Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshinamanaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri



Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

Rig-Yajus and Sama Samhita Yajnas commence


 

In conjunction with the 61st Vardhanti Mahotsava celebrations, Samhita Yajna of the three Vedas namely Rigveda, Yajurveda and Samaveda are being conducted in three seperately constructed Yagashalas opposite Sri Sacchidananda Vilas in Narasimhavanam.

Being conducted by officiating priests from South India, the Yajus-Samhita Yaga will last for three days while the Sama and Rik Samhita Yagas will last for five days. In the Rik-samhita Yaga, Mantras comprising the 64 adhyayas of the Samhita of the Shakala school of Rigveda will be chanted and oblations of clarified butter (ghee) will be poured in the sacrificial fire to the chanting while Mantras of the Taittiriya Samhita belonging to the Krishna Yajur Veda will be chanted and oblations of clarified butter will be poured to the chanting in the Yajus Samhita Yaga. Mantras of the Kauthuma school of Samaveda will be chanted while pouring oblations of ghee in the Scrificial fire.

Purnahuti of the Rik-Samhita yaga will be conducted on the 15th of April 2011 while that of the Yajus-Samhita Yaga will be conducted on the 12th of April 2011 at noon in the august presence of the Jagadguru.

 
  • Weapons do not cut This (Atma); nor does fire does burn It. Water does not wet (nor drown) nor does wind dry It. This (Atma) cannot be slain, nor burnt, nor wetted, nor dried up. It is changeless, all-pervading, stable, immovable and eternal. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
  • Do not be proud of wealth, people (relations and friends), and youth. All these are snatched by Time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme. Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Mohamudgara
  • Today God is altogether ignored and this is the cause of all our suffering and misery. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • By God’s grace, we have obtained a human birth, the power of discrimination and someone to teach us about the ultimate, truth. If we still remain lazy, we will be wasting a marvelous opportunity. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • No man is omniscient. Hence man should not have the ego that he knows all. It is ego that leads man astray and drives him to commit sins. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names