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MANBLUNDER
November 25, 2013 07:52 PM

As per our śāstra-s, the eldest son is not supposed to do any funeral rites for others as long his parents are alive. This is to be strictly followed. There are various references in śāstra-s on this. As long as rituals are performed by those who were dear to the departed soul, such rituals will be 'accepted' by the soul. There is no remedial measure needed for this point. At this point of time, it would be better not to disturb the peace prevailing in the family, which is a hard commodity to get today. Your thinking and logic on this count is absolutely correct.

Venkatesh Ramaswamy
November 25, 2013 04:44 PM

Dear Sir,I have a query. recently my mother passed away and we have conducted the rituals as advised. As per our shastras, the eldest son only can be the kartha for any rituals. My elder brother had already done karma for my fathers Aunt, even when both my parents were alive. Here again he has done the rituals for my mother.As per the shastras, the eldest son is not supposed to conduct any rituals for any one, while the parents are alive. But I didn't want to interfere as this may disturb the family relationship.kindly advise, if the rituals conducted will be accepted by the soul, or should any remedial rituals has to be done. If so, I can organise for the same at my end.

Adyaksh Kalajith
November 23, 2013 10:30 PM

My personal experience - Aditya Hrudaya is a great hymn and works unfailingly. Only thing you should be fated to to remember this at the time of crisis - again personal experience. I have done considerable research on certain mantras and the results are confusing - for instance, there are several curse removal mantras with different approaches for a single mantra (together with seemingly astute explanations) by various Guru Parampara, several deities placing a curse on specific mantra or mantras as a whole, what not. Being a practicing Hindu in Kaliyuga seems to be an onerous task indeed. It seems that we need to spend considerable amount of time discerning the right way of doing things than the actual practice. Hymns like Aditya Hrudaya, thankfully, still work without all that paraphernalia.

MANBLUNDER
November 23, 2013 06:27 PM

Thank you for looking into this. Mantramahārṇavaḥ also has the same mantra. I have observed that there are two or three variations of this mantra. I have used other variations, elsewhere in this site.

MANBLUNDER
November 23, 2013 06:27 PM

Thank you for looking into this. Mantramahārṇavaḥ also has the same mantra. I have observed that there are two or three variations of this mantra. I have used other variations, elsewhere in this site.

Adyaksh Kalajith
November 23, 2013 06:06 PM

What you have given as Thripura Bhairavi seems to be incorrect. Thripura Bhairavi is the same as Sampatprada Bhairavi (refer Jnanarnava Tantra) in the Srichakra Avarana Puja. I know your source is Mantra Mahodadhi but it is a relatively recent work and and errors are probable in a work of such nature and size.

Adyaksh Kalajith
November 23, 2013 06:06 PM

What you have given as Thripura Bhairavi seems to be incorrect. Thripura Bhairavi is the same as Sampatprada Bhairavi (refer Jnanarnava Tantra) in the Srichakra Avarana Puja. I know your source is Mantra Mahodadhi but it is a relatively recent work and and errors are probable in a work of such nature and size.

Go Kshiiram
November 22, 2013 02:05 PM

This mantra requires proper initiation from someone who has practiced it properly for many years, otherwise it can create issues. This is certainly not one of those mantra-s which anybody can give to anyone. The mantra also requires some understanding of pA~ncharAtra world view.

MANBLUNDER
November 19, 2013 10:30 PM

You are welcome to send questions through email. You can mail me at ravi@manblunder.com

MANBLUNDER
November 19, 2013 10:30 PM

You are welcome to send questions through email. You can mail me at ravi@manblunder.com

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