Pushpa, ThyAga, BhOga ...14

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One fine day, a man was walking along the forest. Suddenly, a tiger

started chasing him. He started to run to escape from the clutches of

tiger. Due to panic, he did not notice a big well in front of him.

Hence, he almost fell into the well. Luckily, he got hold of a tree

branch. He could have jumped into the well, but could not do so as it

was not with water, but with cobras. He could not climb up the well as

tiger was waiting for him. Meanwhile, a rodent was eating away the

branch that he was holding to. Hence, the tree was also about to

break off. In the middle of all this, he was completely struck with

no clue. There was a small Then koodu (Honey nest) on the tree. A bee

was hitting that nest. A small drop of honey fell down, and the man

was able to taste it. He was trying to enjoy the taste of that honey

in the midst of all this panic.

By the time we finish reading this story, we would have easily related

this story to something in our life. This story completely picturises

the state of a soul caught in samsArA. We all know that, and hence

have completely surrendered to SriyaPathi thorugh our AchAryan.

Still, we need to discharge our duties in this life till we attain

the state of mOksham.

Is there a possiblity for us to enjoy the bhOgam that we get in the

state of mOkshA while we are in this BhoolOkam? Is it logically

viable when compared to sAstra vAkyams. SAstra vAkyams say that the

soul that has reached the state of mOksham never comes back to this

samsArA, and hence it cannot talk about the bhOgam in SriVaikuntam.

Similarly, souls in samsArA cannot talk about the bhOgam that can be

experienced in SriVaikuntam.

If we logically look at a place that is full of bhOgam, the tattvams

linked to that place should also be full of bhOgam, or rather

completely contribute to the bhOgam of that place. IswarA, by Himself

is bhOgam, irrespective of kAlam and dEsam. For cit (sentient) and

acit (non-sentient), this is not true. The only place we know where

all three are in bhOgam is SriVaikuntam, which is not part of this

samsAric world. There is another place, where all the three tattvams

are in complete bhOgam. This is quite different from SriVaikuntam in

the sense that cit and acit in this place are even in samsAric world.

What is this place? Why is it called as bhOga mandapam? Who did

service to PerumAl there? Who did anuvartanam to that mahAn?

Let us enjoy the answers to these questions in the next few postings under,

‘bhOga mandapathil veenaiyum kaiyumAna antharangarai mAhA muni anuvartitta kramam’

aDiyEn,

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