DO’s AND DON’Ts IN DAY TO DAY LIFE - PART 29

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POSTING

On the day when birth or death taint leaves , early morning the men should take their bath and do Sandhya Vandana. The ritualistic cleaning bath should again be taken after 8.30AM. Then the old sacred thread should be changed and a new one worn.

Redemptive acts for sins/mistakes committed

Kruchram is a compensation one does, for not performing any ritual or unknowingly doing a sin. This consists of torturing one self by fasting and expressing remorse. If one is not able to do a Kruchram the following is prescribed.

Instead of a Prajapathya Kruchram, one can chant Gayathri 10000 times. If this is not possible they can do pranayama 200 times. If this is not possible they have to do Thila Homam 1000 times If even this is not possible they have to read Vedas 30 times. If even that is not possible should feed 60 or 24 or 12 Brahmins. If even this is not possible they should do Godhana. If this also is not possible, They should give the price of a cow to a Brahmin.

If we have to get entitlement to do a ritual we have to give rupees 12.50 to seven persons or six persons or three persons. 

TAINT WOMEN

If woman in periods or Chandalas touch us or if we happen to touch a corpse , we should take bath with the dress we are wearing. Unless the men wear a new sacred thread they are not fit to do any rituals. 

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