![]() ![]() It is to expiate all these five sins that the “pancha mahA yagyAs” were prescribed daily for householders”. He kills millions of small and invisible creatures daily, which bind him to inevitable sin. The hearth (stove), the grinding-stone, the broom, the pestle and mortar, the water vessel. “There are 5 slaughter houses in the house of a householder. “pancha soonA gruhastasya chullee pEShaNyupaskara: kaNdanee cha udakumbhash cha badhyatE yAs tu vAhayan” This “pitruyagya” is one of the “pancha mahAyagyAs – 5 yagyAs”. This is an opportunity to honour the sages, gods, parents, ancestors and friends. ![]() Offering libations of water and til (gingely) to the pitrus (deceased parents and ancestors – manes) to satisfy and elevate them to higher spiritual planes is called “pitru tarpaNam”. ![]()
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