Questions on Mensus Period

Updated on October 22, 2020 in Daily rituals and practice
7 on October 19, 2020

Sri Velukkudi swamigalukku adiyen namaskaram.
Srivaishnava bagavathalukum adiyen namaskaram.

My wife is undergoing 3 days of mensus period now. 2 comments came from my mother, which I would like to clarify with our esteemed Srivaishnava Bagavathas here. I am doing this only to try and move away from unnecessary sentiments (if at all they are) concentrating only on bakthi/kainkaryam. Not to question my mother. My wife is also ready to practice those if it is the right thing to do. So please forgive me, if you feel the questions are not appropriate.

1. My wife just crossed the puja room when I was doing Thiruvaradhanam. The room is middle of the hall and opposite to Main Door, so crossing is inevitable. Mother said she should not even cross the room while Pooja Room is open. So, should she confine herself to a room till the Pooja Room is Open?

2. I was taking Thulasi while my wife was sitting few feet away. But my mother says women should not see Thulasi during mensus period. I can understand about touching Thulasi, but to even see Thulasi is a sin?

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan.

 
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1 on October 19, 2020

Seeing Tulsi is not at all a problem. Tulsi Devi herself is a women. I never came across such texts where tulsi shouldn’t be seen during certain period.

Regarding crossing, Same as above, I never came across such rules in any texts of Sri Vaishnavism or even in other texts.

I read many different Puranas and haven’t seen such rules anywhere.

Ramunja Dasan

on October 19, 2020

Thank you @Rukminidwarkadeesh. I accept your point of view. I would like to solicit replies from few others as well on this topic.

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ntgk swamy,

in one of the enpani our swamy had said that according to Manu, “when in doubt about sastram, consult the eldest women in the family”. So, I don’t know how much weightage we should give to these contrasting inputs!

adiyen dasan.

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Swami please listen to enpani 932 for an explanation on this topic by our Swami. Also you can refer to this thread https://www.kinchit.org/dharma-sandeha/thread/offerings-during-periods/ 

Adiyen!

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0 on October 21, 2020

Adiyen Ramanjuadhasan.,

ntgk bhaghawatha,

Mother’s advice- being elderly in the family with full of knowledge about, exposure to our Sambrthayam (gained from ancestors)- MUST be obeyed and followed without any query.

On these two queries, she is right in her instruction. We must try to follow as much as possible- or strive to make it possible in anyway to follow. This way, chances of we doing sins are getting reduced….

Shamikaanum for any overstatements..

Ramanujadhasan.

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1 on October 21, 2020

பெரியவர்கள் சொல்வது எப்போதும் உண்மையே. பூஜை அறை திறந்து இருக்கும் பொழுது அந்தப் பக்கமாக நடந்து செல்லும் போது தவறுதலாக கூட உதிரம், அந்த இடத்தில் சிந்தி விடக்கூடாது என்ற எண்ணத்தில் தான் பெரியவர்கள் அவ்வாறு சொல்கிறார்கள். மேலும் துளசிக்கு என்று ஒரு தனித்துவம் உள்ளது. சில நேரங்களில் மாதப்போக்கு கொண்ட பெண்களின் மூச்சுக்காற்று பட்டு கூட துளசி வாடி விடுவதை நான் கண்கூடாக பார்த்திருக்கிறேன் கேள்விப்பட்டிருக்கிறேன். முடிந்தவரை மாதப்போக்கு நேரங்களில் எவ்வித செயல்களும் செய்யாமல் அமைதியாக ஓரிடத்தில் உட்கார்ந்து இருப்பது ஒரு வகையில் நல்லதும் கூட.

ഡ്രുവൻ അണ്ണാ. എനിക്ക് ഒന്നും മനസ്സിൽ ആവിനില്ല, തമിഴിലും ഇംഗ്ലീഷിലും സംസാരിച്ചാൽ, എന്ന പൊലവർക്കു എങ്ങനെ മനസ്സിലാവും?

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