By: Smt.Meera Tadipatri
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The tirtha snana during the pornami of Maagha, Vaishaka and Kartika are related to Bhagavan Vedavyasa and His contribution. Thus they go by the name Vyasa Pournami/Vyasa puja/Guru Pornami etc.
Sampradaya has it that a very learned pandit, due to his purva janma paapa, becomes puffed with pride insults gurus and gets brahma-raxasa janma and keeps bothering pilgrims on their way by asking the question -- "who will not do snana on Aa, Kaa, Maa, Vai" and harms those who didn't give reply.Pilgrims used to avoid the path haunted by this raxasa. To put an end to this, Sri Vadirajaru confronts him and says that only a "raxasa" will not do snana on those days of Ashada, Kartika, Maagha and Vaishaka and defeats him in vaada and makes him to carry his pallaki thereby removing his raxasa janma.
Ofcourse, people do take bath on all days but that is only for removing external dirt and this snana is different and called "tirtha snana" -- the one that removes the in-dwelling dirt like kama krodha, lobha, madha matsarya and its root cause paapa/sin in us. The sin is the one that is stopping us from making *real* adhyatmika progress.
The jaDa water doesn't have such a capacity and the awareness of Bhagavan and His vyapti and vyaapara in such waters alone can remove the sin in us. The correct knowledge of Bhagavan is given by shastra. Thus, tirtha refers to shastra as they alone can give knowledge of Bhagavan which in turn removes the paapa/sin.
Thus tirtha snana refers to immersing oneself in shastra and recollect such thought while bathing in waters. If the water happens to be sacred [due to the blessings of great soul], it becomes even more shreshta.
Thus, in our system, it is not just the mere act of bathing but the knowledge behind is what matters for real progress.
One is supposed to think about "drava rupa Sri Hari who is abhinna from our Bimbarupi Sri Hari" everyday and if that is not possible atleast on these special days.
This is done starting from:
1. Chaitra pournami to Vaishaka Pornami -- Vaishaka masa snana. or atleast on Pornami day with the thought of Sri Kamalalaya Madhusudhana [Kamalalaya being His concert]
2. Ashvija pornami to Karthika pournami -- Karthika Snana with Sri IndiraDamodara
3. Pausha pornami to Maaga Pornami -- Maagha Snana with thoughts on Sri Kamala Madhava.
Maagha Snana:
"maaghasnAnam karishhyAmi makarasthe divAkare
AsamApti mahAdevA nirvighnaM kuru mAdhava"
माघस्नानम् करिष्यामि मकरस्थे दिवाकरे
आसमाप्ति महादेवा निर्विघ्नं कुरु माधव
Shri KrishnArpanamastu.
Link to Maagha Snaana
VAISHAKA SNAANA & DHYANA SNAANA
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The tirtha snana during the pornami of Maagha, Vaishaka and Kartika are related to Bhagavan Vedavyasa and His contribution. Thus they go by the name Vyasa Pournami/Vyasa puja/Guru Pornami etc.
Sampradaya has it that a very learned pandit, due to his purva janma paapa, becomes puffed with pride insults gurus and gets brahma-raxasa janma and keeps bothering pilgrims on their way by asking the question -- "who will not do snana on Aa, Kaa, Maa, Vai" and harms those who didn't give reply.Pilgrims used to avoid the path haunted by this raxasa. To put an end to this, Sri Vadirajaru confronts him and says that only a "raxasa" will not do snana on those days of Ashada, Kartika, Maagha and Vaishaka and defeats him in vaada and makes him to carry his pallaki thereby removing his raxasa janma.
Ofcourse, people do take bath on all days but that is only for removing external dirt and this snana is different and called "tirtha snana" -- the one that removes the in-dwelling dirt like kama krodha, lobha, madha matsarya and its root cause paapa/sin in us. The sin is the one that is stopping us from making *real* adhyatmika progress.
The jaDa water doesn't have such a capacity and the awareness of Bhagavan and His vyapti and vyaapara in such waters alone can remove the sin in us. The correct knowledge of Bhagavan is given by shastra. Thus, tirtha refers to shastra as they alone can give knowledge of Bhagavan which in turn removes the paapa/sin.
Thus tirtha snana refers to immersing oneself in shastra and recollect such thought while bathing in waters. If the water happens to be sacred [due to the blessings of great soul], it becomes even more shreshta.
Thus, in our system, it is not just the mere act of bathing but the knowledge behind is what matters for real progress.
One is supposed to think about "drava rupa Sri Hari who is abhinna from our Bimbarupi Sri Hari" everyday and if that is not possible atleast on these special days.
This is done starting from:
1. Chaitra pournami to Vaishaka Pornami -- Vaishaka masa snana. or atleast on Pornami day with the thought of Sri Kamalalaya Madhusudhana [Kamalalaya being His concert]
2. Ashvija pornami to Karthika pournami -- Karthika Snana with Sri IndiraDamodara
3. Pausha pornami to Maaga Pornami -- Maagha Snana with thoughts on Sri Kamala Madhava.
Maagha Snana:
"maaghasnAnam karishhyAmi makarasthe divAkare
AsamApti mahAdevA nirvighnaM kuru mAdhava"
माघस्नानम् करिष्यामि मकरस्थे दिवाकरे
आसमाप्ति महादेवा निर्विघ्नं कुरु माधव
Shri KrishnArpanamastu.
Link to Maagha Snaana
VAISHAKA SNAANA & DHYANA SNAANA
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