Pushpa, ThyAga, BhOga ...14

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One fine day, a man was walking along the forest. Suddenly, a tiger started

chasing him. He started to run to escape from the clutches of tiger. Due to

panic, he did not notice a big well in front of him. Hence, he almost fell into

the well. Luckily, he got hold of a tree branch. He could have jumped into the

well, but could not do so as it was not with water, but with cobras. He could

not climb up the well as tiger was waiting for him. Meanwhile, a rodent was

eating away the branch that he was holding to. Hence, the tree was also about to

break off. In the middle of all this, he was completely struck with no clue.

There was a small Then koodu (Honey nest) on the tree. A bee was hitting that

nest. A small drop of honey fell down, and the man was able to taste it. He was

trying to enjoy the taste of that honey in the midst of all this panic.

 

By the time we finish reading this story, we would have easily related this

story to something in our life. This story completely picturises the state of a

soul caught in samsArA. We all know that, and hence have completely surrendered

to SriyaPathi thorugh our AchAryan. Still, we need to discharge our duties in

this life till we attain the state of mOksham.

 

Is there a possiblity for us to enjoy the bhOgam that we get in the state of

mOkshA while we are in this BhoolOkam? Is it logically viable when compared to

sAstra vAkyams. SAstra vAkyams say that the soul that has reached the state of

mOksham never comes back to this samsArA, and hence it cannot talk about the

bhOgam in SriVaikuntam. Similarly, souls in samsArA cannot talk about the bhOgam

that can be experienced in SriVaikuntam.

 

If we logically look at a place that is full of bhOgam, the tattvams linked to

that place should also be full of bhOgam, or rather completely contribute to the

bhOgam of that place. IswarA, by Himself is bhOgam, irrespective of kAlam and

dEsam. For cit (sentient) and acit (non-sentient), this is not true. The only

place we know where all three are in bhOgam is SriVaikuntam, which is not part

of this samsAric world. There is another place, where all the three tattvams are

in complete bhOgam. This is quite different from SriVaikuntam in the sense that

cit and acit in this place are even in samsAric world.

 

What is this place? Why is it called as bhOga mandapam? Who did service to

PerumAl there? Who did anuvartanam to that mahAn?

 

Let us enjoy the answers to these questions in the next few postings under,

 

‘bhOga mandapathil veenaiyum kaiyumAna antharangarai mAhA muni anuvartitta

kramam’

 

aDiyEn,

 

ramanan

 

 

 

 

 

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