"Giving Up"

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Hello,

Thanks to Sri Mohan and Varadhan for their interesting posts on

mumukshuppati and very thoughtful commentaries by Sri maNavaaLa

maamunigaL. Though i don't remember verbatim, i read an interesting

anecdote related to the act of 'giving up' and how it IS the upaya

and nothing else. You knowledgeable bhaagavathaas could enlighten us

with more elaborate commentaries and analogies (which sri maNavaaLa

maamunuigaL is known for)

 

This is during the Rama-RavaNa yudhdham. Fierce fighting is going on

and Sri Rama was giving a very tough time to RavaNa who was fighting

with his bow in his hand. He thought that the bow in his hand is a

saadhana (upaya?) to reach the objective which is protecting

himself from Sri Rama. But he obviously couldn't do that. The

moment ravaNa dropped his bow (or rather it fell down) Sri Rama with

his abundant grace let him go!! So this act of "Giving up" those

so called saadhanaas (his bow) actually fetched him the fruit. So

the only upaya to get the fruit(mOksha) is to realise that the bow

in his hand is not the route and then to relinquish it in order to

achieve the intended objective.

 

One interesting observation is that the Lord with HIS abundant grace

is fighting the tough war to actually get the soul drop the other

non-fruit-bearing saadhanaas and do paripoorNa saraNaagathi which

alone fetches mOksham.

 

(Please pardon me if i have made any mistake in the usage of the

paribhaashas. viz., the upaayaa, saadhana...which might have some

intricate differences whatsoever. And please DO correct me wherever

i am wrong)

 

Thanks

-Viji

(Vijay Triplicane)