You are here: SriPedia - Oppiliappan - Archives - Dec 2007

Oppiliappan List Archive: Message 00202 Dec 2007

 
Dec 2007 Indexes ( Date | Thread | Author )
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]


srI:
SrI  upakAra  sangraham â?? 27
--- 
adikAram â?? 1
poorva upakAra paramparai
(The Foremost Series of Favours) 
---   
SECTION â?? 4 (Conclusion)
-----  
        Before taking up the next Section, it would be useful
if we concretize what we learnt from the 4th Section. 
        
The Fourth Section had two parts. The first one dealt
with how the Lord does His favour to a jIvA whom He
discovered through a minute virtuous act he did even
un-knowingly. The Lord then refines the jIvA by
correcting him wherever he goes wrong as a class
teacher does to his students by giving them
impositions, so that he comes to the right path. This
SwAmi Desikan calls it 'daNda-roopa shikShA upakAram'.

        
The jIvA also realizes the greatness of the Lord's
compassion as he wonders that himself having been
astray in the world of sensual enjoyments with selfish
interest all through his innumerable births, how he
has been chosen by the Lord to turn towards Him. The
Lord actually intervenes to take care of the erring
jIvA. This, the jIvA realized not at the beginning,
but later either on his own or through another,
probably through his guru. 

        In the Second part, SwAmi Desikan shows us the two
sides of the fortunate jIvA. On the one side, the jIvA
sees those already liberated before him, the muktA-s,
who are enjoying the Bliss of being with the Lord in
SrI VaikuNtam. The jIvA congratulates himself for not
remaining different to the Lord's gestures. On the
other side, he sees the jIvA-s still stuck in the mire
of samsAra where he had been just before. He wonders
how the Lord Who is the greater than the greatest,
picked up him who is on the other extreme. He realizes
that as scriptures could not find the extent of he
Lord's glory, his own meanness has been un-fathomable.
SwAmi Desikan recalls nammaAzhvAr's statement, "en
mudivu kANatE ennuL kalantAnai" (He mingled in me
without looking at my fathomless meanness). 
        
SwAmi Desikan says that once this is realized by the
lucky jIva, he will go in for appropriate service for
the Lord. "ucita-shESha vrutti-yai apEkShikkumatu
nipuNa-krutyam." (Choosing the right service for the
Lord is the only thing the shrewd jIvA has to do
next). He quotes AzhvAr's saying to this effect:-
"uRREn ukantu paNi ceytu" -- (I attained {You} through
loving service). 

        Now, SwAmi Desikan takes up the favours the Lord does
thereafter. 

(To continue)
dAsan
Anbil S.SrInivAsan
----       



      
____________________________________________________________________________________
Looking for last minute shopping deals?  
Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.  
http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping


Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan
http://www.sadagopan.org  
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/

<*> Your email settings:
    Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join
    (Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
    mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
 


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index ] [Thread Index ] [Author Index ]
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia
oppiliappan-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
To subscribe to the list