Acharya Vaani
shrImadAnandatIrthArya mukhanissR^itaM
hR^idyeva teShAM shrayaNamiti paxo na bhAsate |
muktAnAM kAmitAmAha pR^ithak shAkhAsu yacChruthiH || A.V. 3.4.4
Some say - There is a shruti passage “kAmaH saMkalpo vicikitsA hrIdhIrbhIriti sarvaM mana eva” which says that all desires belong to the mind only. Therefore there are no such desires which belong to the soul. Hence it is incorrect to say that the liberated also have desires – thus.
To this we reply. There are many shrutis belonging to different vedic shAkhAs such as ‘kAmasya yatrAptAH kAmAH tatra mAmamR^itaM kR^idhi”,”so.ashnute sarvAn kAmAn saH brahmaNA vipashchitA” which say that even the liberated have desires. Given the numerical superiority of the shrutis which expound that the soul has desires, it is proper to interpret the other shrutis in such a way that they do not contradict the later. As we have shown before, by agreeing upon the two-foldedness of the desires 1) Desires of mind and 2) Desires of soul, the problem of contradiction between the two shrutis will be solved. Hence the claim that the liberated do not have desires does not hold any waters.
