Mumukshuppadi - 231 -233

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra:

231. iththai ozhiyavum thAnE kAryam seyyumenRu ninaikkak

kadavan.

232. allAtha pOthu upAya nairapEksham jeeviyAdhu.

233. idhu Sarvamukthi prasanga parihArArththam; budhdhi

SamAdhAnArththam; caithanya kAryam; rAga prAptham;

SvarUpa nishtam; aprathishEthathyOthagam.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

Since it is His effort that is responsible for the

attachment to this means, He does not do it for this

goal. Even if this surrender is not done, it is to be

understood that He, who is focused on the upliftment

of the chetana, would give what the chetana needs and

remove what he doesn't.

 

If not - that is, if the chetana thinks that He will

not do that without this surrender and that the

surrender is required for Him to do it - the greatness

of the siddhopaya (the Lord), which is that it does not

require anything, will be spoiled.

 

If that is the case, why is the surrender to be

performed?

 

It is needed to answer the question of sarva mukti

prasangam (if the chetana does not have to do anything

for Him to do His act, then shouldn't everyone attain

liberation).

 

It is needed so that the chetana does not become

confused as to why He who did not protect him for so

long will do that now.

 

Since he is not an achetana, the thought that He is the

means is the result of his being a chetana (using his

knowledge).

 

This act which did not happen due to fate but due to

the chetana's love for it born out of his understanding

of its taste, is not opposed to his nature. Instead it

is appropriate to his nature of seeking His protection.

 

Since the chetana has rejected His protection for age-

less time, this puts the spotlight on the fact that he

has now given up doing that.

 

This is the meaning of this act and not that it itself

is the means.

 

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

 

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