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    Before Consuming food

    Before Consuming food
    (Before start eating, pray looking at the food)




    Consuming food is considered as a Yajna karma (sacrifice to fire) in Bharatheeya Tradition. The chanting is taken from Bhgavad Gita. It says the food that I eat is called brahmarpanam (offering to brahma). Brahma is the Lord of Creativity and the food is to make us creative, thus the concept of yajna, the energy creation for betterment is equivalent to the food intake and the creative output of the human. Consider the food as the havis (the ingredients for the sacrifice).
    Looking at the food, stay for some time, praying with the above manthra. The saliva will first get into the stomach as one looks at the food. Then the water through the achaman. This must be followed with bit-by-bit three times the sample food into the mouth. This is to inform the stomach, that this is the food that is going to be consumed, get prepared. This process of eating will make the food eating more systematica dn helps for better health

  • #2
    Re: brahmarpanam

    Dear Sir,

    In this article it has been advised to pray with mantra but the mantra is not appearing. Can you please kindly give the mantra.

    With Best Regards

    S. Sankara Narayanan
    RADHE KRISHNA

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    • #3
      Re: brahmarpanam

      Sri.gowriputran Sir

      Brahmarpanam Mantra

      From Bhagavad Gita 4.24 and 15.14

      Brahmaarpanam Brahma Havir
      Brahmaagnau Brahmanaa Hutam
      Brahmaiva Tena Gantavyam
      Brahma Karma Samaadhinaha

      [This is 24th verse from the 4th chapter of Bhagavad Geetha] The act of offering is Brahman. The offering itself is Brahman. The offering is done by Brahman in the sacred fire which is Brahman. He alone attains Brahman who, in all actions, is fully absorbed in Brahman. (As we chant this prayer we are offering the different types of food to Brahman).

      Aham Vaishvaanaro Bhutva
      Praaninaam Dehamaashritha
      Praanaapaana Samaa Yuktaha
      Pachaamyannam Chatur Vidam

      [This is 14th verse from the 15th chapter of Bhagavad Geetha] This sloka is a sort of acknowledgement and assurance to us from Brahman. "I am Vaishnavara, existing as fire God in the bodies of living beings. Being associated with ingoing (prana) and outgoing (apaana) life breaths, I will digest all the four different types of food (that which we bite and chew; that which we masticate with the tongue; those which we gulp; that which we swallow) and purify them."

      http://sathyasaibaba.spiritualindia....ic,2064.0.html

      Please this Video also:

      http://sathyasaibaba.spiritualindia....ic,2064.0.html


      Please see the Video also:


      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThFQ7OQcZBw

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obwxk6rAHJ8


      Hope this helps

      Regards

      Padmanabhan.J

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      • #4
        Re: brahmarpanam

        Dear Padmanabhan Sir,

        Thank you very much for the sloka.

        With Best Regards

        S. Sankara Narayanan
        RADHE KRISHNA

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