Sri Madhwavijaya Fifteenth Sarga (140)
ಶ್ರೀ ಮಧ್ವವಿಜಯ – 15ನೇ ಸರ್ಗ
(140).
Nanu
saukhyAdimAn nEshO duhkhAdirahitatwataha|
YO
naivam syAt sa naivam syAdyathA samsrutimAniti||16||
ನನು ಸೌಖ್ಯಾದಿಮಾನ್ ನೇಶೋ ದುಃಖಾದಿರಹಿತತ್ವತಃ|
ಯೋ ನೈವಂ ಸ್ಯಾತ್ ಸ ನೈವಂ ಸ್ಯಾದ್ಯಥಾ
ಸಂಸೃತಿಮಾನಿತಿ||16||
ननु सौख्यादिमान् नॆशॊ दुःखादिरहितत्वतः।
यॊ नैवं स्यात् स नैवं स्याद्यथा
सम्सृतिमानिति॥16॥
SUMMARY: The Almighty does not possess the (traits of)
happiness and since he does not possess (traits of) unhappiness either; (it’s because)
one who adores happiness necessarily suffers from unhappiness too, like a
worldly man or earthly being, is it not?
This stanzes drives home the fact that all the beings
sense and perceive happiness and with it comes the unhappiness; comfort and
discomfort are two sides of the same coin. It is a universal truth. But, these
traits or experiences of joy and sorrow, desire, disappointment, distress and
dejection cannot be attributed to Lord Vishnu. He is stoic, sublime and sober or
qui mange et boit peu or abstemious.
In the word “SaukhyAdimAn” the word “Aadi” is intrinsic
and it refers to action or deed. Similarly, in the word “DuhkhAdi” the last
part is “Aadi” which means “Arati” the antonym of enjoyment. “aadi” means “others
or ettecettera” as explained in Bhava Prakashika.
YEvam
chEdwimatO jnAnee na bhrAntirahitatwataha|
Ya
yEvam nO sa yEvam nO bhaveevEtyanumeeyatE||17||
ಏವಂ ಚೇದ್ವಿಮತೋ ಜ್ಞಾನೀ ನ ಭ್ರಾಂತಿರಹಿತತ್ವತಃ|
ಯ ಏವಂ ನೋ ಸ ಏವಂ ನೋ ಭವೀವೇತ್ಯನುಮೀಯತೇ||17||
ऎवं चॆद्विमतॊ ज्ञानी न भ्रान्तिरहितत्वतः।
य ऎवं नॊ स ऎवं नॊ भवीवॆत्यनुमीयतॆ॥17॥
SUMMARY: By saying so (as above), Lord Vishnu is neither
Omniscient, nor, by thinking that he is not bereft of excitement or illusion,
he is without the Supreme Knowledge. Reminiscent of a family-bound person, a
person not without knowledge (a knowledgeable person) cannot be a person without
emotion, excitement and illusion, we must say, logically.
There is a School of Vaisheshika thought or philosophy
that “arguably considers God as being without knowledge, emotions, excitement
and illusion” which has been ‘logically’ rejected in this stanza. A worldly
life dwells on knowledge and delves into knowledge but it also incites and
represents ‘illusion’ or emotional excitement. If “infinite knowledge and
characteristics’ are attributed to Lord Vishnu, it should be invariably construed
that he too adores illusion and excitement. The difference between the
characteristics of ‘other beings’ and that of the Lord is that such knowledge
or excitement leave least impact on the persona of the Lord. Like the petals of
Lotus do not get wet by the drops of dues or moisture, Lord Vishnu is ‘untouched
and unaffected’ by the earthly knowledge, lack of knowledge, illusion or lack
of it. Another prominent and significant reality is that Lord Vishnu is the Supreme
God and except him, all others, including other deities such as Indra, Rudra,
Varuna and so on, experience the senses, react, reciprocate and reflect them.
SarvajnasyAjnatAm
vEdaha shradhDhEyO niruNadhDhichEt|
TasyaivAmandamAnandam
vadannAshrAvyasau katham||18||
ಸರ್ವಜ್ಞಸ್ಯಾಜ್ಞತಾಂ ವೇದಃ ಶ್ರದ್ಧೇಯೋ
ನಿರುಣದ್ಧಿಚೇತ್|
ತಸ್ಯೈವಾಮಂದಮಾನಂದಂ ವದನ್ನಾಶ್ರಾವ್ಯಸೌ ಕಥಮ್||18||
सर्वज्ञस्याज्ञतां वॆदः श्रद्धॆयॊ
निरुणद्धिचॆत्।
तस्यैवामन्दमानन्दं वदन्नाश्राव्यसौ कथम्॥18॥
Duhkham
parijiheerShan yaha sukham nOreechikeerShati|
Sa
hantApatitam duhkhameeshasya vyasmarajjaDaha||19||
SUMMARY: The Vedas that are held as The Proof, do not espouse
the entitlement to lack of knowledge and if that were to be acceded, why hasn’t
the same Veda that propounds and promulgates ‘absolute and complete bliss’ of the
Lord fallen on your ears?
It is clearly mentioned in the Vedas: “Yaha Sarvajnaha
sarvavidyasya jnAnamayam Tapaha”. There are several such attributes in the
Vedas to say that the Lord is an embodiment of infinite knowledge, bliss,
characteristics and so on. If these are acceptable, ‘lack of knowledge’ or ‘absence
of knowledge’ cannot be ‘attributed’ to the Lord.
If Supreme Knowledge is attributable and acceptable to
describe the Lord, then Divine Bliss, mirth, joy and happiness are equally
attributable to the Lord.
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