Punnamno Narakadhasmaat Trayate Pitaram Sutah
Tasmaatputra Iti Proktah Swameva Swayambhuva
As per the above shloka, every son should perform ritual like
Shradha to enable the pitars to progress to higher realms, to relieve them
from experiencing innumerable sufferings so that from Pitrulok, they
bestow their grace upon their descendants. It becomes amply clear that
this is the duty of those who call themselves son.
Shradha is a deed performed in honor of a dead The ancestor. ritual is both a religious & social responsibility for all the males of the family. This is the prime reason why Hindu philosophy lays so much importance to the birth of sons. A son protects his pitars from the Hell named ‘Pun’; therefore, Deity Brahma Himself has called him ‘putra’, son. The rite is performed for the deceased father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, great-grandfather and great grandmother.
It is intended to nourish, protect, & support the spirits of these ancestors in their path from the lower to the higher realms.
The life doesn’t end when our soul departs from our body. A different life exists beyond this life on earth, which is even more powerful than our current life, which has more impact on our life & is beyond the control of normal human being. All the hurdles of this earthly life, all the control of this life gets removed in that life & the person gets transformed into an energy particle.
Different kinds of energy affect every aspect of our lives & yet we have no control over them. This is the reason a person is unable to lead the life that they desire. Even though a person has all the wealth, he might not be happy in life. Such a person might have a number of weaknesses, & he or she might have a number of illnesses. Is it not possible to gain control over our lives in the same manner that we maintain complete control over our vehicles? Can we gain the ability to steer our life to the direction we want to move to? And above all, can we identify who are the persons who care for us, who are those who are envy of us and are planning to harm us and how to destroy their evil plans?
If we listen to the shastras, it has been clearly mentioned that it is the SadGuru who wishes the best for the disciples. He is the true guide & is an incarnation of God only. Guru always guides the disciples on the right path. Any selfless service done towards Guru can’t go in vain.
The second in this ladder comes the family & within family it is our ancestors who think good about us. There might be cases where people within a family had difference of opinions, however all such worldly issues comes to an end the moment the soul departs from the body. The way a father always wishes that his son must become more capable than him, similarly our ancestors want us to live a happier life than what we are currently living.
It is clearly written in Gita that a person doesn’t die when the soul desserts the body. This phenomenon is just like getting dressed up in a different cloth. Many texts have mentioned that the soul continue to remain around the family members even after many years of death. Such a soul can see everyone, but no one can see it. If due respect, worship etc. is not given to this soul, it gets highly disappointed. If a person pays tribute to the ancestors, worships them, then every task of such an individual gets completed on time without any troubles. And due to this reason, all those people who perform worship, holy sacrifice etc. in detail don’t forget to invite their ancestors. It has been mentioned in Yajur Veda that one must invite the ancestors, request them to participate in all the works of your life & pray to them to grant success, fame, progress, & good health.
Sadhana Procedure
This Sadhana can be performed on any of the above mentioned fifteen days. However, it is recommended to perform this Sadhana on all these days for best results. If done on all the days, one just need to perform the procedure once only. On the remaining days, one just needs to perform mantra chanting after lighting lamp & incense stick.
One needs five Someshwar Rudraksha, fifteen Laghu Nariyal, snake made of silver and a Rudraksha rosary. One also needs rice grains, sesame seeds, saffron, white cloth, milk, ghee, honey & Tusli leaves.
Get up early on the very first day of PitraPaksha & take a bath. Get into fresh white clothes. Cover a wooden plank with a white cloth. Make five mounds with black sesame seeds & place one Someshwar Rudraksha on each of these mounds. Now encircle these Rudraksha with a black ink.
Now make fifteen mounds of rice in front of the sesame mounds & place one Laghu Nariyal on each of the mounds. Light a ghee lamp & place the silver snake below your mat. This safeguards a person from any evil spirits. Next offer some sindur onto the Rudraksha.
Next come out of your worship room & offer water to your ancestors, while facing East direction, from a copper pot. This is a message to the ancestor that their offspring is inviting them. Chant the following mantra while offering the water.
Om Lam Namah, Om Vam Namah, Om Ram Namah, Om Yam Namah
Now without looking anywhere around, directly go into your worship place and chant the below mantra 5 times. Offer small amount of sesame seed mixed with ghee onto the Someshwar Rudraksha while chanting the below mantra.
SwaShareeram Tejomayam Punyaatmakam PurushaarthaSadhanam,
PirareshwaraAraddhanYogam Dhyaatvaa Tasmin Shareerah,
Sarvaatmakam Sarvagyam SarvaShaktiSamanvitam
Pitareshvaraamaya Aanand Swarup Bhaavayeta.
Praying the above mantra with pious heart ensures that the ancestors come & reside at their place. Next request them to help you in every aspect of life. One should not be reluctant in asking from any type of favors because they are your ancestors. Next make a mark like crescent form of moon around the Laghu Nariyals. This sign is like Lakshman Rekha which permanently makes the ancestors stay in your home & bless you forever. Then worship the Laghu Nariyals by offering saffron, rice grains, Tulsi leaves.
Now take the Rudraksha rosary & chant five rounds of the below mantra with it. One must take care that this rosary must not have been used earlier to chant any other mantra. Care must also be taken to not to use this rosary to chant other mantra in future.
Mantra
|| Om Sarva Pitra Pram Prasnno Bhava Om ||
This is a very powerful mantra. Chanting five rounds of the above mantra completes the Sadhana procedure. If possible, the Sadhak must try to perform this Sadhana during the entire PitraPaksha duration. On the last day, tie all the Sadhana articles in a black cloth & drop it in a river or pond.
This is a very effective Sadhana. You will yourself feel the positive outcome of the Sadhana after performing it. You will find that now there is no quarrel in your home, your workplace has become the best you could have ever thought for, your children are obeying you, your business has started to expand very quickly, your personality has improved a lot & you are a contented soul now.
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