Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi - 071

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Sri: | Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sutra 71:

The flower is liked because of its fragrance and the precious stone is liked

because of its brilliant shine. Similarly the Atma is liked because of the fact

that it is enslaved to the Lord. If the Atma is not enslaved to Him, then it is

to be given up. This is per Sathakopa Muni's pasuram which ends "uyirinAl

kuRaivilamE".

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

In explaining something, the correct order is to show the nature of the being

first and then talk about its dharma. If that is the case, then in the praNavam,

it is the Atma that should have come first and its quality which is sEshatvam

should have come after. So, why does the praNavam have the ukAram first and then

the makAram?

 

The reason is as follows. In this world, we see that it is due to the fragrance

that a flower is liked and it is due to its brilliant light that a precious

stone is liked. In the same fashion, it is out of the quality of seshatvam that

a soul is liked. If a soul does not possess that wealth, then it is to be

discarded.

 

The pramANam for this is present in Sathakopa Muni's Thiruvaymozhi pasuram and

in Yamuna Muni's Stotraratnam.

 

Therefore, to emphasize the importance of sEshatvam which is spoken about this

way by our acharyas who are knowledge incarnate, sEshatvam is placed ahead and

Atma is placed after in the prAnavam.

 

Jai Sriman Narayana | adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan | TCA Venkatesan

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