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*AM I REALLY ELIGIBLE FOR GIVING GAYATRI MANTRA UPADESHA (BRAHMOPADESHAM) TO MY SON DURING HIS UPANAYANA ? READ COMPLETELY TO FIND OUT ELIGIBILITY AND SOLUTION !*
Namaskaram
Just as a plant dies if we do not water it regularly, if we do not repeatedly chant the mantra which is given as Upadesham to us, it become powerless, fruitless and yields zero results. What do I mean by this?
Let us say that a boy is due for his Upanayana and his father is supposed to give Gayatri Mantra Upadesham to his son during his son's Upanayana. As a father, let us assume, he has never done Sandhyavandhana and Gayatri Mantra Japam through proper methods as prescribed in Shastras, after his own Upanayana (father's Upanayana) during his childhood. He then loses the eligibility to give Gayatri Mantropadesha to his son. Like how a battery, which is never charged after the first charge, cannot pass electricity/current, similarly, the Mantra which is taken as Upadesha during our childhood during our Upanayana, becomes powerless if we do not keep chanting it. How can then a father without any power/ eligibility give an Upadesha to his son?
The Vedic Rishis are so lenient and have proposed solutions for every problem in life including something like this.
The seed of the Gayatri mantra is sown in you during your Upanayana through Brahmopadesham (Gayatri Upadesham) in your ear (it is a secret mantra so it is transmitted only in the ear). Unfortunately today every person in every nook and corner is playing this mantra in the way they want, which is totally against Shastras. If you have never performed Sandhyavandana and Gayatri Japam within Sandhyavanadana regularly each day for many years, the seed/ Mantra becomes dormant, but not dead. Also, Gayatri mantra cannot be chanted anywhere, at any place as per our wish, in bus / train / while walking etc. It has its own set of rules and regulations to be followed for chanting, as written by our Rishis.
The solutions for the above mentioned problem are as below:
1. Start Sandhyavandana / Gayatri Japa as many months/ days as possible before your son's Upanayana date, in order to increase the power of the mantra in you, so that you can pass it on to your son. Perform the Sandhyavandana procedure diligently, as given to us by our Rishis and Gayatri Japam. Try to do it religiously at least twice a day in the morning and evening, to begin with, and then Trikala - as many months / days before your son's Upanayana. Charge yourself with the power of Gayatri Mantra in order to give Mantropadesha to your son and bring back the seed of Mantra within you from a dormant state to a live (jagrut) one.
2. Dharma Shastra also mentions that the father whose son's Upanayana is planned, should perform atleast 12,000 additional Gayatri Japa for Brahmopadesha Yogyata Siddhi (Gayatri Upadesha Yogyata Siddhi) of his son. This 12,000 japas is additional to what is done during Sandhyavandanam by him. Now this 12,000 can be done in parts over a few days/ months, but with a special Sankalpa and after he performs Sandhyavandanam. This has to be done separately and not as a part of Sandhyavandana. These separate additional Japas should be done with a special Sankalpa for Gayathri Upadesha Yogyata Siddhi (feel free to contact us if you need any advice on it). If you start this early i.e. a few months before Upanayana, it will be easy for you. Also, people who can, should increase this special additional Gayatri Japa upto 24,000 in count, as Gayatri Mantra has 24 letters. Especially those who have never done Sandhyavandana in their life, should do 24000 japas not 12000. It will result in more merit. But a minimum of 12000 additional Gayathri japa should be done compulsarily, as per Shastras.
3. Before the Upanayana, the father and son both are advised to perform "Kricchras" which is a type of "Prayaschitta" (expiation) which can be done by the father if he can, but difficult for the son. Therefore Dharma Shastra advises to perform a Go-danam (Cow as Danam) to a Vedic Brahmin as a "Pratyamnaayam" (replacement of performance of the tough Kricchra) and Brahmana Bhojana (feeding Brahmins) before Upanayana of the son.
4. Remember - after the Upanayana of your son, if you don't perform Sandhyavandana, he will not perform Sandhyavandana. You have to be a role model to your son and teach him the merits of Nityakarma (daily duties of Brahmins), instead of shunning it away or expecting only him to do it. As a parent, we need to be strict with our children after Upanayana and allow no compromise on Nityakarma. Your son will not realize the importance of it as a child, but he will thank you when he grows up, for making him do Sandhyavandana and Gayatri Japam. Gayatri Devi will protect him throughout his life, if he keeps doing the Japa, in all his endeavours and bestow success to him in every step of his life
*A very very high level of Vedic Karma such as Upanayana, which initiates the boy into Gayatri Upadesha, cannot be done lightly or by just thinking that it is just another ritual and we need to just get over with it as a formality. The entire future growth, protection and progress of the boy can be decided by the perfection of the Upanayana Karma and the boy's performance of Sandhyavandana post-Upanayana, which is very crucial, without which the boy suffers from various problems in future in his life, as the spiritual support will be Zero due to non performance. Imagine that you take a Mantropadesha of the most powerful Mantra today in the Universe, extolled in thousands of pages in the Vedas and Shastras by our Rishis and on the Upanayana day's evening or from the next day you/ your son just leave it without performing Sandhyavandana and Gayatri Japam ever. Then what is the use of Upanayana and Mantropadesha? Many unfortunately do not realise the value of Gayatri Mantra and its Upasana and what wonders it can do to you and your family. Finally, Upanayana will then remain as a show and a family get-together for the public and relatives that's all.*
Veda Ghosham aims to educate people on such important Dharma Shastra rules which are taken very casually in the current world. Finally when people suffer, then they seek refuge of various means of getting out of the problem and spend a huge amount of money searching for remedy to get out of their problem.
Veda Ghosham runs regular classes on Veda and Nityakarmanushtana. We also conduct classes on Upanayana Mantrartha (meaning of mantras) and guide fathers on the right way to perform their son's Upanayana. Contact us if you need any clarification or help at vedaghosham@gmail.com
_Om Sandhyay Namaha !_
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