anadhyayana kAlam

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adhyayanam means to study, to learn, to repeat/recite, etc. vEdham is studied under AchAryas by hearing from them and repeating the same. vEdha manthrams are also regularly recited as part of daily anushtAnams. anadhyayanam means to refrain from learning/reciting. There are certain times of the year when vEdham is not recited. This time is leveraged to learn other parts of sAsthram such as smrithi, ithihAsams, purANams, etc. Even through out the year, days such as amAvAsyai, paurNami, prathamai, etc., are not conducive for learning vEdham. As dhrAvida vEdham (4000 dhivya prabhandham) is also considered equivalent to samskritha vEdham, there is a tradition of not learning/reciting dhivya prabhandham during certain period of time.

anadhyayana kAlam begins on the day after thirukkArthikai dhIpOthsavam. Generally, it ends after adhyayana uthsavam completion in temples.. There is a common practice of resuming dhivyaprabandham recital on thai hastham at homes.

This adhyayana uthsavam was first organized by thirumangai AzhwAr to glorify nammAzhwAr’s ascent to paramapadham by reciting thiruvAimozhi during vaikuNta EkAdhaSi in SrIrangam. Subsequently, SrIman nAthamunigaL organized the recital of all AzhwArs’s prabandhams. emperumAnAr arranged this to be celebrated in all dhivyadhESams. Our subsequent AchAryas continued this tradition in a grand manner.

What to learn and recite during anadhyayana kAlam?

Here are some quick pointers.

• Generally in temples, during anadhyayana kAlam, upadhEsa rathina mAlai will be recited in place of thiruppAvai and thiruvAimozhi nURRanthAdhi will be recited in place of kOil thiruvAimozhi/rAmAnusa nURRanthAdhi.
• In mArgazhi month, thiruppaLLiyezhuchi/thiruppAvai recitation resumes.
• In the temples, during adhyayana uthsavam, all 4000 pAsurams will be recited once.
• At homes, during thiruvArAdhanam, pAsurams from 4000 dhivya prabhandham are not recited during anadhyayana kAlam (same principle for mArgazhi month as in the temples too – thiruppAvai and thiruppaLLiyezhuchi are recited).
  • During opening the kOil AzhwAr, we recite jithanthE sthOthram (first 2 slOkams), “kausalyA suprajA rAma” slOkam, “kUrmAdhIn” slOkam (these are recited normally as well) and directly open the door. again, there is no limit to remembering/meditating on AzhwAr pAsurams in heart/mind while opening the door.
  • Similarly, during thirumanjanam, after reciting sUkthams, we recite “veNNai aLaintha kuNungum” padhigam and a few extra pAsurams – during anadhyayana kAlam, we just stop with sUkthams.
  • During manthra pushpam, we recite “chenRAl kudaiyAm” pAsuram normally. During anadhyayanam, we recite “emperumAnAr dharisanam enRE” pAsuram in place of that.
  • For sARRumuRai, we recite upadhEsa rathina mAlai and thiruvAimozhi nURRanthAdhi pAsurams instead of “chiRRam chiRukAlE“, “vangak kadal” and “pallANdu pallANdu” pAsuram followed by “sarva dhEsa dhasA kAlE…” routine and vAzhi thirunAmams.
• This is a good time to learn pUrvAchArya sthOthra granthams in samskritham (there are quite a few) and thamizh prabhandhams such as gyAna sAram, pramEya sAram, saptha kAthai, upadhEsa rathina mAlai, thiruvAimozhi nURRanthAdhi, etc. Also, we can learn and recite the thanians and vAzhi thirunAmams of our AchAryas during this time.
• Also, one can engage in learning rahaysa granthams during this time and memorize the same.

adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan

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