Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi - 144 & 145

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Sri: | Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sutra:

144. The term "caraNau" means the divine feet.

145. This term, which is in the dual case, shows the beauty of

the togetherness of His lotus feet, and the completeness

of the means.

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

The next term is "caraNau", whose meaning is, the divine

feet.

 

Because this term is in the dual case, it means a pair

of feet. It speaks of the beauty of the two feet being

together, looking like two beautiful lotuses kept next

to each other ("iNaith thAmarai adi empirAn").

 

It also speaks of the completeness of the means. How is

that? Even in places where the singular case is used, it

can mean the many, using the case of "jAtyEkavacanam"

(a singular representing a whole class). And in places

where the plural case is used, it can mean the singular,

using "pUjAyAm bahuvacanam" (using the plural to show

respect) and "Atmani bahuvacanam" (using the plural to

refer to one's self). Using the dual case however, does

not allow the singular or the plural cases. Therefore,

the pair of feet being the means, does not tolerate

anything else as additional means. Thus, the caraNau

term speaks of the completeness of the means.

 

Jai Sriman Narayana | adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan | TCA Venkatesan

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