NOTE: Readers having difficulty in reading the text may need to change their encoding to UTF-8. ----------- srI: SrI UpakAra Sangraham - II (15) -- 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 ------------ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ 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/
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