SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
Q and A Video responses
Q. We try to be judgemental towards bhAgavathas. How to overcome that?
Q. What is the prAyaSchiththam (atonement) for bhAgavatha apachAram?
Q. If any SrIvaishNava does any mistake, can we correct them?
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Q. How to avoid apachArams while taking thIrtham, prasAdham and SrI SatAri?
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Q. How to avoid mAnasika apachArams towards a bhAgavatha? What prAyaschiththam should we do?
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Q and A Text responses
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Q. In thirumalA if we get a sEvA of making devotees move quickly from the queue line, while doing seva if we push devotees, will this be bhAgavatha apachAram?
We should be considerate at the same time we have to fulfil our duty also.
Q. Is it an apachAram to offer sambhAvanai (cash) to an upanyAsakar or AchAryan if we happen to meet him at a public place without prior notice?
No offense. It is good to support vaidhikas in any form, at any time. But if come to know that they are uncomfortable accepting support in public, then we can do it in private.
Q. How to seek forgiveness from perumAL?
In SaraNAgathi gadhyam, bhagavath rAmAnuja has shown us how to seek forgiveness from emperumAn. Please see chUrNikais 10 to 12. Meanings can be seen from https://divyaprabandham.koyil.org/index.php/2015/11/saranagathi-gadhyam/
Q. What are the prAyaSchiththams that can be done by a woman, in 60s, when man of the house cannot do the nithyAnushtAna karma at home?
prAyaSchiththa has to be done by the individual who committed the mistake (with or without intent). Others cannot do prAyaSchiththam. The woman at home can take care of the gruha perumAL by lighting lamp, offering bhOgam and reciting pAsurams, on a daily basis.
Q. As per the list of bhagavadh apachAram enlisted in SrIvachana bhUshaNam, does the following incident amount to bhagavadh apachAram? If yes, what is the prAyaSchiththam? Buying perumAL prasAdham from someone who says he has access to the prasAdham which is otherwise is not distributed to general people, and gave us but we have to give money. Would acquiring prasAdham in this manner amount to apachAram?
Technically yes – many of our acts are apachArams only. But we have to pray to bhagavAn for forgiveness and watch every one of our acts and see how we can make sure that we remain as honest as possible.
Q. What is the prAyaschchitham if we ate a prohibited food item?
Usually, if we eat forbidden items, we can do upavAsam for one day and take SrIpAdha thIrtham from AchArya or bhAgavathas on the next day. If there is no AchArya or bhAgavatha nearby, we can accept perumAL thIrtham, from a nearby temple. Even if that is not available, we can take thIrtham from our home perumAL.
Q. If one has made a mistake that’s having a bad consequence and they have realised it, what is the way out of feeling guilty?
Guilt is good – because, by feeling guilty we will not repeat the same mistake. But beyond that, we need to seek forgiveness from bhagavAn or bhAgavathas, depending upon whom we did the mistake. We should also ensure that we don’t repeat that same mistake again.
Q. If our parents won’t allow us to fast for a whole day as a prAyaSchiththam for violating Ahara niyamam then what can we do?
We just need to seek forgiveness from bhagavAn and face the consequences of that mistake.
Q. Is there any SlOkam or pAsurams we can recite to seek forgiveness for violation of Ahara niyamam?
We can just ask for forgiveness in your own language.
Q. What prAyaSchchitham to perform if husband touches his wife with menstrual cycle?
He can accept SrIpAdha thIrtham of AchArya or some good SrIvaishNava with gyAnam/anushtAnam. Also, purify all the items and places which came in contact with him, at his home after the incident, by doing puNyAhavachanam.