Utthara Kruthya adhikAram of Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram ( Dos and Donts after Prapatthi)

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Sri:

 

Dear Devotees :

 

There was a question about how one should conduct oneself

after performing Prapatthi in Vaideekam List .

 

Back in 1996 , adiyEn , Sri S.Rengarajan and Sri Anbil Ramaswamy

started a Journal named Sri Desika Darsana Sathsangam , which

transformed in to SaraNAgathy JOurnal . This is quite different from

the Sarangathy e-list , which is active with 500 plus Members .

 

There are a lot of articles on Saranagathy and its aspects there .

The 15th AdhikAram of Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram(SRTS) deals

with how one should conduct oneself after Performing Prapathti .

There are 6 things one should remember .

 

Sriman Anbil Ramaswamy had a series on SRTS in 1996 in

SDDS Journal/ Pre-Saranagathy issue . That is the closest

for a quick study of the dos and donts on Prapatthi .

 

The URL for the Saranagathy Journal for your access is:

 

http://www.srivaishnava.org/sgati

 

I have included Sriman Anbil Swamin's article here .

There are number of other articles on how to conduct oneself

so that Prapatthi does not get nullified in many issues of

the Saranagathy Journal . Please refer to them .

 

The key things that one should remember is:

 

1. no anya dEvathA worship

2. no BhagavathApachAram .

 

V.Sadagopan

Editor , Saranagathy Journal

 

P.S : one of these days , adiyEn hopes to restart the Saranagathy Journal .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vol 01.007

Pre-SaraNAgati Issues

 

15 October, 1996

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this Issue: 1. NOTE FROM THE EDITOR 2. FROM RAHASYA TRAYA SARA Adhikara15 Uttara Kritya Adhikara The manner in which one should conduct oneself after Prapatti

 

 

2. RAHASYA TRAYA SARAM OF SWAMI DESIKA ADHIKARA 15 : UTHARA KRITYA ADHIKARA (The manner in which one should conduct oneself after Prapatti) This Chapter lays down the duties to be performed by a Prapanna from the time of his doing Prapatti till attaining Moksha on death. (a) A Prapanna should not slacken his attentions to and performance of his Nitya Karmas. (b) He should continue to widen his knowledge by associating with Acharyas and others qualified. © Even if he has achieved a mental evolution befitting him to a direct communion with God., he should not feel proud about it since he should be ever aware of his own insignificance (d) He should keep his sense organs under perfect control (e) He should continue to do service to the archa form of the Lord as also Nishkamya Karmas. (f) He should consciously avoid all desire for worldly pleasures and carry on his daily routine with wealth earned through Dharmic means. (g) He should always feel grateful to the grace of the preceptor who initiated him into Prapatti (h) He should always utter the Dvaya mantra as advised by his Guru (i) He should never boast about his own greatness (j) He should scrupulously avoid insulting or disrespecting the Bhagavatas and Acharyas. (j) He should always be eager to perform service to Bhagavan, the Bhagavatas and Acharyas. (k) He should eat only pious foods conducive to augmenting Satva guna.

What a Prapanna should do and what he should not may be summarized as follows(Six Steps) : (i) Not to indulge in Worldly pleasures and desire therefor(ii) To remember The great help rendered by Acharyas(iii) Not to utter Words of Self-praise(iv) To utter Dvaya Mantra(v) To avoid in mind, Disrespect to Bhaghavatas and word and deed Acharyas(vi) To perform in mind, Service to Bhaghavan, Bhaghavatas word and deed and Acharyas