[Advaita-l] A Question on prArabdha

[ramakrishnan sivakumar]

Pranaam to all,
About prarabdha of avatara, Poojaneeya Sadhu Gopala Swamikal of Poojapura
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala,who was  Brahamavdwarya as Swami was well received
by
saints like Sri Ramana  Maharshi, and Sri Vidyadhiraja Chattmbi Swamikal
with Karpooraarathi when they met each other,in one of the lectures
(published as ARUL MOZHIKAL in Malayalam) says that *prarabdha of an avthara
is derived from samashty*
Namaste.
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On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:18 PM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>wrote:

> Srigurubhyo namaH
>
> Namaste.
>
> In the 'VAsanAkshaya prakaraNam' of the 'Jivanmuktiviveka' Sri Vidyaranya
> quotes a verse from his Panchadashi:
>
> avashyambhAvi-bhogAnAm pratIkAro bhavedyadi
>
> tadaa duHkhairna lipyeran nala-rAma-yudhiShthiraa || (panchadashi 7.156)
>
> [If it were at all possible to ward off unavoidable experiences, Nala, Rama
> and YudhiShThira would never have been dragged into misery.]
>
> In the above verse along with Nala and YudhiShThira why has Rama been
> included?  With regard to the former two it could be said that their
> prArabdha was the cause of their woes.  Did Rama too have to suffer due to
> prArabdha?  Can prArabdha be admitted to an Avatara who is not admitted to
> have had an 'earlier life'? Is it proper to consider Rama as a human like
> the other two?
>
> There may be many ways of answering these and many other possible
> questions.  Members could come out with their views.
>
> With warm regards,
> subbu
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