SrI UpakAra Sangraham Part - 23

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srI: SrI upakAra sangraham – 23 --- adikAram – 1 poorva upakAra paramparai (The Foremost Series of Favours) --- SECTION – 3 (The Favour to enable the jIvA to do a good deed without any intention) ----- SwAmi Desikan points out that the Lord is not going to incur any loss whether such a thought of favouring the jIvA occurs to Him or not. Even then, the Lord does these favours to us. This is the subject matter of the third Section:- The Text: “inninaivu uNdaanaalum, tavirntaalum, tanakku oru cchedamRRirukka, Or avasarattile, namakku agnaata-sukrutaadikaLai uNdaakkina itu mOkShOpa-yuktankaLaana upkArankaLil prathama – upakAram.” Meaning:- When the occurrence or absence of this kind of sankalpam is not going to affect Him, even then, this favour of making us to do unintentional good-deeds, is the first among the favours the Lord does for our emancipation. Explanation:- There is no need for the Lord to shower favours on us as it is not going to affect Him in either way. If there is no thought of helping us with any favour, the Lord is not going

to lose anything. Or, if He grants a favour to us, He is not going to get any benefit out of it personally. Because, He is endowed with all knowledge, all powers, all wealth, all enjoyment; He is young for ever without any need for earning something for His old age. He is not going to become old. This is because the time is under His control. Only we, in the mundane world, have to worry about our old age, because of the movement of time. There is nothing like that as far as He is concerned. He has His world on a permanent basis and it is known as nitya vibhooti. When the fact is like this, He still takes some interest in our welfare. That is His greatness. He is the compassion incarnate. He can not remain quite when the jIvA-s are suffering. They can not act on their own in acquiring anything including mental peace, leave alone the material benefits. Sympathizing with us, the Lord is anxious to do something good for us. But we are indifferent. Only when we get into problem because of our own acts, we feel helpless. There is none among us to help us, as every one is in a similar

condition. Those who are better placed among us also do not care for us. They are concentrating on their own needs without bothering any one else. In such a situation, the Lord steps in and gives us a helping hand. But for Him all jIvA-s are equal. He can not discriminate any one. So, He is placed in a situation of choosing the right jIvA for providing him some help. It is, therefore, He devices a way. He decides to give help to

jIvA-s who deserve it. The Lord, therefore, enacts some laws in the name of scriptures and determines that those who follow the dictums in the scripture which the jIvA-s are supposed to abide by. Unfortunately, His plans go awry, as not all the jIvA-s act according to the scriptural rules. Most of them go about according to their own whims and fancies. Really the Lord is placed in an embarrassing situation. His plans for helping the jIvAs go waste. But, His desire to help them grows in multiple measures as His compassion for the jIvas goes beyond limits. And, He decides to help them some how or other. SwAmi Desikan says that the Lord is waiting for an opportunity. He is searching any good act done by any jIvA, even if he is the only one. Using a magnifying glass, He is searching for a good deed done by any one even if it is the smallest. Yes, He succeeds in His effort.

One JivA has done a good act, very small. That too, not with any intention. That good act is merely an accident. The jIvA does something which turns out to be a good act which the Lord has been looking for all the time. It is just like a small spark. The Lord discovers it and develops it into a big one and showers favours on the particular jIvA. When it works on the jIvA, He leads him further to wards the path of emancipation. He further provides favours which ultimately lead the jIvA to Mokhsa. All these are in the mind of SwAmi Desikan when he says, “Or avasarattile, namakku agnaata-sukrutaadikaLai uNdaakkina itu mOkShOpa-yuktankLaana upkArankaLil prathama – upakAram.” Here ends the Section -3 in the first Chapter of SrI UpakAra Sangraham. // SrImathe nigamaanta desikaaya namah // ----- (To continue) dAsan Anbil S.SrInivAsan ------

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