Cturmsya

Though the name cturmsya is familiar to many of us in the row of vratas, there is an impression that it is related to monks and some Mai hengasaru (some women in the olden days who were very orthodox) and people belonging to the other ramas need not consider it. From the view point of stras this is a parva that should be observed by everyone. This does not belong either to the category called naimittika karma, a rite which should be performed because of a nimitta; Or a kmya karma a rite which is performed only for the fulfillment of a specific desire, which need not be observed otherwise. It happens to be a nitya karma only, as it belongs to a category in which certain rituals are mandatory at some distinct times, and the blemish of sinfulness may occur if they are not observed. There is no doubt that it must be specially observed by sanysis. But the stras say that is the duty of all i.e. people belonging to all ramas, to observe it to the extent possible.

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