SAMAVARTANAM – VEDA VRATAM
This is the completion of bramha charya asrama. For enabling this vrata the bramha chari has
to compete minimum 12 years in Gurukula vasa for completion of his veda along
with angas.
After performing this vratam, he is eligible for
gruhastasrama i.e. to marry or he can contrinue as bramhachari or become
sanyasi. Choosing the asrama is of his
decision.
Initially, he has to offer guru dakshina according to his
status. Guru will never ask for any
dakshina from his sishyas. Normally
according to sastras we have to give salankruta godana. Then samavartana homa to be performed and
offering to surya and agni is to be given with ghee. Then to do prayaschitta for various ill acts committed in bramhacharya ashrama.
After performing this he can wear normal dhoti. He can have kumkum on his forehead, he can
wear gold and have danta dhavanam. He
can also keep kajal to his eyes and use slippers and umbrella.
All these actions are now performed on the day of marriage
but critically it is not the time to perform this function on marriage
day.
On completion of this vratam, he has to pray to elders of
his family and friends to choose a suitable girl to marry him. That girl should not be of his own gotra and
also she should not be connected to 7 generations of his father and 5
generations of his mother. Moreover she
should not have same pravara of boy. She
should not be elder to him.
After chossing the girl, the relatives of the boy’s side
visit the family of the girl on a suitable day with flowers, fruits, betel nuts
and other mangalam items and request the girl’s parents to give the girl to
their ward by telling three generations of the boy and their characteristic
details. Then the girl parents with
their relatives promise for kanyadanam by chanting their three
generations.
This is what we are doing in marriage day duirng the gouri
puja as kanya varanam.
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