Mumukshuppadi - 010

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's

Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra:

10. avyApakankaLil vyApakankaL mUnRum srEshtankaL.

 

Meaning:

The vyApaka manthras are considered higher than the avyapaka manthras,

and three vyApaka manthras, ashtAkshari, dvAdasAkshari and shadakshari

that contain the Narayana, Vasudeva and Vishnu namas, are considered

high amongst these vyApaka manthras.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

In the previous sutra, the manthras describing the Lord were seperated

into two groups. Of these two groups, the vyApaka manthras are

considered higher than the avyApaka manthras. Even amongst the vyApaka

manthras, three manthras are considered as very important. The Vishnu

Gayathri manthra is well known: nArAyanAya vidmahe vAsudevAya dImahi,

tanno vishNu: pracodayAt". In this manthra, three namas of the Lord

are said: Narayana, Vasudeva, Vishnu. These three speak of the all-

pervasiveness of the Lord and as such are vyApaka manthras. These

three manthras are special amongst vyApaka manthras and are higher

than the avyApaka manthras.

 

These three are namas; so, how can we call them as manthras?

They are namas, but they are the inner meanings of their associated

manthras. Also by adding the words Om, nama: and the chaturthi

vibhakti (Aya) to them, they become manthras. Thus these three namas

in the Vishnu Gayathri manthra are equivalent to three vyApaka

manthras.

 

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

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