said in the 
Dharma Shastra that if Upanayana is not performed before the age of Sixteen a 
boy becomes Savitri-Patita, fallen from the Brahmanic tradtion"

In my case, my parents couldn't perform the upanayanam before the age of 16. I 
believe there is a custom that there should not be 3 Brahmacharis in a house at 
any point of time. I don't know the reason behind this custom. But becasue of 
this custom, my upanayanam was postponed until one of my elder brother got 
married. But by the time I had already crossed the age of 16.

Though in the same article it has been mentioned that the Boy and his father 
would have perfromed some prayaschitta for the delayed performance of the 
Upanayana, I don't remember of doing any such thing during my Upanayanam. 
Probably the person (Vadhiyar swamigal) who has performed the Upanaayanam for 
me would have performed the prayaschitta without making informing us.

Can some one tell me whether I should do any prayaschitta now ? If yes, what 
kind of Prayaschitta I should do now ?

I also wanted to know whether the age mentioned in the ariticle is correct and 
the reason behind the custom of 3 Brahamacharis should not be there in the 
house at any time.

Thanks, Balaji



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