[Advaita-l] Dvaita Vaada - Vadiraja Teertha's Nyayaratnavali Slokas 231-242 Law of Karma Part 1

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

Vaadiraaja tries to show Brahman will have to experience sorrow.

यद्यैक्यं जीवपरयोस्तर्हि जीवः स्वपाप्मना ।
नरके पच्यमानः सन् यद्दुःखमनुभोक्ष्यति ॥
तस्य कर्तुश्च भोक्तुश्च प्रेरणाय सदा हृदि ।
निवसन् भगवांश्च स्यात्तेन दुःखेन दुःखवान् ॥
If the Jeeva and Brahman are One and the same when the Jeeva is
burning in hell because of his sins God residing in his heart and
making him to do acts and experience  the fruits will experience
sorrow of the Jeeva.
जीवस्यैवोचितं पापं जडस्य तु न पातकम् ।
प्रायश्चित्तं नराणां वा शराणां वा विचारय ॥
It is correct to say the sins belong to the Jeeva but not the Inert
Mind. Think who will do the Prayascitta for sins. Men or Inert things?
देहान्तःकरणादेश्च न पापाश्रयता तव ।
सुप्तौ सर्वलये पापाधारप्रसङ्गतः ॥
The body, mind and other things cannot have sin because in deep sleep
everything is dissolved and there is no Ashraya for sin. Ashraya =
basis.
तस्यापि च लये सुप्तेर्लयः स्यान्निर्निमित्तकः ।
सर्वोत्पत्तेर्निमित्तं यत्कर्मप्राहुर्विचक्षणाः ॥
प्रतिबिम्बे पक्षपाति तवाज्ञानं च पातकम् ।
तज्जं दुःखाख्यसंसारं जीव एव विशेद्ध्रुम् ॥
धर्माधर्मौ कस्य गुणाविति बालान्विचारय ।
When the mind is dissolved in deep sleep there will not be any cause
for ending that deep sleep and becoming awake. Because the wise people
say the cause for the rise of everything is Karma. The Ignorance and
sin will belong to the Reflection of Consciousness. The Samsara cycle
of births and deaths and the sorrow arising from that will belong to
the Jeeva only. Ask the children - who has the qualities Dharma and
its opposite? Even children know the soul has those qualities.
क्षणभङ्गुरधीरेषा नास्ति कालान्तरे फलम् ॥
कर्त्रीदानीन्तना बुद्धिर्भोक्त्री कालान्तरेऽपरा ।
एकः पापानि कुरुते भुङ्क्तेऽपरः किल ॥
कृतहान्यकृतप्राप्ती को वा प्राप्तो वदेद्बुधः ।
तस्मात्कर्ता च जीवोऽयं भोक्ता चाऽयं यतः स्थिरः ॥
This thought existing only one moment is not the fruit of another
thought at another time. The doer will be the Buddhi existing now but
another Buddhi will experience the result. One Buddhi will commit sins
but another Buddhi will experience the resultet. The wise man will say
- this is 'loss of the done' and 'getting the not done' Kruta Haani
Akruta Praapti. Therefore this Jeeva is the Doer and this same Jeeva
is the Experiencer because he is not changing.
किञ्च बुद्धेरेव गुणौ धर्माधर्मौ मतौ यदि ।
तर्हि कारणनाशेन तयोर्नाशो भवेद्ध्रुवम् ॥
अतो बुद्ध्यन्तरोत्पत्तिः स्वर्गादे: प्राप्तिरेव च ।
निर्निमित्ता भवेत्तस्माज्जीवस्यैव हि तौ गुणौ ॥
एवं च पापिनोऽन्यस्य यतः पापफलं भवेत् ।
अतो जीवस्यैव युक्ता नारकासुखभोक्तृता ॥
If Dharma and Adharma are Buddhi's qualities they will also surely get
destroyed when the Cause Buddhi is destroyed. There will be no Cause
for another Buddhi arising and going to Heaven and so on. Therefore
the Jeeva only has the two qualities Dharma and Adharma. Moreover the
Sinner will be one and another will have the Result of sin. Therefore
the Jeeva only must experience the sorrow of Hell.

Vaadiraaja's attack plan is this. He will first prove Jeeva is the
Karta and Bhokta for all actions. Therefore Jeeva has to experience
sorrow for committing sins because the Phala of sins is Duhkha sorrow.
But Advaitis say Jeeva is Brahman. Therefore Brahman has to experience
sorrow also. This is a Bad theory because Brahman cannot experience
any sorrow. In Dvaita Jeeva is separate from Brahman. If Jeeva is
experiencing sorrow Brahman is not affected.

-- 
Regards

-Venkatesh