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Thanks Kamu for your email & the question.

I have seen your post with the open question about the meanings of the mantras used in the 'sraddham' functions. I do not have the mantras in the books that I have & so did not respond to your post. Since those mantras are used only twice a year (for my father's & mother's sraddhams), I do not remember them. I have been meaning to speak to my 'vadhyar' to get all the mantras used in the homa on sraddham days when the vadhyar will be in my house for the next sraddham (sometime in Nov). That is why I did not reply to your post so far.

The 'tarpana' mantras that we use every Amavasia days (and the four quarterly samkrama days) are simple & easy to translate and explain; these mantras mainly invite our pitrus to come of their own accord to be present at the tarpanam (meaning: a function done to 'please them') via the devayana path with the help of 'jatavedas' or Agni and attend these functions by themselves and return safely etc. We also offer our namaskarams to them, we ask the 'vadhyar' who conducts the tarpanam for us whether by the 'hiranya sraddham' done by us and the 'tamboolam' provided by us (to him), they (in the form of he) are fully satisfied etc. to which the vadhyar replies that they are indeed very pleased with what we did etc. We also seek their blessings from them. Each of the 9 mantra is different but essentially the gist is as stated above.

Hope this helps.

<blockquote data-quote="R. Narayanaswami" data-source="post: 460133" data-attributes="member: 95723">Thanks Kamu for your email &amp; the question.I have seen your post with the open question about the meanings of the mantras used in the &#039;sraddham&#039; functions. I do not have the mantras in the books that I have &amp; so did not respond to your post. Since those mantras are used only twice a year (for my father&#039;s &amp; mother&#039;s sraddhams), I do not remember them. I have been meaning to speak to my &#039;vadhyar&#039; to get all the mantras used in the homa on sraddham days when the vadhyar will be in my house for the next sraddham (sometime in Nov). That is why I did not reply to your post so far. The &#039;tarpana&#039; mantras that we use every Amavasia days (and the four quarterly samkrama days) are simple &amp; easy to translate and explain; these mantras mainly invite our pitrus to come of their own accord to be present at the tarpanam (meaning: a function done to &#039;please them&#039;) via the devayana path with the help of &#039;jatavedas&#039; or Agni and attend these functions by themselves and return safely etc. We also offer our namaskarams to them, we ask the &#039;vadhyar&#039; who conducts the tarpanam for us whether by the &#039;hiranya sraddham&#039; done by us and the &#039;tamboolam&#039; provided by us (to him), they (in the form of he) are fully satisfied etc. to which the vadhyar replies that they are indeed very pleased with what we did etc. We also seek their blessings from them. Each of the 9 mantra is different but essentially the gist is as stated above. Hope this helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="R. Narayanaswami, post: 460133, member: 95723"] Thanks Kamu for your email & the question. I have seen your post with the open question about the meanings of the mantras used in the 'sraddham' functions. I do not have the mantras in the books that I have & so did not respond to your post. Since those mantras are used only twice a year (for my father's & mother's sraddhams), I do not remember them. I have been meaning to speak to my 'vadhyar' to get all the mantras used in the homa on sraddham days when the vadhyar will be in my house for the next sraddham (sometime in Nov). That is why I did not reply to your post so far. The 'tarpana' mantras that we use every Amavasia days (and the four quarterly samkrama days) are simple & easy to translate and explain; these mantras mainly invite our pitrus to come of their own accord to be present at the tarpanam (meaning: a function done to 'please them') via the devayana path with the help of 'jatavedas' or Agni and attend these functions by themselves and return safely etc. We also offer our namaskarams to them, we ask the 'vadhyar' who conducts the tarpanam for us whether by the 'hiranya sraddham' done by us and the 'tamboolam' provided by us (to him), they (in the form of he) are fully satisfied etc. to which the vadhyar replies that they are indeed very pleased with what we did etc. We also seek their blessings from them. Each of the 9 mantra is different but essentially the gist is as stated above. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]

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