Mumukshuppaddi - 096 & 097

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's

Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra:

96. nArangkaLAvana - nithyavaSthukkaLinudaiya thiraL.

97. avaiyAvana - njAnAnanthAmalathvAthikaLum, njAna-

sakthyAthikaLum, vAthSalya SausIlyAthikaLum, thirumEniyum,

gAnthi SaukumAryAthikaLum, dhivyabUshaNangkaLum, dhivya

AyuthangkaLum, periya pirAttiyAr thodakkamAna nAccimArkaLum,

nithyasUrikaLum, cathrasAmarAthikaLum, thiruvAsal kAkkum

muthalikaLum, gaNAthiparum, muktharum, paramAkAsamum,

prakruthiyum, baddhAthmAkkaLum, kAlamum, mahathAthi

vikArangkaLum, aNdangkaLum, aNdaththukku utpatta dEvAthi

pathArththangkaLum.

 

Meaning:

96. What are the nAras? The community of those that are

there forever.

97. They are: the countless knowledge, joy and pure dharmas

of the Lord, His defined qualities such as knowledge and

power, His auspicious qualities such as love for all,

simplicity and Lordship, His uncommon divine form, the

many forms that He takes by His wish, the qualities of

those forms such as beauty and youth, the many jewels

that bedeck those forms, His divine weapons that add to

His beauty and destroy His devotees' enemies, His consorts

starting with Sri, the nithysUris such as Garuda and

Vishvaksena, the items such as umbrella, fan and vessels

that are used in His service, the guards at the gate of

His abode such as Jaya and Vijaya, the gaNAtipatis such

as Kumuda and Kumudaksha, the muktas that have crossed

the samsaric ocean, Sri Vaikuntam, the prakruti, the

Atmas that are trapped in samsara inside the prakruti,

time, the twenty three tattvas, the universe and the

devas, men, directions that are within the universe.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

It was said that the nAras are the community of those that

last forever. In listing those things, it appears that

some ephemeral things have also been included. It is not

so. The nithya objects are of two kinds: SvarUpatho nithyam

and pravAhatho nithyam. In the above list everything up

to time are SvarUpa nithyas; the rest are pravAha nithyas.

Those whose creation never changes are SvarUpa nithyas;

those whose creation may be stopped (and re-created) but

do not lose their name, nature or characteristics are

pravAha nithyas.

 

Thus the nAra term is described.

 

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