SrI UpakAra Sangraham Part -16

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Sri Bhagvathas, AdiyEn comes to know that the 16th Part of SrI UpakAra Sangraham had not been received because of some technical problem. It is being sent herewith. AdiyEn dAsan Anbil SrInivAsan ---- srI: SrI upakAra sangraham – 16 --- 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) --- SwAmi Desikan so far described the two permanent favours done to us by the Lord by way of securing the svaroopam and svabhaavam of our AtmA. The first favour was to maintain the j~nAna form of the jIvAtmA on a permanent basis. The second one was to protect the attributive knowledge of the individual AtmA. Both these He did out of His own free will, i.e., sankalpam. Despite being the j~nAna form with the capacity to know the outside things, the jIvA did not

make use of his gifts for his own welfare but to indulge in vulgar enjoyments through the sense organs. How the Lord wants to save us from this situation is described by SwAmi Desikan in this third sub-section. The Text:- (iii) ippadi ninRAl anAdithiyAna avidhyA-karmAdi-cakra-parivrutthiyalE paribhrAmitthu, anucitha-bhOga-NgaLilE aazhankAl-pattu,aaj~nA-atilanghana-ruciyaai asamanjasan-padiyE anartha-hEtukkaLai anushtittu, “arunarakattu azhuntum payan padaittEn” enkiRapadiyE atighorangaLaana narakaangaLilE vizhuntu

azhujnciRaiyilE kidakkum-avanukku naaykaLOdokka naduvE cila tIni idumAp pOlE naraka-tulyankaLay varukiRa svargaadi-vishamdhuk-kaLai bujittum, nitya-naimittika-praakruta-praLayngaLiRpadiyE moorccitta ciRaiyin-padiyaay anEka kaalam mooccadangik kidantum, ivRRil, anutaapaadikaLum-aRRup pOnta nammaip pRRa avyaaja-krupaiyaalE avasara-prateekShanaay ninRatuvum; It is really due to the grace on the part of

SwAmi Desikan that we are able to visualize how the jIvA got into a deep mess:- “ippadi ninRAl anAdithi-yAna avidhyA-karmAdi-cakra-parivrutthiyalE paribhrAmitthu, anucitha-bhOgaNgaLilE aazhankAl-pattu,”} --- “aazhankAl-pattu” – means ‘got deep into’. It indicates that the jIvA has got deep into some un-desirable place. What

is it? SwAmi Desikan reveals it as: “anucitha-bhOgaNgaLilE” -- means ‘in to improper pleasures’. That is, jIvA has got stuck in un-desirable enjoyments. How it happened? SwAmi Desikan explains it also in his own style: “avidhyA-karmAdi-cakra-parivrutthiyalE paribhrAmitthu” – “paribhrAmitthu” -- “bhrAmitthu” -- means ‘circulating’. If the adjective, “pari” is added, this word will mean ‘excessively circulating’. SwAmi Desikan seems to stress the point that, jIvA has got into a whirlpool, which is circulating very fast. He has been caught in a fast-circling whirlpool. It is a common knowledge that if a person got in to a deep fast circling whirlpool it is not possible for anyone to save him. It may be asked, what kind of whirlpool in which the jIvA has fallen? SwAmi Desikan explains that also in a cryptic phrase: “avidhyA-karmAdi-cakra-parivrutthiyalE” -- JIvA is in the circle of ignorance – karma – again ignorance – again karma --- repeatedly going on circle. Because of ignorance, he committed sinful actions, which in turn made him more ignorant and again continued his harmful actions. This became a circle with no end visible. Such circles multiplied, “cakra-parivrutthi” in due course and the jIvA is undergoing countless births and deaths in the form of countless variety of beings. When did this tragic event start? No one can fix the day of beginning. That is why

SwAmi Desikan says, “`natiya[” , “anAdithiyAna” – the beginning can not be known. But this started after the jIvA was blessed with the capacity to know, “dharma-bhoota-j~nAnam”, the attributive knowledge. (to continue) dAsan Anbil SrInivAsan

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