Mumukshuppadi - 071

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's

Mumukshuppadi

 

Sutra:

71. maNaththaiyum oLiyaiyum koNdu pUvaiyum rathnaththaiyum

virumbumApOlE sEshamenRu AthmAvai AtharikkiRathu; allAtha

pOthu "uyirinAR kuRaivilam" enkiRapadiyE thyAjyam; athu

thOnRa sEshathvaththais sollip pinnai AthmAvai sollukiRathu.

 

Meaning:

The flower is liked because of its fragrance and the precious

stone is liked because of its brilliant shine. Similarly

the Atma is liked because of the fact that it is enslaved

to the Lord. If the Atma is not enslaved to Him, then it

is to be given up. This is per Nammazhvar's pasuram

"thadam punala sadaimudiyan thaniyoru kURamarnthu uRaiyum

udambudaiyAn kavarAtha uyirinAl kuRaivilamE".

 

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:

In explaining something, the correct order is to show the

nature of the being first and then talk about its dharma.

If that is the case, then in the praNavam, it is the Atma

that should have come first and its quality which is

sEshatvam should have come after. So, why does the praNavam

have the ukAram first and then the makAram?

 

The reason is as follows. In this world, we see that it is

due to the fragrance that a flower is liked and it is due

to its brilliant light that a precious stone is liked.

In the same fashion, it is out of the quality of seshatvam

that a soul is liked. If a soul does not possess that

wealth, then it is to be discarded.

 

What is the pramANam for this?

 

The answer is Nammazhvar's pasuram: "thadam punala

sadaimudiyan thaniyoru kURamarnthu uRaiyum udambudaiyAn

kavarAtha uyirinAl kuRaivilamE" (Thiruvaymozhi 4-8-10).

The essence of this pasuram is that that soul which is

not attached to Him should be discarded. Alavandar too

says the same in his Stotraratnam.

 

Therefore, to emphasize the importance of sEshatvam which

is spoken about this way by our acharyas who are knowledge

incarnate, sEshatvam is placed ahead and Atma is placed

after in the prAnavam.

 

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

 

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

TCA Venkatesan

 

Mumukshuppadi Sarartha Deepikai Series:

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

 

Note:

HH Sri Vanamamalai Jeeyar is conducting an on-going

tele-upanyasam series on Mumukshuppadi. Please check the

following link for details on listening to an acharya

expound on this work in traditional kAlakshepam format.

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