maRRai nam kAmangaL mAithEl! - Please destroy our "kAmangaL"

[Guest guest]

Sri:

Dearest sisters and brothers,

 

While I was going through a book (from the Library) on Vishishtadvaita by

Arvind Sharma, I saw an interesting passage, which I wished to share with

you all.

 

It is about Bhagavad Gita slokam 42 Chapter 3.

 

The meaning is: The senses, they say, are great; Greater than senses is the

mind; Greater than the mind is the intellect and Greater than intelligence

is He.

 

Now It is mentioned that He is interpreted by Adi Sankar as the Atman,

whereas Sri Ramanuja interprets as KAma(desire).

 

Because the verse 3.41 also refers to "Destroy the lust by regulating the

senses", it appears to be interpreted rightly by Sri Ramanuja as Kama which

is He.

 

The author (Arvind sharma) agrees with this argument and even refers to

Otto shrader's(?) statment "Which by the way (Ramanuja's interpretation) is

the only correct view.. because according to Gita(3.40), the evil one can

penetrate only so far as the Buddhi and according to 3.43, kAma can be

successfully combated only by one, who is beyond buddhi, i.e. the Atman."

 

It is interpreted by Sri yatirAja (Sri Ramanuja) in the psychological

sense, that the desire precedes action and forms the basis. The it can be

said that it causes thoughts in Buddhi and filter to the lower mind, manas,

and activate the sense, indhriyangaL.

 

May be that is the reason for Sri ANdAL's cry for "maRRai nam kAmangaL

mAithEl!"-Please destroy our desires for worldly things!.

 

Ram Ram

 

adiyEn madhavakkaNNan