{"id":26055,"date":"2016-04-02T15:25:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T13:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=26055"},"modified":"2016-04-02T15:29:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T13:29:14","slug":"the-validity-of-dandavata-parikrama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=26055","title":{"rendered":"The Validity of Dandavata Parikrama"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Hari Parshad Das<\/strong><\/p>\n

The term parikram\u0101 <\/span><\/i><\/b>is a synonym for the term pradak\u1e63i\u1e47\u0101<\/span><\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n

Both terms are used synonymously.<\/p>\n

For example, while performing parikram\u0101 <\/span><\/i>of tulas\u012b-dev\u012b<\/i>, we call it a pradak\u1e63i\u1e47\u0101<\/span> <\/span><\/i>\u2014 \u201ct\u0101ni t\u0101ni pra\u1e47a\u015byanti pradak\u1e63i\u1e47a\u1e25<\/span> <\/b>pade pade<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Parikram\u0101 <\/span><\/i><\/b>means \u2014 To completely (pari<\/span><\/i>) travel around (krama<\/span><\/i>).<\/p>\n

Pradak\u1e63i\u1e47\u0101<\/span> <\/span><\/b><\/i>means \u2014 To walk around completely (pra<\/span><\/i>) while keeping the deity to the right (dak\u1e63i\u1e47a<\/span><\/i>)<\/p>\n

The Hari-bhakti-vil\u0101sa<\/span><\/i><\/b> (8.393) specifies the method for performing Parikram\u0101\/Pradak\u1e63i\u1e47\u0101<\/span><\/i> of any deity of the Lord:<\/p>\n

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tata\u1e25 pradak\u1e63in\u0101\u1e41 kury\u0101d<\/i><\/b><\/span>
bhakty\u0101 bhagavato hare\u1e25<\/i><\/b><\/span>
n\u0101m\u0101ni k\u012brtayan \u015baktau<\/i><\/b><\/span>
t\u0101\u1e41 ca s\u0101\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101\u1e45ga-vandan\u0101m<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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Translation<\/span><\/b>: Thus, one must perform Pradak\u1e63i\u1e47\u0101 <\/span><\/i>of the Lord with devotion, while chanting his names. If one has the required strength, one should perform it with a\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101\u1e45ga-pra\u1e47\u0101mas<\/span><\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Commentary by Srila Sanatana Goswami<\/span><\/b>: \u015baktau saty\u0101\u00f1ca t\u0101\u1e41 pradak\u1e63i\u1e47\u0101m a\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101\u1e45gena vandanena pra\u1e47\u0101mena sahit\u0101\u1e41 kury\u0101t<\/span>
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Translation of Commentary<\/span><\/b>: If one has the required strength then the same pradak\u1e63i\u1e47\u0101 <\/span><\/i>should be performed with a\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101\u1e45ga-pra\u1e47\u0101mas<\/span><\/i>.<\/p>\n

Definition of A\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101\u1e45ga-pra\u1e47\u0101ma (from <\/span>Hari-bhakti-vil\u0101sa<\/span><\/b> 8.162)<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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dorbhy\u0101\u1e41 p\u0101dbhy\u0101\u1e41 ca j\u0101nubhy\u0101m<\/span>
uras\u0101 \u015biras\u0101 d\u1e5b\u015b\u0101<\/span>
manas\u0101 vacas\u0101 ceti<\/span>
pra\u1e47\u0101mo\u2019\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101\u1e45ga \u012brita\u1e25<\/span><\/b><\/i><\/div>\n

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Translation<\/b>:<\/span> The pra\u1e47\u0101ma <\/i>which is performed using the (1) two hands, (2) the two legs, (3) two knees, (4) chest, (5) head, (6) eyes, (7) mind and (8) words is known as a\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101\u1e45ga-pra\u1e47\u0101ma<\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n

Note of caution for ladies performing <\/span>a\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101\u1e45ga-pra\u1e47\u0101ma<\/span><\/i> (From the <\/span>Skanda-pur\u0101\u1e47a, V\u0101sudeva-m\u0101h\u0101tmya<\/i> <\/span>section, Chapter 29, Verse 27)<\/span><\/b>:<\/p>\n

a\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101\u1e45ga\u1e41 v\u0101 ‘pi pa\u00f1c\u0101\u1e45ga\u1e41<\/span><\/b><\/i>
pra\u1e47\u0101ma\u1e41 puru\u1e63as caret<\/span><\/b><\/i>
pa\u00f1c\u0101\u1e45gam eva n\u0101r\u012b tu<\/span><\/b><\/i>
n\u0101nyath\u0101 muni-sattam<\/span>a<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n

Translation<\/b>: The men may perform a\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101\u1e45ga <\/span><\/i>or pa\u00f1c\u0101\u1e45ga pra\u1e47\u0101mas<\/span><\/i> (according to their capacity). However the women should perform pa\u00f1c\u0101\u1e45ga <\/span><\/i>only and not otherwise.<\/p>\n

Being non-judgmental about <\/span>Govardhana-parikram\u0101<\/span><\/b>: Sometimes devotees think that barefoot parikram\u0101 <\/span><\/i>of Govardhana is superior to wearing shoes, or that walking is superior to taking a vehicle. One should not consider one type of parikram\u0101 <\/span><\/i>as superior to another. Srila Jiva Goswami says in the Gop\u0101la-camp\u016b<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/i> <\/span>(<\/span><\/span>P\u016brva<\/span><\/b><\/i>, 15):<\/p>\n

n\u0101tr\u0101py a\u1e45ghri-kr\u0101mit\u0101va\u015byakatva\u1e41<\/span>
svacchandatv\u0101d y\u0101nam apy atra di\u1e63\u1e6dam<\/span><\/b><\/i><\/div>\n

Translation<\/span><\/b>: It is not required that the parikram\u0101 <\/span><\/i>should be performed by foot. One can also take a vehicle (and obtain the same result).<\/p>\n

s\u0101dhu-cara\u1e47a-rajo \u2018bhil\u0101\u1e63\u012b,<\/p>\n

hari p\u0101r\u1e63ada d\u0101sa.<\/p>\n

PS<\/b>: I have not gone into a detailed etymology of the terms because I wanted to avoid grammatical complexities. Those who are interested in knowing the etymological derivations, please contact me personally.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"HareBy Hari Parshad Das<\/strong><\/p>\n

Being non-judgmental about Govardhana-parikrama: Sometimes devotees think that barefoot parikrama of Govardhana is superior to wearing shoes, or that walking is superior to taking a vehicle. One should not consider one type of parikrama as superior to another. Srila Jiva Goswami says in the Gopala-campu (Purva, 15): natrapy anghri-kramitavasyakatvam svacchandatvad yanam apy atra distam Translation: It is not required that the parikrama should be performed by foot. One can also take a vehicle (and obtain the same result). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26055"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26058,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26055\/revisions\/26058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}