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Shri Vyasa Bhajana Mandali (SVBM), California, USA has formed a forum to discuss various
Tatvavada topics. To start with, the members have selected MUST KNOW-HIGHLY DEBATED
topic of Jiva Kartrutva & Datta Svatantrya. As part of this study the members will be walking
through material that is available on this topic, will be arranging Lectures from revered
Scholars, etc.
Please visit this page for regular updates from time to time.
Few members of SVBM were having an informal discussion - A Fact Finding Quest - on the
most sought after subject of Jiva Kartrutva. On those lines they arranged lectures of Shri Hari
Narayana Vittala Dasa & were also referring to Vyakhyana of specific padyas of Shri
Harikathamrutasara by Shri Sankarshana Wodeya Swamiji.
That said, most of the members still had many unanswered questions which required an
exercise that would enable them to dig deeper into the subject thereby attaining some level of
clarity. With that in mind, the Jiva Kartrutva (JK) forum was initiated.
The intent to create this forum was formally announced on 23rd March, 2008, the auspicious
day when SVBM celebrated the Aradhana mahOtsava of great yatis (such as Shri Dheerendra
Teertha Swamiji, Shri Satyabodha Teertha Swamiji, Shri Vyasa Teertha Swamiji, Shri Vadiraja
Teertha Swamiji, Shri Sudheendra Teertha, Shri Govinda Wodeya Swamiji, Shri Uddanda
Ramachandra Teertha Swamiji, Shri Ramachandra Teertha Swamiji, Shri Vijayanidhi Teertha
Swamiji). .
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Note:
Shri Harikathamrutasara lectures by Shri Suvidyendra Teertha Swamiji are available
onMadhvaRadio.org. Please login and click on "Discourse on Sri
HarikathamrutasAra By HH Sri 1008 Sri Suvidyendra Tirtha Swamiji " to listen to
next set of lectures on Sarva Svatantrya Sandhi in particular and other Sandhi's in
general.
For the benefit of listeners and for their easy access, we are providing links of lectures
from Madhva Radio here. SVBM is greatly indebted to Madhva Radio team
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3 Lecture 3
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Note:
For the benefit of listeners and for their easy access, we are providing links of lectures
from Madhva Radio here. SVBM is greatly indebted to Madhva Radio team
2 Lecture 2
3 Lecture 3
There are only 2 tatvas in the universe : svatantra & asvatantra (svatantram asvatantram
cha dvividham tatvamiShyatE - tatva sankhyAna)
Shri Hari alone is svatantra tatva and all others including His consort Maha Lakshmi
belong to asvatantra tatva (svatantrO bhagavAn viShNu: - tatva sankhyAna)
Asvatantra tatva's
None of the above attributes apply to Maha Lakshmi, Jiva or Jada. Hence they are not
Self-dependent (svatantra) karta's
Kriya is an activity and Kriya Shakti is ability to do an activity. An object where Kriya is
found is termed Kartru
Jada has Kriya but it does not have Kriya Shakti. Hence Jada is also referred
as Kartru(Parama amukya kartRu - This kriya is not worthy of mentioning).
A jIva has Jnana, Ichcha and Kriya shakti inherently from anadi. jIva svarUpa/jIva
svabhAva/svarUpa Deha all refer to jIva. Since jIva has Kriya shakti, Jiva is also
referred as Kartru
Jnana, Ichcha and Kriya Shakti of Jiva are totally dependent on Shri Hari. Hence Jiva's
Kartrutva is considered as Paradhina Kartrutva
datta svAtantrya, svagata svAtantrya & sarva svAtantrya are guNa’s of Shri Hari similar
to infinite guNa-rUpa of His with which He enters into jIva during sRuShti kAla to carry
out sAdhana on behalf of jIva.
datta svAtantrya guNa (As per Shri Harikathamrutasara vyAkhyAna of Shri SankarShana
Wodeya Swamiji & tatvasuvvali vyAkhyAna of Shri Davanagere Bheema Rayaru):
Shri Hari from His infinite datta svAtantrya guNas picked up 400 guNas.
Following table shows the count of datta svAtantrya guNas with which Shri Hari
entered into Maha Lakshmi & Jivas.
No. of
S.No. In Whom
Gunas
1. Kept to Himself 132.75
2. Lakshmi 67.25
3. Brahma 52
4. Vayu 48
5. Rudra 20
6. Indra/Kama 15
7. Tatvabhimani Devata's 10
8. Satvika Jiva's 10
9. Rajo & Tamo Jivas 45
Total 400
Note:
Count of 400 & its distribution (please read it as Shri Hari's pravesha) is just a numeric
number to explain the concept
Since Shri Hari entered Brahma with 52 guNas, it does not mean that Shri Hari requires
4 extra guNa's compared to what He requires for vAyu to perform activity in Brahma. As
already explained, Shri’s single guNa is capable of performing all the kAryas in this
universe. The count only shows the yOgyata of the jIva and in no way demean the
capabilities of Shri Hari. The numerology also explains the yOgyata of Jiva's.
Few intersting points to be noted from above table:
o Ruju's after Vayu (198 in total starting from lAtavya to Ruju Devata 1 who are
already in sAdhana stage), garuDa, shESha and all the
garuDa/shESha yogyata jIvas who are already in sAdhana
stage (few tatvavAda thinkers say there will be 100 such garuDa/shESha
yogyata jIvas and few others claim the count to be 80) except Rudra since Rudra
is already covered in the above list, indra/kAma yogyata jIvas who are already
in sAdhana stage (count of 20 for indra & kAma excluding indra & kAma since
they are covered in the above table) are not mentioned in the above list. So
does that mean they can perform activities independent of Shri Hari's
datta/svagata/sarva svAtantrya Rupas? Absolutely NO. The numbers
above are just 'sAnkEtika'. Shri Hari during sRuShti enters each jIva that has
come into existence with His svAtantrya Rupas to activate the Jnana, Ichcha,
Kriya Shakti of Jiva. Without Him, jIva on its own cannot do anything.
o vAyu pada jIva occupies Brahma pada in next Brahma kalpa. As such there is
no yOgyata difference between Brahma pada jIva & vAyu pada jIva. But the
above table shows a difference of 4 guNas. Once again this difference is to
show biMba darshana tArataMya. vAyu pada jIva's Jnana, Bhakti & other guNas
are exactly similar to that of Brahma pada jIva but there is tArataMya in biMba
darshana. Brahma will have little more clarity than vAyu ("j~jAna
bhaktyAdyakhiLa guNa chaturAnananoLippaMte mukhya prANanali chiMtipudu,
yatkiMchit koreteyAgi" - Shri Jagannatha Dasaru - AparOxa tArataMya Sandhi -
Padya 37 - Shri Harikathamrutasara ). To show this difference due to 1 extra
kalpa sAdhana of Brahma, Brahma has 4 extra guNas than vAyu.
o As per Shri Suvidyendra Teertha Swamiji's lecture, the above count can also be
considered as sannidhAna of Shri Hari in all the asvatantra's. Shri Hari's
sannidhana is more in Lakshmi, followed by Brahma, vAyu, etc.
guNa (As
svagata svAtantrya per Shri Harikathamrutasara vyAkhyAna of Shri
SankarShana Wodeya Swamiji & tatvasuvvali vyAkhyAna of Shri Davanagere Bheema
Rayaru):
Shri Hari from His 132.75 datta svAtantrya guNas picked up 1 guNa (this guNa is
called svagata), divided it into 4 parts, then further dividied these 4 guNas into 10
parts each taking the total count to 40.
"svataMtrOpi hari: sRuShtau svasvAtaMtryaM anEkadhA - vibhajyAdAnnaRupa iva sarva
kAryEShu lIlayA" - viShNu rahasya
"svasvAtantryaM chaturthAMshaM dashadhA vyabhajaddhari: - pAdOnapaMchakaM
prANE sapAdaM braHmaNE dadau" - viShNu rahasya
Following table shows the count of svagata svAtantrya guNas with which Shri
Hari entered into Maha Lakshmi & Jiva
No. of
S.No. In Whom
Gunas
1. Kept to Himself 13.275
2. Lakshmi 6.725
3. Brahma 5.25
4. Vayu 4.75
5. Rudra 2
6. Indra/Kama 1.5
7. Tatvabhimani Devata's 1
8. Satvika Jiva's 1
9. Rajo & Tamo Jivas 4.5
Total 40
Note:
o The details provided under 'Note"' of datta svAtantrya section also applies here
sarva svAtantrya guNa (As per Shri Harikathamrutasara vyAkhyAna of Shri SankarShana
Wodeya Swamiji):
Shri Hari from His 131.75 datta svAtantrya guNas (1 guNa is termed svagata as
explained in above section) picked up 1 guNa (this guNa is called sarva).
Shri Hari makes this 1 guNa into 2 (1/2 & 1/2 ).
He picks up 1 part of 2 (1/2) and divides this guNa into 2 (1/4 & 1/4 )
He picks up 1 part of 2 (1/4) guNa and divides it into 4 (1/16, 1/16, 1/16, 1/16 )
He picks part 1 of 4 (1/16) and divides that into 100. This hundred is distributed
among Brahma & Vayu
He picks part 2 of 4 (1/16) and divides that into 100. This hundred is distributed
among Rudra, Indra-Kama, tatvAbhimAni's, Satvika Jivas, Rajo & Tamo Jivas
Now Shri Hari divides the remaining guNas (shown in red - 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/16 + 1/16)
and makes them as a unit of 2.
Shri Hari keeps 2/3rd with Self and 1/3rd with Lakshmi
Following table shows the count of svagata svAtantrya guNas with which Shri
Hari entered into Maha Lakshmi & Jiva
No. of
S.No. In Whom
Gunas
1. Kept to Himself
2. Lakshmi
3. Brahma 52
4. Vayu 48
5. Rudra 20
6. Indra/Kama 15
7. Tatvabhimani Devata's 10
8. Satvika Jiva's 10
9. Rajo & Tamo Jivas 45
Note:
o The details provided under 'Note"' of datta svAtantrya section also applies
here
The 1st session was a great success as there was an enthusiastic crowd (with around 12 in
person and 4 on the phone). We were blessed to have Anand Krishnan's uncle on site who has
been a staunch follower of Shrimad Acharyaru & has read cover-to-cover all books of Shri BNK
Sharma.
As per the plan, Prasanna Krishna went over 2 padyas from Tatvasuvvali through
the Vyakhyana of Shri Davanagere Bheema RaoJi:
As instructed by You, tatvAbhimAni dEvatas are doing the activities through me without my
involvement. This being the case, you entangle me with karma phala
It comes from the udder and since this has an action associated with it, you could say
ajaDa is kartRu. But we all know it's absurd since it alone cannot do anything (Shri
Acharya calls it parama amukhya kartRu)
If you take it to next level, one would say it's not the udder but it's the cow providing the
milk. This makes worldly sense but not true in tatvavAda (Shri Acharya calls it amukhya
kartRu)
Finally, he says that Shri Hari presiding within the cow is doing the job and only HE
holds complete control and He alone is REAL kartRu
Note: SVBM is greatly indebted to Shri Bannaje Govindacharya & creators of that audio
recording.
We will be talking about DS (Datta Svatantra), SWS (Swagatha Svatantra) & SAS (Sarvatantra
Svatantra).
The 2nd session on the evening of 5th April, 2008 was well attended again by around 15
participants in total. Prasanna started with a recap of what was discussed in the
previous session (shloka 240 from tatvasuvAli) and then continued with the details of Svagata
Svatantrya & Sarva Svatantrya. The Vyakhyana for Padya 240 was completely read out. He
also noted that Shri Sankarshana Wodeya Swamiji's Vyakhyana on Shri Harikathamrutasara
and Shri Davanagere Bheema Raoji's Vyakhyana on Tatvasuvvali recognsize Shri Hari's
Svatantrya Rupa's - Datta, Svagata, Sarva - as separate and co-existent in Jiva during Srushti
whereas Shri Suvidyendra Teertha Swamiji's lecture (Please refer Madhva Radio links above)
claim only one Rupa instead of 3.
The same night (Night of 5th April, 2008), Shri Sanjeeva Murthy Dasaru - an authority on Shri
Harikathamrutasara, Dasa Sahitya, Shrimad Bhagavata among others - delivered a lecture on
Jiva Kartrutva from India over phone. It was in fact a question/answer session which was very
well attended by interested participants. We are greatly indebted to Shri Sanjeeva Murthy
Dasaru who took time to get on phone, gave a patience listening to our questions and
answered them to the satisfaction of participants. Towards the end of pravachana, Shri
Dasaru whole-heartedly blessed the participants and prayed Lord Shri Hari & His Dasas to help
participants understand the Jiva Kartrutva and related topics.
Please click here to listen to the lecture of Shri Sanjeeva Murthy Dasaru
During the evening session, few questions were asked. Prasanna Krishna answered them to
the best of his ability and suggested that the answers be validated from correct sources.
Question 1 (From Srikanth): When will Shri Hari in the form of datta, svagata, sarva svatantrya
rupa's enter Jiva? Is it when Jiva is brought from asRujya to sRujya or during SruShti.
Clarifications to be sought from learned members/scholars. Further questions like what about
Shri Hari Rupa's in Linga Deha?
Question 2 (From Srikanth): During SruShti, is the Jiva necessarily brought from asRujya to
sRujya?
Answer (From Prasanna): Not really. A Jiva having more than 1 Kalpa Sadhana will come to
SruShti those many times. Start of Brahma's first year is termed SruShti and completion of
Brahma's life span is termed Laya. Some say Laya starts around Brahma's 75th year and
some say Laya starts after Brahma's 100 years. Keeping that aside, during Laya, all the Jiva's
(Muktas, those in asRujya, those who are yet to complete their Sadhana, etc) enter
Shri Narayana's Udara. During SruShti, Shri Narayana will
get those who already were out from asRujya (already bound by Linga Deha) in
previous Brahma Kalpas for their further Sadhana and
get a bunch of Jiva's who are yet to start their Sadhana (from asRujya to sRujya through
Linga Deha upachaya)
Question 3 (From Balu): Term Laya cannot be used for Shri Hari. The point came up when
Prasanna at one point while explaining about Laya mentioned 'Laya' instead of 'aikya' for Shri
Narayana's Rupas.
Answer (From Prasanna): Prasanna argued that it can be mentioned but later during self
analysis felt it probably should not be used. The correct sentence could be 'Shri Hari's Ananta
Rupa's get merged into Moola Rupa during Laya'. Need to get clarifications from learned
members/scholars.
Question 4 (From Mohan): Does Shri Hari enter into Jiva with His 3 forms only when a Jiva
gets Human birth?
Answer (From Prasanna): No. Shri Hari's Rupa enter a Jiva during SruShti since Shri Hari in
those 3 forms (and many other forms too) is doing Sadhana on behalf of Jiva (mAdhavane
mannAma dharisi mADuve sAdhanava - Shri Jayesha Vittala Dasaru). Sadhana is not just
restricted to Human being. Sadhana is a way of buring karma and this happens during any
birth. Also any activity found in any species is because of Shri Hari's different forms.
Answer (From Prasanna): Kartrutva does not just refer to kriya shakti. It is the combination of
Jnana, Ichcha & Kriya Shakti.
Question 6 (General) What is the difference between Kriya & Kriya Shakti?
Question 7 (Harish): The phrase 'yadA snAti tadA snAti' is from which grantha?
Question 8: It is said that a Jiva in Mukti can take any form (though Jiva belongs to a specific
Species)? Is it because of Shri Hari.
During the session, while discussing about the role of Jiva in SruShti, Prasanna referred to a
padya from 'bimbAparOkSha' or 'bimba-pratibimba" sandhi from Shri Harikathamrutasara:
"mukta biMbanu turiya, jIvanmukta biMbanu vishva, shruti (bhava) saMsakta biMbanu
taijasanu, asRujyarige prAj~na ...... " - Padya 1
jAgara (awaken state)
svapna (dream state)
suShupti (deep sleep state - bliss)
turiya (bliss with knowledge - samAdhi - which can be attained through sAdhana)
The above 4 applies to Sthula Deha. From svarUpa Deha pespective too, there are 4 states.
This is what Shri Jagannatha Dasaru explains in the above padya:
We will continue with details of DS (Datta Svatantra), SWS (Swagatha Svatantra) & SAS
(Sarvatantra Svatantra) from Shri Sankarshana Wodeya Swamiji's Vyakhyana of Shri
Harikathamrutasara for Datta & Svagata Svatantrya Sandhi's.
During the 3rd Session, Prasanna continued with discussing further on 3 svAtantrya's of
Shri Hari as laid out in the vyAkhyAna of Shri Sankarshana Wodeya Swamiji. Shri
Sankarshana Wodeya Swamiji while discussing about Padya 5 of svagata svAtantrya Sandhi
provides many important aspects of datta-svagata-sarva svAtantrya's. The details are as
follows:
o During this step, with datta svAtantrya rUpa if svagata svAtantrya guNa (which is
present in datta svAtantrya guNa in lesser ratio) of Shri Hari gets clubbled then
Kriya's result will be positive.
o If svagata svAtantrya guNa does not get clubbed then though the Kriya was
100% as per rule book, the result will be negative.
o If svagata svAtantrya guNa gets clubbed but not completely (50-50) then the
result will be between positive & negative (neither 100% negative nor 100%
positive).
o During this step, if sarva svAtantrya guNa (which is present in datta svAtantrya
guNa in lesser ratio) gets clubbed with datta svAtantrya & svagata svAtantrya
then sucess of Kriya gets attributed to dEvata ArAdhana.
o Also during this step, if satva guNa is prAchurya then there will be dhairya, if
rajO guNa is prAchurya then there will be dhairya-adhairya, if tamO guNa is
prAchurya then there will be adhairya
o During pure apakva dasha, "dukha-adhairya-negative results" will be very
pre-dominant
o If a graph is plotted for jIva with X-Axis as "Time" and "Y-Axis" as percentage
of "dukha-ajnAna-Negative Results-adhairya" (-100% to +100% where
+100% isAnanda-jnAna-Positive Results-dhairya) in accordance with Shri
Hari's varying intensity of His datta-svagata-sarva svAtantrya's over time based
on jIva svabhAva-anAdi karma-Linga upAdana (Project Plan), we tend to see
that gradually jIva gets purified of all impurities (anAdi karma, Linga sharIra, etc)
and jIva keeps moving closer to Shri Hari.
Starting this session, Shri Keshava Rao Tadipatri, a well known scholar in US and a great
contributor on dvaita list will be covering kartrutva-adhikaraNa from Brahma Sutra of Shri Veda
Vyasa quoting from Acharya Madhwa's Bhashya and other commentaries of Tatvavada
stalwarts like Shri Teekacharya, Shri Vadiraja Teertha, Shri Chandrikacharya, Shri
Raghoottama Teertha, Shri Raghavendra Teertha. This will be telephonic and the conference
call details are given hereunder:
During the 4th Session, Shri Keshava Rao Tadipatri started off with kartRutvAdhikaranaM of
Shri Brahmasutra quoting from Acharya Madhwa's Bhashya and tIka & tippaNi of Shri
Acharya's followers. This was the first part of kartRutvAdhikaranaM and would continue for
next few weeks. Please visit this page for more updates. This session and the following few on
this subject will be through conference facility. This session was well attended by interested
participants. For the benefit of sAdhakas, the session is uploaded here.
Please click here to read the Q & A session - Shri Venkatesh Mutalik of East Coast, USA
has kindly accepted our request to document Q & A session at the end of each session. The
above link provides the first Q & A session that followed Part 1 lecture of kartRutvAdhikaraNaM.
During the 5th Session - 2nd class of kartRutvAdhikaraNaM, Shri Keshava Rao Tadipatri
covered the 1st sutra of kartRutvAdhikaranaM quoting from Shri Raghoottama Teertha & Shri
Raghavendra Teertha's works. With this, the first sutra is completed. The session was kind of
interactive towards the end where Shri Keshava Rao Tadipatri gave a chance to participants to
ask questions. He provided convincing answers to the questions of participants..
During the 6th Session - 3rd class of kartRutvAdhikaraNaM, Shri Keshava Rao Tadipatri
covered sutra's 2, 3 & 4 of kartRutvAdhikaranaM quoting from Teekas, Tippanis of Maha
Jnanis. The session was kind of interactive towards the end where Shri Keshava Rao Tadipatri
gave a chance to participants to ask questions. He provided convincing answers to the
questions of participants..
During the 8th Session - 5th class of kartRutvAdhikaraNaM, Shri Keshava Rao Tadipatri
covered sutra's 6 through 9 of kartRutvAdhikaranaM quoting from Teekas, Tippanis of Shri
Trivikrama Pandita, Shri Teekacharya, Shri Vadiraja Teertha & Shri Raghavendra Teertha. The
session was kind of interactive towards the end where Shri Keshava Rao Tadipatri gave a
chance to participants to ask questions. He provided convincing answers to the questions of
participants. Prasanna Krishna requested Shri Keshava Rao to cover other topics related to
Jiva KartRutva Vichara like Datta Svatantrya & others. Shri Keshava Rao gladly agreed to that
and mentioned that he would dedicate next class to last sutra of KartRutvAdhikaraNaM & Datta
Svatantrya and the class after that to Q & A. He said he would pose questions that are
commonly heard of to himself and answer them.
During the 9th Session - 6th class of kartRutvAdhikaraNaM, Shri Keshava Rao Tadipatri
covered gist of first 9 sutras before starting sutra 10. As usual Shri Keshava Rao did justice by
covering sutra 10 with supporting vyAkhynas from stalwarts in the lineage of Acharya Shri
Madhwa. The session was interactive towards the end where Shri Keshava Rao Tadipatri gave
a chance to participants to ask questions. Major part of Q & A was dedicated to the padya from
Shri Harikathamrutasara - Shri BimbaparokSha Sandhi - Padya "mukta biMbanu turiya
jIvanmukta biMbanu vishva......". Shri Keshava Rao gladly agreed to take the discussion
further to the next class. He also agreed to cover Datta Svatantrya topic among others.
During the 10th Session - 7th class of kartRutvAdhikaraNaM, Shri Keshava Rao Tadipatri
provided some details of what was covered in 10 sutras + continued the discussion from the
previous class picking up the padya from Shri Harikathamrutasara - Shri Bimbaparoksha
Sandhi - Padya "mukta biMbanu turiya jIvanmukta biMbanu vishva.......". Further he covered
few details of Datta Svatantrya. Followed by this, there was an elaborate Q & A session. Shri
Keshava Rao as usual provided convincing answers to all the questions posed by participants.
He further gave liberty to the participants to send questions to him through mail and that he
would gladly provide answers.
With this class, we came to a logical conclusion of kartRutvAdhikaraNaM. All the participants
whole-heartedly thanked Shri Keshava Rao for his time. It is note-worthy that Shri Keshava
Rao conducted these classes very late in the night (EST) for him to accommodate SVBM
members who are in PST time frame. This contribution of his and more importantly the detailed
coverage of the entire topic is highly commendable and SVBM members are highly indebted to
him in particular and to Smt. Meera TadipatriJi and his children too.
We look forward to having more such discourses from Shri Keshava Rao and many other
scholars in future.
During the 11th Session - 1st class after the information filled kartRutvAdhikaraNaM classes of
Shri Keshava Rao Tadipatri, SVBM members revisited some portions of lectures of
kartRutvAdhikaraNaM to understand the concepts in better depth. They also read out
kartRutvAdhikaraNaM sutras from the book on Shri Brahmasutra by Shri Santebidanur
Bheemasenacharya, a renowed tatvavada scholar. Having heard and discussed the sutras
again, the members came up with a set of questions seeking answers from Shri Keshava Rao.
Shri Keshava Rao kindly agreed to answer the questions in another session scheduled for 12th
July, 2008. The questions sent out to Shri Keshava Rao are as follows:
1. Is paradhina kartrutva only a theoritical aspect? What is its use in real life?
2. Is Paradhina Kartrutva same as NO Kartrutva?
3. A person who is vyAtopAsaka need not follow the vidhi/nishEdha? They are not bound to
follow the rules as prescribed by shAstrAs? Is this statement correct?
4. So the actual nishEdha is 'thinking that I (jIva) am the doer (as having PK also)'?
5. Vidhi & nishEdha is only a binding tool to initiate the jIva in the sAtvika path during the initial
stages of sAdhana. (Example: a learner of swimming ties a tube around him but once he learns
swimming tube is not required). Once a sAdhaka procures correct knowledge and starts
practising it, it does not have much value since the jIva will attribute everything to shrI hari?
6. Prasanna's father gave the example of shrI Wayi Krishnacharyaru who did not even do
darshana of Lord ShrinivAsa being at Tirumala hills for 4 days? So, didn't this become a
nishEdha in the loukika sense?
7. Sutra # 38, bhAshya is saying 'alpa'.. why say 'alpa' instead of 'na-shakti'
8. AnAdi karma is based on what & does it get accumulated till jIva gets to sRujyAvasta? Does
it also mean that Jiva has infinite karma (anantha)? Or is there some # of units of karma that
has been attached to jIva? What is the shAstra vakya to prove or dis-prove this?
9. If we assume PK for jIva, what next? Just follow vidhi/nishEdha or something else?
10. Does vidhi/nishEdha enable sAdhane or is it a hindrance?
11. Shastradhara for only 1 indriya of svarUpa being active at one point (Quoted by Shri
Keshava Rao during one of his lectures)
12. Shastradhara for single indriya but multiple indriya shaktis in svarupa (Quoted by Shri
Keshava Rao during one of his lectures)
13. Shastradhara for vyApara of svarUpa manas during asRujyAvasta (Quoted by Shri Keshava
Rao during one of his lectures)
14. Shastradhara for 'mutka biMbanu jIva....' padya to indicate that what it means is not what it
is