DO's AND DON’Ts IN DAY TO DAY LIFE - PART 17

The Aabhochana (The drinking of a drop of water with mantra “Amruthopastharanamsi”) should be done with water served by others. When you are eating in a group, all people should do it together. The sound of our swallowing the water should not be heard by anybody.

When finished earting,  transfer the left corner leaf from left to right hand and ask some one to pour water to purify your left hand.   In a group wait for others to finish.

Except fried items and fruit, if others are served by hand or if served by an iron ladle or served by left hand is equivalent to beef.

When we are taking food in a group, if one man gets up , then the food in all the leaves get tainted (taint of spit) If there is urgent need to get up, we have to draw a line with water on both sides and then get up. In this case we are separating our selves from the group.

The Uthara Abochanam (The water we take at end of eating with mantra “Amruthabhi danamasi”) should also be served by others. Half of this water has to be taken and the other half left below the right side of the leaf through the place between thumb and pointer finger. This would quench the thirst of people who are thirsty in hell.

When Rice is being brought we have to say “Asmakam nithyam asthu yethath (Let this be available to me daily)” and when we get up , we have to say “Anna Datha Sukhee Bhava” (let the giver of food get all pleasures.)

Till we wash our hand and do Aachamana, if we touch somebody else , both of us have to take bath. We should not take water from a pot while the right hand is not washed. We have to wash our hand, mouth and gargle 16 times.  Then wash your feet. Then  do Aachamana twice.  After this only you can give water to others for washing their hand.

After doing Aachamanam if we recite

Charyathi, sukanyamcha , chyvanam , chakram, aswinou
Bhuktha mathre smareth yasthu Chakshu thasya na heeyathe
and rub both our eyes with water, our eye sight will never suffer.

  ------will continue  in next posting