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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi

Sutra:
231. iththai ozhiyavum thAnE kAryam seyyumenRu ninaikkak
kadavan.
232. allAtha pOthu upAya nairapEksham jeeviyAdhu.
233. idhu Sarvamukthi prasanga parihArArththam; budhdhi
SamAdhAnArththam; caithanya kAryam; rAga prAptham;
SvarUpa nishtam; aprathishEthathyOthagam.

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:
Since it is His effort that is responsible for the
attachment to this means, He does not do it for this
goal. Even if this surrender is not done, it is to be
understood that He, who is focused on the upliftment
of the chetana, would give what the chetana needs and 
remove what he doesn't.

If not - that is, if the chetana thinks that He will
not do that without this surrender and that the 
surrender is required for Him to do it - the greatness
of the siddhopaya (the Lord), which is that it does not
require anything, will be spoiled.

If that is the case, why is the surrender to be
performed?

It is needed to answer the question of sarva mukti
prasangam (if the chetana does not have to do anything
for Him to do His act, then shouldn't everyone attain
liberation).

It is needed so that the chetana does not become
confused as to why He who did not protect him for so 
long will do that now.

Since he is not an achetana, the thought that He is the
means is the result of his being a chetana (using his
knowledge).

This act which did not happen due to fate but due to
the chetana's love for it born out of his understanding
of its taste, is not opposed to his nature. Instead it
is appropriate to his nature of seeking His protection.

Since the chetana has rejected His protection for age-
less time, this puts the spotlight on the fact that he 
has now given up doing that.

This is the meaning of this act and not that it itself
is the means.

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam
Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan

Mumukshuppadi Sarartha Deepikai Series:
http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/mumukshuppadi/index.html





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