Dear Sriman Krishnaswamy :
The VedAs are our PramANams .
The VedAs use four " terms" for Sin :
1. Papa , 2. amhas , 3. yEnas and 4. agha .
There are a lot of Veda Mantrams describing these classes of
Sins , the SamsAric bondage that results , the soulful cry for
the Lord's intervention by the Jeevan caught up in the net of
Sins . The awakened Jeevan understands fully that these
Sanchitha , PrArabdha and Aagmi sins will not be destroyed
until the Lord comes to our rescue ( directly or thru AchArya Mukham) .
Prapatthi has the Veda PramANam as a way to gain BhagavAn's
anugraham thru Aathma SamarpaNam along the way Swamy Desikan
showed us in NyAsa Dasakam .
Rightful conductance in the Post-Prapatthi Period and PrAyascchitthams ,
staying away from BhAgavathApachArams etc are evolutes to stay away
from the cruel & debilitating effects of the four kinds of Paapams .
The subject is big and hence I will stop here .
Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
V.Sadagopan
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From: "mk krishnaswamy" <mkrishnaswamy@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 9:19 AM
Subject: [Oppiliappan] Sahasranamam commentary- nAmA 992
Dear Devotees,
I have long been puzzled by the purport of the Charama Slokam where
the Lord assures us:
aham tvA sarva pApebhyo mokshaishyaami mA shuca.
Shriman Krishnamachari's commentary on the nAmA 992 - pApanASanaH has
clarified to me what is meant by the word pApam. The translation of
this word into SIN, which is a foreign concept in the English
language, tends to be misunderstood by many as: -- after committing
sins (intentionally or otherwise), you can have an easy out. This is
what was believed in people's minds when they sought dispensations in
the middle ages from their religious leaders.
Reading the commentary of nAmA 992 along with a reference to the
Charama slokam further confirms that pApam is any thought/action that
hinders us in our progress on the spiritual path and from which
therefore, we have to protect ourselves. A famous slokam in
Kathopanishad refers to these difficulties in very stark
terms: "kshurasya dhArA nishitA duratyaya, durgam pathastat kavayo
vadanti".
The Lord encourages us to believe with faith in him that He
will 'surely' help us in our travel on this difficult spiritual path
if we remember and seek Him earnestly.
Dasan
Krishnaswamy m k
992. pApa-nASanaH - The Destroyer of sins.
Om pApa-nASanAya namaH.
pApam nASayati iti pApa-nASanaH. It is very interesting to look at
the derivation of the word pApa - it is derived from the root pA -
rakshaNe - to protect. The addition of the affix paH leads to the
word pApaH - that from which one should protect oneself is pApa, or
sin. SrI vAsishTha gives the derivation for the word pApa as "pAti
asmAt AtmAnam iti pApaH - That from which one should protect oneself
is pApaH or sin.
.... .......... Krishnamachari
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