Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi - 010

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Original Sutra:

10. avyApakankaLil vyApakankaL mUnRum srEshtankaL.

 

Meaning:

The vyApaka manthras are considered higher than the avyapaka

manthras, and three vyApaka manthras, ashtAkshari, dvAdasAkshari

and shadakshari that contain the Narayana, Vasudeva and Vishnu

namas, are considered high amongst these vyApaka manthras.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

In the previous sutra, the manthras describing the Lord were

seperated into two groups. Of these two groups, the vyApaka

manthras are considered higher than the avyApaka manthras.

Even amongst the vyApaka manthras, three manthras are considered

as very important. The Vishnu Gayathri manthra is well known:

nArAyanAya vidmahe vAsudevAya dImahi, tanno vishNu: pracodayAt".

In this manthra, three namas of the Lord are said: Narayana,

Vasudeva, Vishnu. These three speak of the all-pervasiveness

of the Lord and as such are vyApaka manthras. These three

manthras are special amongst vyApaka manthras and are higher

than the avyApaka manthras.

 

These three are namas; so, how can we call them as manthras?

They are namas, but they are the inner meanings of their associated

manthras. Also by adding the words Om, nama: and the chaturthi

vibhakti (Aya) to them, they become manthras. Thus these three

namas in the Vishnu Gayathri manthra are equivalent to three

vyApaka manthras.

 

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

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adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

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