Tatva Trayam-shri thiru pullaani Soundaraja swami

Tatvatrayam

Background:
Every jIvAtmA needs to acquire knowledge about tatvatrayam – cit, acit and Isvaran.

cit – sentient, one which has knowledge and is made of knowledge also.
acit – non-sentient, one which does not have any knowledge
Isvaran – superme lord, one who owns both cit and acit and has both as his body

Let us first see the differences between cit and acit. This in relation to our own self is understanding the difference between AtMA and dEham. Even Krsna in bhagavad gItA starts with removing the misconception of arjunA about his own self. As ThirupullAni swAmy explained, to understand this, we do not need anything but pratyaksha pramAnam (what could be understood by our senses – eyes, ears, nose, skin, etc). This is so simple that we do not even need sAstrAs to explain this.

No.	AtmA (Cit)	dEham (Acit)
1	nAn – What is indicated by the “I” word	Idhu – what is indicated by the “this/it” words
2	udayavan – the one who owns	udaimai porul – the one which is owned
3	aribavan – the one who knows	ariyappadum porul – the one which is known
4	Ekam – This (“I”) is singular	anEkam – This (“this/it”) is plural, since “I” knows many things
5	avaiyava Rahitham – cannot be split in to parts	avaiyava Sahitham – can be split in to parts, example, hand is made of skin, flesh, etc
6	svayam prahasam – the one which shows itself and others	jadam (Gyanathuku vishayam) – which is shown by others
7	prathyak (Thanakku thotrumavan) – the one which knows itself, I know that I exist	paraakh (Pirarkku thondruvadhu) – the one which is known by others only
8	eppOdhum anukUlan – always favourable	moopu, NOi mudhaliyavai illaadha podhu anukUlan. Irrukkum pOdhu prathikUlan. – favourable when not affected by old age, disease, etc
9	bOktha – enjoyer	bOkyam – enjoyed
10	swa tantran – independent	para tantran – dependent
11	sEshi – Master	sEsham – servant
12	karthaA – One who does	karanam – One which is used in doing an activity
13	anutva parimAnam – state of being not splittable and not combinable	madhyama parimAnam – state of being splittable and combinable

Once we understand the difference between AtmA and dEham, we can proceed to look at cit and Iswaran. To understand Iswaran we need the help of sAstrAs. All of the points below are discussed in various literature quite elaborately.

No.	Iswaran (paramAtmA)	AtmA (cit)
1	pitA (cause – kAranam)	putran (effect – kAryam)
2	rakshakan – protector	rakshyan – protected
3	seshi – Master	seshan – Servant
4	bharthA – husband	bhAryai – wife
5	jyEyan – object of knowledge	jyAthA – one who knows
6	swAmi – owner	swam – owned
7	AdhAran – sustainer	AdhEyan – sustained
8	AtmA (vyAbhi) – one who is antaryAmi	sarIram (vyApyan) – one who has the antaryAmi
9	bOktA – enjoyer	bOkyam – enjoyed
10	swa tantran – independent	paratantran – dependent
11	swAbhAvika ApahadhapApmA – naturally free from sins	AnApahadhapApmA – naturally not free from sins
12	swAbhAvika vijaran – naturally free from aging	sajaran – naturally not free from aging
13	swAbhAvika vimruthyuhu – naturally free from death	samruthyuhu – naturally not free from death
14	swAbhAvika visOkan – naturally free from distress	sasOkan – naturally not free from distress
15	swAbhAvika Vijighathsan – naturally free from hunger	Sajighatsan – naturally not free from hunger
16	swAbhAvika abhipAsan – naturally free from thirst	sabhipAsan – naturally not free from hunger
17	swAbhAvika satya KAman – naturally has the necessary things to fulfill his desires	asatya kAman – naturally does not have the necessary things to fulfill his desires
18	swAbhAvika satya sankalpan – naturally able to generate things as he desires	asatya sankalpan – naturally not able to generate things as he desires
19	anantan – limitless	sAnthan – limited
20	jagat KAranan – cause for the whole creation	kAryam – effect

Notes:

jIvAtmA when attaining liberation, acquires 8 qualities (apahadapApmA, vijara:, vimruthuyu:, visoka:, vijighatsa:, abhipAsa:, satya kama:, satya sankalpa:) by the grace of the emberumAn sriman nArayana.
nityasUrIs who are eternal associates acquired these 8 qualities by the grace of emberumAn.

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