Mumukshuppadi - 059

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's

Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra:

59. iththAl piRarkku sEshamanRenkiRathu.

 

Meaning:

With this ukAram's avatAraNam, anya sEshatva nivrutti

(not being enslaved to another) is being shown.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

There are two types of cases that arise out of the

avatAraNam: ayOgavyavaccEtam and anyayOgavyavaccEtam.

If a statement is made "the conch has the color white",

that is the ayOgavyavaccEtam case. If a statement is made

that "the white color is no where but in a conch", then

it is the anyayOgavyavaccEtam case. As the second

statement is false, the second case cannot be used there.

If one says "Arjuna is the only archer", the meaning

there is that he has no equal in wielding the bow and

therefore the case is anyayOgavyavaccEtam.

 

In the avatAraNam used for the ukAram, it is the

anyayOgavyavaccEtam case that stands. That is, the ukAram

shows that the sEshatvam shown to the Lord is only toward

Him and cannot be shown anywhere else. Just as "prutviyAm

Eva gantha:" shows that the quality of fragrance is

present nowhere but in the prutivi (that is,

anyayOgavyavaccEtam), so too here it is taken as "jIva:

Ayaiva") and that the jIva is enslaved only to Him and

no one else.

 

By the hidden case when it is shown that the soul is

enslaved to the Lord, why even bring up the question

whether he is enslaved to another and prove that he is

not?

 

In this world, we see that something that is owned by

one person is also owned by others. This is seen in the

case of a home, a place, a servant, a son, etc.

Therefore it is possible that a doubt might come up

whether that is the situation between the jIvas and the

Lord. To answer that, the case has been taken up and

shown that it is not so here.

 

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 series on Mumukshuppadi. 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