Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam: Part 164( Paaasuram:189-190)/Saankhya Matham

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Dear BhakthAs of Swamy Desikan :

 

Today , we will study Swamy Desikan's criticism of

Saankhya Matham .The full title of this adhikAram (chapter)

is NirIswara Saankya NirAkaraNAdhikAram.

 

There are two Sankhya Mathams: sEswara Saankhya

darsanam ( Theistic one) and nirIvara Saankhya Darsanam

(atheistic one created by Sage Kapila). Saankhya KaarikA of

Vaachaspathi Misra is a detailed statement on this atheistic

Saankhya Darsanam .There are significant differences between

VisishtAdhvaitha and SaankhyA darsanams.

 

189) Criticism of the Saankyaa Matham

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mukkuNamAy ninRa moola prakruthikku azhiyA

akkuNamaRRa aru tuNai athaRkku Isan illai

ikkaNanaippadi Iyainthum yeNNil munn mutthi yennum

pakkaNa veeNar pazham pahattaip-pazhuthAkkuvamE

 

The two key doctrines of Saankhya darsanam are:

(1) Prakruthi and (2) Jeevan.There is no Iswaran .Satthvam ,

Rajas and Tamas are not GuNams but dhravyams. When these

three guNams are in exactly equal proportions , Prakruthi is

called Moola Prakruthi (MP) ; it is eternal and is not destroyable .

MP is enjoyed by the Jeevan . MP is pervasive everywhere(Vibhu).

MP will always undergo changes. This is the prime cause for all

other doctrines and transforms in to tatthvams like MahAn.

 

Jeevan is eternal. It is also Vibhu since it is pervasively present

everywhere. Jeevan is without any guNam.He is the embodiment of

Jn~Anam.He ahs no activities. He stands apart from every SarIram.

Prakruthi undergoes transformation as a result of Jeevan standing

as support .Like a blind person walks with the help of a lame person ,

Prakruthi performs its duties with the help of Jeevan , which is Jn~Ana

Svaroopan .Since the world's activities are accounted by Prakruthi and

Jeevan, Sankhya darsanam denies the need for the Tattvam of Isan .

Saankhya darsanam believes that one can earn mOksham , if one

understands the twenty five tattvams ( Moola Prakruthi , MahAn ,

ahankAram , five bhUthams , five tanmAthrams , five Jn~AnEndhriyams ,

five karmEndhriyams , manas and jeevan.

 

We (Swamy Desikan ) condemn the futile assertions about its

doctrines which are like the brainless prattle of hunters in a hunter

collony because of their lack of knowledge about Iswaran and

DharmAdharmams .

 

190) Contradictions in Saankya Matham: Destruction is the Phalan

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Isan ilan yepathanAl yenRum seevar

yengum uLar ilar uNarvai yenRavatthAl

pAsamenum prakruthitannAl yenRum

palamum ilai veedum ilai yennum paNN pAl

kAsini neer mudhalaana kAriyangaL

kacchapatthin kAl kai pOl yennum katthAl

nAm isayA Saankhiyatthai nAduvArkkE

 

(Meaning ): SaankhyAs deny the existence of Iswaran,

who is celebrated by all the VedAs . They describe the Jeevan

as Vibhu and without Jn~Anam in opposition to the Vedic view

that Jeevan is aNu (atomic in size) and filled with Jn~Anam.

First , they say that Jeevan's samsAric experineces and MOksham

are directly linked to Prakruthi and next state some thing that is

totally contradictory : Jeevan has no SamsAram and Moksham.

Prakruthi alone has SamsAram and Moksham.

 

SaankhyAs state that the dissolution of the universe

and its being during PraLayam and the appearace of the Universe

during Srushti Kaalam is like the shrinking and sntretching of

tortoises' head in to its shell .They link the shrinking and expansion

(sankuchitham and Vikasitham ) of the Tatthvams to the dissolution

and creation of the Universe , which is not acceptable on the grounds of

Veda PramANams.

 

VisishtAdhvathins point out the need for Prakruthi being under

the control of the Omniscient , Omnipotent Iswaran as controller

of this insentient Prakruthi . Therefore they reject the NirIswara

Vaadham of the SaankhyAs. There are differences of opinions

on the Kaala Tatthvam between the two darsanams.

 

Therefore says Swamy Desikan that he rejects the strange prattlings of

SaankhyAs as being inconsistent with Veda and other PramANams .

 

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan ,

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadikaLE SaraNam

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: