[Advaita-l] yama tarpaNa on naraka chaturdashI

[V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l]

Namaste

This shloka (mantra?) यमाय धर्मराजाय.............चित्रगुप्ताय वै नमः ।
चित्रगुप्ताय वै नम ओं नम इति ।  is chanted by Tamil smartas as a part of
the daily three times sandhyāvandana, facing south.  It is called यमवन्दनम्.

regards
subrahmanian.v

2014-10-22 7:09 GMT+05:30 Anand Hudli via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>:

> Dharmasindhu:
>
> After the abhyanga snAna (oil bath) and kArtika snAna, one should give yama
> tarpaNa with the following mantras, with devatIrtha or pitRutIrtha, and
> with the yajnopavIta in the savya or apasavya position, facing south. Black
> sesame seeds are to be used in the tarpaNa. However, one whose father is
> living must give the tarpaNa with yajnopavIta in the savya position, with
> devatIrtha, and with barley (or rice), instead of sesame seeds. Three
> tarpaNas are to be given with each name mentioned below.
>
> यमाय नमः यमं तर्पयामीत्युक्त्वा तिलमिश्रांस्त्रीनंजलीन्सव्येनापसव्येन वा
> देवतीर्थेन पितृतीर्थेन वा दक्षिणामुखो दद्यात्। एवमग्रेऽपि॥
> धर्मराजाय नमः धर्मराजं तर्पयामि, मृत्यवे नमः मृत्युं तर्पयामि, अंतकाय नमः
> अंतकं तर्पयामि, वैवस्वताय नमः वैवस्वतं तर्पयामि, कालाय नमः कालं तर्पयामि,
> सर्वभूतक्षयाय नमः सर्वभूतक्षयं तर्पयामि, औदुंबराय नमः औदुम्बरं तर्पयामि,
> दध्नाय नमः दध्नं तर्पयामि, नीलाय नमः नीलं तर्पयामि, परमेष्ठिने नमः
> परमेष्ठिनं तर्पयामि, वृकोदराय नमः वृकोदरं तर्पयामि, चित्राय नमः चित्रं
> तर्पयामि, चित्रगुप्ताय नमः चित्रगुप्तं तर्पयामि ॥ जीवत्पितृकस्तु
> यवैर्देवतीर्थेन सव्येन कुर्यात्॥
>
> Anand
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