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## Dharma-Sannyasa Yoga (39) - Tatvik Dharma-Sannyasa Yoga
This yoga, first, involves Dharma-Sannyasa, and that too of the Tatvik-Paramarthik kind. Second, it manifests at the time of the second A-poorvakarana. Here, what is said about the second A-poorvakarana is purposeful. Because the first A-poorvakarana, which is the cause of Granthi-bhed, cannot be this presented Dharma-Sannyasa, therefore, it is mentioned as an exception in the second A-poorvakarana. These A-poorvakaranas are two: (1) the cause of Granthi-bhed, (2) the time of the Kshapaka-shreni. What is this A-poorvakarana? "A-poorva" means the auspicious and excellent Atma-parinam which has never been attained before in the endless cycle of births and deaths. Granthi-bhed etc. are the fruits of this A-poorvakarana. The fruit of the first A-poorvakarana is Granthi-bhed, and the fruit of that Granthi-bhed is Samyag-darshan.
Granthi-bhed - Granthi means knot. Like the hard knot of a bamboo, which is difficult to break, so too is the dense knot of Karma, which is the result of Raga-dvesha, where it breaks, that is called Granthi-bhed. "And when this powerful mountain of Karma-granthi is broken by the sharp weapon of A-poorvakarana-rupa Bhava-vajra, then this great soul experiences immense Tatvik joy - just as a sick person experiences joy when their illness is controlled by excellent medicine. And this breaking of the Granthi is such that it does not happen again in the same way. Once it breaks, that's it! It will never rise again in that form, it will never be tied again, that is called bhed, because after such Granthi-bhed, there is no rise of intense Kshaya etc. "This Granthi-bhed always leads to the goal of Nirvana. Just as a blind man, when he gets the auspicious merit of sight, experiences the benefit of sight (he sees clearly), so too, when this Granthi is broken, he experiences Samyag-darshan - he sees the true nature of things."
* " तथा च भिन्ने दुर्भेदे कर्मग्रन्थिमहाबले । तीक्ष्णेन भाववज्रेग बहुसंक्लेशकारिणि ॥ आनन्दो जायतेऽत्यन्तं तात्त्विकोऽस्य महात्मनः । सद्वथाध्यभिभवे यद्वद् व्याधितस्य महौषधात् ॥ भेदोऽपि चास्य विज्ञेयो न भूयो भवनं तथा । तीव्रसंक्लेशविगमात्सदा निःश्रेयसावहः ॥ जात्यन्धस्य यथा पुसश्चक्षुर्लाभे शुभोदये । सद्दर्शनं तथैवास्य ग्रथिभेदेऽपरे जगुः "
– Maharshi Haribhadracharya's Gabindu