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(Given below is an extract from a post written by Sri N Krishnamachari on nyAsa vimsati - my sincere thanks to Sri Krishnamachari for this liberty taken to share) svAmi deSikan concludes the stotra with a gist of how he was led to prapatti, and how he lives his life as a prapanna after performing prapatti. This concluding Slokam is included as part of the nitya-anushandhAnam at the end of the nyAsa daSakam which is recited during the nitya bhagavad-ArAdhanam.)
samSArAvarta vega praSamana Subha-dr*k deSika prekshito'ham samtyakto'nyairupAyair-anucita cariteshvadya SAntAbhisabshih | niS-Sankhah tatvat-dr*shtyA niravadhika dayam prArthya samrakshakam tvAm nysya tat-pAda padme varada nija-bharam nir-bharo nir-bhayo'smi || "I chose a good AcArya who could instruct me on how to get out of the whirl of samsAra, and had his divya kaTAksha.
Because of the AcArya's teachings, I obtained the knowledge that could help me analyze and understand the difficulty of bhakti yoga and the realization that prapatti is the only recourse open to me, which I could perform easily, and attain the desired moksham by performing it once and only once.
I learnt the facts about prapatti and so had no doubt whatsoever about its efficacy.
I sought refuge of peraruLALan with pirATTi as the sole refuge who could protect me.
I surrendered all responsibility for my protection at the feet of peraruLALan and performed prapatti at His feet.
Since I am now living the life of a prapanna, I feel completely relieved of all responsibility for my self from that point.
Since all my acts from that point on have been directed to only kaimkaryam for bhagavAn, there is nothing more to fear about any accumulation of karma.
So I continue to lead a life of nishkAmya kaimkaryam to bhagavAn while spending the rest of my life in this world, and deriving infinite happiness from it".
when one has read these timeless words, the first thought that occurs - to *me*, that is - is, how elegant and so doable is this..?! - as opposed to the extremely arduous and discouraging regimen of the other offered paths to salvation..??!!
this thought is immediately followed by this concern - is there some catch here? how can this be so *easy* as an alternative to those others that seem well-neigh impossible as well as possibly not doable even in one entire life..??
then comes the thought - will it be some kind of cheating gambit to get into all those wonderful heavens and even the eternal blissful abode - srivaikuntam.. - a clever bypass?
that raises the question - even if it is so, and i do get in there - will *I* be in the same state of purity as all those others arriving there through their long, hard, soul-cleansing, onerous journeys - and thus *qualify* - have the same sense of righteous belonging as them there? or would i be an camouflaged interloper, with a secret kept from the gods too...??!!
if this is not to be - as it looks so unlikely that the gods, and their guards at the entrances, would be so gullible - what *is* that secret-potion, the wonder-drug, the magic process, that would purify me as much as the others - all so easily, so painlessly, and so quickly - when i simply (that sounds, looks too suspiciously like abdication too??!!) surrender at the lotus feet of the almighty, represented by my acharyan/guru's...??
where the hell - or should i say, heavens?! - *IS* the CATCH...???!!!
for your sunday muse... :)
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