bhargavasarma {nirikhi krishna bhagavan}

  Pithru Yagna तयोर्नित्यं प्रियं कुर्यादाचार्यस्य च सर्वदा । तेष्वेव त्रिषु तुष्टेषु तपः सर्वं समाप्यते ॥ tayornityaṃ priyaṃ kuryādācāryasya ca sarvadā | teṣveva triṣu tuṣṭeṣu tapaḥ sarvaṃ samāpyate || (Manu Smruthi) One should always do (as long as one lives not restricted to only once/twice) what is pleasing to those two (Father & Mother) and to the preceptor. On these three being satisfied, all austerity becomes completed. मातृ देवो भव | पितृ देवो भव | आचार्य देवो भव | (Taittiriya Upanishad, 1.11.2) Performance of our duties as per our varnaashrama dharma is our first sadhana. Duty to parents is our enjoined karma in the scriptures. When we respect and adore our parents and see the almighty in them, we are trained to be obedient, disciplined and of righteous conduct. This makes us eligible to seek a teacher and study the Shastras. MaAta-PithA seva (serving parents) when they are alive, performing Pithru Yagna after their departure, has been prescribed and it is SriHari Pree...