Mumukshuppadi - 082, 083 & 084

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's

Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra:

82. iththAl virOthiyaik kazhikkiRathu.

83. virOthi thAn mUnRu.

84. athAvathu - SvarUpa virOthiyum, upAya virOthiyum, prApya

virOthiyum.

 

Meaning:

82. With the namaS, obstacles are removed.

83. There are three obstacles.

84. They are, SvarUpa virodhi, upAya virodhi and prApya

virodhi.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

The namaS removes obstacles which are of three type. They are

SvarUpa virodhi, upAya virodhi and prApya virodhi.

 

The SvarUpam was gathered out of the praNavam and the obstacle

to that is SvarUpa virodhi. The means is born out of the

meaning of namaS and the obstacle to that is upAya virodhi.

The goal is described by the nArAyaNAya and the obstacle to

that is upEya virodhi.

 

It was shown before that the Thirumantra explains the SvarUpam,

upAyam and purushArttham. Since all three have virodhis, the

namaS removes those obstacles.

 

The SvarUpam which is sEshatvam has the ahankAra mamakAra

obstacles. The upAyam which is looking to no one but Him has

the obstacle which is the belief that the self can be

protected by itself. The purushArttham which is service to

Him has the obstacle that the jIva derives pleasure for itself

in that service.

 

How does the namaS remove these obstacles?

 

As told by Sri Parasara Bhattar in Ashtasloki

"mantrabrahmaNi madhyamEna namasA pumsa: svarUpam gati:

gamyam shikshitamikshitEna purata: pashcAdapi sthAnata:",

the namaS joins with the parts before and after (kAkAkshi

nyAyam)and also stays by itself, and removes the three

virodhis. Joining with the part before, it becomes "Om nama:";

joining with the part after, it becomes "nArAyaNAya nama:";

by itself it becomes "namO nama:".

 

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