Mumukshuppadi - 074

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's

Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra:

74. akAraththAlum makAraththAlum rakshakaniyum rakshyaththaiyum

solliRRu; chathurththiyAlum ukAraththAlum, rakshaNahEthuvAna

prApthiyaiyum palaththaiyum solliRRu.

 

Meaning:

The akAram spoke of the Protector; the makAram spoke of that

which is protected; the fourth case spoke of that which is the

reason for the protection; and the ukAram spoke of the result.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

In the 72nd and 73rd sutras, the combined meaning of the

prAnavam was shown in one way. There the sEshatvam that is in

the hidden fourth case inside the akAram was kept in focus.

Now, the root of the akAram is used to show another combined

meaning for the praNavam.

 

The root for akAram is taken as ava-rakshaNE and as the meaning

of that root is protection, that is kept in focus and used to

derive the meaning of the praNavam here.

 

The akAram shows Him who is the protector. The makAram shows

that which is to be protected which is the Atma. The reason

that He protects is because the Atma is enslaved to Him;

therefore the fourth case speaks of the sEshatvam which is

the reason for the protection. The result of this protection

is that the Atma continues in the service of the same

protector and this fact that the Atma is undeviatingly

enslaved only to Him is spoken by the ukAram.

 

Thus, the praNavam speaks of the rakshaka, the rakshaNeeya,

the rakshaNa hEtu and the rakshana prayOjana.

 

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