Mumukshuppadi - 257-258

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Dear devotees,

 

adiyEn apologizes for the long break in the Mumukshuppadi

Charama Shloka PrakaraNam postings. Due to a number of

obligations, adiyEn was unable to post the sutras and

the translation of PBA Swami's explanations for them, for

quite a while. adiyEn will continue these posts now and

hopefully will be able to complete this service with the

grace of Sriman Narayana, without further interruptions.

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra:

257. Sarva pApEbhya:

258. mathprApthi prathibanthagangalenRu yAvai sila

pApangaLaik kuRiththu anjugiRAy, avvO pApangaL

ellAvaRRil ninRum.

259. "poy ninRa njAnamum pollAvozhukkum azhukkudambum"

engiRapadiyE avidhyA karmavAsanAruchi prakruthi

sambanthangaLais sollugiRadhu.

260. thruNaccEdha suNdUyanAdhigaLaip pOlE prakruthi

vAsanaiyAlE anuvarththikkumavaiyenna, lOkApavAdha

beethiyAlum karuNaiyAlum kalakkaththAlum seyyumavai

enna, ivai ellAvaRRaiyum ninaikkiRadhu.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

Now the meaning of sarva pApEbhya: is explained.

 

pApam is that which is an obstacle to what is seeked

and which is the cause for providing what is not

wanted.

 

Those which are obstacles to reaching Him are obstacles

to what is seeked. Therefore, the sins that are talked

about here are those that are obstacles to reaching

Him.

 

Since the plural form (pApEbhya:) is used, it talks

about the many sins such as avidhyA, karma, vAsana,

ruci and prakruti sambandham. avidhyA is lack of

knowledge; karma is puNya and pApa; vAsana is

attachment to lack of knowledge, to karma and to

things of this world.

 

What is said through the "sarva" term?

 

It is thinking about the following:

The karmas that are done by habit without thought

(similar to scratching, etc) due to previous attachment

to this world.

The acts that are done due to the fear that 'What will

the world think of us if we don't do them?'

The daily and ritual acts that are done out of mercy

to others with the thought that 'if others stop doing

them because of we don't do them, then it is a loss to

them'.

The acts that have been given up but are repeated due

to rajas and tamas guNas.

 

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

 

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