Mumukshuppadi - 035

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's

Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra:

35. ithil akAram Sakala sabthaththukkum kAraNamAy nArAyaNa

pathaththukku SankrahamAy irukkaiyAlE, Sakala jagaththukkum

kAraNamAy SarvarakshaganAna emperumAnais sollugiRathu.

 

Meaning:

The first akshara amongst the three aksharas of prAnavam,

is akAram ("a"). This akshara is the cause for all the

sounds (words); it also stands for NarAyaNa padam which

itself stands for one who protects all. Thus akAram stands

for Him who is the cause of all and the protector of all.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

Here the meaning of the first aksharam is explained. The

meaning of akAram is He who is sakala jagat kAraNabhUta

(cause of all worlds) and sarva rakshaka (protector of

all).

 

How are these brought out by akAram?

There are two rules to consider: prakruti sakthi and

dAtu sakthi. The prakruti sakthi brings out the causal

nature and the dAtu sakthi brings out the protective

nature.

 

Prakruti means natural being. The natural disposition of

akAram is that it is the source of all sounds (as in the

Thirukkural "akara muthala ezhuththellAm"). Sriman

Narayana has a similar nature, of being the cause of

everything. By this similarity, akAram stands for Him

who is the cause of all.

 

akAram also represents the dAtu "ava". This dAtu stands

for protection as in "ava rakshaNE". Thus akAram also

stands for Him who is the protector of all.

 

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

TCA Venkatesan

 

Mumukshuppadi Sarartha Deepikai Series:

http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/mumukshuppadi/index.html

 

Note:

HH Sri Vanamamalai Jeeyar is conducting an on-going

tele-upanyasam on Mumukshuppadi in Tamil. Please check

the following link for details on listening to an acharya

expound on this work in traditional kAlakshepam format.

http://www.radioramanuja.com/talks/vana.htm