Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:
Dear Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan,
Smt Sheela Belur has already addressed your query from
Pillai Lokacharyar's Mumukshuppadi.
As she pointed out this is an important concept.
The two states you have mentioned are sEshatvam and
pAratantriyam.
While sEshatvam is no doubt the true nature of the
soul, it is pAratantriyam that is given a higher
status. pAratantriyam is letting Him dictate every
thing - including the destruction of sEshatvam.
The examples for these are Lakshmana and Bharata.
Lakshmana practised sEshatvam. When Sri Rama asked
him to stay back in Ayodhya, as He prepared to leave
for the forest, Lakshmana refused to give up his
sEshatvam ("aham sarvam karishyAmi"). When Sri Rama
asked Bharata to give up his pleas to have Rama
return to Ayodhya and also asked him to rule in His
stead, Bharata immediately followed that.
It is to highlight this greatness of Bharata, that
Rama asks the question "Will all brothers be like
Bharata?" to Lakshmana himself, when Lakshmana
wonders that brothers Vali and Sugreeva could fight
each other.
Amongst the ten Azhvars, sEshatvam was practised by
nine azhvars, while pAratantriyam was practised by
Periyazhvar. Losing his svarUpam of being a sEsha
bhUtan, and forgetting His sEshi bhAvam, Azhvar
sings for His well being ("pallANdu") - "thAn
azhigilum avan uyarththiyai/bhOgaththai vENduvadhu".
Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam
adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
--- Lakshmi Narasimhan <nrusimhann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Sriman Vishnu / Bhagavathaas,
> I have a small doubt. As I was reading this post I came
> across
> something like a paradox, regarding SEshatvam. We
> understand
> (vaishnavites) that we all are the servants of the lord.
> SEshatvam is
> an eternal property that exists, whether we realise it or
> not is what
> is a different issue. Now, in a situation where the lord
> demands that
> HE wants to be a servant of us, we being a servant of HIM
> already, a)
> Do we just obey HIS orders and let him be our servant OR
> b) as we are
> HIS servants and want to stick to SEshatvam, just ignore
> his
> happiness of wanting to be our servant? This confuses me.
> ...
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