Guest guest Posted October 30, 2006 Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 7.Athmasabdha-vAchya-dhEva-thiryang-manushya-sTHAvarAdhikamsarvamapi bhagavath dhAsathvEnadhrsyathE.thath kaTHam Ethath upapadhyathe? As the Lord is the self of both sentient and the insentient even the animals and the plants are said to be His daasas. How is this appropriate? In Manthrarajapadhasthothra it is said that 'dAsabhoothA svathassarvE AthmAnah paramAthmanah,' all beings serve the Lord by their nature ,(being His body.) The doubt here is that even though it may be true of humans but how can this be applied to animals who have no discrimination and the plants which are insentient. The answer is dAsathvam khalu sEshathva-jnAnArhathvam nigadhyathE pasvAdheenAm tu thathjnAnam bhavEth janmAntharEshvapi. The intention to serve may not be present in the animals and plants but they have the fitness for seshathva and the knowledge of it in subsequent lives becasue they are like sleeping sentient selves who are unaware of their nature.Since there is no certainty that they will be born only as animals or plants in their next life they are also fit to be called dhAsas of the Lord.The reson why they are not termed so in this life is due to the fact that their service to their masters is for this life only and hence it is not permenent whereas they are the seshas of the Lord in their whole existence and hence His dhasas. 8.katham cha chEthanAchEthanayOh bhagavantham prathi ananyArhaseshathvam abhilapyathE? How can the sentient and insentient entities be sesha for the Lord only? This question arises because it is seen in the world that the sentient beings such as servants of a master and the insentient like houses etc are seshas , that is belonging to the human beings due to their karma and also for the released souls and ever free souls the sentients and the insentient become sesha , that is enjoyable due to the will Of the Lord. hence they cannot be termed as solely existing for the service and enjoyment of the Lord. The anwer is given by Desika as nirupADHika sesham hi visvamEthath sriyah pathEh karmAdhyupADHiniyathaseshathvamitharAn prathi The seshathvam is of two kinds, svAbhAvikam, what is natural and aupADHikam, conditional.The seshathva of all beings to the Lord is unconditional while the seshathva to others is conditional,depending on other circumstances such as the fruit of karma ,will of the Lord etc. The seshathva to the Lord is unconditional and eternal and hence there is no contradiction. May Sriman Narayana bless you, Dr. Saroja Ramanujam, M.A., Ph.D, Siromani in sanskrit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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