Mumukshuppadi - 062

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's

Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra:

62. thevarkaLukku sEshamaana purOdaasaththai naaykkidumaa

pOlE, Isvara sEshamaana aathmavaSthuvai SamSaarikaLukku

sEshamaakkukai.

 

Meaning:

Enslaving the soul which belongs only to Him to another

samsaari, is like giving the oblation from a yagna which is

meant for Indra and other Devas to a lowly dog.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

Why does one have to compulsorily remove sEshatvam to

another; is it really such a terrible thing?

 

Yes, it is. The soul belongs to Him who is the Lord and

to subject it to slavery to other samsaris is indeed a

terrible thing. To do so is like giving the oblation from

a yagna that is due to Indra and other devas ("vAnidai

vAzhum avvAnavarkku maRaiyavar vELviyil vaguththa avi"),

to a lowly dog. Since it is very important that this

terrible thing which is anya sEshatvam be removed, it is

better to take the meaning of ukAram as avatAraNam rather

than as Lakshmi.

 

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