[Advaita-l] Sanyasin and his duties toward his ancestors

[Bhaskar YR]

But it is also mentioned that due to one's renunciation, the seven previous generations are blessed when one takes up sanyasa.
I am confused by this apparent contradiction.

praNAms
Hare Krishna

Mere Ashrama sveekAra does not guarantee this.  The jnAni's (who has taken sannyasa to pursue jnana mArga) previous generations are blessed.  Though one can say this has come as an artha vAda to eulogize the importance of paramArtha jnana, in the presence of paramArtha jnAni, his blessings, his teaching one would get that divinity.  That is the reason why renunciation has been given such as importance in shruti, na karmaNa na prajayaa dhanena tyAgenaike amrutatvamAnashuH.  When one attains this amrutatva he is said to be sthitaprajna and these sthitaprajna transcend any longing for offspring, longing for wealth and longing for the worlds and just they live on alms, says shruti.

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar