NOTE: Readers having difficulty in reading the text may need to change their encoding to UTF-8. --------- srI: SrI UpakAra Sangraham - II (5) -- SAdhanAdhikAram -- Section - 6 (5) (Five Favours for Adopting Practical Means) --- SwAmi Desikan has been describing the favours being done by the Lord to the sAttvika jIva to adopt a suitable means to attain mOkSha. These means are known as sAdhyOpAya-s, that is, bhakti-yOga and prapatti, which help securing the Lord?s favour. The Lord Himself is also a means called ?siddhOpAya?, a means already existent. He has been doing favours to the jIva who has turned out to be a sAttvika. Having realized the help extended by the Lord, the jIva has also to develop devotion for Him but for Whom the final goal cannot be attained. The Lord?s another favour in making the jIva to develop towards Himself is explained in this sub-section: (5) ?dadAmi buddhiyOgam tam yEna mAm upayAnti tE? enkiRapadiyE prAptikku vyvadhAnamillAtha paramabhakti-dasai uNdAkkumathuvum --- siddhOpaya-bhootha-nAna sharaNya-nudaiya sva--prasAda--sampAdana--roopa-mAna sAdhyOpAya upakAram. The goal to be attained is the Lord Himself. The means, both bhakti-yOga and prapatti, so far described reached the final stage, that is, the Lord, with whose own words in quotes, Swami Desikan begins this sub-section: ?dadAmi buddhiyOgam tam yEna mAm upayAnti tE? -- This is part of a verse from the Bhagavdgita and we shall see the full verse now: ?tEShAm satatayuktAnAm bhajtAm preetipoorvakam / dadAmi buddhiyOgam tam yEna mAm upayAnti tE //? (Bhagavadgita,10-10) (To them who are worshipping Me with a desire to be with Me constantly, I give with love the particular mental stature by which they attain Me.) The mental stature is buddhi-yOgam, which helps in constant meditation on the Lord. It further develops in to parama-bhati, which is a state where the jIva feels very miserable during even a small bit separation from the Lord. It is just like a fish which cannot survive even a bit of a moment out of water. That kind of meditation on the Lord without a break is being developed in the mind of the jIva with the grace of the Lord. This is the fifth favour that the Lord confers upon the worthy jIva. This is described by SwAmi Desikan: ?siddhOpaya-bhootha-nAna sharaNya-nudaiya sva--prasAda--sampAdana--roopa-mAna sAdhyOpAya upakAram.? -- The Lord is the siddhOpaya. He is the refuge. The means to be practiced, that is, sAdhyOpaya, are meant to get His grace. The Lord favours the jIva to practice the means to attain Himself. SwAmi Desikan summarizes this in a verse: ?yugapadakhilam pratyakShEN svatah satatam vidan nirvadhi-dayA-divyOdanavAn ashakya-vivarjitah / jaladhi-sutayA sArdham dEvO jagatparipAlayan paramapuruShah siddhOpAyah prateeShTabharassatAm //? (SrImad-rahasya-trayasAram) (The Supreme Lord Who knows all things, at the same time, by direct perception and without any aid or instrument, Who is the boundless and divine ocean of mercy, protects the world, with His Consort, LakShmee, the daughter of the ocean, being omnipotent. Having accepted the responsibility of saving those who follow the right path, He is the upAya that is already existent [siddhOpAya].) The practical means being adopted by the sAttvika jIva are the Lord?s graceful gift. The bhakti-yOga upAsaka also can proceed only with His grace for which he has to surrender to Him. Those who are not qualified to undertake bhakti-yOga can adopt sharaNAgati as the direct upAya for mOkSha. It is called advAraka prApti. The goal attained through bhakti-yoga which in turn through prapatti is known as sadvAraka prApti. It must be kept in mind both require an immense devotion to the Lord and performance of karmas pertaining to one?s varNa and AShrama -- caste and state of brahmacharya and grihasta AShrama. The Lord confers favours accordingly to persons who sincerely undertake either of these two means. This is the message of this section, says SwAmi Desikan. (To continue) dAsan Anbil S.SrInivAsan --------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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