Guest guest Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 NOTE: Readers having difficulty in reading the text may need to change their encoding to UTF-8. ------------ ------ SrI: SrI sAra sAram -- II – DvayAdhikAram (33) -- The components of prapatti in the first part of dvaya mantram - 4 --- SwAmi DeSikan proceeds with the questions on the components of prapatti:- “prapattim tAm prayunjIta svAngaih pancabhirAvrutAm†enRu angamAna AnukUlya sankalpAthikaLai sambhAvita-svabhAva-m enpArkku uththara-kAlaththil AnukUlyAdikaLuDaiya aniyamaththilE thAthparyam. SwAmi DeSikan refers to a pramANa in support of the five components of prapatti, “prapattim tAm prayunjIta svAngaih pancabhirAvrutAm†– Let us see this in full:- “prapattim tAm prayunjIta svAngaih pancabhirAvrutAm / prAtikUlyam parityaktamAnukUlyam ca samSritam //†(LakshmI tantram, 28-11) Meaning:- He (an aspirant for moksha) should perform prapatti in all its five components, with resolves such as, “I give up all acts that would displease the Lord and thus be detrimental to attainment of moksha, and adopt only those would be conducive to moksha and hence please Him.†In order to clarify, SwAmi DeSikan then refers to a view of some on the necessity of the presence of the components in the person who is to do prapatti. According to them, the components like AnukUlya-sankalpam etc., are not necessary for prapatti and these would spontaneously be a part of one who intends to perform prapatti at the Lord’s feet. Their view is that there need be no hard and fast rule that these components be present in the person after the prapatti. However, there is a rule that the prapanna can not live in whatever way he feels, points out SwAmi DeSikan:- “AkaiyAlE, mEl apAya-samplava-ththilum, adhikAri-viruddha-upAya-parigraha-ththilum Punah-prapadana-m vidhikkiRathu.†If the components of prapatti are not compulsory, then some problems may arise. It may appear as though the prapanna is free to do as he pleases, and may even commit a sin! It is not so, as it has been laid down that after prapatti, if any sin is committed by the prapanna, he has to perform prapatti again. It is also laid down that if a prapanna adopts another means at variance to his state, he has to perform another prapatti in atonement. Hence, the prapanna can not act as he desires. (To continue) dAsan anbil S.SrInivAsan ---------------------- From cricket scores to your friends. Try the India Homepage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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