DO’s AND DON’Ts IN DAY TO DAY LIFE - PART 5

Then one has to again do ‘Snana’ for madhyanikam and do madhyanikam. After that do pithru tharpanam for liberations of forefathers, pooja, homam in fire, tharpanadhigal using water, for which he has to dedicate to the deities all those objects that he perceives with his five senses(pancha indhriangal).  By this one would have finished Brahma yagnam, pithruyagnam(tharpanam), Devayagnam (pooja, homam etc). By the time he finished all these 4 parts of the above period would have been over.  In pancha-yagnam there will be two yagnams viz., manushya yagnam and bhudayagnam which have  to be performed.

In the 5^th part one has to do vaishvadeva karma. In this Agni homam, apart from putting ‘Annam’ in the homam, some part of the annam has to be given as bali (without being placed in the fire) and kept in different places in the house by chanting mantras for the welfare of outcastes, beggars.  After that other Jeevarasais such as dog, crow, birds, other animals etc are to be taken care by putting annam as bali outside the house.  Similarly bali for aditis and other devadas should be honoured.  These balis are called Budhayagnam.  If  athithyam (inviting and treating guest and not  Aadityam) and vaisvadevam (bali for other jeevarasis) are done properly then unemployment, beggars, theft would come down. By 1PM all these would be over.  Then only a Brahmin can take meals.  If required one can have  butter milk or milk in between.  These are daily rituals.  On some days we may have to do some sacrificial homas or yagnams which may take some more time.  If one has to perform Shradham then this may also take some time and only after doing shradham, poojas for deities etc has to be done.  In such cases he has to take food only after this.