Vedanta

shrImadAnandatIrthArya mukhanissR^itaM

sarve ta ete jIveShu dR^ishyante tAratamyataH | A.V 3.3.31

In the previous verse “doShA anAdisambaddhAH … santyeva prAyashaH puMssu”, it was stated that the doShAs are associated with all jivAs from beginningless time. Here, one may ask -”we see, even in this very saMsAra, many innocent beings, such as infants and children, who are free from any rAga or dveSha. Hence is it correct to generalize that all jIvas have doShAs from beginningless time?” - thus.

For this we reply - It is easy for one to know, through ones perception and inference, the presence of doShAs such as absence of viShNu bhakti even in innocent beings such as infants and others.

In addition to this, doShAs such as rAga and dveSha etc are also present in all beings, though their levels may vary among different individuals. There are four levels as given under

1. prasupta

doshAs that stay unmanifest are called prasupta doshAs

2. tanu

doShAs that are manifest but present in very less number are called tanu doShAs

3. vicChinna

doShAs that are many but does not exist at all times are called vicChinna doShAs

4. udAra

doShAs that are highly manifest are called udAra doShAs

During once’s stay in the mother’s womb, doshAs are present in their prasupta form, during childhood in tanu form, in the teens in their vicChinna form and in udAra form after one reaches the middle age.

Therefore, all jIvas, including the new borns and the inncocent, have doShAs, though in a subtle form, which gradually manifest with the advancement in age.

This is also confirmed by the words of sage nArada during his upadesha to prAcInabarhi in shrImadbhAgavataM -

garbhe bAlye.apyapauShkalyAdekAdashavidhaM tadA |

liMgaM na dR^ishyate.ayUnaH kuhvAM candramaso yathA | 4.29.74

Just as the rays of the moon, though present, are not manifest on a no-moon day, the doShAs(the effects of the 10 sense organs and manas - ahaM mama abhimAna etc), though present, are not manifest during the stay in the mother’s womb and during childhood.

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