{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/db/bk11ch20.htm","path":"hin/db/bk11ch20.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/db/bk11ch20.htm","text":"THE ELEVENTH BOOK\nChapter XX\nOn the description of Brahm\u00e2 Yaj\u00f1\u00e2, Sandhy\u00e2s, etc.\n1-25. The twice born (Br\u00e2hmana) is firstly to sip three times (make \u00c2chamana); then to make the m\u00e2rjana (sprinkle water) twice; he is to touch the water by the right hand and sprinkle water on his two feet. Next, he is to sprinkle with water his head, eyes, nose, ears, heart, and head thoroughly. Then speaking out the Des\u2019a and K\u00e2la (place and time) he should commence the Brahm\u00e2 Yaj\u00f1\u00e2. Next for the destruction of all the sins and for getting liberation, he should have the Darbha (sacrificial grass, and the Kus\u2019a grasses), two on his right hand, three on his left hand, one grass each on his seat, sacrificial thread, his tuft, and his heels. No sin can now remain in his body.\n\u201cI am performing this Brahm\u00e2 Yaj\u00f1\u00e2 for the satisfaction of the Devat\u00e2 according to the S\u00fbtra,\u201d thus thinking he is to repeat the G\u00e2yatr\u00ee thrice. Then he is to recite the following mantras :-- \u201cAgnim\u00eele purohitam, etc.,\u201d \u201cYadamgeti\u201d \u201cAgnirvai,\u201d \u201cMah\u00e2vratanchaiva panth\u00e2,\u201d \u201cAth\u00e2tah S\u2019amhit\u00e2y\u00e2s\u2019cha vid\u00e2maghavat,\u201d \u201cMah\u00e2vratasya,\u201d \u201c\u00cesetvorjetv\u00e2,\u201d \u201cAgna \u00e2y\u00e2hi\u201d \u201cS\u2019anno Dev\u00ee rabb\u00eestaye,\u201d \u201cTasya Sam\u00e2mn\u00e2yo\u201d \u201cBriddair\u00e2daich\u201d \u201cS\u2019iks\u00e2m pravaksy\u00e2mi,\u201d \u201cPancha Samvatsareti,\u201d \u201cMayarasatajabhetyeva,\u201d \u201cGaurgm\u00e2,\u201d also he is to recite the two following S\u00fbtras :-- \u201cAth\u00e2to Dharma Jij\u00f1\u00e2s\u00e2,\u201d \u201cAth\u00e2to Brahm\u00e2 Jij\u00f1\u00e2sa.\u201d Next he is to recite the mantra \u201cTachhamyoh\u201d and also the mantra \u201cNamo Br\u00e2hmane namo stvagnaye namah prithivyai nama Osadh\u00eebhyoh namah\u201d. (These mantras are the famous mantras of the Rig Veda). Next perform the Deva-tarpanam, thus :-- \u201cOm Praj\u00e2pati stripyatu\u201d, \u201cOm Brahm\u00e2 stripyatu\u201d, \u201cOm Ved\u00e2s tripyantu,\u201d \u201cOm Risayastri pyantu\u201d, \u201c Om Dev\u00e2stripantu,\u201d \u201cOm Sarvani chhand\u00e2msi tripyantu\u201d, \u201cOm Om K\u00e2ra stripyatu\u201d, \u201cOm Vasat K\u00e2ra stripyatu\u201d, \u201cOm Vy\u00e2rhitayas tripyantu\u201d, Om S\u00e2vitr\u00ee tripyatu\u201d, \u201cOm G\u00e2yatr\u00ee tripyatu\u201d, \u201cOm Yaj\u00f1\u00e2 stripyantu,\u201d Om Dy\u00e2v\u00e2 prithivyau tripyat\u00e2m. Om antar\u00eeksam tripyatu, Om Ahor\u00e2tr\u00e2ni tripyantu, Om S\u00e2mkky\u00e2 stripyantu, Om Siddh\u00e2 stripyantu, Om Samudr\u00e2 stripyantu, Om Nady\u00e2s tripyantu, Om girayas tripyantu, Om Ksettraus adhivana spati gandharv\u00e2 Psarasas tripyantu, Om n\u00e2g\u00e2 vay\u00e2msi g\u00e2vascha s\u00e2dhy\u00e2 vipr\u00e2sta thaiva cha, yaks\u00e2 raks\u00e2nsi bhutan\u00ee tyeva mant\u00e2ni tripyantu. Next, suspending the sacrificial thread from the neck, perform the Risi tarpanam, thus :-- Om S\u2019atarchinas tripyantu, Om m\u00e2dhyam\u00e2s tripyantu,\nOm Gritsamada stripyatu, Om Vis\u2019v\u00e2mitra stripyantu, Om V\u00e2madeva stripyantu, Om Atri stripyatu, Om Bharadv\u00e2jastripyatu, Om Vas\u2019isthastripyatu, Om Prag\u00e2thastripyatu, P\u00e2vam\u00e2nyastripyantu. Next, holding the sacrificial thread over the right shoulder and under the left arm, perform the Tarpanam, thus :--\nOm Ksudras\u00fbkt\u00e2 stripyantu.\nOm Mah\u00e2s\u00fbkt\u00e2stripyantu.\nOm Sanaka stripyatu.\nOm Sananda stripyatu.\nOm San\u00e2tana stripyatu.\nOm Sanat Kum\u00e2ra stripyatu.\nOm Kapila stripyatu.\nOm \u00c2suristripyatu,\nOm Vohalistripyatu.\nOm Pa\u00f1chas\u2019ikha stripyatu.\nOm Sumantu Jaimini Vais\u2019amp\u00e2yana Paila S\u00fbtra Bh\u00e2sya bh\u00e2rata Mah\u00e2 Bh\u00e2rata Dharm\u00e2ch\u00e2ryah stripyantu.\nOm J\u00e2nant\u00eev\u00e2ha vig\u00e2rgya Gautama S\u2019\u00e2kalya v\u00e2bhravya M\u00e2ndavya M\u00e2nd\u00fbkey\u00e2 stripyantu.\nOm G\u00e2rg\u00ee V\u00e2chaknav\u00ee tripyatu.\nOm Vadav\u00e2 pr\u00e2tithey\u00ee tripyatu.\nOm Sulabh\u00e2 maitrey\u00ee tripyatu.\nOm Kahola stripyatu.\nOm Kaus\u00eetaka stripyatu.\nOm Mah\u00e2 Kausitaka stripyatu.\nOm Bh\u00e2radv\u00e2ja stripyatu,\nOm Paimga stripyatu.\nOm Mah\u00e2paimga stripyatu.\nOm Sujaj\u00f1\u00e2 stripyatu.\nOm S\u00e2mkhy\u00e2yana stripyatu.\nOm Aitareya stripyatu.\nOm Mahaitareya stripyatu.\nOm V\u00e2skala stripyatu.\nOm S\u00e2kala stripyatu.\nOm Suj\u00e2ta vaktra stripyatu.\nOm Audav\u00e2hi stripyatu.\nOm Sauj\u00e2mi stripyatu,\nOm S\u2019aunaka stripyatu,\nOm \u00c2s\u2019val\u00e2yana stripyatu.\n26-54. Let all the other \u00c2ch\u00e2ryas be satisfied. \u201cOm Ye Ke ch\u00e2smat kule J\u00e2t\u00e2 aputr\u00e2 gotrino mrit\u00e2h. te grihnantu may\u00e2 dattam vastranisp\u00eedi to dakam.\u201d Saying thus offer water squeezed out of a cloth. O N\u00e2rada! Thus I have spoken to you of the rules of Brahm\u00e2 Yaj\u00f1\u00e2. Whoever performs thus the Brahm\u00e2 Yaj\u00f1\u00e2 gets the fruits of studying all the Vedas. Then performing, in due order, the Vais\u2019va deva, Homa, S\u2019r\u00e2ddha, serving the guests, and feeding the cows, the devotee is to take his meals during the fifth part of the day along with the other Br\u00e2hmanas. Then the sixth and the seventh parts of the day he is to spend in reading histories and the Pur\u00e2nas. Then the eighth part of the day he is to devote in seeing the relatives, talking with them and receiving visits from other persons; then he will be prepared to perform the evening Sandhy\u00e2. O N\u00e2rada! I am now talking of the evening Sandhy\u00e2. Listen. S\u2019r\u00ee Bhagavat\u00ee is pleased very quickly with him who performs the evening Sandhy\u00e2. First make the \u00c2chaman and make the V\u00e2yu (air) in the body steady. With heart tranquilled and with the seat Baddha Padm\u00e2sana, be calm and quiet while engaged in performing the Sandhy\u00e2. At the commencement of all actions prescribed in the S\u2019rutis and Smritis, first perform the Sagarbha Pr\u00e2n\u00e2yama. In other words recite the mantra mentally for the due number of moments and make the Pr\u00e2n\u00e2yama. Simply meditating is called Agarbha Pr\u00e2n\u00e2yama. Here no mantra is necessary to be recited. Then have the Bhutas\u2019uddhi (have the purifications of the elements) and make the Sankalpa. First of all, the purification of elements, etc., are to be done first; one becomes, then, entitled to do other actions. While doing P\u00fbraka (inhaling), Kumbhaka (retaining) and Rechaka (exhaling) in Pran\u00e2y\u00e2ma, meditate on the Deity stated duly. In the evening time meditate on the Bhagavat\u00ee Sandhy\u00e2 Dev\u00ee thus :-- The name of the then G\u00e2yatr\u00ee Dev\u00ee is Sarasvat\u00ee. She is old, of black colour, wearing ordinary clothes; in her hands are seen conch shell, disc, club and lotus. On Her feet the anklets are making sweet tinkling sounds; on Her loins there is the golden thread; decked with various ornaments. She is sitting on Garuda. On Her head the invaluable jewel crown is seen; on Her neck, the necklaces of stars; Her forehead is shining with a brilliant lustre emitting from the pearl and jewel T\u00e2tamka ornaments. She has put on yellow clothes; Her nature is eternal knowledge and ever-bliss. She is uttering S\u00e2ma Veda. She resides in the Heavens and daily She goes in the path of the Sun. I invoke the Dev\u00ee from the Solar Orb. O N\u00e2rada! Meditate on the Dev\u00ee thus and perform the Sandhy\u00e2. Then perform the M\u00e2rjanam by the mantra \u201c\u00c2pohisth\u00e2\u201d and next by the mantra\n\u201cAgnis\u2019cha m\u00e2 manyus\u2019cha.\u201d The remaining actions are the same as before. Next, repeat the G\u00e2yatr\u00ee and offer, with a pure heart, the offering of Arghya to the Sun for the satisfaction of N\u00e2r\u00e2yana. While offering this Arghya, keep the two legs level and similar and take water in folded palms and meditating on the Devat\u00e2 within the Solar Orb, throw it towards Him. The fool that offers S\u00fbry\u00e2rghya in the water, out of ignorance, disregarding the injunctions of the S\u2019rutis, will have to perform Pr\u00e2yas\u2019chitta for that sin. Next, worship the Sun by the S\u00fbrya mantra. Then taking one\u2019s seat, meditate on the Dev\u00ee and repeat the G\u00e2yatr\u00ee. One thousand times or five hundred times the G\u00e2yatr\u00ee is to be repeated. The worship, etc., in the evening is the same as in the morning. Now I am speaking of the Tarpanam in the Evening Sandhy\u00e2. Hear. Vas\u2019istha is the Risi of the aforesaid Sarasvat\u00ee. Visnu in the form of Sarasvat\u00ee is the Devat\u00e2; G\u00e2yatr\u00ee is the Chhanda; its application is in the Evening Sandhy\u00e2 Tarpanam. Now the Tarpanam of the Sandhy\u00e2nga (the adjunct of Sandhy\u00e2) runs as follows :--\n\u201cOm Svah Purusam Tarpay\u00e2mi.\u201d\n\u201cOm S\u00e2mavedam Tarpay\u00e2mi.\u201d\n\u201cOm S\u00fbryamandalam tarpay\u00e2mi.\u201d\n\u201cOm Hiranyagarbham tarpay\u00e2mi.\u201d\n\u201cOm Param\u00e2tm\u00e2nam tarpay\u00e2mi.\u201d\n\u201cOm Sarasvat\u00eem tarpay\u00e2mi.\u201d\n\u201cOm Devam\u00e2taram tarpay\u00e2mi.\u201d\n\u201cOm Samkritim tarpay\u00e2mi.\u201d\n\u201cOm Vriddh\u00e2m Sandhy\u00e2m tarpay\u00e2mi\n\u201cOm Visnu r\u00fbpin\u00eem Usas\u00eem tarpay\u00e2mi.\u201d\n\u201cOm Nirmrij\u00eem tarpay\u00e2mi.\u201d\n\u201cOm Sarvasiddhi k\u00e2rin\u00eem tarpay\u00e2mi.\u201d\n\u201cOm Sarvamantr\u00e2 dhipatik\u00e2m tarpayami.\u201d\n\u201cOm Bhurbhuvah Svah Purusam tarpay\u00e2mi.\u201d\nThus perform the Vaidik Tarpanam. O N\u00e2rada! Thus have been described the rules of the sin destroying evening Sandhy\u00e2. By this evening Sandhy\u00e2, all sorts of pains and afflictions and diseases are removed. And ultimately the Moksa is obtained. What more than this that you should know this Sandhy\u00e2 Bandanam as the principal thing amongst the good conduct and right ways of living. Therefore S\u2019r\u00ee Bhagavat\u00ee fructifies all the desires of the Bhaktas who perform this Sandhy\u00e2 Vandanam.\nHere ends the Twentieth Chapter of the Eleventh Book on the description of Brahm\u00e2 Yaj\u00f1\u00e2, Sandhy\u00e2s, etc., in the Mah\u00e2pur\u00e2nam S\u2019r\u00ee Mad Dev\u00ee Bh\u00e2gavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vy\u00e2sa.","title":"The Devi Bhagavatam: The Eleventh Book: Chapter 20","type":"page"}