[Advaita-l] A query on Jnani's punya and papa distribution

H S Chandramouli hschandramouli at gmail.com
Wed Jan 24 05:17:02 EST 2018


> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 1:38 PM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote
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> << Can there be a scenario where no one blames a Jnani (such a
> possibility being a result of the Jnani's prarabdha)? Then what would
> happen to the sins of the Jnani? >>,
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>   An interesting question. For an answer perhaps we can take resort to BSB
> 4-1-13
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>  << न हि वयं कर्मणः फलदायिनीं शक्तिमवजानीमहे ; विद्यत एव सा ; सा तु
> विद्यादिना कारणान्तरेण प्रतिबध्यत इति वदामः ; शक्तिसद्भावमात्रे च शास्त्रं
> व्याप्रियते, न प्रतिबन्धाप्रतिबन्धयोरपि ।>>
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>  << na hi vayaM karmaNaH phaladAyinIM shaktimavajAnImahe ; vidyata eva sA
> ; sA tu vidyAdinA kAraNAntareNa pratibadhyata iti vadAmaH ;
> shaktisadbhAvamAtre cha shAstraM vyApriyate, na
> pratibandhApratibandhayorapi | >>
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>  Translation by Swami Gambhirananda   << For we do not mean to deny the
> power of works to produce their results. That remains just as it is. But we
> assert that this power is arrested* by* other factors like knowledge
> etc.The scripture is committed to the existence of the power of work, but
> not to the existence or nonexistence of opposing factors >>.
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>   We can hazard a guess based on this. The sins of the Jnani may not be
> transferred to any during his lifetime. But they would get transferred to
> ones who blame him at a later point of time, after his passing away. They
> are held in abeyance till then.
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>  Regards
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