[Advaita-l] Can a jnAni engage himself in a prohibited act??

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Br. Pranipata <pranipata at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Hari Om Shri Bhaskarji, Pranaams!
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> On a side note, if you decide it is prakrti(prArabdha karma) which makes a
> jnAni act, none of the names mentioned by you from scriptures can suppose to
> have prArabdha karma because it is their first srShThi(Adya janma na
> punarjanma) or they are avatArs.  Only bhagavAn know past/present/future
> birth and the karmaphalas of all beings. Are you bhagavAn?
>

Although Bhaskar ji did not specify Veda Vyasa who fathered PAndu,
DhritarAshtra and Vidura, in the list, here is an observation on your above
message:

In the Brahmasutra Bhashya it is said:

Yavadadhikaramavasthitiradhikarikanam III.3.32 (391)

[Of those who have a mission to fulfil (there is corporeal) existence, so
long as
the mission is not fulfilled.]

apAntaratamo nAma muniH kali-dvApara-sandhau vyAsatvena sambabhUva - a sage
named 'apAntaratamas' incarnated in the confluence of Kali and dvApara
yuga-s with the name / position of 'vyAsa'.

Shankaracharya says Vyasa / apaantaratamas was a 'samyagdarshi' in this
bhashyam.

Accordingly, the birth as Veda VyAsa in the Mahabharata context is not 'Adya
janma'; the earlier janma being as the muni named 'apAntaratamas'.  And it
is decided that these get this position only owing to  their karma/merits.

Regards,
subbu