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

[V Subrahmanian]

Thanks Raghav ji and Kalyan ji for the link and clarification.

The path shown / explained is reminiscent of Vishishtadvaita, to which
doctrine Annamayya subscribed. That's what I think. One striking feature in
that system is that jnAna leads to Bhakti which is the closest means to
liberation.

warm regards
subbu

On Sat, Mar 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM Raghav K <mangoleaves01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
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