Mumukshuppadi - 224-227

[Guest guest]

Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra:

224. Ekam.

225. indha Eka sabtham SthAnapramANaththAlE avathAraNa

arththaththaik kAttugiRadhu.

226. "mAmeva ye prapathyante", "tameva sAdhyam",

"tvameva upAya bUto me bhava", "ARenakku ninpAdhamE

saraNAgaththozinthAy" enRum sollugiRapadiyE.

227. iththAl 'vraja' engiRa SveekAraththil upAya

bAvaththaith thavirkkiRadhu.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

Now the "ekam" is explained.

 

In many places such as "mAmeva ye prapathyante",

avatAraNam is used; therefore, just as in the ukAram

in the praNavam (see churnais 58 & 59), here too the

eka term shows the meaning of avatAraNam.

 

What is shown by this avatAraNam?

 

If it means the removal of attachment to other means,

that has already been said in the "sarvadharmAn

parityajya". If it means the removal of attachment

to other devatas, that has already been said in the

"mAm". Therefore, stating these would cause the error

of repetition.

 

Thus, what it means is that this avatAraNam removes the

thought that the surrender, which is mentioned ahead in

the "vraja", is itself the means. That is, the idea that

performing surrender means moksha and not doing it

means loss of moksha is likely to happen and that is

removed here.

 

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

 

Mumukshuppadi Sarartha Deepikai Series:

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