I asked my friend if he performed Bhishma tarpanam today. He said he has still his parents around.
Then I responded with this "जीवत्पितापि कुर्वीत तर्पणं यमभीष्मयो:।।"Everyone,even the person whose parents are alive must offer tarpanam to Yama&Bhishma.The word Tarpanam needn't
evoke that kind of a feeling that its to be performed by only those who've lost their parents. Even our Ādityam tarpayami, somam tarpayami etc in our Sandhyavandanam are tarpanam indeed. Navagraha tarpanam we call it. So those who missed it this year may start doing it from next
year.
Yāma tarpanam we do on Naraka chaturdasi or Krishnangaraka chaturdasi days.
My goodness! Few words albeit their literary meaning don't warrant any odd reaction, do evoke such reaction in reality due to their usage in particular connotation like Tarpanam, bali, karma etc
BTW if you perform Brahmayajnam daily, pitru tarpanam wd occur there. Its too for all including those whose parents are alive.
Yajnopavitam won't go 100% pracīnāvītam, but symbolically you'll shift it upto wrist of LH /upto elbow.
How many subtle nuances our Rishis hv developed😯

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