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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





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