Radhekrishna Sath Sangam's VEDHAPREMAAMRUTHAM

BHIKSHU GEETHAM

In PITHRU YAGNAM, offerings were done in the form of variety of foods. Usually 3 to 4 people of poise character were invited for that ceremony. They represent the 3 roles of Bhagavan, namely creation (by BHRAHMA), protection (by VISHNU), destroying (by RUDHRAN). The fourth one represents the place for Vedic illustrator, who makes this religious festival, a purified one. He is given the term BHRUHASPATHI (Vedic Guru to control the purity and austerity of the religious festival). During this Yagnam, various kinds of things were given as an offering to suitably selected BHRAHMINS of high virtue and moral character. Rich people spent much of their royal items, as offerings to suitably selected BHRAHMINS, during this PITHRU YAGNAM. The offering list included many items viz. cow, land, gold offerings, huge stock of food grains, beautiful living spaces and many other utensils of day to day life. These kinds of offerings were done on a philanthropic basis in a larger sense. They directly and indirectly improved the economy of the ruling nation.

In the story, the BHIKSHU was very greedy, during his earlier life. He never wanted to let anything, leave from his stock of wealth. So, he started to develop a sense of hatred towards these YAGNAMS, which were mentioned in BHAGAVATHAM. These 5 YAGNAMS laid a strong foundation for philanthropic activities, so that money can circulate from the rich to the poor. Under the fear of losing the money and thinking about the future ill consequences of poverty, the greedy man started to stock his wealth as much as possible. Even a small amount of money spent on some noble cause of philanthropic activities, made him sad and depressed and created a sense of fear in his mind. He started to neglect these YAGNAMS.

The PITHRU YAGNAM account for some of the concepts of economy too. The currency value of a country gets increased, when the currency circulates from rich to the poor and the price value of each and every commodity rises suitably. Poverty is due to the improper distribution of wealth. On the one end, money gets accumulated and dumped in the rich man’s palace. But on the other side, the people below the poverty line could not afford to the shooting prices, prevailing in the market.

The products coming from the work of people, from lower sector of the society, need to circulate in the market. This will increase the price value of those things. This will make the poor to gain some income and this will indirectly reduce the economic ups and downs in the society, thereby increasing the currency value of the nation.

The functions and YAGNAMS were done in larger scales covering various products. The food offerings given to the BHRAHMINS, served as a philanthropic approach of feeding at least 3 to 4 people in the society. Usually, the PITHRU YAGNAM should be done 108 days in a year. The BRAHMINS, who were chosen for participating in this Yagnam, were usually from deprived class but of high spiritual and moral value. It laid a condition that, the Brahmins should be chosen on random and rotational basis only. So, it accounts for feeding the deprived class in the society.

The purchase of food grains and related items helped the farmers and associated workers to gain some income and helped them to get the basic necessities of their life. The offerings given to the BHAGAVAN included a list of items viz. flowers, betel leaves, fruits, fragrance materials and other related ritual items. These items came from the varied class of people in the society. Each of these industries made a substantial income out of them. The purchase of clothes, cow, gold offerings, building materials, various utensils during these functions, contributed for growth of various related industries and served the economic necessity of lower middle class and deprived class of people in the society. These kinds of YAGNAMS, directly or indirectly helped all the sectors of people in the society to make a substantial income, thereby reducing the gap between the rich and the deprived.

Nowadays, usually some selected sectors and industries flourish, yielding huge some of money, to the people associated with them. But, they directly or indirectly make the people, to look out their grounding on these industries at the expense of others. For the want of quick money, to meet the economic needs, people modify themselves to the top- notch fields and the high tech jobs, leaving the rest to diminish as time passes on. The high amount of public involvement in these selected industries brings an upper middle class life, in a very short span of time. But, those who are not able to cope with these high standards are forced to remain in the state of deprived class, in the below poverty line of the society. This brings a deep economic furrow between the rich and the poor.

The YAGNAM (SACRIFICE) was performed with due respect, invoking the blessings of BHAGAVAN, by means of chanting the Vedic hymns. The food offerings were surrendered on to the lotus feet of Bhagavan and they were distributed to the revered BRAHMINS of poise character, as a divine offering. BHAGAVATAHAM states that, “The departed soul come and takes these offerings. The food offered to these revered BRAHMINS, indirectly calmed the cravings of the departed souls. The departed souls take these 4 BRAHMINS as a representative and accept the offerings in disguise. The unfulfilled wishes, dreams and cravings, of the departed souls, suitably get reduced by these divine offerings, done to BHAGAVAN.

The third kind of YAGNAM is known as MANUSHYA YAGNAM. It is otherwise called as NARA YAGNAM. Our divine parents are KRISHNA BHAGAVAN and RADHA MATHA. We are belonging to one family, namely the family of Krishna Bhagavan. The family of VASUDEVAN, namely KRISHNA BHAGAVAN is one. This is what is called in Sanskrit as VASUDAIVAIKA KUDUMBAGAM - means the one family of Krishna Bhagavan (Vasudevan). The services that are done selflessly, towards bringing in unity, divine peace and divine joy are termed as MANUSHYA YAGNAM. Providing free food to the deprived people, giving free medical aid to the sick people, improving the quality of life among rural masses, giving the divine knowledge and self –awareness to the people of remote areas, who are inaccessible to those high level knowledge and other related philanthropic activities done to the society comes under MANUSHYA YAGNAM.

The MANUSHYA YAGNAM, brings in a social integrity and social prosperity, by means of charitable activities done by the devotee’s of a SATHGURU, as per the wish of BHAGAVAN. The greatest service done to a human being is, giving him / her, the divine knowledge of KRISHNA BHAGAVAN and make him / her, to realize the infinite divine potential hidden in them through the chanting of RADHEKRISHNA NAMAM – as given by a SATHGURU. Our Guruji Amma is here to preach us the glory of the RADHEKRISHNA NAMAM and make us, a true child of our divine parents namely Krishna Bhagavan and Radha Matha. Let us admit our self on to the lotus feet of our Guruji Amma to enjoy the full potential of RADHEKRISHNA NAMAM and make our life a blissful one.