Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi - 033 & 034

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Sri: | Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sutras:

33. This is like collecting buttermilk in three vessels and

extracting the butter from them. The essence of three Vedas

has been extracted in the form of the three aksharas.

34. Therefore, the praNavam is the essence of all Vedas.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Commentary (33 & 34):

Previously it was said that samhitAkAram can be used to

explain the sruti "OmityEkAksharam", while asamhitAkAram

can be used to break the praNavam into three aksharas.

Is the use of asamhitAkAram acceptable, as it goes

against the sruti?

 

Here it is shown that the srutis accept the breaking up

of the praNavam into three aksharas and that the three

aksharas are the essence of three Vedas.

 

The aksharas that make up the praNavam are "a", "u" and

"m". These arise out of the Rk, Yajur and Sama Vedas.

>From these three Vedas come the Bhu:, Bhuva: and Suva:

(the three great vyAhRtis) which were created and run

by Him, and He stood within them and extracted these

three aksharas. Therefore, this is bringing out the

essence of the Vedas, which is like bringing out the

butter which is the essence of buttermilk. Are there

srutis to support this? There are, such as "pUriti

rkvEdAt" and others.

 

Jai Srimannarayana!

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