<< pUrva pItikA \u2013 Part 3<\/a><\/p>\n The word \u2018nAra:\u2019 generally indicates the natural authority to worship the Supreme Godhead as they wish to have it.\u00a0bhagavAn is the One who is worshipped without any fear even by those who possess condemnable qualities, actions and births, merely due to having the greatest quality of developing taste in devotion. Once such people start worshipping bhagavAn thus, they shall be freed from all sins and distastes and shall\u00a0be transformed into the most righteous ones, just as the sins are washed away by the flooding waters of gangA by taking a holy dip.<\/p>\n In SrI bhagavath-gIthA<\/a>, bhagavAn \u2013 while talking about the qualities \u2013 says thus: \u201cI am equal to all the beings, and I have no love or hatred towards anyone\u201d. In connection with actions, He says \u201ceven if the one practicing very bad things in life sings my glories with unwavering mind, he should be considered as a pious man\u201d. About the births, bhagavAn also says, \u201cOh pArtha! All sinful people born of various births such as the females,\u00a0vaiSyas and Sudhras also take refuge in me and attain the highest abode\u201d.<\/p>\n The people who follow ill deeds\u00a0are not liked by bhagavAn,\u00a0The statements from the scriptures such as \u201cthe ones without perseverance, peace, and composition of mind, and the ones who practice ill deeds are never dear\u00a0to the Lord\u201d. Even the\u00a0brahma sUthras have concluded that people of all\u00a0ASramas (brahmacharya, grihastha, vanaprastha and sanyAsa) as well as the ones without ASramas (such as widowers, and the like) are equally eligible for the knowledge about the brahman, and also indicate that all such people should have their mind under control with both internal and external restraint.<\/p>\n There is no restriction for anyone in chanting the names of the Lord who is the natural friend and relative of one and all, who is also just like a mother who is most affectionate towards her child, under any circumstances. This freedom of chanting the Lord\u2019s names\u00a0can be seen among a multitude of prime\u00a0personalities such as\u00a0gajEndhra \u2013 the elephant,\u00a0jatAyu \u2013 the eagle, vAyasa \u2013 the crow, vibhIshaNa \u2013 the sibling of the king of demons, the common populace of kOsala (subjects in the kingdom of SrI rAma), gOpikAs \u2013 the cowherd womenfolk, mAlAkAra \u2013 the florist at mathurA, and others.<\/p>\n The \u2018apaSUdhrAdhikaraNa\u2019 chapter of brahma sUthras denies the eligibility for knowledge about the Supreme Self from the vEdhas and upanishadhs to the athraivarNikas\u00a0(Sudhras \u2013 not belonging to the three varNas namely brAhmana, kshathriya and vaiSya)\u00a0due to non-prescription of their practicing the various purifying acts such as service unto the preceptor, and others, which in turn are the limbs to the knowledge about the various oblations. So the natural eligibility to take refuge of bhagavAn (to gain the same result as that of learning the vEdhas) has been with these people \u2013 the athraivarNikas. Thus, they also have the utmost eligibility for attaining the Supreme by the various paths such as listening to His glories, thinking about Him and the like, which are celebrated by the upanishadhs as the highways for gaining the knowledge about Him and finally attaining Him. Such people (the ones ineligible for study of vEdhas) would have desired for various fruits in the past due to the adulteration of their sAthvik qualities by rajas and thamas at some point in time, due to which they would be born in various births such as females, Sudhras, various birds and animals.\u00a0Examples of such people A quote from the mahAbhAratha may be remembered: \u201cOh king of kings! dharma always purifies a person who listens about it, sees it, talks about it, practices it and approves of it\u201d.<\/p>\n The bhagavath-dharma\u00a0(duties performed to attain the Supreme Godhead) has the power to penetrate into the minds of its beneficiary, approver as well as its practitioner.<\/p>\n Some statements from various scriptures quote thus:<\/p>\n Statements such as these, along with the various anecdotes, are verily the proofs that such practitioners of the\u00a0bhagavath-dharma such as chanting His divine names shall gain all due respects in the society and also attain the supreme abode at the end. Since these are well established\u00a0facts, there is no contradiction in these facts to what the scriptures have to say either.<\/p>\n The usage of the word \u2018sadhA\u2019 indicates non-restriction in terms of time. Similarly, it also tells us about the non-dependency on the place of chanting, physical and mental purity while chanting, etc. Thus, a person need not see the various time units such as ayana (half year), ruthu (season), mAsa (month), paksha (dark\/bright fortnight), nakshathra (star of the day),\u00a0muhUrtha (the time in a day) etc.<\/p>\n To this effect, we should see the various statements made by the sages, as given below:<\/p>\n Thus that which was attained in\u00a0krutha yuga by severe penance, that which was attained in\u00a0thrEtha yuga by extensive oblations and sacrificial rites, that which was attained during the\u00a0dhvApara yuga by detailed worship, shall be attained by a seeker during this kali yugam just by singing the glorious names of kESava.<\/p>\n (to be continued\u2026)<\/p>\n adiyen srinivasa raja ramanuja dasan<\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:\u00a0 Full Series << pUrva pItikA \u2013 Part 3 The authority of all\u00a0varNas for worship of the Lord : The word \u2018nAra:\u2019 generally indicates the natural authority to worship the Supreme Godhead as they wish to have it.\u00a0bhagavAn is the One who is worshipped without any … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","category-sahasranamam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/vishnu-holding-chakram.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThe authority of all\u00a0varNas for worship of the Lord :<\/h4>\n
\nare vidhura, dharma vyAdha. Such people would be disgusted about the origin of their births that they have acquired due to their own actions (karma).\u00a0\u00a0This is shown by SrI Saunaka as well, thus: \u201cEven though people like dharma vyAdha are born into lower births due to their past karmas, yet they attain the Supreme abode due to their instincts of worshipping the Lord \u2013 just as sabari attained mOksham\u201d.<\/p>\n\n
\nApart from these, the ithihAsa and\u00a0 purANas also permit even the lowliest dog-eaters to sing the glories of the Lord.<\/li>\nNon-restriction in terms of time and place for meditation, worship, etc<\/h4>\n
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\n\u201cEven if such a dharma is followed in miniscule, it protects the practitioner from great fears\u201d.<\/li>\n
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