Mumukshuppadi - 056 & 057

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's

Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra:

56. sEshathvam illAtha pOthu SvarUpam illai.

 

57. AthmApahAramAvathu Svathanthram enkiRa ninaivu:

SvathanthramAmpOthu illaiyAy vidum.

 

Meaning:

56. Only through sEshatvam is the nature of the soul to be

determined.

 

57. The stealing of the soul, which is the thought that one

is completely independent, is the highest sin as per the

Sastras. This assertion of independence is the opposite of

sEshatvam and as such brings great danger to the realization

of one's true nature.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

Why say sEshatvam is the nature of the soul; does it then

mean that the soul which is knowledge does not have a

nature outside of sEshatvam?

 

No says Sri Pilla Lokacharya. If there is no sEshatvam

then it brings about the thought that one's nature is

independence. Such a thought is known as stealing one's

soul. This thievery is considered to be the root of all

sins. So, as soon as a person thinks that he is fully self

dependent he immediately loses the realization of his true

nature. Therefore it is correct to say "without sEshatvam

there is no svarUpam".

 

With this the meanings of the akAram are concluded.

 

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

 

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