SrI UpakAra Sangraham -- III (11)

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SrI UpakAra Sangraham - III (11)

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niryANa adikAram

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Section - 9: The Favours the Lord does to a MumukShu after he leaves his body

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[9.2 Favours being done after crossing the river, VirajA]

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In the previous sub-section, Swami Desikan showed how the Lord derives great

happiness in the mukta-jiva enjoying the bliss in equal measure as He does. In

that way, SwAmi Desikan confirmed that this sAyujya mukti is not oneness by

saying that the Lord is happy that the mukta-jIva is also happy which means both

have not become one as some vedantins have built their theory of advaita. Now,

in this sub-section, Swami Desikan deals with it in another angle:

(viii)

“kOlatthirumA-makaLodu unnaik koodAthE

cAlap pala nAL adiyEn innam thaLarvEnO?â€

enRu iruntha ivanaip piNai kodukkilum pOkavottAthE iruntha

niratishaya-Ananda-anubhava-pareevAham nityamAmpadi nadatthumathuvum--

 

-- ellA munivum theernthu, ciRaikkoodatthil ninRum puRppadaviTTa

rAjakumAranukku sthiramAna yowvarAjyam kodukkumAp pOlE irukkiRa –

pradhAna-upakAra-vargam.

The quote which is from a verse from Thiruvaimozhi, is selected by Swami

Desikan to emphasize that even the mukta-jIva had not aspired for oneness with

Brahman but desired to be with the Lord in the company of His Consort, SrI:

“j~nAlatthoodE nadanthum ninRum kidantirunthum

cAlappala nAL ukanthORum uyirkaL kAppAnE

kOlatthirumAmakaLOdu unnaik koodAthE

cAlappala nAL adiyEn innam thaLarvEnO?†(ThiruvAimozhi, 6-9-3)

(You walked on this earth, showed Your postures of standing, reclining and

sitting in order to protect the beings who cannot survive without seeing you

even for a second. Now, I am in the same position having an unquenched desire to

see you along with LakShmee. I am becoming weaker and unable to sustain myself

without seeing You. How long am I to wait like this?)

Similarly was this mukta-jIva once longing for witnessing the Lord along with

His Consort. Now that he has attained Him, can He allow him to leave Him? As the

jIva’s longing for Him multiplied several times, the love for him also

similarly grew in the mind of the Lord. In fact, the Lord’s love for this jIva

is more than that of jIva and hence, He cannot remain without him. In order to

show the Lord’s anxiety, Swami Desikan describes the situation in which the

Lord is placed:

“ivanaip piNai kodukkilum pOkavottAthE iruntha

niratiSaya-Ananda-anubhava-pareevAham nityamAmpadi nadatthumathuvum†–

The Lord does not allow him to leave him even if the mukta gives all assurances

that he will return to Him. He will not allow him to leave even if he places his

Mother, SrI LakShmee as a security. This is the message being conveyed by this

expression. Why does He do so?

“niratiSaya-Ananda-anubhava-pareevAham nityamAmpadi nadatthumathuvum†–

The bliss which the mukta-jIva has started enjoying has no parallel nor

superior similar to the Lord Who is “oppAr mikkArai ilaiyAya mAmAyan†–

the wonderful Lord who has neither an equal nor a superior. The Lord does the

favour which is the final favour after the mukta-jIva attains Him, by making

this unparalleled Bliss a permanent one. It is flowing like a flood and has no

end. The Bliss enjoyed by the mukta will remain for all the time to come. As

Time has no control in the nitya vibhooti, it is static there. There is no

question of next moment or even a second, not to talk of tomorrow. It is

present, present and present alone. Mukta has forgotten his past too and there

is no worry about future. Nityam, nityam and nityam alone. In that situation,

where is the question of his leaving? Even if he wants, the Lord will not allow

it. That is the message of the very final Brahma Sootra:

“anAvruttih SabdAt anAvruttih SabdAt //†(4-4-22)

(There is no return, there is no return, because so say the scriptures.)

Here, Scriptures means the will of the Lord as it is He Who propagated the

vEdas. So, where is the question of Himself violating this code? Even if His

Consort who is the most dear to Him recommends, He will not yield.

SrI PeriyAzhvAr says:

“thannadiyAr thiRatthakatthuth thAmaraiyALAkilum cithakuraikkumEl

ennadiyAr athuceyyAr ceythArEl nanRu ceythAr enbarpOlum

mannudaiya vibeedaNaRkA mathiLilangaith thisai nOki malarkkaN vaiththa

ennudaiya thiruvarangaR-kanRiyum maRRoruvarkku ALAvarE?†(PeriyAzhvAr

thirumozhi, 4-9-2)

(Even if SrI Who resides in Lotus, complaints against His devotee, He will tell

her, “My devotees will not commit any mistake, even if they do it, it will be

for good only.â€)

Hence, there is no question of His allowing the mukta to leave Him. And, of

course, the mukta will also not think of leaving Him, as he has already joined,

in the Paramapada, the eternal devotees who are witnessing the Lord continuously

without even a wink, as stated in this Vedic passage that is recited in our

temples daily:

“tadvishNO paramam padam sadA paSyanti soorayah diveeva cakShurAtatam /

tadviprAsO vipanyavO jAgruvAm sassamindhatE ,

vishNOryat paramam padam //†(Rg vEda, 1.22.20)

(With their broad eyes, the nitya sooris are witnessing for ever that highest

abode of ViShNu; they are the sages uttering vEdic mantras, ever awake, keeping

the highest abode of ViShnu bright.)

SwAmi Desikan ends this sub-section:

“ellA munivum theernthu, ciRaikkoodatthil ninRum puRppadaviTTa

rAjakumAranukku sthiramAna yowvarAjyam kodukkumAp pOlE irukkiRa –

pradhAna-upakAra-vargam.â€

Thus has been the series of excellent favours conferred by the Lord on the

mukta, just as an Emperor grants the status of Crown-Prince to his son who has

left the prison house, with all the sufferings having gone. The prince will have

this position of Crown Prince stable.

Similarly the mukta-jIva also enjoys this unique position for ever to come,

after he left the miserable samsAra once for all, and attained the Lord’s

feet.

 

 

(To continue)

dAsan

Anbil S.SrInivAsan

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