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SrI  UpakAra  Sangraham - II (8)
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SAdhanAdhikAram 
-- 
Section - 7 (1)  
(The Favours being done by the Lord to the jIva 
who has adopted bhakti-yOga or prapatti)
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        SwAmi Desikan so far described the way the jIva who
has adopted the means for mOkSha, is spending his life
by meditating on the Lord and longing for the mukti
life of being near the Lord. Now, SwAmi Desikan takes
up the various favours being done by the Lord to such
post-prapatti jIva:

 (7)  ippadi ninRavanukku SarvEshvaran ceyyum
upakArankaLAvana:-

        The favours conferred, by the Lord of all, on the
jIva who has adopted the means for mOkSha are:- 

?ippadi ninRavanukku? -- For the person who is in such
a state. That is, after adopting the means -- either
bhakti-yOga or prapatti, the mumukShu is in the proper
state (niShta).  Whatever happens to such a mumukShu
are the favours of the Lord:

        SwAmi Desikan describes such a person in a verse:

?svroopOpAyArthEShvavitatha-niviShTa-sthiramatEh
      svaniShThAbhij~nAnam subhagamapavargArdupantAt /
 prathimnA yasyAdau prabhavati vineetah sthagayitum
       gabheerAn duShpoorAn
gaganamahatashchidra-nivahAn //? 
                                                      
                            (Srimad-rahasytrayasAram -
32)
(A man, who has a firm and proper knowledge of his
essential nature, of the upAya adopted by him, namely,
prapatti and on the ultimate aim  of life
(puruShArtha), delights more than the approaching
mOkSha. By this mighty knowledge, he gets a
disciplined mind and the strength to end the obstacles
which are deep and hard, and which are as immense as
the sky.)
        This is the gift of the Lord to the man who has
firmly accepted the means for salvation. The Lord
doesn?t stop with this, but confers more favours:
 ?SarvEshvaran ceyyum upakArankaLAvana? -- What are
the favours? SwAmi Desikan lists them:

(1)  upAya-adhigama-kAlatthilE
prArabdha-karma-vyatiriktankaLAna poorva-karmankaLil
upAya-vipAkAdi-kaLukku anuguNamallAtha sukruthangkaL
ivanukku phalam kodukkak-kadavanalla enRu
sankalpikkaiyum;

        Every being born in this world has to experience the
fruits of his deeds, whether good or bad, committed in
his numerous births earlier. A lot of such of karmas
are accumulated just like a bank account. If they are
good deeds, they will be similar to huge deposits with
high interest rates. If they are bad deeds, they will
be similar to huge loans having a high rate of
interest.  Depending upon the deposits or the
loan-dues, the person whether enjoys benefits or
experiences miseries. During this life, certain
deposits or loan-amounts become effective, while there
is still a huge balance remaining in his account,
which will have to be covered in the future births. If
he indulges more activities, good or bad, these will
be added to the remaining balance. The unutilized
balance of deeds or karmas is known as ?sanchita?
(accumulation). Those deeds which have started giving
results in current life are called ?prArabda-karmas?
-- deeds of the previous births which have started
giving results. 
These have to be exhausted before the end of this
life. In the next birth, one more account of the deeds
will be opened up and the results of them will start
flowing. Even then there will remain the unutilized
balance which is likely to grow depending on the deeds
being committed in this current life. Such is the
state of an ordinary person who has not sought any
means for salvation from the life - cycle. 
        But, in the case of a prapanna, the man who has
adopted prapatti for mOkSha, soon after his adoption
of the means, the stored up balance is erased. He has
only to undergo the experience either good or bad
results which have started after his present life
began. No more, as he will attain mukti when his
present life comes to an end. 

?upAya-adhigama-kAlatthilE? -- During the period after
the adoption of the means (for mOkSha).

?prArabdha-karma-vyatiriktankaLAna poorva-karmankaLil?
 -- among the previous deeds, barring those that have
started their results. 
?upAya-vipAkAdikaLukku anuguNamallAtha sukruthangkaL?
-- good results that are not fitting with the post-
upAya life.
?ivanukku phalam kodukkak-kadavanalla enRu
sankalpikkaiyum? --  Those results which are not
fitting to the post-adoption of upAya are prevented by
the will of the Lord. 

This erasing of the unutilized poorva-karmas of the
prapanna is a favour of the Lord, says SwAmi Desikan
in this sub-section. 


(To continue)
dAsan
Anbil S.SrInivAsan
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