19871023 Wedding Fire Sacrifice

Wedding Fire Sacrifice in New Talavan

 

vande 'ham sri-guroh sri-yuta-pada-kamalam sri-gurun vaisnavams ca

               sri-rupam sagrajatam saha-gana-raghunathanvitam tam sa-jivam

sadvaitam savadhutam parijana-sahitam Kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devam

sri-radha-Kṛṣṇa-padan saha-gana-lalita-sri-visakhanvitams ca

 

 

Gurumaharaj: The northern side of South ocean and gives the whole direction here so that the point of the vedic cosmology in presence of Radha Kanta, Nitai Gaur, Cows, Bhramanas, Vaisnavas, Guru that in Acyuta Gotra, Talban das and Karuna Devi Dasi who are the grand disciple of Srila Prabhupada, disciple of their respected Guru are here present for engaging in marriage vows so as the same time for the Harinam Bhagawati Diksa initiation and directly remembering the lotus feet of Radha and Krishna and on firstly in behalf of Radha and Krishna, Sri Vrikodar das Adhikari, Debu Sharma will have the honor of doing the Kanyadan or the donation of the daughter under the charge of the husband that’s basically what they meant. The only problem is that Ranganathan (undistinguished). It’s time to give the daughter on the behalf of Radha and Krishna. Ranganathan has not come yet with sheets of the vows. You want to give your Sri Kumari Parama Karuna Devi Dasi who is in your charge on behalf of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna. Do you want to give your this daughter to be the wedded wife of Talban Das. Do you take Kumari Parama Karuna Devi Dasi to be your wedded wife to protect her and give her association to represent ah… Krishna, with the disciplic succession and give protection and spiritual guidance and good example as a Krishna conscious husband and ah… not having separation. Say, yes or no?

Talaban Das: Yes I do.

Gurumaharaj: Kumari Karuniya. Parama Karuna Devi Dasi, do you accept Talaban Das as your husband to accompany him in Krishna Conscious sacrifices, to serve him as his wife in as the whatever situation, materially favourable or unfavourable for the purpose of ah… being Krishna Conscious Grhastas. So then face each other, you can lift up, someone can help them lift up the… he gets the first peek, right, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare    Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare    OK. Take it off. You can exchange garlands three times. He does, you do the first one now she does, she does the next one. Alright, now change the seats part in the hair, thus hair is covered by the saree. The saree and chadar face towards the Yajna . Now, kumkum is put on the part in the hair, thus hair is covered by the saree. The saree and chadar is tied together and Vrikodar prabhu will give a short explanation of importance of Krishna conscious Grhastas vows. Could you follow that? We have Kumkum, we need kumkum Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, then after putting the kumkum then can we have mother with children happily living with her husband. Take this grains and tie the saree and the chadar together. Here some grains, is there flower? I want flower here. Giv e her a flower, grains and a flower, just one little flower. Tie it up with the flower. It should be covered by Talavan, put it over and you Talavan you put it over and tie them up. These clothes should be remain tight together for seven days. Alright, now we request ah… His Grace Vrikodar prabhu to bless us with Shabda Bhrman nectar. Silence…

Vrikodar Das:  I read from the seventh canto, chapter entitled ‘ Ideal Grhasta Life’. 

 

SB 7.14.1:

 

Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira inquired from Nārada Muni: O my lord, O great sage, kindly explain how we who are staying at home without knowledge of the goal of life may also easily attain liberation, according to the instructions of the Vedas.

SB 7.14.2:

 

Nārada Muni replied: My dear King, those who stay at home as householders must act to earn their livelihood, and instead of trying to enjoy the results of their work themselves, they should offer these results to Kṛṣṇa, Vāsudeva. How to satisfy Vāsudeva in this life can be perfectly understood through the association of great devotees of the Lord.

 

SB 7.14.3-4:

 

A gṛhastha must associate again and again with saintly persons, and with great respect he must hear the nectar of the activities of the Supreme Lord and His incarnations as these activities are described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and other Purāṇas. Thus one should gradually become detached from affection for his wife and children, exactly like a man awakening from a dream.

 

SB 7.14.5:

 

While working to earn his livelihood as much as necessary to maintain body and soul together, one who is actually learned should live in human society unattached to family affairs, although externally appearing very much attached.

 

SB 7.14.6:

 

An intelligent man in human society should make his own program of activities very simple. If there are suggestions from his friends, children, parents, brothers or anyone else, he should externally agree, saying, “Yes, that is all right,” but internally he should be determined not to create a cumbersome life in which the purpose of life will not be fulfilled.

 

SB 7.14.7:

 

The natural products created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead should be utilized to maintain the bodies and souls of all living entities. The necessities of life are of three types: those produced from the sky [from rainfall], from the earth [from the mines, the seas or the fields], and from the atmosphere [that which is obtained suddenly and unexpectedly].

 

SB 7.14.8:

 

One may claim proprietorship to as much wealth as required to maintain body and soul together, but one who desires proprietorship over more than that must be considered a thief, and he deserves to be punished by the laws of nature.

 

SB 7.14.9:

 

One should treat animals such as deer, camels, asses, monkeys, mice, snakes, birds and flies exactly like one’s own son. How little difference there actually is between children and these innocent animals.

 

SB 7.14.10:

 

Even if one is a householder rather than a brahmacārī, a sannyāsī or a vānaprastha, one should not endeavor very hard for religiosity, economic development or satisfaction of the senses. Even in householder life, one should be satisfied to maintain body and soul together with whatever is available with minimum endeavor, according to place and time, by the grace of the Lord. One should not engage oneself in ugra-karma.

 

SB 7.14.11:

 

Dogs, fallen persons and untouchables, including caṇḍālas [dog-eaters], should all be maintained with their proper necessities, which should be contributed by the householders. Even one’s wife at home, with whom one is most intimately attached, should be offered for the reception of guests and people in general.

 

SB 7.14.12:

 

One so seriously considers one’s wife to be his own that he sometimes kills himself for her or kills others, including even his parents or his spiritual master or teacher. Therefore if one can give up his attachment to such a wife, he conquers the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is never conquered by anyone.

 

SB 7.14.13:

 

Through proper deliberation, one should give up attraction to his wife’s body because that body will ultimately be transformed into small insects, stool or ashes. What is the value of this insignificant body? How much greater is the Supreme Being, who is all-pervading like the sky?

 

SB 7.14.14:

 

An intelligent person should be satisfied with eating prasāda [food offered to the Lord] or with performing the five different kinds of yajña [pañca-sūnā]. By such activities, one can give up attachment for the body and so-called proprietorship with reference to the body. When one is able to do this, he is firmly fixed in the position of a mahātmā.

 

SB 7.14.15:

 

Every day, one should worship the Supreme Being who is situated in everyone’s heart, and on this basis one should separately worship the demigods, the saintly persons, ordinary human beings and living entities, one’s forefathers and one’s self. In this way one is able to worship the Supreme Being in the core of everyone’s heart.

 

SB 7.14.16:

 

When one is enriched with wealth and knowledge which are under his full control and by means of which he can perform yajña or please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one must perform sacrifices, offering oblations to the fire according to the directions of the śāstras. In this way one should worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

 

SB 7.14.17:

 

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is the enjoyer of sacrificial offerings. Yet although His Lordship eats the oblations offered in the fire, my dear King, He is still more satisfied when nice food made of grains and ghee is offered to Him through the mouths of qualified brāhmaṇas.

 

SB 7.14.18:

 

Therefore, my dear King, first offer prasāda unto the brāhmaṇas and the demigods, and after sumptuously feeding them you may distribute prasāda to other living entities according to your ability. In this way you will be able to worship all living entities — or, in other words, the supreme living entity within every living entity.

 

SB 7.14.19:

 

A brāhmaṇa who is sufficiently rich must offer oblations to the forefathers during the dark-moon fortnight in the latter part of the month of Bhādra. Similarly, he should offer oblations to the relatives of the forefathers during the mahālayā ceremonies in the month of Āśvina.*

 

SB 7.14.20-23:

 

One should perform the śrāddha ceremony on the Makara-saṅkrānti [the day when the sun begins to move north] or on the Karkaṭa-saṅkrānti [the day when the sun begins to move south]. One should also perform this ceremony on the Meṣa-saṅkrānti day and the Tulā-saṅkrānti day, in the yoga named Vyatīpāta, on that day in which three lunar tithis are conjoined, during an eclipse of either the moon or the sun, on the twelfth lunar day, and in the Śravaṇa-nakṣatra. One should perform this ceremony on the Akṣaya-tṛtīyā day, on the ninth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kārtika, on the four aṣṭakās in the winter season and cool season, on the seventh lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Māgha, during the conjunction of Maghā-nakṣatra and the full-moon day, and on the days when the moon is completely full, or not quite completely full, when these days are conjoined with the nakṣatras from which the names of certain months are derived. One should also perform the śrāddha ceremony on the twelfth lunar day when it is in conjunction with any of the nakṣatras named Anurādhā, Śravaṇa, Uttara-phalgunī, Uttarāṣāḍhā or Uttara-bhādrapadā. Again, one should perform this ceremony when the eleventh lunar day is in conjunction with either Uttara-phalgunī, Uttarāṣāḍhā or Uttara-bhādrapadā. Finally, one should perform this ceremony on days conjoined with one’s own birth star [janma-nakṣatra] or with Śravaṇa-nakṣatra.

 

SB 7.14.24:

 

All of these seasonal times are considered extremely auspicious for humanity. At such times, one should perform all auspicious activities, for by such activities a human being attains success in his short duration of life.

 

SB 7.14.25:

 

During these periods of seasonal change, if one bathes in the Ganges, in the Yamunā or in another sacred place, if one chants, offers fire sacrifices or executes vows, or if one worships the Supreme Lord, the brāhmaṇas, the forefathers, the demigods and the living entities in general, whatever he gives in charity yields a permanently beneficial result.

 

SB 7.14.26:

 

O King Yudhiṣṭhira, at the time prescribed for reformatory ritualistic ceremonies for one’s self, one’s wife or one’s children, or during funeral ceremonies and annual death ceremonies, one must perform the auspicious ceremonies mentioned above in order to flourish in fruitive activities.

 

SB 7.14.27-28:

 

Nārada Muni continued: Now I shall describe the places where religious performances may be well executed. Any place where a Vaiṣṇava is available is an excellent place for all auspicious activities. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the support of this entire cosmic manifestation, with all its moving and nonmoving living entities, and the temple where the Deity of the Lord is installed is a most sacred place. Furthermore, places where learned brāhmaṇas observe Vedic principles by means of austerity, education and mercy are also most auspicious and sacred.

 

SB 7.14.29:

 

Auspicious indeed are the places where there is a temple of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, in which He is duly worshiped, and also the places where there flow the celebrated sacred rivers mentioned in the Purāṇas, the supplementary Vedic literatures. Anything spiritual done there is certainly very effective.

 

SB 7.14.30-33:

 

The sacred lakes like Puṣkara and places where saintly persons live, like Kurukṣetra, Gayā, Prayāga, Pulahāśrama, Naimiṣāraṇya, the banks of the Phālgu River, Setubandha, Prabhāsa, Dvārakā, Vārāṇasī, Mathurā, Pampā, Bindu-sarovara, Badarikāśrama [Nārāyaṇāśrama], the places where the Nandā River flows, the places where Lord Rāmacandra and mother Sītā took shelter, such as Citrakūṭa, and also the hilly tracts of land known as Mahendra and Malaya — all of these are to be considered most pious and sacred. Similarly, places outside India where there are centers of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and where Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa Deities are worshiped must all be visited and worshiped by those who want to be spiritually advanced. One who intends to advance in spiritual life may visit all these places and perform ritualistic ceremonies to get results a thousand times better than the results of the same activities performed in any other place.

 

SB 7.14.34:

 

O King of the earth, it has been decided by expert, learned scholars that only the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, in whom all that is moving or nonmoving within this universe is resting and from whom everything is coming, is the best person to whom everything must be given.

 

SB 7.14.35:

 

O King Yudhiṣṭhira, the demigods, many great sages and saints including even the four sons of Lord Brahmā, and I myself were present at your Rājasūya sacrificial ceremony, but when there was a question of who should be the first person worshiped, everyone decided upon Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Person.

 

SB 7.14.36:

 

The entire universe, which is full of living entities, is like a tree whose root is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Acyuta [Kṛṣṇa]. Therefore simply by worshiping Lord Kṛṣṇa one can worship all living entities.

 

SB 7.14.37:

 

The Supreme Personality of Godhead has created many residential places like the bodies of human beings, animals, birds, saints and demigods. In all of these innumerable bodily forms, the Lord resides with the living being as Paramātmā. Thus He is known as the puruṣāvatāra.

 

 

So those are some of the instructions but the most important which one is outlined throughout all of them that the Supreme personality of godhead is to be worshipped somehow or other Srila Prabhupad  always encouraged so that we can keep Sri Krishna in the center of our activities however simple it may be just as eating, sleeping, mating or defending or you can perform a sacrifice which requires lot of endeavors where there is fire sacrifice there are so many other ceremonies. If Krishna is kept in the center then everything becomes auspicious. So therefore for that spiritual master is required to have the strength and the knowledge ‘How to keep Krishna in the center’, the bonafide representative of lord is required to guide one and also makes the importance of associating with Vaishnavas. Therefore Srila Prabhupad created International Society for Krishna Consciousness so it would be easy for us as brahmacharis as well as grihastas and vanaprasthas, sannyasis to execute Krishna consciousness.