sarvadharmAn parityajya ...
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• August 12, 1997
Sri Srikanth Hemmige asks: >Why is there an apparent contradiction between "karmaNye vadhikArasthe....." >and "sarvadharmAn parithyajya..." ? Actually they both relate to the same ideal. Our Jeeyar of Sri Rangam tells us in his commentary on yethirAja sapthathi that sarvaDharmAn parithyajya mAm Ekam sharaNam vraja ... actually does not mean relinquishing everything and surrendering to the Lord, but by actually performing your duties righteously and dutifully so that one can attain the feet of the Lord. It is the duty of every one to perform their karmAs in this birth of ours, and by not performing them dutifully, one actually ends up inciting bhagavath apachAram. During a conference of NAMA in New Jersey a few months back, shrI vEnkatAchAri of University of Toronto very eloquently explained this in detail, where he goes to say that parityajya actually is a combination of pari + tyAgam, and means that one sacrifices attachments to the fruits of one's actions in performing his duties. The Lord actually implies here that "Do not look at the fruit of your actions in performing your deeds, for if you perform them with true uncorrupted zeal and righteousness, you will attain the greates of rewards - that of becoming one with me..." adiyEn rAja Krishnasamy raja@cyberdude.com
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