शास्त्रं वदति -4

Saastram speaks -4

A person who learns veda should have a disciplined life. Dedication is needed to maintain the purity of veda. The following verse says that how a learner of veda should be -

शिखां पुण्ड्रञ्च सूत्रञ्च समयाचारमेव च ।
पूर्वैराचरितं कुर्यात् अन्यथा पतितो भवेत् ।।

śikhāṁ puṇḍrañca sūtrañca samayācārameva ca
pūrvairācaritaṁ kuryāt anyathā patito bhavet

शिखां - A Lock of hair, पुण्ड्रञ्च- sandal paste or vibhUti should be applied always on the forehead, सूत्रञ्च- sacred thread, च – and, समयाचारमेव – conventional practice, कुर्यात् – must do or follow, पूर्वैराचरितं – our ancestors, अन्यथा – otherwise, पतितो भवेत् – will fail.

p.s. this sloka is taken from the book ‘AchArya’s call’. This book has the discourses of kAnchi mahAswAmigal

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शास्त्रं वदति -3

Saastram speaks- 3

Vedas are passed on from generations through guru-shishya parampara. Infact Vedas were never intended to be written down and read. It is learnt from the mouth of the guru and the students repeating after him. It is called as BhagavatI shruti (भगवती श्रुतिः) गुरुमुखात् श्रूयते इति श्रुतिः - It is called as shruti as it is heard from a guru. The following verse says the improper ways of learning Vedas.

गीती शीघ्री शिरःकम्पी तथा लिखितपाठकः।
अनर्थज्ञः अल्पकण्ठश्च षडेते पाठकाधमाः।।

gītī śīghrī śiraḥkampī tathā likhitapāṭhakaḥ
anarthajñaḥ alpakaṇṭhaśca ṣaḍete pāṭhakādhamāḥ

गीती -Reciting Vedas musically, शीघ्री - reciting very fast, शिरः कम्पी -Shaking the heads while reciting, लिखितपाठकः - learning from books, अनर्थज्ञः - reciting without knowing the meaning, अल्पकण्ठः - recites with a poor or a bad tone.
These are the six types of learners of Vedas who are considered as inferior scholars.

p.s. this sloka is taken from the book ‘AchArya’s call’. This book has the discourses of kAnchi mahAswAmigal.

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