NOTE: Readers having difficulty in reading the text may need to change their encoding to UTF-8. --------------- srI: SrI UpakAra Sangraham - III (11) -- niryANa adikAram -- Section - 9: The Favours the Lord does to a MumukShu after he leaves his body ---- [9.2 Favours being done after crossing the river, VirajA] ----- In the previous sub-section, Swami Desikan showed how the Lord derives great happiness in the mukta-jiva enjoying the bliss in equal measure as He does. In that way, SwAmi Desikan confirmed that this sAyujya mukti is not oneness by saying that the Lord is happy that the mukta-jIva is also happy which means both have not become one as some vedantins have built their theory of advaita. Now, in this sub-section, Swami Desikan deals with it in another angle: (viii) âkOlatthirumA-makaLodu unnaik koodAthE cAlap pala nAL adiyEn innam thaLarvEnO?â enRu iruntha ivanaip piNai kodukkilum pOkavottAthE iruntha niratishaya-Ananda-anubhava-pareevAham nityamAmpadi nadatthumathuvum-- -- ellA munivum theernthu, ciRaikkoodatthil ninRum puRppadaviTTa rAjakumAranukku sthiramAna yowvarAjyam kodukkumAp pOlE irukkiRa â pradhAna-upakAra-vargam. The quote which is from a verse from Thiruvaimozhi, is selected by Swami Desikan to emphasize that even the mukta-jIva had not aspired for oneness with Brahman but desired to be with the Lord in the company of His Consort, SrI: âj~nAlatthoodE nadanthum ninRum kidantirunthum cAlappala nAL ukanthORum uyirkaL kAppAnE kOlatthirumAmakaLOdu unnaik koodAthE cAlappala nAL adiyEn innam thaLarvEnO?â (ThiruvAimozhi, 6-9-3) (You walked on this earth, showed Your postures of standing, reclining and sitting in order to protect the beings who cannot survive without seeing you even for a second. Now, I am in the same position having an unquenched desire to see you along with LakShmee. I am becoming weaker and unable to sustain myself without seeing You. How long am I to wait like this?) Similarly was this mukta-jIva once longing for witnessing the Lord along with His Consort. Now that he has attained Him, can He allow him to leave Him? As the jIvaâs longing for Him multiplied several times, the love for him also similarly grew in the mind of the Lord. In fact, the Lordâs love for this jIva is more than that of jIva and hence, He cannot remain without him. In order to show the Lordâs anxiety, Swami Desikan describes the situation in which the Lord is placed: âivanaip piNai kodukkilum pOkavottAthE iruntha niratiSaya-Ananda-anubhava-pareevAham nityamAmpadi nadatthumathuvumâ â The Lord does not allow him to leave him even if the mukta gives all assurances that he will return to Him. He will not allow him to leave even if he places his Mother, SrI LakShmee as a security. This is the message being conveyed by this expression. Why does He do so? âniratiSaya-Ananda-anubhava-pareevAham nityamAmpadi nadatthumathuvumâ â The bliss which the mukta-jIva has started enjoying has no parallel nor superior similar to the Lord Who is âoppAr mikkArai ilaiyAya mAmAyanâ â the wonderful Lord who has neither an equal nor a superior. The Lord does the favour which is the final favour after the mukta-jIva attains Him, by making this unparalleled Bliss a permanent one. It is flowing like a flood and has no end. The Bliss enjoyed by the mukta will remain for all the time to come. As Time has no control in the nitya vibhooti, it is static there. There is no question of next moment or even a second, not to talk of tomorrow. It is present, present and present alone. Mukta has forgotten his past too and there is no worry about future. Nityam, nityam and nityam alone. In that situation, where is the question of his leaving? Even if he wants, the Lord will not allow it. That is the message of the very final Brahma Sootra: âanAvruttih SabdAt anAvruttih SabdAt //â (4-4-22) (There is no return, there is no return, because so say the scriptures.) Here, Scriptures means the will of the Lord as it is He Who propagated the vEdas. So, where is the question of Himself violating this code? Even if His Consort who is the most dear to Him recommends, He will not yield. SrI PeriyAzhvAr says: âthannadiyAr thiRatthakatthuth thAmaraiyALAkilum cithakuraikkumEl ennadiyAr athuceyyAr ceythArEl nanRu ceythAr enbarpOlum mannudaiya vibeedaNaRkA mathiLilangaith thisai nOki malarkkaN vaiththa ennudaiya thiruvarangaR-kanRiyum maRRoruvarkku ALAvarE?â (PeriyAzhvAr thirumozhi, 4-9-2) (Even if SrI Who resides in Lotus, complaints against His devotee, He will tell her, âMy devotees will not commit any mistake, even if they do it, it will be for good only.â) Hence, there is no question of His allowing the mukta to leave Him. And, of course, the mukta will also not think of leaving Him, as he has already joined, in the Paramapada, the eternal devotees who are witnessing the Lord continuously without even a wink, as stated in this Vedic passage that is recited in our temples daily: âtadvishNO paramam padam sadA paSyanti soorayah diveeva cakShurAtatam / tadviprAsO vipanyavO jAgruvAm sassamindhatE , vishNOryat paramam padam //â (Rg vEda, 1.22.20) (With their broad eyes, the nitya sooris are witnessing for ever that highest abode of ViShNu; they are the sages uttering vEdic mantras, ever awake, keeping the highest abode of ViShnu bright.) SwAmi Desikan ends this sub-section: âellA munivum theernthu, ciRaikkoodatthil ninRum puRppadaviTTa rAjakumAranukku sthiramAna yowvarAjyam kodukkumAp pOlE irukkiRa â pradhAna-upakAra-vargam.â Thus has been the series of excellent favours conferred by the Lord on the mukta, just as an Emperor grants the status of Crown-Prince to his son who has left the prison house, with all the sufferings having gone. The prince will have this position of Crown Prince stable. Similarly the mukta-jIva also enjoys this unique position for ever to come, after he left the miserable samsAra once for all, and attained the Lordâs feet. (To continue) dAsan Anbil S.SrInivAsan ----------- DELETE button is history. Unlimited mail storage is just a click away. Go to https://edit.india.yahoo.com/config/eval_register ------------------------------------ Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org Yahoo! 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