[sv-poetry] Sri Vilakkoli Perumal, Thoopul/ThirutthaNkA dhivya Desam: Nithya AarAdhana Kaimkaryam for VilakkoLi PerumAL and Swamy Desikan , Part 44: Fourtieth SlOkam
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• June 20, 2002
SrI: Dear BhakthAs: Today , adiyEn will cover the Fourtieth slOkam of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan describes the arrival of the Muktha Jeevan at SrI Vaikuntam and the start of the ParipoorNa Kaimkaryam to the Lord by the muktha jeevan (VimukthA:): ThvacchEsha vrutthi anuguNai: mahithai guNa Oghai: aavirbhavathi ayutha-siddha nija SvarUpE ThvallakshaNEshu niyathEshvapi bhOgamAthrE Saamyam bhajanthi Paramam BhavathA VimukthA: SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 40 Meaning: ******** Oh ViLakkoLi PerumALE ! Those who performed Prapatthi to You free themselves from the chains of SamsAram and arrive at Your Supreme abode after their travel by ArchirAdhi maargam . Once they arrive at Your Parama padham , the Satthva GuNams hidden before in them due to their links to KarmAs come to the forefront. Those sathva GuNAs now help qualify the Jeevan to perform nithya kaimkaryam for You. The Muktha jeevan recognizes that its aathma svaroopam ; it comprehends it as part of You (SarIram for BhagavAn, the SarIri); it understands that it is inseperable from You . Upanishads state that these MukthAthmas attain a state of equality (Saamyam ) with You. We can ask how that would be possible? The answer is : The MukthAthmAs do not ever acquire attributes that are unique to You such as the creation and protection of the Universe and its beings as well as the power to grant Moksham. Those are the activities that are in the sole control of Yours ! Otherwise, The liberated jeevans enjoy Jn~Anam and Aanandham in the same measure as You . Just as You enjoy Your SarIram (ChEthnams and achEthanams) , these MukthAthmAs enjoy You. Your Jn~Anam as well as that of the MukthAthmAs are equally in the blossomed state. They ( MukthAthmAs) get to see the aanandham that You derive in engaging in the creation and the protection of the Universe and its beings and share that aanandham even if they do not have the power to engage in such Jagath-vyApArams that are uniquely Yours. The key words are in the third and the fourth Paadham of this slOkam: " Thvath LakshaNE niyathEshu api BHOGAMAATHRE SAAMYAM BHAJANTHI PARAMAM BHAVATHAA VIMUKTHAA:" This is an important concept to understand regarding the limits of the enjoyment and power of Muktha Jeevan in comparison with its Lord. Additional Comments (V.S): ************************** In the previous slOkam , the travel of the Muktha Jeevan via the ArchirAdhi Maargam was described . Here ,the ParipoorNa BrahmAnandham enjoyed by the Jeevan blessed with Saayujya Moksham is described. Jeevan's life before and after Prapatthi ****************************************** Jeevan is "the child of the Lord ". Jeevan before Prapatthi had no awareness of its true nature (Svaroopam ) and that of the svaroopam of the Lord. The Jeevan put emphasis on the transient pleasures of lOka sukham and lost its way in the forest of samsAram. Then, due to some good deed (PuNyam), meeting a SadAchAryan ,this jeevan is blessed to gain Jn~Anam about Tatthva Thrayam and arTa Panchakam and performs Prapatthi to You .It spends its remaining alloted days on earth in the ideal way prescribed by SaasthrAs for Post-Prapatthi stage of one's life . When it( Prapanna Jeevan) casts the mortal coils and exits the body via the 101st naadi with the help of the Lord , it hastens to His supreme abode by the ArchirAdhi maargam . On the way,the Muktha Jeevan accepts the upachArams of the servants of the Lord and arrives at the banks of the river VirajA , which forms the boundary between prakruthi ManDalam and SrI Vaikuntam . There the Sookshm a SarIram that accompanied the Muktha Jeevan is left behind now (freed of karma sambhandham) and the Jeevan is resplendent in its own savroopam like the cleaned-up gem and enjoys full blossoming of its Jn~Anam. Muktha Jeevan's arrival in SrI Vaikuntam ****************************************** After crossing the dhivya nadhi of VirajA , the Jeevan enters SrI Vaikuntam and is awe struck by the aprAkrutha desam of SrI Vaikuntam and its beauty as described by AchArya RaamAnujA in His Sri Vaikunta Gadhyam. It now arrives in front of the ThirumAmaNi MaNtapam ( the gem studded hall), where the Lord is seated with His Devis on His divine couch of AdhIsEshan . These aanandha anubhavams blessed by the Lord are described in SaakaDAyana , JayAkhya SamhithAs and Swamy NammAzhwar's Sri sookthis as well as by the various Upanishads( vide: Swamy Desikan's Parama Padha sOpAnam). Jeevan in front of the Lord and start of Nithya kaimkaryam *********************************************************** The Muktha Jeevanis is embraced by the Lord, who is happy to see His regained property and the Lord unites the Jeevan with the Nithyasoori and Muktha Jeeva ghOshti . SrI Vaikunta NaaTan helps the newly arrived Muktha Jeevan experience its svAbhAvika (innate) blissful and JnA~nandha Svaroopam , which was hideen from it until then due to karma sambhandham. Additional UpakArams of the Lord ********************************** The Muktha Jeevan now engages fully in the insatiable Bhagavath anubhavam and Bhagavath Kaimkaryam . This is also an UpakAram of the Lord to the Muktha Jeevan. The nithya sooris treat the Muktha jeevan as their equal and also relate to it as their superior to show respect. This is another upakAram of the Lord, who is the Master of both the Nithya Sooris and the Muktha Jeevans. The paripporNa Bhagavath anubhavam (BrahmAnandham)has its beginning (aadhi) for the Muktha Jeevan here at SrI Vaikuntam and thereafter has no end (antham ) and hence it becomes Nithya , ParIpoorNa anubhavam. The Muktha Jeevan is filled with Jn~Anam and Aanandham and in gratitude for this matchless upakAram of the Lord becomes immediately engaged in the uninterrupted kaimkaryam to the Lord.Our Lord accepts those Kaimkaryams with joy. Our Lord (Sarva Seshi)feels fulfilled through the enjoyment of the glories acquired by His sEshan through these kaimkaryams to Him. Our Lord is immesely pleased and does not want to be separated ever from His dear property and will not let the Muktha Jeevan return to karma BhUmi. This is also Lord's UpakAram to the Jeevan that is liberated through Prapatthi anushtAnam (Vide: Swamy Desikan's UpakAra Sangraham). The Fourtieth SlOkam and Brahma Soothrams ****************************************** Swamy Desikan focuses in this slOkam on the glorious transformation in the Muktha Jeevan as described in the section IV of the Fourth Chapter of Brahma Soothrams (4.4) and distills the essence of AchArya RaamAnujA's SrI BhAshyam. The 4.4 section of Brahma SoothrAs is fairly short with just 22 Soothrams. The Manifestation in to its true Form ************************************** The first soothram ( sampadhyAvibhavi: svEna SabdhAth:4.4.1 ) states that the Muktha Jeevan becomes manifest(aavirbhavathi) in its own true nature (nija Svaroopam) after attaining the Supreme Light (SrI VaikuntanAthan, the ParamJyOthi). ChAndhOgya Upanishad pasaage (8.12.3) is the PramANam for this truth ( SvEna RoopENa abhinishpadhyatE ): The Muktha jeevan becomes manifest in its own nature and is endowed with an essential and true svaroopam with the eight features: (1) Devoid of Sin (2) Freedom from old age (3) Freedom from death(4) Freedom from sorrow (5) freedom from hunger (6) Freedom from thirst (7) Sathyakaamathvam ( endowed with the desires that are True and (8) Sathya Sankalpathvam ( unfailing will ) . Before reaching the Param JyOthi, the jeevan because of samsAric bonds had contractions in its Jn~Anam and aanandham , which are attributes of its true svaroopam. Now , those attributes are fully blossomed. The Enjoyment of the Lord ************************** The Muktha Jeevan now enjoys the Supreme Lord without seperation from Him (avibhAgEna DhrushtathvAth: 4.4.4). In its fully blossomed state , the liberated Jeevan becomes endowed with the likeness , company and the sameness of nature as Brahman as stated by Sruthis and smruthis (GitA 14.2): " Idham Jn~Anam upAsritya Mama sAdharmyam aagatha: sargespi nOpajAyantE praLayaE na Vyathanticha " (meaning): Those who have gained this knowledge (Jn~Anam), attain a NATURE , WHICH IS THE SAME AS THAT OF MINE. Threafter, they are nither born again at the time of creation , nor do they get hurt at the time of PraLayam. The word "Saamyamm "(likeness) is used in Sruthi and "Saadharmyam"(sameness of nature ) in the Smruthi by GeethAchAryan . The Jeevan is PrAkAra ( the inseperable attribute of Brahman and the Brahman is PrAkAri (the Substratum for the Jeevan).After reaching the Muktha (liberated ) state, the Jeevan attains a state of purity equal to that of Brahman and enjoys the Brahman along with its qualities.Brahman and the Muktha Jeevan have Saamyam (likeness ) but not Parama Saamyam ( perfect, complete , identical likeness). There are some qualities that distinguish them. The Final adhikaraNam of Brahma Soothram (Jagad-vyApAra adhikaraNam) ) identifies the differences between the Muktha Jeevan and Brahman (Soothram 4.4.17-21): 1)Jagadh vyApAra-varjam prakaraNAth asannihithathvAth--4.4.17 ( The Muktha Jeevan has all the powers that are possessed by the Lord except the cosmic activities such as creation , protection of the worls . This is understood from the fact that ParamAthmA is referred to in the Sruthis in the context of Cosmic activities and because of the lack of reference pf MukthAs in this context by the very same sruthis). The creation and control of the world is exclusively under the control of the Lord and has no connection to the Muktha Jeevan, which enjoys witnessing these activities of the Lord of whom it is a part. 2) BhOgamAtra-saamya LingAsccha --4.4.21 ( There are indications (lakshaNam, linga )of equality of enjoyment only(BhOga-mAthraa) and not any indication extending to Jagadh VyApAram .The ParamAthmA alone rules and controls the world.Therefore the power (enjoyment) of the Muktha Jeevan is associated with all the powers of the Lord EXCEPT the activity relating to the world ). This is what Swamy Desikan states in the second paadham of this slOkam saluting ViLakkoLi PerumAL: VimukthA: (the liberated ones) Thvath-lakshaNE niyathEshu api ( even if they indicate Your signs ) they attain likeness to You only in the enjoyment of BhOgams ( BhavathA BhOgamAthrE paramam saamyam bhajanthi) and not in Jagadh VyApAram. Swamy Desikan's genius in condensing in one slOkam the deep thoughts of many Brahma Soothrams is abundantly evident here. NamO NamO SrI VedAntha DesikAya , SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan (P.S): Dear BhakthAs: We have now reached the 11.8 Lak Rupees stage of the NithyArAdhana Kaimkaryam (Target is 20 Laks of Rupees as Core Fund) at ThUppul VedAntha Desikan Sannidhi and the daily AarAdhanam for Swamy Desikan's home PerumAL and PirAtti , Sri Maragathavalli SamEtha Sri DhIpa PrakAsan. We have thus approximately 8.2 laks of Rupees to complete the kaimkaryam . Please Join in this important Kaimkaryam. 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