Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi - 042

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Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra 42:

Just as a mother does not give up either her husband's bed

or her child's cradle, so too Sri Lakshmi does not give up

the first akshara (akAram) or the last akshara (makAram)

in the praNavam and is associated with both.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

Tathva thrayam (Ishvara, Chit and Achit) is seen in this

world. Then, which tathvam does Sri Lakshmi belong to? It

is meaningless to even consider that She belongs to the

Achit category. Looking at the previous sutra it would

appear that She belongs to the Ishvara tathvam. However,

in that case She would be seen as Ishvara. Instead our

acharyas have said that She belongs to the chetana tathvam.

How does one determine that? Sri Pillai Lokacharya answers

that by showing that She is associated with both akAram

which stands for Him and makAram which stands for chetanas.

That is, She is associatd with both the protector and the

protected.

 

This meaning is shown using a worldly example. A mother

will be attached to her husband by following him while

she remains attached to her child by protecting the

child. Proving her seshathva nature to her husband she

will not let go of his bed, and proving her rakshakathva

nature to her child she will not let go of the child's

cradle. Similarly pirAtti also does not leave the akAram

which stands for Her consort who is the Lord, while also

not leaving the makAram which stands for the chetanas

who are Her children. Because She has sambandham with

both, She will be attached with Him for His pleasure and

will be attached with the chetanas for their protection.

Because Her association with the protector and the

protected is endless, She will neither give up the

akARam nor give up the makAram.

 

Jai Sriman Narayana | adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan | TCA Venkatesan

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