Oru Mithuname Uththesyam - 4 - PBA Swami

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Sri:Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: oru mithunamE uththEsyamBy Sri U Ve P.B. Annangarachariar Swami1963 An abridged translation by TCA Venkatesan 14. Even though Vedanta Desika, who is Kavitarkika Kesari, has made this so clear, there are some who either are confused that Piratti too can be the means or even when their confusionis removed, due to old habits, keep writing "mithunamE upAyam".Not stopping at that, they also said that it is this idea thatmade an acharya write "upAya vELaiyOdu bhOga vELaiyOdu vAsiyaRaoru mithunamE uththEsyam". 15. It becomes our duty to explain the truth to those who don't understand it. The divya sUkti "AshrayaNa vELaiyOdu bhOga vELaiyOdu vAsiyaRa oru mithunamE uththEsyam ennumidam solliRRAyiRRu" is present in Idu 36000padi Mahapravesham. The phrase used here is 'AshrayaNa

vELai' and not 'upAya vELai'. It has already been made clear in the passages above, how the divine couple are seeked during the time of surrender and howthey are seeked during the time of service. Vedanta Desikan'sdivine words have shown these very clearly. During the time ofsurrender, it is appropriate that She is seeked - not as the means but as the one who will mediate - where is the confusionhere? 16. Just as the divine couple are the target for service, as said in the second part of Dvayam, where is the issue in sayingthat they are the target when being seeked as well, as said in the first part. However, there is a difference. Seeking the Lord is done with Him as the means. Seeking Sri is done with Her as the mediator. This difference has been shown clearly byall acharyas including Desikan. To evade all that and to incorrectly use the Sri Sukti of Idu is unfair. -- The rest of the book has some additional comments and points outerrors in certain works of his time. A scanned copy of the original Tamil text is at:http://www.acharya.org/books/PBA/OruMithunam-PBA.pdf Concluded Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsanhttp://www.acharya.org

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On 7/15/07, TCA Venkatesan <vtca wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sri:Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

oru mithunamE uththEsyamBy Sri U Ve P.B. Annangarachariar Swami1963

 

An abridged translation by TCA Venkatesan

 

14. Even though Vedanta Desika, who is Kavitarkika Kesari, has made this so clear, there are some who either are confused that Piratti too can be the means or even when their confusionis removed, due to old habits, keep writing " mithunamE upAyam " . Not stopping at that, they also said that it is this idea thatmade an acharya write " upAya vELaiyOdu bhOga vELaiyOdu vAsiyaRaoru mithunamE uththEsyam " .

 

15. It becomes our duty to explain the truth to those who don't understand it. The divya sUkti " AshrayaNa vELaiyOdu bhOga vELaiyOdu vAsiyaRa oru mithunamE uththEsyam ennumidam solliRRAyiRRu " is present in Idu 36000padi Mahapravesham. The phrase used here is 'AshrayaNa vELai' and not 'upAya vELai'. It has already been made clear in the passages above, how the divine couple are seeked during the time of surrender and howthey are seeked during the time of service. Vedanta Desikan's divine words have shown these very clearly. During the time ofsurrender, it is appropriate that She is seeked - not as the means but as the one who will mediate - where is the confusionhere?

 

16. Just as the divine couple are the target for service, as said in the second part of Dvayam, where is the issue in sayingthat they are the target when being seeked as well, as said in the first part. However, there is a difference. Seeking the Lord is done with Him as the means. Seeking Sri is done with Her as the mediator. This difference has been shown clearly byall acharyas including Desikan. To evade all that and to incorrectly use the Sri Sukti of Idu is unfair.

 

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The rest of the book has some additional comments and points outerrors in certain works of his time.

 

A scanned copy of the original Tamil text is at:http://www.acharya.org/books/PBA/OruMithunam-PBA.pdf

 

Concluded

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsanhttp://www.acharya.org

 

 

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