SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
Q and A Video responses
Q. After samASrayaNam when should boys/men recite abhivAdhanam?
https://youtu.be/3XT4p0FuG90?list=PLcJLpGJlP9mq1ujSPoQLn5ayAi6Jl6Www
Q. Is it necessary to acquire sampradhAyam knowledge before undergoing pancha samskAram?
https://youtu.be/VF5wxr2V2KI?list=PLcJLpGJlP9mq1ujSPoQLn5ayAi6Jl6Www
Q. After having panchasamskAram, will dhrishti, jealousy or black magic affect prappannas?
https://youtu.be/swGsibHIVkM?feature=shared
Q. After pancha samskAram, do we identity ourself as a SrIvaishNava or according to our varNa?
Q. ANDAL explains about pancha samskAram in thiruppAvai. Kindly elaborate.
https://youtu.be/CvBxbFcvBtw?si=G8r1xtmx-B8POpAJ
Q and A Text responses
Q. Can we call ourselves adiyEn/bhAgavatha without pancha samskAram?
Yes – the bhAvam/mood is important. Certainly, adiyEn can be said by everyone, since that is the natural position of all AthmAs. If one truly considers oneself as an exclusive devotee of vishNu, one can be considered as a bhAgavatha.
Q. Can we get pancha samskAram for achith?
Sankha chakra mudhrA alone is not pancha samskAram. Applying thirumaN, Sanhka chakram for vessels is to indicate that they are fortunate to have connection to bhagavAn through bhAgavathas. Every achith object (insentient) has an AthmA in it. Even animals, birds, pots, dhOthis, etc. – everything is fortunate when there is bhagavath/bhAgavatha sambandham.
Q. In case one belongs to svayamAchAryas and was not able to do pancha samskAram due to AchAryan attaining his AchAryan thiruvadi, are there sampradhAyam rules as to who can do pancha samskAram?
If no one is ready or qualified in the family, one can seek SrI vAnamAmalai mutt (which is considered as the foremost mutt of SrIvaishNava sampradhAyam since this mutt has been involved in prachAram for more than 600 years) or other established AchArya thiruvamSams.