Mumukshuppadi - 138

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's

Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra:

138. kuRRam kaNdu veruvAmaikku vAthSalyam; kaRyam seyyumenRu

thuNigaikku Svamithvam; SvAmithvam kaNdu agalAmaikku

SausIlyam; kaNdu paRRugaikku Saulabyam; virOthiyaip pOkkith

thannaik kodukkaikku njAnasakthigaL.

 

Meaning:

The quality of vAtsalyam will help the chetana not fear

looking at his own errors. The quality of svAmitvam will

help the chetana be sure that He will take care of him.

The quality of sausIlyam will help the chetana not do

naicyAnusandAnam looking at His great glory and stay away

from Him. The quality of saulabhyam will help the chetana

see Him directly and reach Him. The qualities of gyAna and

shakti will help remove the obstacles to reaching Him.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

How are these qualities brought forth by the nArAyaNa term

here?

 

Vatsalyam is brought forth to make sure that the chetana

does not fear seeing the enormous sins that he has

committed. This quality is seen in a cow shown toward its

calf. That is, considering the dirt on the calf as sweet,

giving milk for its growth and fighting off its enemies

with horns and hooves. Similarly, He too looks at the

chetanas errors as good ("ennadiyAr athu seyyAr seythArEl

nanRu seythAr"), takes care of the chetanas through His

qualities ("pAlE pOl sIr") and always protects them ("na

tyajeyam kathanjcana").

 

Svamitvam is brought forth so that the chetana does not

have to fear if He will take care of him. Svamitvam means

that the master truly owns that which belongs to him. Even

if the chetana turns his sface away from Him, He will stay

focused on him and maintain His relationship to him. Since

the loss of the chetana is His loss, the chetana can be

sure that He will take care of him.

 

SausIlyam allows the chetana not to look at His immeasurable

greatness, His lordship over both vibhUtis and his own

lowliness and keep away from Him. SausIlyam is the quality

due to which He mixes with everyone without looking at their

nature. Therefore the chetana does not have to keep away.

 

Saulabhyam is the quality by which the chetana without

wondering that He cannot be seen ("atIndriya"), can see

Him with his own eyes and serve Him. Saulabhyam is making

Himself visible to all.

 

The qualities of gyAna and shakti help remove the obstacles

to the goal and give Himself to the chetanas. Knowledge

allows Him to see the lowliness of the chetana and what he

needs in order to reach Him. Having understood that, shakti

helps in making it happen.

 

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

TCA Venkatesan

 

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