sarvadharmAn parityajya ...

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Sri Srikanth Hemmige asks:

>Why is there an apparent contradiction between "karmaNye vadhikArasthe....."

>and "sarvadharmAn parithyajya..." ?

 

Actually they both relate to the same ideal.

 

Our Jeeyar of Sri Rangam tells us in his commentary on yethirAja

sapthathi that

 

sarvaDharmAn parithyajya mAm Ekam sharaNam vraja ...

 

actually does not mean relinquishing everything and surrendering to the

Lord, but by actually performing your duties righteously and dutifully

so that one can attain the feet of the Lord. It is the duty of every

one to perform their karmAs in this birth of ours, and by not performing

them dutifully, one actually ends up inciting bhagavath apachAram.

 

During a conference of NAMA in New Jersey a few months back, shrI

vEnkatAchAri of University of Toronto very eloquently explained this in

detail, where he goes to say that parityajya actually is a combination

of pari + tyAgam, and means that one sacrifices attachments to the

fruits of one's actions in performing his duties.

The Lord actually implies here that "Do not look at the fruit of your

actions in performing your deeds, for if you perform them with true

uncorrupted zeal and righteousness, you will attain the greates of

rewards - that of becoming one with me..."

 

adiyEn rAja Krishnasamy

 

raja

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Sri Raja Krishnasamy writes:

>our Jeeyar of Sri Rangam tells us in his commentary on yethirAja

>sapthathi that

>

>sarvaDharmAn parithyajya mAm Ekam sharaNam vraja ...

>

>actually does not mean relinquishing everything and surrendering to the

>Lord, but by actually performing your duties righteously and dutifully

>so that one can attain the feet of the Lord. It is the duty of every

>one to perform their karmAs in this birth of ours, and by not performing

>them dutifully, one actually ends up inciting bhagavath apachAram.

>

>During a conference of NAMA in New Jersey a few months back, shrI

>vEnkatAchAri of University of Toronto very eloquently explained this in

>detail, where he goes to say that parityajya actually is a combination

>of pari + tyAgam, and means that one sacrifices attachments to the

>fruits of one's actions in performing his duties.

>The Lord actually implies here that "Do not look at the fruit of your

>actions in performing your deeds, for if you perform them with true

>uncorrupted zeal and righteousness, you will attain the greates of

>rewards - that of becoming one with me..."

>

 

This is a very interesting interpretation of charama slokam that I have not

encountered in my readings on the subject. So, I would like to request that

Sri Raja elaborate on this further. It seems to be in line with what I

believe is called nishkAma karma yoga, doing one's duty without expectation

of any fruits, that is discussed in earlier chapters of the Bhagavad gItha.

I have read that Sri Ramanuja may have suggested this as one interpretation

of the sloka in his bhAshyam. But, from my understanding, karma does not

"directly" play a part in the rahasya commentaries of the later Acharyans,

other than it serving as a form of kainkarya to the Lord.

 

What is most perplexing about the interpretation offered by Sri Venkatachary

is its suggestion that dispassionate adherence to one duties is an upAyam,

which is contradistinctive to our recognition of the Lord being the sole

means to one's protection and salvation.

 

adiyEn,

 

Mohan