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Dear Sriman Venkatesan,

Thanks for the series. 

--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "vtca" <vtca@xxxx>
wrote:
> 
> Sutra:
> 284. pERRukku vENduvadhu vilakkAmaiyum irappum.


> Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:
> Still, is there not something that has to happen on
> the side of the chetana for gaining the goal?
> 
> There are two things that need to happen for that:
> 1. Not rejecting His protection, by attempting to
> do things by himself;
> 2. And praying for His grace so that that protection
> leads to the service desired.

Your explanation is in accordance with
maNavAlamAmunigaL's vyAkhyAnam. Here, the AchArya
instructs us that we should not have any ahankAra that
we can get mOskha on our own (which is equal to
rejecting His grace) and wish for His grace. These two
things naturally happen for the chosen soul. Otherwise
one may interpret that "not rejecting" and "praying"
are upAyas to reach Him.
This goes against MaNavALa mAmunigaL's statement in
ThiruvAimozhi nUtthandhAdhi "pEtthukkupAyam undhan
pEraruLE" - Your grace alone is means for receiving by
You.

The above difficulty can be overcome by studying sUtra
284 in conjunction with sUtra 285 and re-analyzing.

285. chakravarththi thirumagan pApaththOdE varilum
amaiyum enRAn; ivan puNyaththaip pOgattu varavENum
enRAn.

Meaning (as given by you):

1. When Sri Rama sent Sugreeva to bring Vibeeshana to
Him,
He said "yadi vA rAvaNa: svayam". That is, Rama asked
that
even if it is the great sinner Ravana, that he be
brought
to Him. Since, sins are not the path to reach Him, it
is
seen that even if one is a sinner it will work (if He
desires it).
2. Lord Krishna, by saying "sarva dharmAn parityajya",
asks that the chetana give up the good acts, which
might be thought of as required for the goal, as well.

Now sUtra 284 can be interpreted as follows:

pEtru which means "receiving" is by the Lord Himself.
For the Lord to be the true upAya, vilakkAmai or not
rejecting the chEtana beacuse of his pApas, and urging
the chEtana not to count on his puNyas (irappu), are
the qualities that have to be there. This is further
explained in sUtra 285. This is in accordance with
AzhwAr's asertion 'veridhE arul seivar'
(thiruvAimozhi) which is interpretd by SrI
vEdanthAchArya (dramidOpanishat ratnAvaLI) as
atharkitha-anugrahatva or blessing without any logic. 


> 
> Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam
> Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam
> 
> adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Vishnu





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