Then we have to chant ( this is a slokam for easy digestion)
आगस्ति: अग्नि: बडबा: नलश्च भुक्तं मया अन्नं जरयन्त्वशेषं
सुखञ्च मे तत् परिणाम संभवं यच्छन्तु अरोगं मम च अस्तु देहे
ஸூகஞ்ச மே தத்பரிணாம ஸம்பவம் யச்சந்து அரோகம் மமசாஸ்துதேஹே ||
“Aagasthi
Agni badapanalascha buktham maya annam jarayanthu asesham,
Sukam
chame thath parinamam sambhavam yachanthu arogam mama cha asthu dehe”
(let Agni,
Agasthya, and Badavagni help me to digest all the food that I have eaten. Let
me be healthy and without disease.) And then rub the stomach with water.
It is told
that after meals, we have to walk at least one hundred steps. If you sit or lie
down immediately after taking food there
will be indigestion. If we walk or run fast , life span will reduce and fear of
death will be there within us.
Just before Uthara Abochanam (taking water with “Amruthabhi dana masi”), we have to bring rice and ask whether they need some more rice. If we do not do it, the good effect of serving food will be lost and we will also accrue sin.
After the guest takes food, we have to give him some monetary gift (Dakshina) along with Thamboola. Other wise there will be no effect of Annadhana.
Rules for
Gargling
After
meals we have to gargle and spit 16 times. We have to wash our hand and legs
and then do Aachamana.
We have to gargle 4 times after urinating, 8 times after going to stools and 16 times after washing our teeth.
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continue in next posting
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