Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi - 038

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Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra 38:

For SamSAris, the problems that come from their enemies are

the obstacles while things like food and water are what they

seek. For Mumukshus who want to break from the SamSAric misery,

staying in this world is the obstacle while being with Him in

SriVaikuntam is what they seek. For Muktas and Nithyasooris,

anything that can cause a break in their service to Him is the

obstacle while uninterrupted continuance of their service to

Him is what they seek.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Commentary:

Here the obstacles and goals seeked by the different classes of

souls are explicity explained.

 

Those who think that their body is everything and do not even

consider that there is something as a soul inside that body and

are forever immersed in worldy matters are Baddha SamSAris. The

obstacles faced by them are the problems caused by their

enemies and problems due to diseases of the body and the mind.

The things that they seek to get are food, water, etc. Thus

the protection of such souls is removing these obstacles and

providing them food and water.

 

Those who find SamsAra a source of misery (iruL tharumA

nyAlaththuL ini piRavi yAn vENdEn, AthalAl piRavi vENdEn) and

wishing to have nothing more with this world (thAvi vaiyam

koNda thadanthAmaraikatkE kUvik koLLum kAlAm innam kuRukAthO)

seek to reach His abode (nalamanthamilAthathOr nAdu) are known

as Mumukshus. To them being in this world with this body (poy

ninRa nyAnamum pollAvozhukkum azhukkudambum) is the obstacle.

Being with Him and enjoying Him endlessly is what they seek.

Therefore, the protection of mumukshus is removing the SamSAra

bhanda and giving paramapada prApti.

 

The muktAs are those who have been in the SamSAra bhanda for a

long time but have broken from it (vinai paRRaRukkum) and have

reached His abode. The nithyasUris are those who never leave

Him and are forver at His abode in His service (ozhivil

kAlamellAm udanAy manni vazhuvilA adimai). To them both,

anything that interrupts their service at His lotus feet is

the obstacle and what they seek is the uninterrupted

continuance of that service (kainkaryAbhivrutti).

 

Thus, as He removes obstacles and provides what everyone seek,

based on their status, He is known as sarva rakshaka.

 

Jai SrimanNarayana | adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan | TCA Venkatesan

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