Acharya vaibhavam - 27- Divya Dampathi is so merciful in all and everyway...

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all,

 

The Divya Dampathi Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan and

Mahalakshmi are the means and goal. Their Supreme Daya

on us is always to be cherished by us. Swami Desikan

enlists the upakaarams that the Divya Dampathi have

done to us….-in his upakaara sangraham.

 

1. Controlling the essential nature, characteristic

and actions of all the objects in the Universe,

[objects include Sentient – Jeevathmas as well) and

non-sentient (achethanas)] and making the jeeva to be

eligible to attain Salvation which is the eternal

bliss

 

2. The Supreme Goal to a Jeeva is the attainment of

moksha which is the eternal bliss. The means of

attainment of Moksha is either bhakti yoga [continuous

meditation on the Lord Sriman Narayana] or Saranagati

[Performance of Saranagati at His Lotus Feet] . To

perform bhakti yogam, jnAnam (knowledge) and

qualifications are required. So, the Lord has given

the necessary knowledge to the Jeeva to resort to

either of the above two means.

 

This knowledge is an attribute to the Jeeva and this

is called Dharmabhootha jnAnam. The Lord has made this

Dharmabhootha jnAna as an eternal attribute to the

jeevathma to enable him to attain moksha. This is an

important act of help [upakaaram] of the Lord. There

are two types of knowledge [jnana] associated with the

Jeevathma. The first is Dharmi jnAna which is the

knowledge of the self. It means the Jiva himself. The

attribute is called Dharma jnAna. It is like the lamp

and the luster. So, the comparison is: Lamp is Dharmi;

luster is dharma. To cognize an object, a knowledge is

required and that is dharma bhootha jnAna.

 

3. From time immemorial, [with no beginning], the

Jeevathma is immersed in Samsaara afflicted by Avidhya

[avidhya means the past deeds in the form of karma –

sins and good deeds. On account of these sins, he goes

to the hell and undergoes punishment for the sins. On

account of the good deeds [puNya] he goes to the

heaven and at the time of deluge he will be just like

an inanimate object without knowledge. The Lord shows

His mercy towards these jeevathmas subjected to the

above suffering to have a fresh lease of life and give

him another chance.

 

4. Jeevathma who is immersed in the stream of sins

that have been committed by him earlier, pushes away

any person who wants to save him from getting further

suffering or immersed. The Lord who is equally

disposed towards everyone grants fruits to the

jeevathma according to PuNya and paapa. If there is

any good deed done by the Jeevathma even

inadvertently, the Lord grants fruit to the good deed

without making it to go waste.

 

Other upakaarams – we will enjoy tomorrow

AsmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm

Regards

Namo Narayana

dasan