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SAI : “Realizing that mans attraction for sensual pleasures is due to the kind of food that he takes, the ancients devised an easy and sacred method for purifying the food before eating. They used to sprinkle some water on the food and utter the mantra: Annam Brahma! Raso Vishnuh! Bhoktaa Devo Maheswarah! (The solid food is Brahma, the liquids are Vishnu and the enjoyer of the meal is Maheswara).” The sprinkling is done with Sathya and Rita (Truth and the Cosmic Order which together sustain the universe). In performing this rite, the partaker of food is praying to the trinity to protect him with Sathya and Rita. The prayer to the deities is to endow him with Trikarana Shuddhi - the triple purity of thought, word and deed. By this rite, the food was being sanctified.” SAINADAM SAMASTA LOKAH SUKHINO BHAVANTU...
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 09:10:15 +0000

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