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SrI  upakAra  sangraham ? 57
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adikAram ? 1
poorva upakAra paramparai
(The Foremost Series of Favours) 
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SECTION ? 5 (14)  
(27 Favours of the Lord leading to the means for
MOKSHAM)  
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        In the previous sub-section, SwAmi Desikan spoke
about the Lord?s favour in making the refined jIvas to
involve themselves in virtuous dialogue with others.
Those included teachers who help them to by-pass the
sinful areas. Now, SwAmi Desikan shows us how the Lord
brings the sAttvikas under the glow of a good AchArya:

 (14) ?tad-druShti-gOcarAah sarvE mucyantE
sarva-kilbiShai: ? ennumpadiyAna sadAchArya-
katAkShattiRku  lakShyamAkkinathuvum;

        The quotation is from the SAttvata Samhita which
makes an emphatic statement: 

 ?tad-druShti-gOcarAah? ? becoming the target of ?his?
glance.  Here, ?his? (tad) refers to a person whose
intellect ever attached to the spiritual matters. He
is actually a sadAchArya ? a good teacher. 

?sarvE? ? all beings. This means every being, be that
human, animal or plant. Even among the human beings,
all without exception.

?sarva-kilbiShai:? ? from all types of sins, however
worst the sin may be.

?mucyantE? ? totally freed. 

        This quote implies that all beings, who are graced by
the look of a sAttvika AchArya are freed from all
types of sins that they might have committed in the
past. The Lord paves the way for good souls, who have
followed the path shown by Him hitherto, to come under
a virtuous teacher, ?sadAchArya?.  This is what SwAmi
Deikan means by  ?sadAchArya- katAkShattiRku
lakShyamAkkinatuvum.? 

        Such a teacher will be:-

?gururgareeyAn? ? Superior Teacher. In the Bhagvadgita
this term is addressed to SrI KriShNa by Arjuna:

?pitAsi lOkasya carAcarasya  tvamasya  poojyasya
gururgareeyAn /
  na tvtsamOsti abhyadhikah  kutOnyO lOktrayEpi
apratimaprabhAva //? 
                                                      
                                                  
(Bhagvadgita 11-43)

(You are the Father of this world of moving and
unmoving beings; You are its Teacher and the most
worthy of honour. There is none equal to You. Can
there be any one greater than You in the three worlds,
Oh Lord of unsurpassed glory?)
 ?tamimam sarva-sampannam AchAryam pitaram gurum /?
                                                      
          (MahAbhArata,SabhA Parva, 41-21)

(He is the perfect, with all the good qualities, the
AchArya, the Father, the Guru.) [This is the
declaration made by SahadEva in the Assembly of
princes at the end of the RAjasooya sacrifice.]

        The Lord of all is the Supreme AchArya. From Him has
comedown to us the spiritual tradition of noble
AchAryas. The true AchArya collect together the
meanings of the great mantras whose delightful flavour
cannot, like the milk of the lioness, be appreciated
by the ignorant. 

        The Lord Himself, in His incarnation as SrI KriShNa,
says in the Bhagavadgita:

?ya idam paramam guhyam madbhaktEShvabhidhAsyati /
  bhakti mayi parAm krutvA mAmEvaishyatyasamshayah //?
(18-68)

(He who expounds this highest mystery to My devotees,
will acquire devotion towards Me and attain Me only.
No doubt [about this].)

        Sage VashiShta says in the MahAbhArata (SAnti Parva)
about the person who deserves to be taught by a
sadAchArya:
 
?To a man who has faith; who is virtuous; who never
indulges in vilifying others; who can understand sound
reasoning; who is capable of grasping what is taught;
who performs the rites and duties ordained for him;
who endures the inconveniences and discomforts arising
from their performance; who is intent on doing what is
good to the world; who desires to live in solitude;
who delights in the injunctions of the scriptures; who
dreads vain arguments; who has learnt much from
AchAryas; who is grateful for the help rendered to
him; who considers patience and compassion as
desirable virtues; and who looks upon all eternal
souls as resembling himself.? 

        SrI nammAzhvAr says why he rendered the TiruvAimozhi:

?kaNdukoNdu en kaNNiNaiyArak  kaLiththu
  paNdai  vinaiyAyina  paRROdaRuttu
  toNdarkkamuthuNNac colmAlaikaL connEn
  aNdaththamarar  perumAn  adiyEnE.?            
(ThiurvAimozhi, 9-4-9)

(I, the servant of the Lord of the nitya sooris,
having delighted fully witnessing Him with my own
twin-eyes, and having rooted out the oldest bad deeds
completely without even their trace remaining,
presented these garlands of words (TiruvAimozhi) as a
delightful nectar to be enjoyed by the devotees.) 

        In the same way SrI Thirumazhisai AzhvAr announces at
the beginning itself in his work, nAnmukan
ThiruvanthAthi: 

?? anthAthi  mElittu  aRiviththEn  AzhporuLaic
       cinthAmal  koNmin neer thErnthu.?              
 
  (nAnmukan ThiruvanthAthi, 1)     
  
(I have composed this work revealing the in-depth
principle, which you receive, contemplate on it
without loss, and act on it.) 

        Thus, the Lord does yet another favour to the
sAttvika jIvas by bringing them under the gaze of a
virtuous teacher. 

(To continue)
dAsan
Anbil S.SrInivAsan
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