PUNYAHAVACHANAM Punyahavachanam is a karma to make ourselves pure as well as the surroundings before making any vaidika karma, For making this karma we need the following: 1) brass plate of 15inches diameter 2)brass chembu3)two brass tumblers 3) sufficient rice to fill the brass plate 4a little tour dall5)two bunches of mango leaves 6)panch patra 7) uddarini 8) side plate ‘brass/copper 9) sambrani stand 10) karpuram plate | 1)kumuma, akshata, gandham bowls 12) betel leaves with round betal nuts 13) sufficient flowers 13) a small picce of jaggery 14) 6 bananas 15) two coconuts THINGS TO DO FIRST: 1) Apply gandham and kumkum to brass chembu, two brass tumblers on all four sides. 2) apply haldi/pasupu to one coconut to place on the chembu and kumkum on all four sides 3) clean the mango leaves in water for placement of one bunch in chembu and other two bunches to place in the tumblers. 4) fill the plate with raw rice to 2/3 height of brass plate and add some tour dhal into it, and keep the same on earth cleaned decorated with maakolam 5) keep chembu filled with water 2/31d level, keep mango leaves inside and place the coconut applied with haldi and kumkum on it and place the same on eastem side centre of plate filled with rice and place the two brass tumblers below the chembu so as to make the three a equilateral triangle. 5) have two sets of tambulams with one ‘banana and keep the same next to tumblers (right side tumbler right side and left side tumbler left side). 6)pour clean water to half level in two tumblers and keep the mango leaves in it. 7) make haldi vinayaka in cone shape and keep the same in two betel nut leaves. 8) place the haldi vinayaka in west side of chembu placed in plate i.e. in between the two tumblers slightly below (not exactly in between tumblers). apply gandam and kumkum to haldi vinayaka and keep some flowers on it. 9) make 2 handful of akshatas ic. select rice in full form not having the half ones apply haldi and two to three drops of ghee and apply to rice so as to become yellow instead of white rice. 10) take a brass plate keep coconut, banana, flowers for puja, 11) keep separately sambrani vatti and karpuram with match box. 12) have one kuttu vilakku filled with tl oil and keep single vatti and lit the deepam and apply gandam Kumkum and flowers to it and place the kuttu vilakku in a plate duly filled with kolam. keep the kuttu vilakku to the right side of the round plate kept with kalasam and two tumblers. Have one more small vilakku lit duly decorated and keep near the big vilakku. Caution: When lighting agarbatti or karpuram do not lit from the kuttu vilakku but to light from the match box only. 13) make seat for u and your wife either in a wooden plank or have kambal spread on earth and have a towel spread on it. ‘your feet or any part of your legs should not touch the earth because the earth have such power which will attract the power generated through mantra into it. 14) Always wear the dhoti_ panchakachham style for all vaidika kriyas and see your wife also wear the sari in kachham. ANUGYA (BEFORE PROCEEDING TO DO A GOOD THING WE HAVE TO GET BLESSINGS FROM ELDERS) OM RUDHYASMAHA VAIRNMA SOPASADYA/ MITRAM DEVAM MITRADHEYAMNO ASTU ANURADITAN HAVISHA VARDHAYANTAHA/SATAM JEEVEMA SARADHA SAVEERAHA OM NAMO MAHADBHYO NAMO ARBHAKEBHYO NAMO YUVABHYO NAMA AASINEBHY AHA YAJAMA DEVANYADI SAKNAVAMA MAJYAYASA SSAM SAMAVRUKSHI DEVAHA (With folded hands have akshata in hands) Aseshe he parisath bhavat padamule mayasamarpitam imam sowarnim yatkinchit dakshinam yadhokta dakshinamiva sweektuthya Asmin nakshatre rasou jatasya Mama dharmapatnayam nakshatre rasou jaatasya (here u can add your children details as well as your parents and other close family members) Aavayoho janmalagnapekshaya Chandra lagnapekshaya aditayadinam navanam grahanam aanukulata sidhyartam. ye ye grahaha subha staneshu sthitaha, tesham grahanam atyanta atisaya subha phalavapyartam, ye ye grahaha subhetara staneshu sthithaha thesham grahanam aanukulya siddyartam, alakshmi nibarhana dwara ashata lakshmi praptyartam , sareere vardhishya vardhamana samasta roga pida parihara dwara kshipra arogyata sidhyartam, ihajanmani, purvajanmani sanchita agami_ sarva papakshyartam, gruhe sakala jana ananyonyata siddyartam, satvapat santi purvaka, deerghayuhu, vipula dhana dhanya anavichhinna santati, stiralakshmi keerti labha satru parajaya siddyartam. (specifiy what u are going to do) ——arishyamana_japa puja homa karma karishya ‘manena yoghyatam anugrahana The akshatas are to be submitted at the feet of the elders, bramhins at the place In reply they have to say yosyata siddirastu PRARTHANA With folded hands recite the following; Dhruvante raja varuno dhruvam devo bruhaspatihi/ dhruvanta indraschagnischa rashtram dharayate dhruvam Devim vacha majanayanta devastam viswarupaha pasavo vadanti/ sano mandreshu murjam duhana dhenurvagasma nupasushtutaitu Ayam muhutaba sumuburtosta Assivo namarupabhyam yadevi sarvamangala/ thayo samsmaranatpumsam_sarvato jayamangalam Labhastesham jayastesham kutastesham parabhavaha‘yesham indivara syamo hrudayaste janardhanaha ‘Aapada mapa hartaram dataram sarva sampadam/lokabhi ramam sriramam bhuyo bhuyo namamyaham Ayam muhurta sumuburtost’ swastyanugrunhantu Thadeva lagnam sudinam tadeva, tarabalam chandrabalam tadeva, vidya balam deiva balam tadeva akshmipate te anghriyugam smarami ‘Yatra yogiswaraha krushno yatra partho dhanurdaraha/tatra sti rvijayo bhuti dhruvaneeti matirmama Ananyaha chintayanto mam ye janaha paryupasate, tesham nityabhu yuktanam yogaksheman vahamyaham ‘Smirute sakala kalyana bhajanam yatra jayate/purushasta majam nityam vrajami saranam hari. Sarvada sarva karyeshu nasty tesham amangalam/yesham hrudisto bhagavan mangalayatanam harihi Sarva mangala mangalye sive sarvatha sadhike/saranye trayambike gouri narayani namostute Sumukaischa ckadantascha kapilo gajakarnakaha,/lamborascha vikato vignarajo ganadhipaha/ dhumaketur ganadhyaksha phala chandto gajananaha/vakra tunda surpa kamno heramba skanda purvajaha’shodasaitani namani yah pateth shrunuyadapi, vidhyarambhe vivahecha pravese nirgame ‘thatha/sangrame sarva karyeshu vighna sthasya najayate/ Suklam bharadaram vishnum sasivamam chaturbhujam/prasanna vadanam dhyayet sarva vighnopa santaye/abhipsitarthya siddyartham pujito ya surairapi/sarva vignchide tasmai ganadhipataye namaha Vigneswara puja For any puja, homa first vigneswara puja is to be conducted. For this you have to make ganapati with haldi (pasupu/manjal powder) only and the same to be placed on two betal nut leafs facing the bottom of leafs towards north, Achamya: Om kesavaya swaha om narayanaya swaha om madhavaya swaha - for male ‘Om kesavaya namaha, om narayanaya namaha, om madhavaya namaha — for females Govindaya namaha, vishave namaha, madhusudanaya namaha, trivikramaya namaha,vamanaya‘namaha,stidharaya namaha,hrushikesaya namaha,padmandbhaya namaha, domodaraya namaha, sankarshanaya namaha,vasudevaya namaha, pradhyumanaya namaha, aniruddhaya namaha,purushothamaya namaya, adhokshajaya namaha, narasimhaya namaha, achhutaya namaha,janardanaya namaha, upendraya namaya, haraye namaha, srikrishnaya namaha, Prudhivyaha meruprushta rushi, kurmo devata, sutalam chhandaha, asane viniyogaha. (take some akshata and flowers and place on the seat you are going to sit) Pranayamam: keep left hand palm opened and place right hand palm on it ie. left north to south and right palm east to west) on the right thigh and chant the following mantra, pranavasya prabramha rushihi, paramatma devata, daivigayatri chandaha, pranayame viniyogaha: Om. huhu, om bhuvaha, om swahaha, om mahaha, om janaha, om tapaha, om satyam, om tatsavitur varenyam bhargo devasaya dheemahi, dhiyoyonaha prachodayat, omapo jyotirasomrutam bramha Dbhurbhuva ssuvarom, ‘Mamoparta samasta duritakshaya dwara sriparameswara prityartam, subhe, sobhane muburte, adya bramhana dwitiya pararte, sweta varaha kalpe, vaivaswata manwantare, kaliyuge, prathame pade, jambu dweepe, bharata varshe, bharata kande, meroho dakshina digbage, Krishna kaveryoho Madhya pradese, swagruhe, samasta devata bramhana sannidow, asmin varta manena vyavaharika Chandra masena ) samvatsare(the telugu samvatsaram which is available on panchagam) ayane(jan 16 to junly15 utarayanam, july 16 to jan 15 dakhinayanam) rutao (vasanta rutu(chaitra amavasay (o vaisaka purnima), grishma rutu(jyeshta amavasya to ashada pournami) varsha rutu(sravana amavasya to ‘bhadrapada pourni), saradrutu(aswija amavasya to kartika pournami) hemanta rutu(margasira amavasya to pushya pournami), sisira rutu(magha amavasya to phalguna pournami), mase((tell your telugu month i.e. chaitram/vaishakam/jyeshtanv/ashadam/ sravanam/bhadrapadam, Jaswijam/kartikam/margsiram/pushyam/magham/phalgunam), pakshe (amavasya to pournami - sukla paksham, pournami to amavasya— Krishna paksham), thithou (available on panchangam i.e. padyami, vidiya, thathiya, chaviti, panchami, shashti, saptamai, ashatami, navami, dasami, ekadasi, dwadasi, tryodasi, chaturdasi, amavasya/pournami as the case may be. Note: amavasya to pournami say as sukla paksha thithi and pournami to amavasya as Krishna paksha thithi), vasare(bhanuvasare(Sunday), induvasare(Monday), bhoma vasare(Tuesday), soumya vasare(Wednesday), guruvasare(Thursday),sukra vasare(Friday), sanivasare(Saturday) yoge(refer table) karane(refer table) evam guna visheshana visistayam subha thithou asmakam saha kutumubanam kshema stairya vijaya ayur arogyta abhivrudhyartham dharmata kama moksha chatur vida phala purusharta siddayartam, samasta mangala vapyartam , visheshataha karma karishyamanaha(recite what tare going to do) thathangatwena thathadow suddayartam, vrudhyartam, santyartham, abhyudarathamcha, yebhir mahajanai ssaha, swasti punyaha vachanam karishye. Adow nirvignena parisamapyartham, ganadhipati pujamcha karishye. (take some akshatas and flowers in hand) Gananantwa grutsamado ganapatir jagathi, haridarabimbe siddalakshmi vallabhamba samseta sti mahaganapatim dhyayami Gananatwa ganapatim havamahe kavim kavina mupavasra vastamam/jyeshta rajam bramhanam bramhanaspata aanasrunvan nutibhi ssidasadanam, Siddalakshmi vallabhamba sameta sti mahaganaptim avahayami (place the akshatas and flowers at the feet of mahaganapati) Siddalakshmi vallabhamba sameta sti mahaganapatayenamaha ratna simhasanam samarpayami (place some akshatas at the feet of mahaganapati) Siddalakshmi vallabhamba sameta sri mahaganapatayenamaha hastayo arghyam samarpayami (pour one uddarani water on the bowl by showing the same to ganapati) Siddalakshmi vallabhamba sameta sti mahaganapatayenamaha mukhe achapaniyam samarpayami (pour one uddarani water on the bowl by showing the same to ganapati)