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Shraaddh Mantra

Recitation of Vedic Shraaddh Mantras
While the Brahmins are having their meals, one should recite the Rakshak, i.e. protective mantra, and scatter some sesame seeds on the floor. One should visualise those illustrious Brahmins as the manes.
The protective mantra is as follows:
‘Yajneshwaro yajnasamastaneta bhokta avyayatma haririshvaroastu
Tatsannidhanadapayantu sadyo rakshamsyasheuaoyasurashcha sarve.’
‘Lord Shri Hari (Lord Vishnu) is present here who savours the offerings made in all sacrificial Yajnas. As such, in his pious presence there is no room here for the wicked demonic elements who should flee immediately.’ (Varaha Purana 14:32)
When the Brahmins are having their meals, visualise and make the sankalpa that your parents, grandparents, great grand parents are all present in those Brahmins, and may they be thus satiated.
It is a common knowledge that rupees can be transferred from here and delivered to other countries in their respective currencies. Similarly the fruits of Shraaddh and the oblations thereof are transferred to wherever and in whatever state the manes may be. But one very important thing is that the name of the ancestor, his father’s name and that of his lineage should be pronounced clearly.
According to the Vishnu Purana (3:16:16):
“The offerings of food, made in the course of Shraaddh with faith, and with name and lineage clearly pronounced, are duly delivered to those manes in the manner and form as may be conducive to them.”

श्राद्ध

Greatness Of Shraaddh (श्राद्ध महिमा)

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Sarvpitri Darsh Amavasya 4th Oct 2013 – Pujya Bapuji Performing Shraaddh

The next life of a jiva is essentially determined by its previous Sanskaras. Shraaddh, as such, is performed with the objective that a jiva may attain a better life in its next birth. The ritual, that is carried out with faith, accompanied by recitation of Mantras for satiating the manes, is known as Shraaddh. In this process, ‘Pindadaana’ is made to the manes with ‘Shraddhaa’; hence it is called ‘Shraaddh’. We gratefully perform Shraaddh for the manes who in turn help us circumvent obstacles in our lives.

In the Varaha Purana, Markandeya Rishi has described the ritual of Shraaddh to Gaurmukh Brahmin in the following words:
“O Excellent among Brahmins! One should invite Brahmins who know all the six Vedangas, who perform yajnas, who carry out penance in the midst of five fires and who adore their parents. One should also invite one’s sister’s children, daughter’s sons, father-in-law, sons-in-law, maternal uncles, an ascetic Brahmin, disciples and relatives

The Vayu Purana states that, “One should not invite a Brahmin who betrays his friend, who has uneven nails or black teeth, who has illicit relationship with girls, who is an arsonist, who is held in disgrace by society, who sells ‘Somrasa’, a thief, a backbiter, the village priest, one who earns a living as a teacher, the husband of a remarried woman, one who has deserted his parents, one who raises low caste children, one who has married a Shudra woman, and one who makes a living by conducting worship in temples.”

The performance of Shraaddh naturally inculcates the noble trait of gratefulness in its performer and helps him along the path of salvation even after death. The performance of Shraaddh satiates gods and the manes; and one, who performs it, also experiences a sense of inner satisfaction. Our ancestors have done a great deal for our well being and therefore if we work for their salvation, it is sure to give us a great sense of satisfaction and fulfilment.
Aurangazeb had imprisoned his father Shahajahan and would give him a meagre quantity of drinking water in a broken earthen pot. Shahajahan then wrote to his son, “Blessed are the Hindus who offer sweetmeats, puris and puddings even to their dead parents and here is my son who cannot even give proper drinking water to his father who is alive. The Hindus are far better than you for they try and serve even their dead parents.”

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Indian culture espouses not only the welfare of the family and immediate clan, its concerns are not limited even to society or the nation rather, it aims and endeavours for the good of the entire universe.