Vedanta

shrImadAnandatIrthArya mukhanissR^itaM

hrAso.api mAnuShAdInAmAnandasya vikarmaNA |

bhavenmuktau visheSheNa svoccAnAmaparAdhataH || 3.4.4

We have learnt that the devatas experience the bliss to which they are eligible in liberation even if they commit some prohibited acts. They only forfeit the extra bliss they would have experienced had they not committed any prohibited acts. But in the case of others such as manuShyAs, if they commit prohibited acts, they will loose some of that bliss to which they were originally eligible. That is, there will be a cut in their bliss_eligible itself. This is more so if they commit mistakes against their superiors.

Here one may ask - liberation is a state where the soul experiences bliss, which is of the form of its very nature. So, how can there by a cut in that bliss itself? One cannot say that the bliss is reduced due to the influence of prakR^iti etc. Because there can’t be any influence of prakR^iti etc during liberation.

To this we reply, the cut in bliss of a soul is called hrAsa. hrAsa is anabhivyakti (non-manifestation) of the bliss. In liberation, though other influences (of prakR^iti etc) on a soul are absent, the will of the God still exists which is responsible for non-manifestation of the souls own bliss in case it commits prohibited acts after attaining knowledge of Brahman.

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