behave in the exact opposite manner and will show scant respect for thepious devotees. Instead each and everyone of them claim that they arethe master. Having made the tall claim that they are the masters, theythink that all the things in the world belong to them. While those inParamapada worship only one God i.e. Narayana as the Supreme Lord, insharp contrast those living in leela vibhooti sing the praises of anynumber of gods. In short, people in Leela vibhooti suffer from"aharnkara" and "mamakara" i.e. from the illnesses of arrogance andattachment.It is said that the behaviour of the people in leela vibhooti will be asfollows:Unlike the people in Paramapada these residents will lay claim to fameor name. They are not intelligent. Unlike those in Paramapada whose bodyhas a shining glow of purity, those living in leela vibhooti have asinful body. While those in Paramapada will be praised by the devas asgreat souls and will always have the sole objective of doing kainkaryai.e. service to God, not so much to please themselves as to please Him,those in leela vibhooti do not know what it is to render service to God.Instead, they become the slaves of Manmadha and run behind sensualpleasures. They do not realise that God is the one and only whole truth.They do not bow down before the Perumal who holds the chakra and theshanku in His hand. Instead they follow the path dictated by theirbodily pleasures. Instead of saying that their sole objective andpurpose in life is to attain God, they find various methods to getseparated from God and to go far away from God. They escape the longreach of the benign helpful hands of Bhagavan. They get lost in theevanascent pleasures of the world and go far away from the grace of theGod.The above is the description of the people residing in the leelavibhooti as given by Sri Pillai Lokacharya in his book. It is painfuland amazing that this description of the world given so long ago shouldhold good even today.Pillai Lokacharya says that God sees this sorry state of affairs ofpeople living in leela vibhooti. He does not throw up His hands andgive up hope. He does not also leave them to their fate. As He isassociated with them ever since the origin of Creation He thinks of waysand means of correcting and salvaging these erring souls which havetaken the wrong path. He, Who, is the friend, philosopher, guide andprotector of the entire creation is ever busy in trying to rescue thesepitiable souls. He makes them realise the ills of this world. He withHis abundant grace blesses these poor souls. Ever since His kataksharests on them, these poor souls start raving for salvation. They learnthe beauty of advesha (universal love). They adopt vairagya. They areblessed with gnana and viveka. They seek a good acharya and with hishelp want to be inititated into doing kainkaiya (service) to the Lord.The futility of this life with its ills, hits them in the eye. Theyrealise that life in this world is comparable to the life of a helplessfrog caught in the mouth of a snake. They understand they are like a doecaught in a forest fire running hither and thither not knowing wheresafety lies. They realise their fate is none better than that of ahelpless ant caught between the two ends of a burning stick. They are
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