[Advaita-l] Fwd: Could anyone explain what is 3, 3, 9 in this Telugu short video?

[Raghav K]

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From: Raghav K <mangoleaves01 at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Mar 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Could anyone explain what is 3, 3, 9 in this
Telugu short video?
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Cc: Advaitin <advaitin at googlegroups.com>, V Subrahmanian <
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Namaste Subbu ji,

the three things Annamacharya is talking about are tattva, hita and
purushartha, each of which are again threefold in Vedanta.

The three tattvas are as told in bhokta, bhogyam, preritAram cha matvA,
sarvam proktam trividham brahmam etat

jivuni swarupamu (bhokta) - the nature of jiva
devuni vaibhavamu (preritAram) - the glory of Lord Venkateshwara
prakruti sampada (bhogyam) - the vast expanse of God's creation

bhavinchi = by meditating on these three
erugute  and knowing these three

and then hitam - is of three kinds -

tanalOni vi*jnAna*mu tappakunda talabosi = jnAna yoga
*pan*itOda nanduvalla bhakti nilipi  - karma yoga (pani = work),
manikigA vairAgyamu maruvakundutaye - bhakti/vairagya possessing vairAgya /
karma-phala-tyAga

by doing one's acts filled with knowledge, eventually one will attain to
the state of bhakti - remembering Shankaracharya's preface to his gita
bhAshyam: moksha is obtained through jnana-nishta which is obtained through
the purification of mind that is a result of practicing varnasrama karmas
with bhagavad arpana buddhi.
mere practice of varnasrama karmas will lead the practitioner to the region
of the devas - devAdi sthAna prApti hetur api, however, *isvara-arpaNa
buddhyA *anushtiyamAnah sattva suddhaye bhavati, phala-abhisandhi-varjitah.
He says when you practice them with ishwara-arpana buddhi, first
purification of mind happens.
Then shuddha sattvasya cha jnAna nishtA yogyatA prApti dvAreNa - once a
pure mind is obtained, one becomes eligible for jnAna nishta
jnAna prApti hetutvena cha nisreyasa hetutvam api pratipadyate - then one
can gain jnAna nishta and through that moksha.

purushArtham

acharya vishwasam = placing faith in acharya is the first goal for an
aspirant - as told in tad viddhi pranipAtena, pari-prashnena sevayA,/ tad
vijnAnArtham sa gurum eva abhigachhet, etc.
jAdala saranAgati sAdhanamuto = by surrendering to the acharya and to the
Lord as told in mumukshur vai sharanam aham prapadye/ mAm ekam sharanam
vraja
kudi sri-venkatesu golichi dAsudavute = worshipping Lord Venkateswara and
becoming His eternal servant.

this is the meaning of 3X3 = 9. This is the BrahmAnanda vedanta rahasyamu -
the confidential knowledge for attaining Brahmananda told in the Vedanta.

Kind regards,
Raghav

On Sat, Mar 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
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