SrI UpakAra Sangraham - II (15)

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SrI UpakAra Sangraham - II (15)

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SAdhanAdhikAram

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Section - 7 (6)

(The Favours being done by the Lord to the jIva

who has adopted bhakti-yOga or prapatti)

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In the previous sub-section, SwAmi desikan described

the favour the Lord does to His devotees by saving

them from any sort of confusion, doubt or fear that

may arise due to Kaliyuga, while doing services to

Him. Now, he refers to another favour of the Lord to

enable the prapanna to complete the task he undertakes

by way of service to Him:

 

(6) upAyamAkavAthal phalamAkavAthal anuShtikkiRa

kainkaryankaLai ittapadai kalpadaiyAkki,

“sankhalpAdEva bhagavAn” ithyAdikaLiRpadiyE

phala-manOratha-poortiyai uNdAkkumathuvum --

inkiruntha nAL paNNum upakArankaL.

 

The kainkaryam -- service -- undertaken by the

prapanna may be a means or a result of the means he

has already performed:

 

“upAyamAkavAthal phalamAkavAthal anuShtikkiRa

kainkaryankaLai” --

The service to the Lord by a devotee will lead him to

adopt one of the means -- either bhaktiyOga or

prapatti. Or, he may be doing the service as a result

of the upAya he performed. In either way, what the

devotee does is service to the Lord. It may be service

to the Lord in a Temple or to an AchArya or to a

bhAgavta.

 

“ittapadai kalpadaiyAkki,” -- What has been built is

turned into a strong structure of stone.

 

SwAmi Desikan means by this expression is that the

services being rendered by the prapanna are

strengthened by the will of the Lord. He quotes

probably from SAtvata Sanmhita in support:

“sankhalpAdEva bhagavAn” -- The Lord, through His

will, makes the desire of His devotees fruitful. SwAmi

Desikan says, “ithyAdikaLiRpadiyE” -- ‘according to

this and similar authorities’.

It is believed that SwAmi Desikan might have had the

following verse from the Bhagavadgita in mind:

 

“nEhAbhikramanAshOsti pratyavAyO na vidhyatE /

svalpamapyasya dharmasya trAyatE mahatO bhayAt //”

(Bhagavadgita, 2-40)

 

[Here, in karma-yOga, there is no loss of the initial

effort. Even if it is begun and remains incomplete, it

does not remain without fruits. There will not arise

any sin. Even a small part of this moral discipline

(karma-yoga) affords protection against the great

terror of samsAra.]

What types of kainkaryams or services the prapanna

can render will be taken up subsequently.

“phala-manOratha-poortiyai uNdAkkumathuvum” --- The

Lord ensures the fruit of the desires of the prapanna.

 

With this Desikan described six types of favours in

this section.

 

“inkiruntha nAL paNNum upakArankaL.”

 

All these are the favours conferred by the Lord on the

person who has adopted the bhakti-yoga or prapatti,

during his life time here.

 

 

 

(To continue)

dAsan

Anbil S.SrInivAsan

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