Adiyen heard about this in discourse – even after performing prapatti if one is associated with other demi-gods during the rest of their lifetime, the person delivering the discourse said that it means that prapatti has not been performed properly. Is this correct? Will a prapatti performed as Acharya nishtai (surrendering to an Acharya and letting him to present one as a prapanna) or Ukti nishtai (repeating the words of prapatti as instructed by an Acharya), fail? If it can, what the person delivering the discourse said might apply to those who have performed prapatti as Sva nishtai (attaining the necessary knowledge through one’s own efforts to perform prapatti) or if the said prapatti was initiated by an unqualified person. How to understand this?

Swami Desikan has talked about this – that is when a person who is associated with other demi-gods if his or her prapatti has not been administered properly, it means that it is not the fault of the person who administers prapatti and instead it is the fault of the person who performed prapatti, as they continue to be associated with other demi-gods.
Let us look at the responses for Svanishtaa, Acharyanishtaa, etc., in a later issue.

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