Nigraha vs. Anugraha Sankalpa. Was: Is karma transferrable?

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Dear Esteemed BhAgawatas,

Regarding the karma issue and it (karma) being nothing more than the

nigraha or anugraha sankalpa of bhagawAn, I have a question. Here is a

portion of the e-mail written by Smt. Padmini.

 

--- padmini ranganathan <pammi_r wrote:

> After all, what are punya & pApa? They are only the

> will of the Lord to

> reward or punish according to the good or bad deeds

> of a person. i.e.

> Iswara anugraha or

> Iswara nigraha.

 

Question:

Is it true an individual's accrued puNya and the resulting rewards are

because of Iswara's anugraha? I always thought that both puNya and

paapa were results of Iswara nigraha, and only when a devotee

relinquishes his/her interest in puNya (and of course paapa -- who

would want that?) and surrenders to the Lord does the Lord's anugraha

sankalpa set in. In other words, is it not true that only prapatti can

trigger the Lord's true anugraha and the result of that anugraha is

brahma-prApti (attainment of brahma)? Even the good times one

experiences here on this earth as a result of one's own good karmAs are

infact one aspect of Iswara's nigraha sankalpa.

 

Well, looking from another point of view, Iswara always works in the

best interests of the jeeva, so in that sense, any sankalpa of Iswara

towards the jeeva would be anugraha, would it not?

 

Please view this as a question from an ignorant soul.

 

|| sarvam sree krSNArpaNam ||

 

-- aDiyEn, murali kadambi

 

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