sArasAram -- II (29)

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SrI:

SrI sAra sAram

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II – DvayAdhikAram (29)

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The roles of the jIva, the Lord and the AchArya

 

SwAmi DeSikan now discusses the role played by a jIva, the Lord and the

AchArya:-

 

“tava bharOhamakArishi dhArmikah†enkiRapaDiyE, nipuNanukku

bhara-samrpaNa-mum AcArya-krutya-m. appOthu, ivviraNDu vishayaththilum

svarUpa-anurUpa-mAna kainkaryam sva-krutya-m.

 

While distinguishing the roles to be enacted by the three – the jIva, the Lord

and the AchArya, SwAmi DeSikan quotes from a SlOka of SrI ParAsara Bhattar,

“tava bharOhamakArishi dhArmikahâ€. We shall study the SlOka in full:-

 

“tava bharOhamakArishi dhArmikah SaraNamityapi vAcamudairiram /

iti sasAkshikayannidamadya mAm kuru bharam tava rangadhurandhara //â€

(SrIrangarAjastavam, 2-102)

Meaning:- O, Lord of SrIrangam, my AchAryas who follow dharma have placed me

under Your custody. I have also uttered the word ‘SaraNam’, seeking refuge.

Taking these two facts into consideration, make me Your responsibility.

On the basis of this SlOka, SwAmi DeSikan says that it is the duty of the jIva,

who is eligible for performing prapatti, to perform the prapatti with all its

auxiliaries and place the responsibility of saving him on the Lord. Accepting

the responsibility thus submitted by the jIva is the duty of the Lord, who is

the siddhOpAyam. In the case of the jIva who has cleverly placed the

responsibility of performing the prapatti to his AchArya, it becomes the duty of

the AchArya to accept that responsibility and in turn, submit it to the Lord. If

the prapatti is thus performed through the AchArya, it is the duty of the jIva

to render service to both the AchArya and the Lord.

 

(To continue)

dAsan

anbil S.SrInivAsan

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