उपकार- सङ्ग्रह (Goodwill of Perumal towards Jeevatmas) Part 3

 

 Continued From: https://thoughtsonsanathanadharma.blogspot.com/2021/06/goodwill-of-perumal-towards-jeevatmas.html

 

அந்தமிலாப் பேரின்பம் means neverending bliss. This phrase refers to the limitless mokshanandam. The Anandavalli Upanishad describes human bliss. How is human bliss measured? Human bliss is measured when a person is youthful, intelligent, has mental and physical strength, is healthy and is wealthy, so wealthy that the entire world comes under his rule. The Upanishad describes the measure of Gandharva and Deva bliss as multiples of the human bliss. It goes on to describe the different levels of bliss. Finally, when describing the Brahmanandam, the Upanishad concludes by saying that Brahmanandam is limitless, it is neverending. Other levels of bliss are limited and the experience ends, but Brahmanandam is limitless and is neverending. Brahmanandam/Mokshanandam is  அந்தமிலாப் பேரின்பம்.

அந்தமிலாப் பேரின்பம் அருந்த ஏற்கும் அடியோமை Who can enjoy this Supreme Bliss? Do we have the qualification to experience this limitless bliss? Sri Swami Desikan says that we do have the qualification to experience mokshanandam. The jeevatma tatva is represented by the Koustuba gem adorning Perumal’s chest. Each jeevan is eligible to take this place. Like a child who is eligible to enjoy the property of a father, each jeevatma is eligible to experience the Supreme Bliss at Parama Patham. What is preventing us from enjoying this Supreme Bliss? It is our karma.

அந்தமிலாப் பேரின்பம் அருந்த ஏற்கும் அடியோமை அறிவுடனே என்றும் காத்து Perumal protects us by making sure we are always with our dharma bhuta gnanam.  Here, அறிவு refers to dharma bhuta gnanam. The jeevatma is gnana swaroopam; this is dharmi gnanam. To perceive things other than the self (dharmi), dharma bhuta gnanam is required. Perumal ensures that we are always with the dharma bhuta gnanam. The dharma bhuta gnanam is different from the dharmi gnanam; it is a quality (gunam) which has the jeevatma as its base. A quality always has an item or entity as its base. For example, when we say “red lotus”, the “red colour” is a quality. It cannot exist by itself. It can only exist along with an item or entity it qualifies. For example, “red lotus”, “red shirt”, “red car” and so on. Likewise, when we describe sweetness as a taste, sweetness by itself does not exist. It only exists as the characteristics of an item like honey, sugar, mango, jaggery and so on. Similarly, dharma bhuta gnanam is a characteristic of the jeevatma and cannot exist by itself. The  dharma bhuta gnanam is a tool that is used by the jeevatma to perceive items other than the self. Both jeevatma and paramatma have dharma bhuta gnanam. Like the eternal jeevatma and paramatma, the dharma bhuta gnanam too is eternal. It is nithyam.

 

Continued On: https://thoughtsonsanathanadharma.blogspot.com/2021/11/goodwill-of-perumal-towards-jeevatmas.html