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 Dear rAmAnujA devotees, 
There has been discussion going on regarding dhEvadhAndhra bhajanam and 
vishayap prAvaNyam. 

I hope everybody accepts that dhEvadhAndhra bhajanam is not tenable and is not 
a point of discussion.However,I would like to draw a few sUthram-s from 
srEvachaNa bhUshaNam which details the dangers of ahankAram and 
vishayap-prAvaNyam.
srEvachaNa bhUshaNam 
sUthram 180 - "thannaithAnE mudikkai Avadhu ahankArathaiyum, vishayangaLayum 
virumbugai"
One finishes off himself if he becomes a slave to ego and also is a captive of 
vishayap-prAvaNyam.
What is 'AhankAram' -AhankAram Avadhu 
1. dhEhAthmibAnamum- Being very dear to one's body and soul.
2. swAdhandharyAbimAnamum- Being independent. 
The soul which is for the Lord shoud be dedicated to the Lord. Instead, the 
independence and desire in oneself -both body and soul- leads to ahankaram and 
vishayap prAvaNyam. 

181-ahankAram -agni sparsam pOlE
The impact of ahankAram which has been described as one's desire in body and 
soul, is likened to friction with fire. When anything touches fire, the thing 
gets destroyed instantly. Likewise, the swarUpam-the soul's innate 
characteristic gets completely destroyed because of ahankAram.

183. pradhikUla vishayasparsam visha sparsam pOlE.
anukUla vishayasparsam vishamisra bhOjanam pOlE

Having explained the impact of ahankAram, the impact of vishayap-prAvaNyam is 
now being explained. 

Being involved and very much desiring in things which are proscribed by 
'sAshtrAs' and which may lead to 'hell' is termed here as 'pradhikUla vishya 
sparsam'
Those things which attract us but are prohibited by the scriptures and will 
also result in hell is like consuming poison ending the swarUpam 
instanstaneously.

Being attracted to those things which are not so debarred by scriptures and 
also do not lead to hell, appear to be harmless unlike the former, but will 
also lead to swarUpa nAsam which is likened to a food mixed with poison.

The point here is that vishaya sparsam is dangerous.

187. agnAnanAna vishyap pravANan nAsthiganaip pOlE; gnAnavAnAna vishayap 
pravaNan Asthika nAsthiganaip pOle.

Those who do not have the knowledge that desires -five sensory 
organs/materialsitic ends-are dangerous are like atheists.
Those who do know the negative points of this but still have desires are like 
pseudo-believers.

188, kEvala nAsthiganaith thiruthalAm;Asthiga nAsthiganai orukkAlum thirutha 
voNNAdhu.

Those who are like atheists can be rescued by educating them.
Those who have knowledge but still have such deviations cannot be rescued.
The latter is more dangerous.

(To be continued)
vAnamAmalai padmanAbhan















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