Dear SrI PadmanAbhan:
Thanks for your references to PRAPATTHI
,
SiddhOpAyam and SaadhyOpAyam in your
most
recent posting .
These are very important concepts , which form the
anchor
of VisishtAdhvaitham .Hence I will add few more
thoughts
on them for clarification for those , who may not be
that
familiar.Additional definitions and clarifications on these three
doctrines would be helpful to those , who may not be
too familiar
with these mysterios sounding Sanskrit words .
1)Prapatthi: The word is to be spelled Prapatthi
and not
Prabhakthi .
Prapatthi is sanctioned by VedAs . It can be practised
by
anyone ( SarvAdhikAram). The other names for it are
NyAsam , Aaathma NikshEpam , Aathma SamarpaNam
,
SaraNAgathi et al.
AchArya RaamAnujA's SaraNAgathi gadhyam
is
central in showing how to perform this SaraNAgathy
to SrIman NaarAyaNan . The mugdhaka Vaakyam
of
AchArya RaamAnujA also has important bearing
on
the doctrine of SaraNAgathi:
" Sakruth prArTanAmAthrENa apEkshitham
dhAsyatheethi visvAsa-poorvakam
prArTanamithi
yaavath "
(Meaning): Prapatthi is synnonymous with
VisvAsam
( Implicit and total faith in SrIman
NaarAyaNan as
unfailing Rakshakan ( protector and grantor of
Moksham).
He has to be approached only once with prayer
for
the realization of Moksham . He is the One , who can
grant
all one desires with that kind of prayer.
The angams of Prapatthi and the ways to perform
Prapatthi
has been explained by AzhwArs and
PoorvAchAryAs.
2) SiddhOpAyam: SrIman NaarAyaNa is recognized as
SiddhOpAyam . " Siddha means One who has been
in
existence even prior to the observance of the SaadhanA
like Bhakthi or Prapatthi yOgam and since the
ever-existing
God is Himself the prinicpal cause (upAyam) for
attaining Him ,
He is the SiddhOpAyam ".
3) SaadhyOpAyam : The UpAyam to be practised by us
such as Bhakthi or Prapatthi yOgam .They help the Lord
to
change His nigraha sakthi towards ChEthanams and
transform
it in to anugraha sakthi as a result of our sincere
prayer to Him with
VisvAsam to protect us .Saadhya refers to what needs
to be done
through human effort . Our sampradhAyams differ with
respect to
the need for human effort . That is a different story
.
V.Sadagopan
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The sithOpAyam -just
thinking of HIm/sindhippEa
amiayum
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