Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha I am sharing the information that I have heard from the elders on this subject. All mistakes are solely due to my agnyanam and inability to understand from the right perspectives while the credits for all the right information go to the elders from whom I acquired the same. Sahetukam - that which involves our effort to get his krupai (All yogas upto bhakthi - atman decides what it wants to do for the lords happiness) Nirhetukam - krupai that flows out of HIS will (Prapatti - the atman just falls flat at his feet REALIZING its incapability to do ANYTHING - achitthai pondru" like the insentient - and hence, he takes over i.e he gets whatever he wants from that atman) Sahetukam - Devaki wanted the lord to be born to her and she had done tapas. So lord was born for her. Nirhetukam - Lord wanted to be the son of Yasodha and Nandagopar. So, though he was born for Devaki, was brought up by Yasodha and Nandagopar performing his leela in the aayarkulam. Perumal grants Moksham to those who follow the appropriate path AND ALSO to those whomever HE CHOOSES. One must remember, he does not deny to those who do the best of Bhakti & Prapatti. In our sampradayams all these philosophies are explained by nice examples. I will take a day-to-day example. It is like Green Card processing in United States. If one files an Green Card visa from India, they will have to go through the process and based on their eligibility WILL get the visa. But, there is another way in which one may get the Green Card in US. That is through Green-Card lotteries which is available for many countries. Anyone may get this based on INS's decision. Similarly though people have to follow the appropriate margams prescribed for them, Perumal may still choose to give moksham to those who HE wishes. Another classical example is: There was a rakshashan who had heard about moksham. He waited in the himalayas and when lord Shiva passed by, he asked moksham from him. Shiva replied that he CAN NOT grant that and said that there would be a person called Krishna who would come a little later in that path and only he could grant moksham. The rakshashan waited and when Lord Krishna came, he asked for the moksham. Lord granted him the moksham and started moving forward. The rakshasha exclaimed "Hey! Stop. It is not fair if you give moksham just to me. Give the moksham to my brother too" :)). Lord granted moksham for that rakshasha's brother too. Then that rakshasha asked the lord to wait, and looked around. There was a rishi who had been doing penance for years to attain better spiritual levels. This rakshasha hit that rishi on his head and the soul of the rishi got liberated. Then the rakshasha took the body and gave it to Krishna saying "Idham savam navam savam" i.e this dead body is a fresh one and I am giving this to you as a gift for granting moksham to me and my brother. Please don't see why the rishi did not get moksham, because, may be he had made some sins or was trying for kaivalyam or whatever. The point is, those who go through the karma, gyana, bhakti yogas and prapatti margam get the moksham. But there is also the will of the lord i.e his sankalpam, by which one may attain moksham Perumal is both upaya and upeya. So, what is sinful? Sinful are the acts that are done with the mindset of acquiring materials. Sin is not WRONG. Sin is something that retains you back in this materialistic world. When every karma is done as a kainkaryam(this is an important theme in our sampradayam which many people don't quite catch) - i.e karma is what you do whilst, kainkaryam is with what intent you do. In the above example, the rakshasha killed the rishi which may be perceived as a sin, but look at the intent and ignorance of him. By nature he is a rakshasha and is taught to kill others. And why did he kill? It was only to present the body, to the lord as a gift. So, it is the INTENT with which you do YOUR PRESCRIBED duty. The intent of Bhagavadh Agnya Kainkaryam" turns every karma into HIS kainkaryam. Agnyanina maya dhosan vihithan hare | Kshamastatvam Kshamastatvam Seshasaila Shikhamane || Yatheendra Pravanam Vandhe RAMYA Jamataram Munim Adiyen Ramanuja DAsan, Lakshmi Narasimhan
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