Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Dear Shri Swamin,
My pranams. The question that you have raised is a wonderful one. I
am sure many Bhagavathotthamaas would come up with nice posts on
this. I am sharing something that I have heard regarding this
subject. Please pardon my mistakes and ignorance.
In Bertrand Russell's, 'The Analysis of Mind', there is an
interesting chapter where he deals with the two words, namely,
Instinct and Habit. Instinct is what we do when we are put in a
situation that we have "Never" experienced. For example, when we fall
for the first time, our hands automatically go forward to protect any
hit to our body. After couple of falls, we learn to control our hands
to appropriately take care of our body. This latter phenomena is
because of the habituation of the event falling. We get used to it
i.e get the habit of handling the falling. Similarly, Saranagathi is
a phenomena where one surrenders oneself to god(this usually happens
only during worst times, for during our happy times, most of us, due
to the very materialistic nature(prakruthi swabhavam), forget the
lord). This surrendering is a one time act - like our instinct - for
we know, saranagathi is an instinct - i.e atma swaroopam. But, this
surrendering is not just enough to realise the lord. Realisation
occurs when one is able to continuously surrender to him
('consciously volunteering for his service') - this is what is the
most difficult thing. In Dwaya Manthram, one first performs
Saranagathi - 'Shriman Narayana Charanou Saranam' - is this
sufficient? Per Dwayam, the answer is NO. Then comes, 'Prapathye
Srimathe Narayanaya Namaha' i.e one says, 'I don't just stop with the
surrender to Lord Shriman Narayana, but continue to hold his holy
magnanimous lotus feet and continue to realize
the 'dasatvam'(Narayanaya, Na-Ma). This wonderful concept of
prapatthi is only in Dwayam and that is why Shri Maamunigal was so
fond of it and was mostly into Dwaya-Anusandanam rather than any
other Manthra-Anusandanam including Thirumanthram. Hence Saranagathi
is the onetime-first act which 'must be followed' by Prapatti, only
by which one gets the ruchi in Bhagavad Kainkaryam. if one just stops
with Saranagathi, it may be more or less compared to those who just
accept their helplessness, but only till they are helpless and once
they get their help, they walkaway as if nothing has happened.
Learned Scholars kindly bear with my mistakes and please feel free to
correct me.
Yatheendra Pravanam Vandhe RAMYA Jaamaataram Munim
Adiyen,
Ramanuja Dasan
--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, srinivasan arunapuram
<arunapuram_s@xxxx> wrote:
> Azhwar thiruvadigale charam
>
> emperumanar thiruvadigale charanam
>
> jeeyar thiruvadigale charanam
>
> appan thiruvadigale charanam
>
> In upanyasams by eminent scholars most of us would have
heard two words namely prapatti and charanagati being profusely and
frequently referred to. Adiyen has a doubt whether they are synonyms
meaning one and the same or is there any distinction between the two
words? adiyen will be grateful if this doubt is clarified.
>
> Adiyen
> srinivasa dasan
>
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