ahankAram

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QUESTION)

mangaLAshAsanams to swamiji. Does the term sAttvika ahankAram exist,if so what

exactly it means and has it been unanimously used by our AzhvArs(in divya

prabandham) and our pUrvAcAryArs? As per the Divine thought of sri piLLai

lOkAcArya, bhAgavata sheShatvam(which is the height of bhagavad shEShatvam)lies

in the "nama:". srI azhagiya maNavALa perumAL nAyanAr also in AcArya

hrdayam(when expressing AzhvAr's thiru uLLam)derides ahankAram and mamakAram.

So, how can sAttvikam(which is goodness)go with ahankAram (which destroys the

swarUpam of the AtmA)?

 

On a different note, going by the words of the 'unparalleled' sri piLLai

lOkAcAryA, adiyEn is convinced that guhapperumAL is an SV. guhapperumAL(being a

hunter,probably could not offer anythingelse)offered non-veg to perumAL. The

Lord says in the BG(9.26)that He accepts 'patram puShpam phalam tOyam' the

devotee offers with bhakti. srI lOkAcAryA says 'pApam or puNyam lies in His

eyes as He is the Judge(and we don't have any right to judge anyone)'. Because

of the vAtsalyam quality(just as the mother cow licks the wounds on its calf and

removes all the dirt),the Lord even considers our dOSham as bhOgyam(our

existence itself is for His pleasure only). Wrt,guha offering non-veg to

perumAL, how to explain this subtleness(food intake on oneside and conduct(SV)

on the other side) to a person, say, who considers non-veg eaters as sinners.

 

 

ANS:

IT LOOKS THAT YOU HAVE MESSED UP THE THINGS AND GOT CONFUSED. THE WORD

"AHANKA:RAM" HAS SOMANY MEANINGS. 1. EGO, 2.MANAS (MIND), 3. THINKING THAT THE

BODY AND THE SOUL ARE ONE, 4. AN ELEMENT THAT BECOMES THE ORIGIN TO THIS

UNIVERSE, WHICH TAKES 3 FORMS AND NAMED AFTER i)SA:TWIC AHANKA:RAM, ii)RA:JASA

AHANKA:RAM & iii) THA:MASA AHANKA:RAM. AMONG THESE 3, ALL THE SENSORY & VITAL

ORGANS + MANAS WILL EMERGE FROM SA:TWIC AHANKA:RAM. ALL THE 5 ELEMENTS WITH

THEIR QUALITIES(PANCHA BHUTHAS) WILL EMENATE FROM THA:MASA AHANKA:RAM. THE

RA:JASA AHANKA:RAM WILL HELP THESE TWO AHANKA:RAS, IN BRINGING OUT THEIR

DETAILS.

 

OF THE 4 AHANKA:RAS 1 & 3 ARE FEELINGS. 2 & 4 ARE ELEMENTS (DRAVYAS). YOU GOT

CONFUSED WITH 1 & 4. SRI PILLAI LO:KA:CHARYA, REVEALED ALL THESE DETAILS IN HIS

WORK 'THATWA THRAYAM'. HE GOT THE INFORMATION NOT FROM THE DIVYA PRABANDHAMS.

PRABANDHAMS GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT FEW THINGS ONLY. PURA:NAMS GIVE THESE

DETAILS.

 

2. WHO TOLD THAT GUHA OFFERED NON-VEG FOOD TO RAMA? IN VALMIKI RA:MA:YANAM IT

IS VERY CLEAR THAT GUHA OFFERED ONLY VEGITARIAN FOODS LIKE HONEY, FRUITS ETC.

MUCH DESCRIPTION IS NOT NECESSARY, WE FEEL.

 

=Chinnajeeyar=