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SrI  UpakAra  Sangraham - II (15)
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SAdhanAdhikAram 
-- 
Section - 7 (6) 
(The Favours being done by the Lord to the jIva 
who has adopted bhakti-yOga or prapatti)
---  
 
        In the previous sub-section, SwAmi desikan described
the favour the Lord does to His devotees by saving
them from any sort of confusion, doubt or fear that
may arise due to Kaliyuga, while doing services to
Him. Now, he refers to another favour of the Lord to
enable the prapanna to complete the task he undertakes
by way of service to Him:  
  
(6) upAyamAkavAthal phalamAkavAthal anuShtikkiRa
kainkaryankaLai ittapadai kalpadaiyAkki,
?sankhalpAdEva bhagavAn? ithyAdikaLiRpadiyE
phala-manOratha-poortiyai uNdAkkumathuvum --
inkiruntha nAL paNNum upakArankaL.

        The kainkaryam -- service -- undertaken by the
prapanna may be a means or a result of the means he
has already performed:

 ?upAyamAkavAthal phalamAkavAthal anuShtikkiRa
kainkaryankaLai? -- 
        The service to the Lord by a devotee will lead him to
adopt one of the means -- either bhaktiyOga or
prapatti. Or, he may be doing the service as a result
of the upAya he performed. In either way, what the
devotee does is service to the Lord. It may be service
to the Lord in a Temple or to an AchArya or to a
bhAgavta.    

?ittapadai kalpadaiyAkki,? -- What has been built is
turned into a strong structure of stone. 

        SwAmi Desikan means by this expression is that the
services being rendered by the prapanna are
strengthened by the will of the Lord. He quotes
probably from SAtvata Sanmhita in support:
?sankhalpAdEva bhagavAn? -- The Lord, through His
will, makes the desire of His devotees fruitful. SwAmi
Desikan says, ?ithyAdikaLiRpadiyE? -- ?according to
this and similar authorities?. 
        It is believed that SwAmi Desikan might have had the
following verse from the Bhagavadgita in mind:

?nEhAbhikramanAshOsti pratyavAyO na vidhyatE /
  svalpamapyasya dharmasya trAyatE mahatO bhayAt //?  
                   (Bhagavadgita, 2-40)

[Here, in karma-yOga, there is no loss of the initial
effort. Even if it is begun and remains incomplete, it
does not remain without fruits. There will not arise
any sin. Even a small part of this moral discipline
(karma-yoga) affords protection against the great
terror of samsAra.] 
        What types of kainkaryams or services the prapanna
can render will be taken up subsequently.
?phala-manOratha-poortiyai uNdAkkumathuvum? --- The
Lord ensures the fruit of the desires of the prapanna.

        With this Desikan described six types of favours in
this section. 
        
?inkiruntha nAL paNNum upakArankaL.? 
  
All these are the favours conferred by the Lord on the
person who has adopted the bhakti-yoga or prapatti,
during his life time here. 



(To continue)
dAsan
Anbil S.SrInivAsan
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