[Advaita-l] brahma yajnam - Tamil

[Venkata sriram P]

Dear Ravi,

Gone thru the book.  My observations:

1.	The mantra ऋचोऽक्षरे परमे व्योमन् ...... is missing which should be chanted before gAyatri
2.	After gAyatri mantra, the 4th pAda is chanted at the end ie., परो रजसि सावदोम्
3.	Only Krishna yajurveda samhita mantra ie., इषेत्वोर्जेत्वा ... is given
4.	The brAhmaNa bhAga ब्रह्मसंध्धत्तं...., is missing
5.	The AraNyaka bhAga mantras viz., नमो ब्रह्मणे धारणं मे....; ऋतं तपः सत्यं तपः....; यथा वृक्षस्य संपुष्पितस्य .....; अहं वृक्षस्य रेरिवा.....
        are missing which are the mandatory for those whose swa-shAkha is kriSNa yajurvEda taittiriya.

Apart from the above, we chant:

•	1st sutra of shIkSa, vyAkaraNa, followed by pratyAhAra sUtrANi  (mAhEshwara sUtrANi), aSTAdhyAyi, chandas sUtra, 
        1st sutra from vaidika nighaNTu, nirukta, followed by 1st shloka of jyOtishya shAstra, shrauta sUtra
•	This is followed by the 1st sutra of pUrva mimAmsa and uttara mimAmsa ie., अथातो धर्म जिज्ञासा and अथातो ब्रह्म जिज्ञासा 

After these chanting, the following are chanted:

1.	अों भूर्भुवस्सुवः सत्यं तपश्रद्धायां जुहोमि ॥
2.	ओं नमो ब्रह्मणे ...
3.	वृष्टिरसि वृश्च मे....

This is followed by स्मृत्याचमनं and dEva, riSi, pitru tarpaNAs. Important aspect is the position of yajnOpvaita while 
doing the dEva, riSi and pitru tarpaNAs.  

For dEva tarpaNa – upaveeti
For riSi tarpaNa – niveeti
For pitru tarpaNa – prAcheenaveeti (whose father is not alive)

For pitru tarpaNAs, if father is alive, then one should be in niveeti and tie the 
yajnopavita with left thumb one single round and do the tarpaNa

Regs,
Sriram