Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha,
Namaskaram ‘Srivasan’ BhagavAta,
With Acharya ThiruvAdi Bhalam and Velukkudi Sri Krishnan Swami’s Aasirvadham, adiyen will share some details regarding devareer’s question:
“……….Adiyen refers to your numerous discourses and EnPani replies regarding the term “aNAadhi” or existence without knowing the begining…or origin……………Adiyen still unable to find a convincing reply…………”
We have heard the word “Anaadhi அனாதி” from Sri Velukkudi Swami and all PoorvAcharyas and BhagvAn SriKrishna has said in the past.
As we know,
“Aadhi / आदि / ஆதி ” means Beginning or Origin. So there is first start date, but when Sanskrit word “An or Na” is added, it gives opposite meaning.
An + Aadhi = Anaadhi,
अन + आदि = अनादि,
அன் + ஆதி = அனாதி.
Anaadhi / अनादि / அனாதி means “Without a Beginning or without an Origin.
However it can also be considered in a different view point as DON”T KNOW TO SPELL THE ORIGIN
Now, how to understand this “Dont know to spell the origin” termed as word Anaadhi / अनादि / அனாதி using our “Maternal” mind for simplicity as follows.
Say, the number 1 followed by 3 zeros, we say as one thousand easily, 1000
1 followed by 6 zeros, we say 1 million, 1,000,000 (106),
1 followed by 9 zeros, we say 1 billion, 1,000,000,000 (109),
1 followed by 12 zeros, we say 1 trillion, 1,000,000,000,000 (1012),
etc…….
Now, how about,
2 times million : a million million (1,000,000,000,000 or 1012), 1 followed by 2×6 zeros, same as trillion
3 times a million: a million million million (1,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 1018), 1 followed by 3×6 zeros, same as 2 times a billion.
Yes, we can say by mouth all these numbers,
Now, how about,
1000 (103) times a million : a million million million million million million million million etc thousand times (106000)……………..1 followed by 1000*6 zeros.
1,000,000 (106 / 1 million) times a million : a million million million million million million million million etc million times (106,000,000)……………..1 followed by 1,000,000*6 zeros.
Now, how about,
(106,000,000 ) times a million : Ok, to some extent, I can spell this.
No lets try further
(106,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ) times a million : Really?. Do we even need to spell this. Sorry, I cannot, I’m tired.
So, there is a “Saturation Point” for us, beyond which we are not capable of Spelling it further. So we call it as “INFINITY”, that doesn’t mean there is NO actual zeros to it. It is because I’m NOT capable of spelling it further. So, any further zero’s added to the INFINITY is also called as INFINITY, since we have already crossed beyond our Initial Saturation Point of Spelling it. we don’t want to take any more risk of damaging our brain & mouth, so lets name it Simply as “INFINITY”, is what we finally conclude.
Same as our KARMAS are ININITY times INIFINTY times INFINTY times continuously…….., Hence, we don’t know the Karmas Origin, though BhagavAn SriKrishna may know. So, let’s call it as “Anaadhi (DON”T KNOW TO SPELL THE ORIGIN)”.
Hence, Anaadhi means “Don’t know to spell the Origin” since we cannot spell it. It doesn’t mean there was no origin.
Is it really possible to have karma’s without start point by itself. It cannot be true, since karma’s are given by BhagavAn to us when we do actions. So when we start digging more questions, inorder to keep us calm, Vidhvaans say, instead of investigating the Karmas Origin, the focus to be HOW to WIPE it OFF in the same Birth that we took, which is attainable with Swami Ramanujar’s Grace in this Janma which Devareer already achieved by saying “Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha“. So, no worries.
Adiyen (ElayaAlwar) Srinivasa (DhoddayacharyAr) Dasan