Sat Kriya Sara Dipika By Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami Printed By The Bhaktivedanta Academy, Mayapur International Society for Krishna Consciousness Founder Acarya: His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Limited Edition - 200 copies Copyright © 1995 Bhaktivedanta Academy, Mayapur All rights reserved. Quote from books and letters of Srila Prabhupada reprinted with kind permission of The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Acknowledgements We would like to thank H.H. Bhanu Swami for translating from the original Sanskrit the main body of the Sa¢ Kriy Sara Dipiha and adding explanatory notes on the yajiia contained in the appendix Yajia Vidhi. Krsna Svariipa Dasa for translating Gopala Bhatta Gosvami’s introduction to the work. Sucih Dasa for the cover design. We would also like to thank the members of the Sri Rapanuga Paramarthika Vidyapitha: Gopavrndapala Dasa for the coordination and research work, Ananda Tirtha Dasa for the editing, Ripa Ragunatha Dasa for typing the manuscript, and Priti Vardhana Dasa for the layout ContentsPreface Foreword Preface by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura...... Introduction by Gopala Bhatta Gosvami Mangalacarana Adhivasa Sattvika vrddhi sraddha Vasudevarcana Vivaha (marriage) Garbhadhana (impregnation) Purnsavana (making a male child) Simantonnayanam (parting the hair) Sosyanti homa (safe delivery) Jata karma (birth) Nisksimanam (first outing) Nama karana (giving a name) Paustika karma (nourishment) ‘Anna prigana (feeding grains) Cada karanam (hair cutting) Upanayanam (sacred thread) Samavartana (graduation). Appendix GlossaryPreface by H.H. Bhaktividya Parna Svami In his “Sat Kriyd Sara Dipika” the Gaudiya Vaisnava Smredcarya, Stila Gopala Bhatta Goswami gives detailed descriptions of the rituals for the performance of fire sacrifices and sarskaras according to the Vaisnava smrei The principles of Yajiia Vidhi as presented in this book are standard for Deity installations, festivals and Sarnskéras. Further explanations of some of the rituals given by Gopala Bhatta Gosvami are contained in Appendix 1 Srimad Bhagavatam 8.23.16 explains the importance of understanding the rituals of Deity worship as always being subservient to the chanting of the holy name of the Lord - mantratas tantratas chidram desa- sarvani karoti nigchidram anusankirtanan tava Alarha-vastutah (The following translation and purport are from Srila Prabhupada's Srimad Bhagavatam): “There may be discrepancies in pronouncing the mantras and observing the regulative principles, and, moreover, there may be discrepancies in regard to time, place, person and paraphernalia. But when Your Lordship’s holy name is chanted, everything becomes faultless PURPORT: ... In Kali Yuga the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies cannot be performed as perfectly as before. Therefore Srila Jiva Gosvami has recommended that although one should take care to follow all the principles in every kind of spiritual activity, especially in worship of the Deity, there is still a chance of discrepancies, and one should compensate for this by chanting the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In our Krsna consciousness movement we therefore give special stress to the chanting of the Hare Krsna manera in all activities.” We hope that the Vaisnava community will be pleased with our humble attempt at presenting Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami’s work Sat Kriyd Sara Dipika, which includes the Gosvam?’s introduction and description of the preliminary rituals of fire sacrifice, as well as the purificatory rituals for those in the householder dsrama. Gopala Bhatta Gosvamipada, following the Vedic tradition, does not include the rituals that deal with death (funerals and srdddha rites) within his sarnskara paddhad. Therefore we have compiled a seperate book entitled “Vaisnava Funeral and Sréddha Rites” that explains these procedures Vaisnava dasdnudasa