TEN COMMANDMENTS of Swami Pillai Lokacharyar

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PILLAI LOKACHARYA -11TH NOV.2002

TEN COMMANDMENTS

 

On the event of Pillai Lokacharya s sathumurai, I hazard to venture into

His ten commandments, at the risk of attracting the blame of repetition.

These ten commandments are so renowned, that they must have been often

repeated in this forum, time and again.

 

mumOkshuppadi 116 dhvayap prakaraNam.

 

The indispensable characteristics of Sreevaishnavites is spelt as ten

prescriptions by Swami Pillai Lokacharya.

 

1. purambuNdAna paRRukkaLai vasanaiyOdu vidugai- To completely extricate

oneself from the interests in external things. This is akin to the

terms'sarvadharmAn pari dhajya.

 

2. emberumAnE thanjam enRu paRRugai- To surrender unto Lord comprehensively.

This is similar to the term,"mAm Ekam saraNam vraja"

The above two points are similar to 'vEdumin muRRavum, vEdu seidhu, vummuyir,

vEdudaiyAnidai vEdu seiminE"

 

3. pERu thappAdhenRu thuNindhirukkai- The conviction that we will be granted

salvation by the LOrd.

 

4. pERRukkuth thvarikkai-Having got the conviction that we will indeed be

granted the End, being expecting with eagerness when it will fructify and

materialise at the earliest- 'kOvik koLLUm kAlam innam kurugAdhO'

 

5. irukkum nAl vugandharuLina nilangalil pravaNaNai ghuNanubhava

kainkaryangaLil pozhudhu pOkkai i.e Reside in dhivya dhESangal and perform

kainkaryams and involve inemberumAn s kalyaNa ghuNangaL , till the end of ones

physical form in this world.

 

6. ippadi irukkum sreevaishnavargal ERRam aRindhu vugandhirukkai- Being very

affectionate and warm towards sreevaishnavites who live according to the

prescriptios as mentioned hereinabove, understanding their values.

 

It is pertinent to note that periya jEyar has commented that even if the other

characteristics exist in a person, this characteristic is very difficult to be

attained.

 

7. thiru mandhrathilum, dvayathilum niyadhan Agai- Live according to the

content specifics of thirumandhram and dvayam.

 

8. AchArya prEmam gaNathirukkai- The fondness towards The AchAryan, who has

educated all the aspects mentioned above.

 

9. AchAryan pakkalilum, emberumAn pakkalilum, krithagzhanAi pOruvadhu-

Being grateful to the AchAryan who has rectified our mistakes and made us

eligible for attaining salvation and

 

Being grateful to emberumAn for having created adhvEsham - anti-apathy towards

Him- and made us closer to the AchAryan and

 

10.gnAnamum, virakthiyum, sAnthamum, vudaiyanAyirukkum parama sAthvikanOdE,

sahavAsam paNNugai- Residing along with persons who are possessed with gnAnam

but at the same time do not have the pride that they possess the knowledge and

have virakthi towards aprAptha vishayangaL.

 

vAnamAmalai padmanabhan