Naivedyam (Swa:ha:s Question)

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Priya Sriman Abburaju & Meenakshigaru!

 

Jai Srimannarayana!

 

Your question is good. In most of the occassions,

so many people and priests also in the temples, using

these 'swa:ha's while offering food to God in the

temples, ie. Naive:dyam.

 

Here the basic rule is that these 'pr:na: etc,

swa:ha:s' are not permitted. It has to be chanted only

with human beings.

While offering naive:dyam to the dieties in the

temples, we need to chant "de:vasyatwa:...." manthra.

and some other slo;kas are also there. But not the

Pra:na, apa:na, vya:na, uda:na & sama:na etc

swa:ha:ka:ras. They are used only to human beings, for

they depend on these Panchavidha (5 fold air)va:yus.

For human being the food is offered to each of these

Va:yu:s for their survival and to show the gratitude

to those Va:yus.

 

=chinnajeeyar=