[Significance of Uttarayana and Shukla Paksha at the time of Passing Away]

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Dear SrI/SrImathi Sheela Belur,

 

The Brahma sUtra has discussed regarding brahma-upAsaka-jIvAthman

leaving the body during night time, dakshinAyana etc. The fourth

chapter's second pAda has the adhikaraNams (niSAdhikaraNam,

dakshiNAyanAdhikaraNam) where it discusses the case that you have

mentioned. (As I am writing all from my office using my bad memory;

please correct me if there is any mistake in the order of adhikaraNams

or in spelling); The adhikaraNams in this pAda (for adhikaraNa

sangathi) with outline of meaning is as follows:

 

vAgadikaraNam : VAk (speech) etc., attains layam in manas

 

manOdhikaraNam : Indriya-visishta-manas attains layam in prAna(vital air)

 

adyakshAdhikaraNam : The prANan attains layam in jIvAthma

 

bhUthAdhikaraNam : The jIvA then joins the subtle bhUthams

 

AasruthyadhikaraNam : Upto this stage, the steps are common for vidwAn

(he who did upAsana - a SAdyOpAya) and others (not any vidyA-nishta)

 

parasampathyadhikaraNam : The bhUtha-sUkshma-visishta-jIva takes

rest in the ParamAthmA SrIman NArAyaNa.

 

avibhAkAdhikaraNam : The above is declared clearly as inseparable.

 

thadOkodhikaraNam : The vidwAn gets his uthkrAnthi through the

Brahma-nAdi only. The others do not get uthkrAnthi through the

Brahma-nAdi.

 

rASmyanusAryadhikaraNam : The archirAdhi-mArga-gamanam is with the

the path following through sUrya-kiraNam (sun light rays).

 

Now the doubt arises. If the vidwan gets the uthkrAnthi during

night time, there is no scope of sun rays! So how is it possible

for the vidwAn to get mukti if he gets uthkrAnthi during night?

The pUrva-paksham is "if uthkrAnthi is during night, he cannot

get moksham" (diVAch suklapakshascha uththarAyaNamEvacha |

mumUrshithAm praSasthAni viparIthanthukarhitham ||) (your

question is explicitly considered here). This pUrva-paksham is

refuted by the sUtra-kAra as follows:

 

niSadhikaraNam : "niSA nEthichEnna sambandhasya yAvaddeha

bhAvithvAth darSayathicha" is the sUtra. It is NOT correct to

say that the vidwan who died during night does not get the

arthcirAdhi-gahti and thus moksha. The anArabda (sanchitha)

karmas gets cleared by the upAsana. But the prArabda karma

exists till the death for the vidwan; therefore, death may

also happen for vidwan even during night. Therefore, as

there is no continuance of karma for him, the vidwan who died

during night also gets archirAdi-gathi and thus moksha -

brahma-prApthi. This is established by Sruthi (darSayathicha -

thasyathAvadEvachiram). Therefore there is no nishEdam for

death during night for vidwAn. Even during the night, the

sun rays are present in subtle form which is sufficient for

the vidwAn as per rASmyanusAryadhikaraNam. The rAtri-maraNa

nindanam is not applicable for vidwAn.

 

Now the samSaya and pUrva-pakshams regarding dakshiNAyanam etc

are considered:

 

dakshiNAyaNAdhikAram : "athaSchAyanE(a)pi dakshiNe"

If the vidwAn dies during dakshiNAyanam, there is no nishEdam

regarding getting moksham. This vidwan also gets moksham as

the prathi-bandaka-vargam (karma and its related aspects) are

not found to continue for him and finishes with his death.

Anyway the pUrvapaksham "vidwan who died during dahksinAyana

does not get moksha - brahma-prApthi" is refuted as follows:

 

"yOgina: prathismaryEthe smArthEchaithE" Though the contemplation

of various gathis are found as vidhi in SAstra, the maraNa-kAla

niyamam and nishEdam are NOT found as vidhi. Therefore the

objection is overruled.

 

These aspects are for bhakti-yOgis (upAsakAs - vidwAns)

 

For prapanna, he need not even think about the aspects mentioned

above and further more, prapanna need not even have anthima-smruthi

(anthima-smruthi-varjanam). We prapannas need to think the

infinite mercy of LakshmI NArAyANa - "SArIrapAtha samayE thu

kEvalam madIyaiva dayayA(a)prathiprabudhdO mAmEva

avalOkayan aprachyutha-pUrvasamskAramanOratha:"

For more information, SrImath Rahasyatraya SAram's

NiryAnAdhikAram (20th chapter) may be referred.

 

Thanks & Regards

M.S.HARI RAmAnuja DAsan (mshari)

 

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