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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's
Mumukshuppadi

Sutra:
62. thevarkaLukku sEshamaana purOdaasaththai naaykkidumaa
pOlE, Isvara sEshamaana aathmavaSthuvai SamSaarikaLukku 
sEshamaakkukai.

Meaning:
Enslaving the soul which belongs only to Him to another
samsaari, is like giving the oblation from a yagna which is
meant for Indra and other Devas to a lowly dog.

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:
Why does one have to compulsorily remove sEshatvam to
another; is it really such a terrible thing?

Yes, it is. The soul belongs to Him who is the Lord and 
to subject it to slavery to other samsaris is indeed a
terrible thing. To do so is like giving the oblation from
a yagna that is due to Indra and other devas ("vAnidai
vAzhum avvAnavarkku maRaiyavar vELviyil vaguththa avi"),
to a lowly dog. Since it is very important that this 
terrible thing which is anya sEshatvam be removed, it is
better to take the meaning of ukAram as avatAraNam rather
than as Lakshmi.

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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