Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi - 028

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's

Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra:

28. ithu thAn ettuth thiruvaksharamAy mUnRu pathamAy irukkum.

 

Meaning:

The Thirumathra is made up of eight aksharas (letters) and is

of three parts.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

This sutra shows the the number of aksharas and parts that

make up the Thirumanthra. This will be followed by the

explanations of the meanings of these letters and parts.

 

Some people break up the Thirumathra as follows. They break

the nArAyaNAya as "nAra ayanAya" which then becomes six

aksharas. Then, they drop the praNavam in order to derive the

eight aksharas. However, as this contradicts the sruthi

"OmityekAksharam; nama iti dve akshare; nArAyaNAyeti

panjcAksharANi", such break up is not considered appropriate.

 

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

TCA Venkatesan

 

Note:

HH Sri Vanamamalai Jeeyar is conducting an on-going

tele-upanyasam on Mumukshuppadi in Tamil. Please check

the following link for details on listening to an acharya

expound on this great work in traditional kAlakshepam

format.

http://www.radioramanuja.com/talks/vana.htm

 

Mumukshuppadi Sarartha Deepikai Series:

http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/mumukshuppadi/index.html