Mumukshuppadi - 188

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra:

188. kIzhE sila upAyavisEshangaLai upadhEsikka, avai

dhuccagangaLenRum SvarUpa virOdhigaLenRum ninaiththu

sOgAvishtanAna arjunanaik kuRiththu avanudaiya sOga

nivruththyarththamAga ini idhukkavvarugillai ennalAm-

padiyAna caramOpAyaththai aruLis seygaiyAlE carama

slOkam enRu idhukkup pErAyirukkiRadhu.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

Why is this called Carama Shloka? Because it shows

the final means to reaching Him.

 

In the prior sections of Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna

had explained other means to liberation such as

Karma Yoga and Gnyana Yoga. Upon hearing them,

Arjuna thought that these were not easy to follow;

he also felt that for a soul, such efforts were not

in tune with its nature of being completely

dependent on Him and therefore were truly obstacles

to the realization of that nature. Thinking that it

is impossible to reach Him through such means and

therefore reaching Him is a lost cause, Arjuna

became grief stricken.

 

In order to remove this sorrow of Arjuna, Krishna

taught him this final means which is easy to follow

and is in tune with the soul's true nature. Since

this shloka explains that final means, it became to

be known as the Carama Shloka.

 

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

 

Mumukshuppadi Sarartha Deepikai Series:

http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/mumukshuppadi/index.html