[Advaita-l] Ritual Purity, Svadhyaya, and Commute

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

Many Swamijis have said we can do Madhyanhika in the morning itself before
going to office. But there is no concession like this for Pratah and Sayam
Sandhyas. Nobody has said we can do Sayam Sandhya also in the morning
before going to office. Pratah and Sayam Sandhyas must be done at proper
time only sunrise and sunset. If you are coming home late from office you
can do it at the correct time outside home or you can do it after
coming home with Prayascitta Arghya for the late Sandhya.

This is showing Madhyanhika rule is not so strict like Pratah and Sayam.
Why? Because Sruti has not said Madhyanhika must be done like Pratah and
Sayam Sandhyas. Because it is coming from outside Sruti it has flexible
time.

On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 11:21 PM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> On Sep 11, 2016 8:44 PM, "Venkatesh Murthy" <vmurthy36 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Namaste
>>
>> Sruti is stronger than Smriti and Sistacara.
>
>
> This argument can be advanced only if the Sruti is contradicted and if the
> Sruti has said that 'one should not perform mādhyāhnikam or that it is a
> sin to perform it.' In fact the Manu smriti says:
>
> वेदः स्मृतिः सदाचारः स्वस्य च प्रियमात्मनः । एतच्चतुर्विधं प्राहुः
> साक्षाद्धर्मस्य लक्षणम् ॥ २.१२
>
> The above verse counts all the four independently as dharma lakshanam and
> not one being subservient to the other.
>
> There are phala shrutis like  'trisandhyam yah paṭhet nityam..' which
> indicate three sandhyas in a day. Also the two sandhyas stated in the
> shruti can also be taken as upalakshana for the third.
> Further, the word 'sandhyā' has these meanings too:
>
> सन्ध्या sandhyA
> <http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=sandhyA&direction=SE&script=HK&link=yes&beginning=0>
> f. juncture
> <http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=juncture&direction=ES&script=HK&link=yes&beginning=0>
>  of
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>  the
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>  three
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>  divisions
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>  of
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>  the
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>
> सन्ध्या sandhyA
> <http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=sandhyA&direction=SE&script=HK&link=yes&beginning=0>
> f. deity
> <http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=deity&direction=ES&script=HK&link=yes&beginning=0>
>  presiding
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>  over
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>  three
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>  the
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>  day
> <http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?tinput=day&direction=ES&script=HK&link=yes&beginning=0>
>
>
> The Deities (Devi Sāvitri, Gayatri and Saraswati) are also separately
> mentioned for the three sandhyās.
>
> In the Valmiki Ramayana, at the beginning, we have this verse:
>
> sa muhuurtaM gate tasmin devalokam muniH tadaa |
> jagaama tamasaa tiiram jaahnavyaat aviduurataH || 1-2-3
>
> 3. tasmin= he, that Narada; muhuurtam+devalokam+gate= in a moment [after,]
> god's world, heavens, having gone; tadaa= then; saH+muniH= he, that sage
> Valmiki; jaahnavyaat+avi + duurataH= from Jahnavi river, not, far-off from
> [nearby to Jahnavi river]; tamasaa+tiiram+ jagaama= Tamasa, riverbanks,
> proceeded to.
>
> A while after the departure of Narada to heavens, Valmiki proceed to the
> riverbanks of Tamasa, which are not far-off form River Jahnavai [i.e.,
> River Ganga.] [1-2-3]
>
> For this, both the popular commentaries Govindarājiya and Tilaka say:
> Valmiki went to the river to perform mādhyāhnika.
>
>
> regards
>
> vs
>
>
>
>>


-- 
Regards

-Venkatesh