Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi - 094

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Sri: | Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sutra 94:

As soon as the knowledge of dependence on the Lord is born, a soul has completed

all that he has to do for his benefit. Without this knowledge, it becomes that

he has committed all sins. If this knowledge is present, it becomes that he has

done all good things that cause Him joy. Any yagas and prAyaccittAs that he does

without this knowledge go to waste. All sins are removed with this knowledge and

all gains from getting out of the birth cycle to doing eternal service to Him at

His abode are obtained.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

The good effects that happen by the knowledge of being dependent on no one but

the Lord are now explained.

 

If a person is to be considered as one that has completed everything that is

required for his benefit, then he should get the knowledge of being enslaved

only to Him, as in Azhvar's "thanakkEyAga enaik koLLa vENum". If he gets

that knowledge then he would become one who has done what he needs to do. If

not, then it becomes that he has committed all sins. This can be understood from

"kim tEna na krutam pApam cOrENa AtmApahAriNA".

 

In this knowledge all good things are present - that is, the same joy that He

gets when the soul does all good things is obtained when this knowledge is

gained. All activities such as yAgas and penances that are done without this

knowledge gain neither His joy nor do they remove one's sins and therefore are

wasted.

 

Because of this knowledge He showers His grace on that soul and therefore all

the sins that hold him down are destroyed. And he gains such benefits as the

escape from the samsaric cycle and eternal service to Him.

 

Thus far, the meanings of the nama: part of the Thirumantra have been explained.

 

Jai Sriman Narayana | adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan | TCA Venkatesan

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