Saathvika ThyAgam

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Dear Sri Ram Gopala Swamy :

 

Since you have not heard from anyone else , I will

comment on Saathvika ThyAgam . I have also touched upon

it in my postings on DayA sathakam .

 

ThyAgam means to give up or abndon .

 

When one abandons prescribed karmAs

casually and does not care , that kind of

giving up is called Taamasa ThyAgam .

This is considered to result in MahA Paapam

 

When one gives up karmAs because of

laziness or thinks that some one else is going to do

them and gives them up with that excuse , this is

Raajasa ThyAgam . This leads to Paapam as well .

 

When one gives up the fruits of one's karmAs ,

then it is called Saathvika ThyAgam . Superior

sense of discrimination ( VivEkam ) and spiritual

attainments would be needed to train oneself to perform

this type of ThyAgam . Lord KrishNA in Srimadh Bhagavdh

GeethA dwells on Saathveeka Thyagam and its

superior status in Chapter IV ( Jn~Ana Karma SanyAsa

YOgam) . The Slokam ( III.30 ) also refers to Saathvika

ThyAgam :

 

yE yE mathamidham nithyam anuthishtanthi mAnavA : I

sraddhAvanthOanusUyanthO muchyanthE tEapi karmabhi: II

 

Saathvika ThyAgam is defined by AchAryA RaamAnujA

as " SaasthrArtham " . This is the essence of Upanishads

according to AchArya RaamAnujA .

 

The other slOkam ( SrimAn VenkatanAthArya:---hrudhi )

is a salutation to Swami Desikan ( 1268-1369 AD ) by

one of His disciples . He sis saluted as the lion among

Poet-logicians ( kavi-thArkika Kesari) ; he is consdiered as

the foremost among VedAnthA AchAryAs . The disciple

prays for the memory of such great AchAryan should reside

permanently in his hrudhayam .

 

Hope this helps ,

 

V.Sadagopan