MISSION FAILURE AND SUCCESS
There has been a discussion that sri rAmA did
not go as messenger but krishNA did. There were also points that hanumAn drew
strength from rAmA. This was followed by an argument that Lord krishNA failed in
His mission- which is not of-course true.
When Lord incarnates into this world what is HIs
mission? Though each incarnation had a specific purpose, the larger aim and
purpose always for the Lord is to retrieve the souls to His abode. He strives
for their salvation. He essays to regain His souls.chEthana lAbham
EswaranukkEA.
He gives the souls knowledge out His mercy. The
knowledge helps them to comprehend good from bad and act accordingly. He, out of
His mercy grants them vEdic literature and gives the esence
thiurmandhiram."kalaigaLum, vEdhamum, nEdhi
nUlgaLUm,
kaRpamum, soRpoRul thAnum, maRRai
nilaigaLum, vAnavarkum piRarkum, nErmayinal aruL seidhAn"
periya thiru mozhi 2-8-5. In spite of these, the souls fail and He again
creates the universe, brings the souls from their subtle form and again the
whole process takes place. He continues this act without any frustration.
"sOmbAdhu ippalluruvai padarvitha
vithA" periya thiruvandhAdhi 18
He is like a farmer who tills, cultivates and waits
for the yield. The Lord thus does the spadework and waits for the harvest-soul's
salvation. "bhatkthi vuzhavan pazham punathu" nAnmugan
thiruvandhAdhi-23.
It is also observed from thiru-voi-mozhi
"onRi onRi vulagam padaithAn" 3-9-10 The LOrd creates
the world anew.
It is thus seen that the Lord strives again
and again ceaselessly by creating the world, bringing forth the souls from
subtle state, giving them knowledge and so on. He also incarnates in this world.
He demosntraves the way of living -sri rAmA.
He helps His devotees by becoming their messenger,
by becoming their charioteer and so on and so forth.
Desptie all this the souls are not retrived and He
continues with His act.
Can this not be termed as
"mission-failure" ?
It is an Herculean task. It is not a joke and
retrieving the soul is not an overnight job. There have been several souls which
have indeed attained salvation. Hence, the mission cannot be termed as a
failure, is an argument which may be put up. Is there any other person who can
achive this unenviable mission?, is another argument that may spring
up.
That is what is the spirit behind the irAmAnusa
nURRandhAdhip pAsuram 41
"maN misai yOnigaL dhOrum piRandhu,
engaL mAdhavanE kaNNuRa niRkilum
kANa gilla, vulagORgaLEllAm, aNNal
irAmAnusan vandhu thOndRia appozhudhE
nannaru gnAnam thalaik koNdu nAranaRku
AyinARE"
The Lord desends into this world by various
avenues. He comes in person, stands in our front and delievers sermon, helps us,
demosntrates us.Alas! people do not look at Him.
However, the people of the world on sri rAmAnujA's
arrival became knowledged and realised the truth -after getting clarity from sri
rAmAnujA's preaches,practices, works and deeds- that sri nArAyaNa is the supreme
being and became sri nArAyanA's once and for all.
Though the above pAsuram appears to be far fetched,
sri rAmAnuja did indeed had a great following and a renaissance took place in
his mission during his lifetime.
can this not be termed as " MISSION
SUCCESS"
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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