[Advaita-l] Jivanmukti and Dream unreality - Srimadbhagavatam

V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Sun Mar 8 05:32:47 EDT 2020


On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 2:46 PM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Its interesting to observe that जीवन्मुक्ति is implicitly accepted by
> atleast some Madhva acharyas who are saying that जीवन्मुक्तोऽपि
> यावत् प्रारब्धकर्मनाशः तावत् स्वदेहं बिभृयात्
>

In some 'ubaabhoga-s' of Purandara Dasa this term appears, as for example:
https://madhwafestivals.com/category/ashada-maasa/ugabhoga/

Avina kombina tudiyalli sasive nintidda kalave
Ninna nenedava jivanmuktanallave
Sarvakaladalli oralutta naralutta harihari endava
Jivanmukta embudakke Enu ascaryavayya purandaravithala||

regards
subbu



>
> Om
>
> On Sun, 8 Mar, 2020, 12:06 AM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > In the 5th Canto, beginning, there is a dialogue between Priyavrata and
> > Brahmaa. In the course of the dialogue, the words of the Lord are
> > recounted:
> > मुक्तोऽपि तावद्बिभृयात्स्वदेहमारब्धमश्नन्नभिमानशून्यः
> > यथानुभूतं प्रतियातनिद्रः किं त्वन्यदेहाय गुणान्न वृङ्क्ते १६
> >
> > Even if one is liberated, he nevertheless accepts the body he has
> received
> > according to his past karma. Without misconceptions, however, he regards
> > his enjoyment and suffering due to that karma the way an awakened person
> > regards a dream he had while sleeping. He thus remains steadfast and
> never
> > works to achieve another material body under the influence of the three
> > modes of material nature.
> >
> > The ideas of Jivanmukti, Prarabdha karma bhoga by him and the
> simultaneous
> > idea of his not identifying with it, on the analogy of a man who has
> woken
> > up from a dream not identifying with the dream person/s and events.
> >
> > Sri Vijayadhvaja Tirtha, of the Madhva following, says: जीवन्मुक्तोऽपि
> > यावत् प्रारब्धकर्मनाशः तावत् स्वदेहं बिभृयात् |  [Even the Jivanmukta
> will
> > bear his body till the exhaustion of the prarabdha karma.]
> >
> > warm regards
> > subbu
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