"VILAKSHANA MOKSHADHIKARI NIRNAYAM"-An Introduction

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"VILAKSHANA MOKSHADHIKARI NIRNAYAM" OF SRI ERUMBIAPPA

 

Dear Bhagavatas

I am overwhelmed by the spate of responses to my query whether anyone would

be interested in a series on the above Grantham. I give below a brief

Introduction.

Dasoham

Anbil Ramaswamy

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An Introduction

This work was written in Sanskrit and MaNipravALam. by Sri Erumbiappa, one of

the AshTa Dik GajangaL of ManavALa MAmunigal.

 

This is in the form of a conversation between Sri DEvarAja Guru and his

Sishya, SenApathi AzhwAn.

 

There was a special reason for writing this work.

It was circa 14c AD

There surfaced some psuedo-VaishNavas who propagated ideas repugnant to the

basic tenets of SriVaishNava SampradAyam and encouraged disgusting practices

in the garb of "AnushTanam".

Some of their misleading points were-

· To make the statement "Sarva DharmAn Parithyajya" true, one should first

give up one's prescribed duties!

· To deserve the mercy of EmperumAn, (who they claimed, relished the

'dOshams' of chEthanas), one can go on committing sins and can even indulge

in practices like imbibing liquor, ingesting meat and even prostitution etc.!

· Once one secured AchArya Sambandham, the Lord will not deny Moksham based

on this Sambandham" , even if one commits heinous atrocities.

 

Sri Erumbiappa composed this work with a view to explode the myths circulated

by them. In fact, at that time, many of the real SrivaishNavas brought up in

the traditional Sath sampradAya were trying to disabuse the minds of the

gullible public.

 

"VilakshaNA MOKshAdhikAri NirNayam" means "determining the criteria for

attaining MOksha". With this in view, Sri Erumbiappa has argued citing

suitable authority (PramANams), demolishing their allegations (Poorva

paksham) and firmly establishing SiddhAntham.

 

His persuasiveness is illuminating and illustrative, interesting and

educative, convincing and conclusive.

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