Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi - 001

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

lOkAchArya gurave krishna pAdasya soonavE

samsAra bhOgi sandaShta jeeva jeevAtavE nama:

 

1. Mumukshuvukku aRiya vENdiya rahasyam mUnRu.

 

Meaning:

There are three Rahasyas that one who craves Moksha

(liberation) has to know for sure.

 

Sarartha Deepikai:

A being who has lost interest in this world and has

the sole wish of reaching Sriman Narayana's lotus

feet is known as Mumukshu. Such a person has to most

assuredly know three rahasyas. Each person has to

know the nature of self, the means and the purpose.

These three are explained by the Rahasyathrayam and

as such mumukshus have to understand these three

rahasyas. The rahasyathrayam are Thirumanthra,

Dvayam and Carama Sloka. The word mumukshu comes

from the combination of mokthum icchu: that is, one

who desires liberation from the samsaric cycle.

 

I seek refuge at the lotus feet of Pillai Lokacharya

I seek refuge at the lotus feet of Nammazhvar Ramanuja

and Manavala Mamuni

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

TCA Venkatesan

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