Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam: Part 163( Paaasuram:187-188)/ MeemAmsaka Matham

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Swamy Desikan :

 

Today , we will study Swamy Desikan's criticism of

MeemAmsaka Matham and its followers .

 

187) Criticism of the MeemAmsa Matham

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Isanum maRRa aNangum ilathuyenRu yezhilnAnmaRayil

pesiya nall vinayAl perum paazhukkuneer iraykkum

neesarai neethikaLAl nigamAnthatthin nool vazhiyE

mAsu il manam kodutthum maRu mARRangaL mARRuvamE

 

(Meaning): MeemAmsakAs do not accept either the Lord or the other gods

like Indhran. They believe that the Yaagams and Yaj~nams done by humans

produce a vasthu known as apoorvam and that vasthu gives the phalans

for those karmAs .They accept sabdham as the DEvathai . This creates

a situaton in their matham , where the devathais have no sarIram ,

problem in acceptance of the havis by the dEvathai , enjoyment of that havis

by the accepting devathai, granting fruits for the karmA performed

and for the devathai to be at more than one place to particpate in

more than one yaj~nam .

 

The MemAmsakAs do not accept the existence of Iswaran ,

who is worshipped by all types of KarmAs and who grants

the fruits for those kinds of worship . Instead , they create an

insentient vasthu named apoorvam (PuNyams and Paapams),

perform karmAs enjoined by the VedAs with pomp and expenditure of

a lot of money , undergo a lot of physical sufferings (SarIra Sramam) .

Their effort is like irrigating a desert region. It is futile and fruitless.

 

We (Swamy Desikan ) will refute their foolish ways with appropriate

Veda PramANams and help them understand their follies.

 

188) Poorva and Utthara MeemAmsais are one Saasthram only

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kanai kadal pOl oru neerAm sootthiratthai

kavunthanayum irAhuvaium pOlak-kaNDu

ninaivudanE nilait-tarumam ihanthu niRkkum

neesar nilai nikai nADA vaNNam yeNI

vinai paravu saiminiyAr vEda noolai

vEdAntha nooludanE virahAl kOttha

munai udaya muzhu mathi namm munivar sonna

mozhi vazhiyE vazhi yenRu muyanRittOmE

 

(Meaning) : Our SiddhAntham is to accept Poorva MeemAmsai,

Utthara MeemAmsai as one vEdAntha Saasthram. Like the One ocean

is called lower and upper ocean , the MeemAmsai, which is one sAsthram

is nomenclatured as Poorva and Utthara MeemAmsais. Poorva MeemAmsai

covers the KarmAs dealing with Bhagavath AarAdhanam . The Iswaran ,

who is worshipped by those KarmAs is the subject matter of Utthara

MeemAmsai or Brahma KaaNDam . BhOdhAyanar , Swamy AaLavanthAr

and AchArya RaamAnujA established this unifying classification and accepted

the two MeemAmsais as belonging to one Saasthram. We follow this path

recommended by these great intellectuals .

 

The usage of the words in this Paasuram ( Kavanthanayum IrAhuvayum pOlE )

refers to the MeemAmsakAs calling Poorva MeemAmsam ( Karma KaaNDam)

that does not accept Iswaran and only KarmAs as trunk without head ; they

call

Utthara MeemAmsam , which eschews KarmAs and talks only about Iswaran

(Brahman ) as head without trunk. Raahu has head but no trunk; Kabhandhan

of SrImath RaamAyaNam has no head but he has trunk only. Swamy Desikan

gives these apt comparisons to describe the position of the MeemAmsakAs

and goes on to assert that the united Poorva and Utthara MemAmsams are

one Saasthram (body witha head) and that they can not be seperated .

 

Swamy Desikan rejects Nireeswara MeemAmsakas , who extoll

KarmAs over Iswaran with the rules of SaarIraka Saasthram .

Swamy Desikan accepts the PoorvOtthara MeemAmsa Kramam.

Swamy Desikan blessed us with two SrI Sookthis (sEswara MeemAmsa

and MeemAmsa PaadhukA ) to establish the oneness of MeemAmsa

instead of rigid separation of hte one Saasthram in to two MeemAmsa

Saasthrams.

 

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan ,

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadikaLE SaraNam

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: