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Payovratam

payo vratham -details.
மனைவி மக்களுடன் குடும்பத்தில் உள்ளவர்களுக்கும் சாதுர்மாஸ்ய வ்ரதம் உண்டு.

ஆஷாட மாதம் சுக்ல பக்ஷ த்வாதசி முதல் கார்த்திகை மாதம் ஏகாதசி வரையில் நான்கு மாதங்கள் நாம் உட்கொள்ளும் உணவில் ஒரு சில வற்றை விலக்கி கட்டுபாடுகளுடன் இருப்பதே சாதுர்மாஸ்ய வ்ரதம். 13-07-2019 muthal 09-11-2019.

13-7-2019 முதல்11-8-2019 முடிய உணவில் விலக்க வேண்டியது :காய்,, புளி, மிளகாய், தேங்காய்.
12-8-2019 முதல்10-9-2019 முடிய தயிர் மற்றும் அவற்றால் தயாரிக்கும் பொருட்கள் கூடாது. தயிறில் ஒன்றுக்கு நான்கு பங்கு ஜலம் விட்டு மோராக உபயோகிக்கலாம். நிறம், தரம்,, ருசி குணம் மாறி விடுவதால் மோர் சாப்பிடலாம்..
this is called payovratham._-milk and milk products should not be taken for this one month-from 10th sep.

10-9-2019 முதல் 9-10-2019 முடிய பால் மற்றும் பாலை கொண்டு தயாரிக்கும் உணவு வகைகள் கூடாது. ஆனால் தேங்காய் பால் உபயோகிக்கலாம்
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10-10-2019 முதல் 9-11-2019 முடிய த்வி தள விரதம். அதாவது தானியங்களை உடைத்தால் இரு அல்லது பல விதைகள் இருக்கும். ஆதலால் பருப்பு வகைகள் , புளி மிளகாய். காய்கறிகள் சாப்பிடக்கூடாது. ஆனால் வாழைக்காய், வாழைதண்டு, வாழப்பூ,, சேனை, வள்ளிகிழங்கு, இஞ்சி, மாங்காய் இஞ்சி, பொன்னாங்கண்ணி ஆகியவை உபயோகிக்கலாம்..

இதனால் ஆரோக்கியம், குடும்ப அமைதி உண்டாகும்.

13-7-2019 அன்று பூஜை அறையில் ஸ்வாமிக்கு முன்பாக ஹே அச்யுத நான் இன்று முதல் நான்கு மாதங்கள் வரை இந்த வ்ருதத்தை செய்கிறேன். அது வறை எனக்கெந்த தடங்களும் வராமல் செய்வாயாக தடை ஏதுமில்லாமல் வ்ரதம் நிறைவேற நீ எனக்கு அருள் புரிவாயாக. என்று மஹா விஷ்ணுவை ப்ரார்த்தித்து கொள்ளவும்.
 
Thank you, but what I was asking about is the payovratam which is observed in phalguna month, where one reportedly live on milk only, could anyone give details about thish payovratam?
 
Extract from:https://indianmandirs.blogspot.com/2017/02/payo-vrutham.html
Payo Vrutham

According to our Purana’s, from Sukla Padyami to Dwadasi, first 12 days pooja should be done to Lakshmi sametha Narayana(Lord Vishnu along with goddess Lakshmi Devi). These twelve days resemble 12 months. Doing pooja in these 12 days is equivalent of praying Lord Vishnu throughout the year. It is called as “PAYO VRATHAM”. Only milk should be taken as food after offering milk as Nivedhyam to god. Donating cow (Godanam), clothes, money is very auspicious in this month.
PAYOVRUTHAM.
More details in the website.
 
one more doubt: if one has to subside on milk only, are natural sweeteners like jaggery/honey and herbs like turmeric/pepper etc allowed, or one has to take pure milk only?
 
jaggary, sugar, honey are allowed.
aekadasi advice.




The following informs us as to why we need to avoid grains on Ekadashi days.







It is stated in the Padma Purana:





bhuyo-bhuyo drdha vani sryatam syata janah

na bhoktavyam na bhoktavyam na bhoktavyam harer dine





“O human beings, please listen, I tell you repeatedly with steadfast determination, please never eat any grains on the Day of Lord Hari (Ekadasi day, the Lord’s appearance day like Janmastami day etc.). Please never eat any food grains even by mistake on the Day of Lord Hari. Please do not eat grains on the Day of Lord Hari even if forced or compelled to do so.”











The reason to not eat food grains on Ekadasi is stated in the Vrihan Naradiya Purana thus:





yani kani ca papani brahma hatyadikani ca

annam asritya tiathanti samprapte hari vasare





“Every type of sin in this world, including the grievous sin of killing a Brahmana, reside in food grains on the Day of Lord Hari (Ekadasi and other fasting days). If grains are eaten on fasting days sins enter the body of that human being.”





The Hari Bhakti Vilasa states:





brahmacari grhastho va vanaprastho ‘thava yatih

ekadasyam hi bhunjano bhukte go-mamsam eva hi





“Whether a person is Brahmachari (unmarried celibate student), Grihastha (householder), Vanaprasthi (retired, elderly), Sanyasi (renounced person) or any other social order, if they eat food grains on Ekadasi, they acquire the same sin as that received by eating cow’s meat.”





The Skanda Purana also states:





matr ha pitr has caiva bhratr ha guru has tatha

ekadasyas tu ya bhunkte visnu-lokac cyuto bhavet





“Those who eat grains on Ekadasi and on the Day of Lord Hari (including Janmastami, Gaura Purnima etc.) obtain the sin equal to killing one’s own mother, own father, own brother and own Guru; and they cannot reach the spiritual world, which is why one should never eat grains on fasting days.”





One may think or say that fasting on Ekadasi days and the Lord’s appearance days are meant only for Vaisnava devotees and not for worshippers of Lord Siva or Durga etc. But the Padma Purana informs such people:





na saiva na ca saurohasaun na sakta gana sevakah

yo bhunkte vasare visnor jneyah pasvadiko hi sah





“Whether one is a follower of Lord Siva, the goddess Durga, Kali, Surya (sungod), Ganesa, Bhairava or any other demigod, they should avoid



eating grains on the fasting days of Lord Hari (Ekadasis and other fasting days of Lord Hari). If one does not rigidly follow this rule and eats grains on fasting days they are considered worse than an animal.”





The Brihan Naradiya Purana states:





brahma-hatyadi papanam kathancin niskrtir bhavet

ekadasyat tu yo bhunkte niskrtir nasti kutracit





“By rigidly following religious and ritualistic processes one may become free from grievous sin like killing a Brahmana, but it is impossible to eliminate the sins of those who eat grains on Ekadasi days.”





It is written in the Skanda Purana that Lord Yamaraja (superintendent of hell) told his messengers not even to go near the immediate three generations of those who fast on Ekadasi days, even if they are lowborn and full of sin.



. But even if a pious person is learned in the four Vedas and performs rituals and is pure, but eats grains on Ekadasi days, they must be taken to hell to suffer.



If grain filled prasadam is given to a person on a fasting day it should be kept for consumption on the next day, but should not be consumed on the fasting day. Only fruits, roots (such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, tapioca, sago etc.) water, milk products, nuts, rock salt,



Singhara flour, Kutu flour, Sama Rice (found in the Indian grocery stores) and prescribed medicines can be consumed on fasting days.
 
Phalguna or Phālguna is a month of the Hindu calendar. In India’s national civil calendar, Phalguna is the twelfth month of the year, and corresponds with February/March in the Gregorian calendar.In Luni-Solar religious calendars, Phalgun may begin on either the new moon or the full moon around the same time of year, and is usually the eleventh or twelfth month of the year. However, in Gujarat, Kartika is the first month of the year, and so Phalguna follows as the fifth month for Gujaratis.The holidays of Holi (15 Phalguna) and Maha Shivaratri (14 Phalguna) are observed in this monthIn solar religious calendars, Phalguna begins with the Sun’s entry into Aquarius, and is usually the eleventh month of the year.In the Vaishnava calendar, Govinda governs this month.Hindu saint Raghavendra Swami was born on Phalgun Sukla Navami in 1595 AD who advocated Madhvacharya’s Dvaita philosophy.Most parts of North India see early celebration of the famous Hindu festival Holi in this month. Holi is celebrated at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month Phalguna (Phalguna Purnima), which usually falls in the later part of February or March.The Hindu festival of Shigmo is also celebrated in Goa and Konkan in the month of Phalguna. Celebrations can stretch over a month and may last even after the Hindu Luni-Solar New Year begins. Another popular fair is Phalguna Mela in Khatushyamji in Rasjasthan.




Lord Vishnu Named As Govinda:-



Lord Vishnu in the name of Sri Govinda is the presiding Deity (Masa Niyamaka) governing the month of Phalguna masam. Govinda is a very popular name of Lord Sri Vishnu which we find commonly being chanted by one and all. In 24 Kesava Namas we find Govindaya Namaha as the fourth one which we recite while performing Aachamanam and also we recite Sri Govinda, Govinda while performing Sankalpa. The name Govinda also popularly figures in Sri Vishnu, Naamathraya Japam viz. Achyutaya Namaha, Ananthaaya Namaha and Govindaaya Namaha. We find a reference to the word Govinda in Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stothram in sloka number 20 & 58 as follows


Maheshvaso mahibharta shrinivasah satam gatih

Aniruddhah suranando govindo govidam patih


Mahavaraho govindah sushenah kanakangadi

Guhyo gabhiro gahano guptas chakra-gadadharah


Govinda means the One who is the Lord of Cows, protector of Cows, the one who has lifted the hill called Goverdhanagiri with His little finger to save and protect the Cows and Cowherds, also the one who is the protector of Earth. Go also means Vedas. One who is the protector of Vedas and who is eulogized by Vedas.

Go means Cow and Vinda means one who helps to survive or surmount. Go+Vinda = Govinda means the One who helps us to survive and surmount the earthly existence and reach Supreme realization of the Self. Lord Sri Krishna is popularly known and called as Govinda and who is also called as Gopala the protector of cows. We also find Lord Sri Venkateshwara popularly being referred to as Govinda and devotees chanting Govinda-Govinda when they visit Tirumala Kshetra.

Vratams In Phalguna Masam:-

Payo Vratam:-



According to our Purana’s, from Sukla Padyami to Dwadasi, first 12 days pooja should be done to Lakshmi sametha Narayana(Lord Vishnu along with goddess Lakshmi Devi). These twelve days resemble 12 months. Doing pooja in these 12 days is equivalent of praying Lord Vishnu throughout the year. It is called as “PAYO VRATHAM”. Only milk should be taken as food after offering milk as Nivedhyam to god. Donating cow (Godanam), clothes, money is very auspicious in this month.

When King Bali (Bali Chakravarthi) and his followers invaded Swarga Loka, dethroned Indra and other Demi-Gods and captured all their wealth, Aditi the Divine Mother of Demi-Gods and wife of Sage Kashyapa got highly distressed with the plight of her sons. Aggrieved with her sons’ condition she prayed to her husband Sage Kashyapa to suggest the way to make her sons reoccupy their respective positions in the Heaven. Moved by the Aditi’s request, Sage Kashyapa suggested her to worship Lord Sri ManNarayana by performing an austerity known as Payo Vratha and explained its rules and regulations.


According to its principles one has to perform with proper sankalpa this austerity for twelve days, starting from Sukla Paadyami and ending with Dwadasi. During this period one should perform Sri Vishnu Aaradhana by worshiping Him daily with shodasa upachaara pooja and feeding poor and Brahmins as much as possible and subsisting only on Milk. One is required to perform this austerity with total faith and devotion towards Lord Vishnu, strictly observing celibacy, taking bath thrice a day, sleeping on floor etc. At the end of the vratha one should perform a homa/yagna, feed Brahmins, and give charity. Since this Vratha is ought to yield far reaching results and fulfills all desires it is also known as Sarva Yagna.


Aditi then performed Payovratha strictly adhering to its rules resulting in Lord Sri ManNarayana appearing before her and assuring her that her wish would get fulfilled and that He would take birth as her son. Accordingly, Lord Sri Maha Vishnu took the incarnation of Lord Vaamana and fulfilled Aditi’s desires. We find a reference to Payovratha in Ashtama Skhanda (8th Canto) of SriMad Bhagavatham in the episode of Sri Vaamana Avathara. This Vratha is performed during Phalguna masam. This austerity is suggested as one of the Divine remedies for lack of progeny.
 
Iskcon people are doing like this.

Ārādhanānāṁ sarveṣāṁ viṣṇor ārādhanaṁ param. This is a statement made by Lord Śiva to Pārvatī. Worshiping Lord Viṣṇu is the supreme process of worship. And how Lord Viṣṇu is worshiped in this payo-vrata ceremony has now been fully described. The ultimate goal of life is to please Lord Viṣṇu by varṇāśrama-dharma. The Vedic principles of four varṇas and four āśramas are meant for worship of Viṣṇu (viṣṇur ārādhyate panthā nānyat tat-toṣa-kāraṇam). The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is also viṣṇu-ārādhanam, or worship of Lord Viṣṇu, according to the age. The payo-vrata method of viṣṇu-ārādhanam was enunciated long, long ago by Kaśyapa Muni to his wife, Aditi, in the heavenly planets, and the same process is bona fide on earth even now. Especially for this Age of Kali, the process accepted by the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to open hundreds and thousands of Viṣṇu temples (temples of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, Jagannātha, Balarāma, Sītā-Rāma, Gaura-Nitāi and so on). Performing prescribed worship in such temples of Viṣṇu and thus worshiping the Lord is as good as performing the payo-vrata ceremony recommended here. The payo-vrata ceremony is performed from the first to the thirteenth day of the bright fortnight of the moon, but in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement Lord Viṣṇu is worshiped in every temple according to a schedule of twenty-four hours of engagement in performing kīrtana, chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, offering palatable food to Lord Viṣṇu and distributing this food to Vaiṣṇavas and others. These are authorized activities, and if the members of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement stick to these principles, they will achieve the same result one gains by observing the payo-vrata ceremony. Thus the essence of all auspicious activities, such as performing yajña, giving in charity, observing vratas, and undergoing austerities, is included in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. The members of this movement should immediately and sincerely follow the processes already recommended. Of course, sacrifice is meant to please Lord Viṣṇu. Yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi sumedhasaḥ: in Kali-yuga, those who are intelligent perform the saṅkīrtana-yajña. One should follow this process conscientiously.

SB 8.16.61
ta eva niyamāḥ sākṣāt
 ta eva ca yamottamāḥ
tapo dānaṁ vrataṁ yajño
 yena tuṣyaty adhokṣajaḥ
Synonyms:
te — that is; eva — indeed; niyamāḥ — all regulative principles; sākṣāt — directly; te — that is; eva — indeed; ca — also; yama-uttamāḥ — the best process of controlling the senses; tapaḥ — austerities; dānam — charity; vratam — observing vows; yajñaḥ — sacrifice; yena — by which process; tuṣyati — is very pleased; adhokṣajaḥ — the Supreme Lord, who is not perceived by material senses.
Translation:
This is the best process for pleasing the transcendental Supreme Personality of Godhead, known as Adhokṣaja. It is the best of all regulative principles, the best austerity, the best process of giving charity, and the best process of sacrifice.
Purport:
The Supreme Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (18.66):

sarva-dharmān parityajya
 mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo
 mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ

“Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.” Unless one pleases the Supreme Personality of Godhead according to His demand, no good result will come from any of his actions.

dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ
 viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ
notpādayed yadi ratiṁ
 śrama eva hi kevalam

“The occupational activities a man performs according to his own position are only so much useless labor if they do not provoke attraction for the message of the Personality of Godhead.” (Bhāg. 1.2.8) If one is not interested in satisfying Lord Viṣṇu, Vāsudeva, all his so-called auspicious activities are fruitless. Moghāśā mogha-karmāṇo mogha-jñānā vicetasaḥ: because he is bewildered, he is baffled in his hopes, baffled in his activities, and baffled in his knowledge. In this regard, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī remarks, napuṁsakam anapuṁsakenety-ādinaikatvam. One cannot equate the potent and the impotent. Among modern Māyāvādīs it has become fashionable to say that whatever one does or whatever path one follows is all right. But these are all foolish statements. Here it is forcefully affirmed that this is the only method for success in life. Īśvara-tarpaṇaṁ vinā sarvam eva viphalam. Unless Lord Viṣṇu is satisfied, all of one’s pious activities, ritualistic ceremonies and yajñas are simply for show and have no value. Unfortunately, foolish people do not know the secret of success. Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇum. They do not know that real self-interest ends in pleasing Lord Viṣṇu.

SB 8.16.62
tasmād etad vrataṁ bhadre
 prayatā śraddhayācara
bhagavān parituṣṭas te
 varān āśu vidhāsyati
Synonyms:
tasmāt — therefore; etat — this; vratam — observance of a vrata ceremony; bhadre — my dear gentle lady; prayatā — by observing rules and regulations; śraddhayā — with faith; ācara — execute; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; parituṣṭaḥ — being very satisfied; te — unto you; varān — benedictions; āśu — very soon; vidhāsyati — will bestow.
Translation:
Therefore, my dear gentle lady, follow this ritualistic vow, strictly observing the regulative principles. By this process, the Supreme Person will very soon be pleased with you and will satisfy all your desires.
Purport:
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Eighth Canto, Sixteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship.”
 

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