Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi - 023

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sutra:

23. athAvathu anjarththam.

 

Meaning:

What are the meanings that are to be understood? Those are

the five known as Arththa Panchakam. They are: nature of

the Supreme, nature of the Jiva, the nature of the means,

the nature of the goal seeked and the obstacles to

reaching the goal.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

Both the Vedas and their angas profess only five meanings.

They are: the nature of the Lord who is to be attained,

the nature of the soul that strives attain Him, the nature

of the means to attaining Him, tha nature of the goal once

He is reached, and the nature of the obstacles to that

goal. These are collectively known as the Arththa

Panchakam.

 

As said in the Thiruvaymozhi taniyan "mikka iRai nilaiyum

meyyAm uyir nilaiyum, thakka neRiyum thadiyAgith

thokkiyalum oozhvinaiyum vAzhvinaiyum Othum kurukaiyarkOn

yAzhinisai vEthaththiyal", it is the meaning of this

arththa panchakam that is being stressed in Nammazhvar's

Thiruvaymozhi as well.

 

In the Thirumanthra, the praNava expresses the nature of

the soul, the nama: expresses the nature of the means as

well the obstacles to the goal, nArayaNa expresses the

nature of the Supreme, and the chaturti vibhakti (Aya)

expresses the nature of the purushArththa. Therefore,

the Thirumanthra also stands for the meanings of the

Arththa Panchakam only.

 

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

TCA Venkatesan

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