Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi - 026

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sutra:

26. ithu thannil sollugiRa arththam - SvarUpamum

SvarupAnurUpamAna prApyamum; SvarUpamum upAyamum

palamumennavumAm.

 

Meaning:

The meanings of the Thirumanthra are: the nature of the soul

which is being enslaved to Him and having no refuge but Him;

and the kainkarya goal which is the natural order for the

soul. The meanings are also brought out as: through the

praNavam the nature of the soul is established; through the

nama: the means which is the knowledge that there is no

self-dependence is established; and through nArAyaNAya the

goal seeked is established.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

>From this sutra on, the meanings of the Thirumanthra will be

explained in detail.

 

Firs, the meanings of the words making up the Thirumanthra

are explained in two ways. One way is that the Thirumanthra

shows the nature of the soul and the goal; and the other way

is that it shows the nature of the soul, the means, and the

goal seeked.

 

The nature of the soul is that it is enslaved to the Lord

and that it has no other refuge. The goal seeked is the

nithya kainkaryam (eternal service) to Him. The praNavam

and nama: in the Thirumanthra show this svarUpa of the soul

and the nArAyaNAya shows the kainkarya goal seeked.

 

In the second way, instead of taking that praNavam and nama:

together define the svarUpa of the soul, it is shown that

pranaVa shows the svarUpa of the soul, the nama: shows the

means (to the goal), and nArAyaNAya shows the goal seeked.

 

How does nama: show the means?

In order to reach Him, one has to lose the thought that one

can save oneself; the knowledge of complete dependence on

the Lord is the way to attaining the kainkarya phala. The

false knowledge of self independence is removed in the the

utterance of the nama: and as such it represents the means.

 

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

TCA Venkatesan

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