19 Jul 2012

Bhakti digest

Interesting question I have read somewhere that Lord Rama acrued Brahma Hatya Pataka after killing Ravana. Is this true as per Madhwa system?  as to why such a belief is prevalent at least in some sections of the Hindu society. .
 Before answering the question ..
first let us understand what are patakas?
patakas are aparadhas which immidiately engulfs the perpetrators .he has no recourse but to undergo he malefic effects in due course.[being bodyless for 70000 yugas is the effect of bramha hatya]
bramha hatya,stree hatya,go hatya,surapana,suvarnsteya are all patakas.
Now we should ask are patakas jada or jeeva . since it is jada they cannot by themselves chase the pataki(jeeva). It has to have some kind of agency(living) to activate that. If the agency is detrmined then ,it can safely be concluded that same agency can also help in getting rid of the pataka.
so pataka acts by its agency.
Is Rudra the agency?
Cannot be ,because Siva himself engulfs bramha hatya by cutting Bramha's fifth head and that head sticks to his hand (kapali) ,He gets rid of it through Vishnu Upasana.[Rudra is seen as suffering from this hatya dosha.
So papa punya ,pataka etc are all under the control of Lord Rama himself(Narayana)
Since agency is Narayana himself , pataka cannot touch him ,he is not bound by it.
Also Ravana was killed by the arrows , God kills all bramhins as their longevity is complete ,as mrtyu ( Mrutyu abhimani devta Sri Narsimha) .
During Pralaya Narasimha kills(samhara) Bramha too. So when he does not get bramha hatya by wiping entire creation then killing Ravana cannot get any hatya dosha on him.
Moreover there is no ilustration of Narayana suffering on account of these mass Bramha hatya during pralaya. so single killing of one Ravana Bramhana cannot engulf him.

Many acts of Rama are for [daitya mohana] illusion of demons . this one is also for the same . [It is to give illusion that Rama is just an ordinary man , fearing dosha he undertook remedies and installed a sivalinga.Thus Shiva has relieved Rama of Bramha Hatya,thus he is superior to Rama]
Why does Bramha hatya engulf souls ?
Bramhana is a chala murthy of the Hari. any act of violence against him is like raising hands on the idol of God.[heinous crime]
Secondly we cannot assume the role of regulator towards elders , even if they are wrong, only appropriate authorities are supposed to take action. All these philosophical elements are ingrained in Bramha hatya.
Nonetheless , all papa ,punya are for souls(jeevatma) only indicating their (bandha) from which they are supposed to get Mukti.
They are not for God(Paramatma ),who is independent and always free from doshas(blemishes).
Jada (pataka) can chase jeeva by the will of Parmatma .
Jada by itself is not powerful to chase or cause fear for parmatama.
Nor can it chase jeevatma without the will of Parmatma.

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