PANCHAPATRAM- UDDHARNI AND ITS USES & ACHAMANA

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*PANCHAPATRAM- UDDHARNI AND ITS USES & ACHAMANA*

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Namo Namah !

Panchapatram is already widely used by most of our households for various Nitya karmas poojas etc. But I am not here to tell you what you know, rather I am here to tell you what you may not know. Dharma Shastras (Smritis) written by our Vedic Rishis give a complete direction for our anushtanas not only the steps but also the vessels used for the same, with uses. So here is what you should not do with Panchapatram and Uddharni.

1. Panchapatram for each family member should be separate. Father cannot use son's Panchapatram and vice versa.

2. You cannot use your panchapatram in which you are using for achamana and other Nityakarma for offering Padhya, Arghya, Achamaneeya, Snana etc to Bhagavan during pooja or homam. 

3. Panchapatram for Devatas in Pooja should be different and you should not use your  panchapatram to offer various upacharams to Bhagavan in Pooja.

4. Your panchapatram cannot be used to offer theertha other upachaarams to brahmanas during Shraddha. You should buy and give them a separate panchapatram for their use. 

5. You cannot do Arghya pradhana during Sandhyavandana to Gayatri Devi with your panchapatra water and Uddharni with single hand. This is a very big papam as you are offering your achamana balance jalam to Gayatri Devi as Arghya. When your son himself cannot use your achamana patram for his achamana or jalam for his anushtanas, how can you offer Arghya that too 1 uddharni to Gayatri Devi in Sandhyavandanam ?

6. Shastra is clear when it gives direction for giving Arghya to Gayatri Devi in Sandhyavanadana, it says 

_Karabhyam Toyam aadaya Anjalina toyam aadaya_

 Karabhyam (with both hands) Toyam (water) aadaya (take) in Anjali posture (Anjali means join both hands together and take water) so both hands when joined together, water should be taken, filling both the palms. You may ask how to do this ?

7. *You need to take a chombu /small kalasham filled with water and catch the neck of this chombu between your left hand index finger/forefinger and left thumb and lift it, tilt it a bit while holding both hands together in Anjali posture so that water flows out fill both palms. Then chant Gayatri and do Arghya pradanam. Hands fully filled with water, is what we need to offer to Gayatri devi in each arghya  and not 1ml water with Uddharni which most people are doing with your achamana water*

*8. Similarly for Navagraha Devata Tarpana in Sandhyavanadana you should not use your Achamana panchapatra and do tarpana with Uddharni pouring 1ml water.  Same method as said in step 7  should be used here. Minimum 1-1.5 litres of water should be offered in Sandhyavandana Arghya pradana and Navagraha Devata Tarpana. For this also you need to keep a big tambalam which can hold this flowing water.*

*9. Also self marjana "Apohista Mayo  Bhuvah" and Dadhikravanno" should not be done from Uddharani water from Panchapatra. You should keep some water in a separate small cup for doing this Marjana during Sandhyavandana.*

10. Similarly your Achamana Patra jalam/water in which you have done Achamana cannot be used from prokashanam on others.

11. Similarly in Brahmayagna Deva-Rishi-Pitru Tarpana you cannot offer water with 1 uddharni each from your Panchapatram. You need to keep adequate water in your chombu (may be even you may need 2 chombus) as there are multiple tarpanas and all have to be done with both hands joined together in Anjali. 3-4 litres of water may be required in Brahmayagna.

12. You cannot do Amavasai Tarpana offering to your forefathers from your panchapatram in which you have done achamana. Also amavasai tarpanam should be with both hands joined together as Anjali to take water as explained in step 7. And finally water flows out from index finger and thumb of right hand. One handed Tarpana not allowed. You need to keep a separate chombu / vessel for offering tarpana in Amavasai to you forefathers.

13. Vessels used for Deva karyam should not be used in Pitru karyam and vice versa. You need to keep a separate set of patrams (kinnam, chombu, plate) etc for Pitru karyam. Which are only used for pitru karyams. Though your personal achamana pancha patram can be same but all other vessels should be different.

14. Thus your panchapatram and uddharni is for only your use and only for Achamanam. You cannot do anything else with it. For all karmas requiring Arghya pradana / tarpana / prokshana/ marjana  etc separate vessels need to be used.

I am always amazed to see that people are doing Sandhyavandana with just one panchapatram uddharni and one small plate. Devatas and Pitrus have regarded water as Amrutham (divine nectar) and have given this in abundance to us so that we give them back in abundance. But unfortunately we are using 1-1 Uddharni to do all these.  So many people doing Avani Avittam the same way with just a plate and panchapatram uddharni. All these are miles aways from Shastras and have come in due to lack of guidance.

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