[Advaita-l] About Moksha or Enlightenment

[Venkata sriram P]

For the BG 9.32 :

मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः।
स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम्।।9.32।।

महामहेश्वर अभिनवगुप्त पादः while commenting on the BG 9.32 says:

"पापयोनयः" पशुपक्षिसरीसृपादयः ie., animals, birds and reptiles etc.

"तेऽपि मदाश्रिता मामेव यजन्ते। गजेन्द्रमोक्षणादीनि चरितानि हि परमकारुणिकस्य भगवतः सहस्रशः श्रूयन्ते"

ie., even they (animals, birds, reptiles etc.) who take refuge in Me, would reach Me and attain liberation.
The episode of "gajendra moksha" from Bhagavatam is the testimony to that.   

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स्वामी रामसुखदास जी says:

// यहाँ पापयोनि शब्द ऐसा व्यापक है? जिसमें असुर? राक्षस? पशु? पक्षी आदि सभी लिये जा सकते हैं//

// यहाँ पापयोनयः पदमें पशु? पक्षी आदिको भी अपवादरूपसे ले सकते हैं। पशुपक्षियोंमें गजेन्द्र? जटायु आदि भगवद्भक्त हो चुके हैं //

The bhaktas like Gajendra, Jatayu etc. are mentioned above.

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So, the above two great scholars are of the view the there is possibility of liberation for animals also.

In the recent century, Bhagavan Ramana liberated the ashram cow लक्ष्मी and Her samadhi is still intact in
premises.  Of course, you may not agree with this because for you Bhagavan is not a jivanmukta 

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