Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi - 157

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Sri: | Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sutra 157:

The reason for using the present tense in saying "I am

attaching myself to" (prapadhye) is to keep it in the

mind when fear comes after the higher qualities (sattva

guNa) arise in it.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

Why is the present tense used here as opposed to using

the past tense as in "nin adiyiNai adainthEn" and

"adik kIzh amarndhu pugundhEn"?

 

The chetana living in this world will have rajas and

tamas guNas initially and due to that would seek the

wrong paths and the wrong goals. Later the sattva

guNas would arise in him and he would then be afraid

about his prior wrongful acts because the only

counter-measure for those acts is surrendering to Him

and that can be done only once.

 

Therefore, the present tense is used here to keep

remembering that act of seeking His refuge.

 

Jai Sriman Narayana | adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

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