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SrI NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra MahA DesikAya Nama:

Dear BhakthAs :

Today , adiyEn will cover the 12th slOkam . It will get
dense  as we approach the VedAnthic subjects , which
Swamy Desikan explains crisply . 

SlOkam 12 
***************
Purusha PradhAna sarIrO bhuvanAnAm bhavasi AchyuthOpadhAnam
nija sankalpa sanATO vahasi nimitthathvam apyadhbhutha sakthi: 

(Meaning according to D.R.Swamy): Oh Achyutha! Thy Sakthi (prowess) 
is indeed marvellous , By having souls and matter as Thy body , Thou dost
become the material cause for the worlds . By Thy own will Thou dost also
become the instrumental and efficent cause . 

(Comments): Here , Swamy Desikan focuses on the Lord being both 
the UpAdhAna (material) and Nimittha ( Instrumental) KaraNam (Cause) 
for creation . A potter , who creates a pot out of clay is the nimittha 
(instrumental) KaaraNam , while the clay itself is the UpAdhAna (Material)
KaaraNam . Here and in other cases , the Nimittha and UpAdhAna kaaraNams
are distinct and different . Our Lord alone is the sole exception because 
He is both the Nimittha and UpAdhAna KaaraNams. Swamy Desikan marvels at 
this adhbhutha Sakthi of the Lord : 

" Achyutha ! Thvam bhuvanAnAm upAdhAnam bhavasy ; nimitthathvam api vahasy " .

Our Lord has Jeevans ( sentients) and Prakruthy (insentients) as His body and 
as a result becomes the UpAdhAna KaaraNam ( Material Cause)  for the creation 
of the  worlds . 

With His own sankalpam , He becomes the nimittha kaaraNam 
( Instrumental cause)also for that act of creation (" Thvam nija sankalpa 
sanATa: nimitthathvam api vahasi " in Swamy Desikan's words ) . 

VedAnthic Intrepretation of UpAdhana & Nimittha KaaraNams
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The doctrine of Parama Purushan (Supreme Being) has several facets : It 
includes 
His Svaroopam (essential or intrinsic nature) , His auspicious attributes ( 
kalyANa 
guNams ) , His  divine personality ( dhivya MangaLa vigraham ) , His  sacred 
avathArams
( dhivya avathArams) and His divine activities ( dhivya LeelAs ) such as 
creation ,
protection and dissolution of the Universe  . In this slOkam , Swamy Desikan 
describes 
the act of Creation (Srushti) and how the Lord stays as UpAdhAna and nimittha 
KaaraNam
in this dhivya leela ( Divine sport ) . He is Jagath KaaraNan ( Sole cause of 
Creation).
As a part of His cosmic duties , He creates the world and its beings , enters 
into
them as their indweller and directs them .

Brahman as the Material & Instrumental Cause  
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Brahma Soothram 1.4.23 deals directly with the subject of the Supreme 
Brahman being UpAdhAna (Material) KaaraNam :

Prakruthisccha prathij~nA dhrushtAnthaanuparOdhAth --- BR. Soothram1.4.23 

(Meaning ) : " ( Brahman is) the material cause also (besides being
the nimittha KaaraNam as well) . In Bhagavath GitA ( IX.8) , Lord says:
" animating My Prakruthi , I project again and again this whole multitude "
in support of the UpAdhaana KaaraNam . Prakruthi is also known as 
Maayaa (UpAdhAnam ) and the creator is the Maayin ( nimithtam).
Thus , He is both UpAdhAna and nimittha KaaraNam for Creation .  

The Brahma SoothrakArar ( BaadharAyaNar) establishes the theory of 
Brahman as UpAdhAna and Nimithta KaaraNams with four subsequent 
SoothrAs :

" AbhidhyOpadEsAsccha " ---1.4.24 ( Also on account of the statement of 
will to create on the part of Brahman / " May I be Many ": ChAndhOgyam VI.ii.3).
This is the " nija sankalpa sanATO nimitthathvam " referred to by  SWamy
Desikan in his 12th SlOkam .

" SaakshAcchObhayaamnAnAth " Brahma Soothram : 1.4.25 
Here the evidence is given from Taitthiriya BrAhmaNam that 
Brahman is both material and Instrumental cause ( Tai.Br: II.8.9)  

" Aathma KruthE : " Br.Soothram 1.4.26 ( Brahman is the material 
cause of the world because sruthi says it /Brahman created itself ).
Tai.Upanishad says in this context : " Tath aathmAnam Svayam akrutha".
Here is the pramANam for nimittha KaaraNam . 

" PariNAmAth" -- Br.Soothram : 1.4.27 ( On account of modification ,
it is possible.The pramANam for the Brahman being the Material cause 
comes from BrahadhAraNyaka Upanishad( I.iv.7) : " This universe was 
then unmanifested. It manifested itself only as name and form ". Here is 
the support for UpAdhAna KaaraNam of Brahman.

" yOnisccha hi geeyathE " --Br.Soothram 1.4.28 ( Based on two PramANams
from Mundaka Upanishad , this Soothram declares that Brahman is
the Material cause of this Universe ). 

MaadhvAchArya does not admit that Brahman is UpAdhAna Kaaranam
but concedes that Brahman is only Nimittha KaaraNam . Both Sankara and 
RamAnuja agree with the Soothra KarthA's position that Brahman is of 
UpAdhAna and Nimittha KaaraNams . Swamy Desikan wonders about 
the uniqueness of the Lord being both Material and Instrumental cause
for the Creation of the  world and its entities with various names and forms. 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan 



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