Mumuksupatti on dharma

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mmp 200 elaborates on 'giving up' the above:

 

mmp 200:

thyaagamaavadhu - ukthOpaayanGaLai anusandhiththu 'shookthikayilE

rajathabudhdhi

paNNuvaaraippOlEyum, vipareedhadhishaa gamanam paNNuvaaraippOlEyum,

anupaayaNGaLiLE upaayabudhdhi paNNinOm' enkirRa

budhdhivishEshaththOdE

thyajikkai

 

the thyaagam does not mean just 'giving up' -

One should realise that one was performing karmaas that are not the

upaaya

(like those who think that the mother of pearl is silver & those who

wanted

to follow a particular direction, but followed a different one) and

*then* relinquish them.

 

 

 

i.e. even the performance of nityakarmaas as mOkshapalasaadhanaas

takes us

away from the upaya (i.e. Sriman NaarayaNa) and hence should be

relinquished.

 

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It is interesting, and important, to note that even though these

nityakarmas are relinquished as upayas, a higher form of religion,

which Mani so aptly refers to as Prapanna Dharma remains.

 

As is stated in MMP 270 - 271 (Mumme's translation)

 

Sutram 270: He does not abandon these outright.

 

Manavalamamunigal's commentary: This same Adhikari, who accepts the

accomplished sadhana (i.e. the Lord as the Upaya) after completely

abandoning other sadhanas, does not actually abandon these things -

karma, jnana, etc.

 

As to how so he reveals:

 

Sutram 271 (portions of Manavalamamunigal's comments in parentheses):

Karma is included in kainkarya, jnana is included in the manifestation

of the soul's true nature, bhakti is included in the desire for the

Goal (to please the Lord), prapatti is included in knowledge of the

souls true nature (as having no other refuge on account of the soul's

extreme dependence on Him).

 

 

Daasanu Daasan,

 

Mohan