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Mani Varadarajan • February 26, 2003 


--- In bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com, "Krishna K"  wrote:
> How does Vishishtadvaita explain sAyujya? The general conception 
is that
> it is aikya with Brahman (in some form of entering Him) and the 
very
> term is supportive of such a conception. 

This is off the cuff so I can't cite shastras
for you, but sAyujya means communion with Brahman
and absorption in Brahma-ananda-anubhava, but not
absorption to the extent of total loss of identity.
It carries a connotation of intimate union as would
be had by two lovers. I don't think there is much
support for it meaning aikya as it is derived
from sa + yuj, where the latter dhAtu indicates
a binding together.

Though it is not a principal upanishad, the term
sAyujya is found in the oft-recited Narayana Upanishad.
The ashTAkshara-mantropAsaka is therein promised sAyujya
with Adi Narayana ('nArAyaNa-sAyujyam avApnoti').

with regards,
ramanuja dasa
Mani




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