Guest guest Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 srI: SrI upakAra sangraham – 18 --- adikAram – 1 poorva upakAra paramparai (The Foremost Series of Favours) --- SECTION – 2 (The Four basic favours provided by the Lord to the JivAthmA since time immemorial ---- 3) (continued) --- SwAmi Desikan has so far shown how SrIman nArAyaNa has been showering His favours to the jIvAtmA and the jIvAtmA, on the other hand, fails to make use of the favours in a proper manner for his own good. In stead, he uses the power of knowing for selfish enjoyment and in the process commits sinful activities. He also gave an example from SrImad rAmAyana and SrImad BhAgavadam, about Asamanjasan, son of King Sagara, whose sinful doings led to his exile from the kingdom. Such is the case with the jIvA-s who adopt ‘anartha-hetu’. SwAni Desikan follows it up with a quotation from Divya Prabantam:- “arunarakattu azhuntum payan padaittEn” . This is part of a verse from the 6th Centum of SrI Tirumangai AzhvAr’s Periya Tirumozhi. In this quote, the AzhvAr says “I did acts that resulted in my getting deeper in to the worst hell.” Let us look at the pAsuram in full:- chaanthEnthu menmulaiyaar thadanthoL punarinba veLLatthu aazhnthEn – arunaragatthu azhundm payan padaittEn pOnthEn puNNiyanE! Unnaiyeithi en theevinaikaL theernthEn ninnasainthEn tiruviNNakarAnE! (periy tirumozhi, 6-3-4) (Oh, the Lord of TiruviNNkaram! In the past, I got myself immersed in the flood of sensual enjoyments by embracing women with broad shoulders and soft breasts covered with reddish sandal paste. By that action I got the reward of falling deep into the most frightful hell with out any hope of retrieval. Oh, Granter of benefits! When I reached here (TiruviNNagar), I came close to You and became free from all my sins. Now, I attained You as the ultimate resort.) AzhvAr sang this verse as if answering to a query from the Lord. The Lord told the AzhvAr, “You said that you have come running here out of fear of the powerful arrows shot from the eyes of beautiful women (in these previous verse). When I asked you ‘what are you going to lose by accepting that invitation? ’, you replied that you are losing the enjoyment being with me. I am saying, ‘there is no need for such a hurry, you can have it later.” In reply to this, the AzhvAr recited the above verse in which he explains the misfortune he had, because of not approaching Him. (This is the opening remark for this verse, given by SrI Uttamoor SwAmi in his commentary.) As stated by Tirumangai AzhvAr, “atighorangaLaana narakaangaLilE vizhuntu azhujnciRaiyilE kidakkum-avanukku” – For the jIvA, who has fallen into the worst hell, and got stuck there. Here, SwAmi Desikan points out that even while suffering a hell-like life in this world, the jIvA gets some benefits, though, not lasting:- “naaykaLOdokka naduvE cila tIni idumAp pOlE naraka-tulyankaLaay varukiRa svargaadi-vishamadhuk-kaLai bujittum,” – SwAmi Desikan says the jIvA does swallow these benefits, offered to him, like some items given to dogs to munch. These are heavens etc. But, they are really “visha-mdhukkaL” – poisons tasting like honey. Hence, even heavens obtained through the performance of yagnA-s are also like hells. The heavenly life, one gets after performing the laborious yagnA, will not be pleasant, as at any moment jIvA might be thrown back into the samsAra. He may have to remain breathless for a long time because of the intervening PraLaya-s. This is what SwAmi Desikan says in these words:- “nitya-naimittika-praakruta-praLayngaLiRpadiyE moorccitta ciRaiyin-padiyaay anEka kaalam mooccadangik kidantum,” – There are different kinds of PralLaya-s, when the entire universe will be dissolved. They are:- nitya, naimittika, and praakruta praLaya-s. (i) nitya praLaya:- As per the rule that all things that are produced will be destroyed, the destruction that takes place every moment is known as nitya praLaya. (ii) Naimittika-praLaya:- The destruction of certain worlds at the end of one day of Brahma’s life, is known as naimittika-praLaya. These worlds will again reappear (iii) when the next day begins for Brahma. (iv) Praakruta-praLaya:- This happens when Brahma’s life of 100 years is completed. (One day & night for Brahma is equal to 8000 chatur-yuga-s of human beings. 100 X 8000 = 8 million chatur-yuga-s is the life duration of Brahma.) It is stated in scriptures that during each praLaya, all the jIva-s and the matter are taken into the stomach of SrIman nArAyaNa in their subtle form. jIva-s, though they are in the form j~nAna, will be in a state of coma, with their dharma-bhootha-j~nAnam not existing. When the creation takes place, every jIvA gets back to the same position in which he was before the praLaya took place. This is also the will of the Lord. However, the immobile state of the jIvA-s during the praLaya is similar to being in a jail under imprisonment. This is indicated by SwAmi Desikan as:- “moorccitta ciRaiyin-padiyaay anEka kaalam mooccadangik kidantum,” – Despite this kind of situation of the jIvA, the Lord stands eagerly to help him. This is taken up next by SwAmi Desikan. (to continue) dAsan Anbil SrInivAsan ---- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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