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In this chapter Anandamurti instructed bathing procedure | In this chapter Anandamurti instructed bathing procedure. | ||
=== General bath === | |||
Anandamurtiji told that while taking bath first one should pour water on the navel. Then he should wet the region below the navel by splashing water from the front. Then he has to pour water from behind. After that he will pour water on the crown of the head in such a way that it trickles down over the backbone. | |||
After doing that he can bathe all over. | |||
=== Dip bath === | |||
If someone does not want to take a dip bath, he should first pour water over the waist, on the navel region, and below, in the above-mentioned way, and then take the dip. | If someone does not want to take a dip bath, he should first pour water over the waist, on the navel region, and below, in the above-mentioned way, and then take the dip. | ||
=== Mantra recitation === | |||
After finishing bath, before drying body, one should recite the following mantra while performing the prescribed mudrá and looking at any luminous object: | After finishing bath, before drying body, one should recite the following mantra while performing the prescribed mudrá and looking at any luminous object: | ||
<center><poem>Pitr puruśebhyo namah rśi devebhyo namah. | <center><poem>Pitr puruśebhyo namah rśi devebhyo namah. | ||
Revision as of 08:29, 26 May 2014
| Bathing Procedure and Pitr Yajina | |
|---|---|
| Speaker | Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar |
| Date | 1956 |
| Place | Jamalpur |
| Included in | Ananda Marga Caryacarya Part 3 |
| Location in Sarkarverse |
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Bathing Procedure and Pitr Yajina is the 1st chapter of Ananda Marga Caryacarya Part 3 written by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar.[1]
Chapter synopsis
In this chapter Anandamurti instructed bathing procedure.
General bath
Anandamurtiji told that while taking bath first one should pour water on the navel. Then he should wet the region below the navel by splashing water from the front. Then he has to pour water from behind. After that he will pour water on the crown of the head in such a way that it trickles down over the backbone. After doing that he can bathe all over.
Dip bath
If someone does not want to take a dip bath, he should first pour water over the waist, on the navel region, and below, in the above-mentioned way, and then take the dip.
Mantra recitation
After finishing bath, before drying body, one should recite the following mantra while performing the prescribed mudrá and looking at any luminous object:
Pitr puruśebhyo namah rśi devebhyo namah.
Brahmárpanaḿ Brahmahavir Brahmágnao Brahmańáhutam.
Anandamurtiji asked to repeat the mantra for three times. He told, remembering the rśis and ancestors in this way is known as Pitr Yajiṋa. Pitr Yajiṋa should be performed as a daily duty even if one’s father is alive.
References
- ^ Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar "Bathing Procedure and Pitr Yajina" Ananda Marga Caryacarya Part 3 (7.5 ed.) Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha
| Preceded by N.A. |
Ananda Marga Caryacarya Part 3 With: Bathing Procedure and Pitr Yajina |
Succeeded by Procedure for Eating |
