Will recitation of Vishnu Sahasranama give the blessing of immoral pleasures without sinful reactions?
From: Amit
In the phala sruti of vishnu sahasranama, Bhishmadev says that those who desire opulent arrangements for sense gratification will attain them. Does this mean that those who want to enjoy meat eating, intoxication and illicit sex will be able to do so without suffering concomitant reactions? Please comment.
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does this answer your question? does this mean that those who want to enjoy meat eating, intoxication and illicit sex will be able to do so without suffering concomitant reactions? please comment answer no, not at all there can be religious sense gratification and there can be irreligious sense gratification kunya that means material pious action gives us the fruit of religious sense gratification dharma leads to artha and kama dharma means religiosity leads to financial gain, artha and fulfillment of desires, kama so when we talk about this kama it is certainly not irreligious sense gratification it is sense gratification that is within the realms of religious and ethical morality so for example if a person decides to worship a particular devata with the desire for a spouse and the desire is material but it is not sinful it is a pious desire to be wedded properly to a spouse and by worshipping that way one can get the spouse now the principle underlying this phalashruti of vishnu sahasranama is that whatever material benefits one may get by worshipping the devatas one can get that even by worshipping lord vishnu so therefore this sort of phalashruti is offered as a fringe benefit the essential benefit of the phalashruti of the vishnu sahasranama is that one develops love for god, love for lord vishnu and returns back to his eternal abode so it describes that there is no inauspiciousness for the vasudeva bhaktas and miseries like janmanuktyu jaravyadi do not befall these devotees so this is the ultimate benefit but if people due to not realizing the miseries of material existence do not realize and due to still being infatuated by worldly pleasures do not consider this ultimate benefit of liberation from material existence and attainment of the eternal abode to be very valuable then they may never chant the vishnu sahasranama and they may not at all begin their devotional journey so therefore they are given the facility to fulfill whatever material desires they have and thereby at least begin the process of devotion to vishnu so initially this devotion is mixed but gradually it will become purified but devotion whether it is mixed or purified is never licensed for irreligious sense gratification it is a provider of sense gratification and fulfillment of material desires that are very much in the realm of morality thank you