Mumukshuppadi - 257-258

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra 257-258:

Now the meaning of sarva pApEbhya: is explained.

 

pApam is that which is an obstacle to what is seeked and which is the cause for

providing what is not wanted.

 

Those which are obstacles to reaching Him are obstacles to what is seeked.

Therefore, the sins that are talked about here are those that are obstacles to

reaching Him.

 

Since the plural form (pApEbhya:) is used, it talks about the many sins such as

avidhyA, karma, vAsana, ruci and prakruti sambandham. avidhyA is lack of

knowledge; karma is puNya and pApa; vAsana is attachment to lack of knowledge,

to karma and to things of this world.

 

What is said through the "sarva" term?

 

It is thinking about the following: The karmas that are done by habit without

thought (similar to scratching, etc) due to previous attachment to this world.

The acts that are done due to the fear that 'What will the world think of us if

we don't do them?' The daily and ritual acts that are done out of mercy to

others with the thought that 'if others stop doing them because of we don't do

them, then it is a loss to them'. The acts that have been given up but are

repeated due to rajas and tamas guNas.

 

Jai Sriman Narayana!

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

 

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