--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Varadhan T A <tavaradhan@xxxx> wrote: > dear srI lakshmi narasimhan, > > > > So, how does He grant mOksha then? Our AchAryAs say > that His grace/mercy is causeless, and acts on > anyone and anything. Now, this definitely smacks > of partiality on the surface. > > But, look at it this way - > (i) His grace is causeless. It acts on everyone, > without exception. An analogy is rain. The clouds > pour down rain on the ground. The man who has > created a small lake through his efforts gains > as the water stays. If he does not make a small > lake with his maNvetti, then the water just goes > away. Did the cloud pour rain because the man > dug a lake? No. The cloud poured the rain > because it is in its nature to pour rain. > Similarly, the Lord's nature is such that He > pours His grace all the time on everyone > and everything. In fact, the above analogy is > from mudal AzhvAr pAsurams only. Dear Sriman Varadhan, Thank you for the educating mail. I would like to write one thing from my side. >From the above pASuram quoted by you and subsequent paragraphs of ur mail, one may infer that God has to enable us out of His nirhEtuka krupA, to make some effrts. But this will not go well with Alwars' philosophy that He is the means and goal (neri vASal thAnE). I checked up the meaning of the above pASuram quoted by you, with the learned in Divya prabandham. I understood that the PAsuram has a different meaning according to Sri PVP. In my own words, the content is as follows: the Chetana may be having the Lord in mind wihout knowing that he is subserveint to the Lord. one may dig a small lake, but who will por rain? Here, Sri PVP says that Chetana may be following a great person -i.e. a bhAgavata (as gItA says: yadyadAcharati SrEshtah...) and have his mind on the Supreme without knowing his Seshatvam to the Latter. He may be having taste for the Lord, but it is for the Lord to shower His grace on him. So, Sri PVP compares digging lake with having ruchi for PerumAL, and rain with His krupA. Hence there is no effort or prapatti (as an act) involved here. Another important thing Sri PVP says is, "having taste for the perumAL" and NOT "developing it". So this means that taste is also generated by PerumAL only. Also Sri PVP further says that both digging the lake and pouring rain will be done by the Lord. mistakes are due to my poor understanding. somebody having a copy of Sri PVP's commentary for this famous pASuram may please translate it. adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan Vishnu
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