Na KarmaNaa Na Prajayaa Dhanena (Not by Action, Children or Wealth)

न कर्मणा न प्रजया धनेन
(Not by Action, Children or Wealth)

This is the beginning line of a vedic prayer in daily recitation of vedic prayers in RamaNaashramam. RamaNa often recited it by himself and encouraged others to learn it and recite regularly.

The poetry is thrilling. An attempt is made here to catch the spirit in a translation.

Renunciation is not connected with karma, children or wealth. Good karma, children by their good acts, including pinDadaana, and wealth, enable you to help others - this gives you puNya and enables you to move Godwards, and, over many births, bring in mukti. These three, htus, are generally expected to help you but not to obtain mukti. Renunciation is living in God Awareness whether or not you have children or wealth. By no amount of actions, by no account of having many children and many to support or by pots of money earned can you achieve Immortality. By renunciation only can you hope to reach Immortality.

Children offer pinDas - offerings to the manes. An agency exists to transport the food to them. RamaNa said - the food will reach them even if they are reborn on earth. However, the pinDas do not ensure that the recipient will attain heaven much less mukti. Incidentally a Mukta is not dependant on pinDas. Just as there are agents to carry the pinDas to the manes, there are different agents for different duties. We know people who die in UttaraayaNa go direct to heaven but those who die in DakShinaayaNa miss the bus. In DakShiNaayana, some agents take these souls to a parking lot and when UttaraayaNa comes again, they move to heaven. The
Bible talks of angels and so does the Kur-ran. Darwin talks of over 400 super-human agents.

Note: SharadaamaNi says that when naivedya is offered after pooja, a ray of light emerges from eyes of of the deity, touches the various offerings, tastes them and withdraws.

Jnaanis, who have completely mastered their senses, feel in their hearts the many-splendoured shining wonder of Him Who grants Immortality.

By yoga and sanyaasa, Jnaanis have made their hearts pure for Him to come and reside. By gaining the Knowledge Supreme by study of scriptures and arriving at the Truth by meditating on truths in the scriptures, they have succeeded. They are SiddhapuruShas. Nityamuktas. They reach Brahmaloka.

A Shokamukta BraahmaNa (kah mohah, kah shokah - A BraahmaNa has no delusion. Without delusion, desires do not arise. Without desires, there is no frustration. What shoka will he have?) ever worships the Resplendant One in sookShma shareera in his heart.

That One is beyond the sacred Aadi Shabda, Om. Beyond Vedas. Without beginning or end.

Mother means Aammaa. The word "mother" does not evoke the same response as Aammaa to an Amchigele person. Of course, mother is a sweet word for babies whose mother tongue is English. A translation of such a word into a different language is at best a mirror image.