Sri Pillai Lokachariar's ArchirAdhi

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Sri:

SrimathE Ramanujaya Namaha:

AzhwAr emperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE Saranam

 

Dear group

 

A while back some one had requested the summary of Sri Pillai

Lokachariar's ArchirAdhi. It is now available online at

 

http://www.srivaishnava.org/sva.htm

 

Follow the links for Sri Pillai Lokachar (and ArchirAdhi).

 

thanks

 

Adiyen

Venkatesh Elayavilli

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1.Garuda, Visvaksena and others take this atma to their respective residences.

They seat him on a high asana while they themselves squat on the ground. Their

wives (patnis) brought water and washed the feet of this muktatma (Sree Pada

theertha offering). They relate to their spouses the greatness of this

muktatma and render upachara to that soul.

----All liberated souls have one and only objective in Paramapada - eternal

service to Him. That being the case how can there be "patnis" etc to the

souls?? According to our sampradAyam all souls are likened to being "female" in

the sense of being sub-servient to Him and Only Him. That being the case there

must be some other meaning to what is stated in the original Archiradi by Swamy

Pillai lOkAchArya. Can someone knowledgeable interpret this correctly?

2."I must have done some punya to be blessed as to reach You Now that I have

reached you, all my sins will get wiped out."

This again is somethig that is not in tune with our sampradayam - How can the

liberated soul, whcih is suppoed to have regaimed its full knowledge claim that

due to its "punya" it reached Him?

It would be great if someone who has access to authentic vyAkhyAnam on Archiradi

can post a transalation...

rAmAnuja dAsi

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