Mumukshuppadi - 007

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Dear bhAgavatas,

 

Sorry for the gap in the posting of Mumukshuppadi. Due to Sri

Velukkudi Krishnan Swami's current visit to the US, we were a

little tied up with other activities.

 

Smt Sheela who was posting Sri Vanamamalai Jeeyar Swami's

upanyasam translation along with me is currently in a tight

schedule. As such I will move on with Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha

Deepikai translation. We will join our posts again if we can

at a later time.

 

We will start with the seventh chUrnai translation in this post.

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

TCA Venkatesan

http://www.acharya.org

 

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharyar's

Mumukshuppadi

 

 

7. Sakala sAsthrankaLAlum piRakkum gnyAnam SvayamArjitham pOlE;

thirumanthraththAl piRakkum gnyAnam paithrukadhanam pOlE.

 

 

Meaning:

The knowledge gained by a person through Sastras such as Srutis

and Smritis are like the wealth gained by him after much effort

whereas the knowledge gained by a person through the Thirumanthra

upadesam by an acharya is easily obtained like wealth inherited

from his forefathers.

 

 

PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

A question might arise that, are there not several Sastras that

He Himself has provided to this world? Why should a person not

study these works and gather the knowledge held within? Are they

not a way to reach Him; why would one have to try to reach Him

through the recitation of the Thirumanthram? The fact that the

knowledge gained from Thirumanthram is better than that gained

from Sastras is shown here through the use of an example. A

person works hard and gathers wealth; another gains wealth

without any effort by inheriting it from his forefathers.

While both enjoy the wealth, since one person struggled to

obtain his wealth it is tinged with some pain; whereas the

other person got his wealth easily and therefore enjoys it more.

Similarly the wealth of knowledge obtained through Thirumanthram

by the grace of an acharya will be most pleasing.

 

 

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

TCA Venkatesan

http://www.acharya.org