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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

The Divya Dampathi Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan and
Mahalakshmi are the means and goal. Their Supreme Daya
on us is always to be cherished by us. Swami Desikan
enlists the upakaarams that the Divya Dampathi have
done to us?.-in his upakaara sangraham. 

1. Controlling the essential nature, characteristic
and actions of all the objects in the Universe,
[objects include Sentient ? Jeevathmas as well) and
non-sentient (achethanas)] and making the jeeva to be
eligible to attain Salvation which is the eternal
bliss

2. The Supreme Goal to a Jeeva is the attainment of
moksha which is the eternal bliss. The means of
attainment of Moksha is either bhakti yoga [continuous
meditation on the Lord Sriman Narayana] or Saranagati
[Performance of Saranagati at His Lotus Feet] . To
perform bhakti yogam, jnAnam (knowledge) and
qualifications are required.   So, the Lord has given
the necessary knowledge to the Jeeva to resort to
either of the above two means. 

This knowledge is an attribute to the Jeeva and this
is called Dharmabhootha jnAnam. The Lord has made this
Dharmabhootha jnAna as an eternal attribute to the
jeevathma to enable him to attain moksha. This is an
important act of help [upakaaram] of the Lord. There
are two types of knowledge [jnana] associated with the
Jeevathma. The first is Dharmi jnAna which is the
knowledge of the self. It means the Jiva himself. The
attribute is called Dharma jnAna. It is like the lamp
and the luster. So, the comparison is: Lamp is Dharmi;
luster is dharma. To cognize an object, a knowledge is
required and that is dharma bhootha jnAna. 

3. From time immemorial, [with no beginning], the
Jeevathma is immersed in Samsaara afflicted by Avidhya
[avidhya means the past deeds in the form of karma ?
sins and good deeds. On account of these sins, he goes
to the hell and undergoes punishment for the sins. On
account of the good deeds [puNya] he goes to the
heaven and at the time of deluge he will be just like
an inanimate object without knowledge. The Lord shows
His mercy towards these jeevathmas subjected to the
above suffering to have a fresh lease of life and give
him another chance. 

4. Jeevathma who is immersed in the stream of sins
that have been committed by him earlier, pushes away
any person who wants to save him from getting further
suffering or immersed. The Lord who is equally
disposed towards everyone grants fruits to the
jeevathma according to PuNya and paapa.  If there is
any good deed done by the Jeevathma even
inadvertently, the Lord grants fruit to the good deed
without making it to go waste.

Other upakaarams ? we will enjoy tomorrow
AsmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm
Regards
Namo Narayana
dasan

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