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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's
Mumukshuppadi

Sutra:
26. ithu thannil sollugiRa arththam - SvarUpamum 
SvarupAnurUpamAna prApyamum; SvarUpamum upAyamum 
palamumennavumAm.

Meaning:
The meanings of the Thirumanthra are: the nature of the soul 
which is being enslaved to Him and having no refuge but Him; 
and the kainkarya goal which is the natural order for the 
soul. The meanings are also brought out as: through the
praNavam the nature of the soul is established; through the
nama: the means which is the knowledge that there is no 
self-dependence is established; and through nArAyaNAya the 
goal seeked is established.

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:
>From this sutra on, the meanings of the Thirumanthra will be
explained in detail.

Firs, the meanings of the words making up the Thirumanthra 
are explained in two ways. One way is that the Thirumanthra 
shows the nature of the soul and the goal; and the other way
is that it shows the nature of the soul, the means, and the
goal seeked.

The nature of the soul is that it is enslaved to the Lord 
and that it has no other refuge. The goal seeked is the 
nithya kainkaryam (eternal service) to Him. The praNavam 
and nama: in the Thirumanthra show this svarUpa of the soul 
and the nArAyaNAya shows the kainkarya goal seeked.

In the second way, instead of taking that praNavam and nama:
together define the svarUpa of the soul, it is shown that
pranaVa shows the svarUpa of the soul, the nama: shows the
means (to the goal), and nArAyaNAya shows the goal seeked.

How does nama: show the means?
In order to reach Him, one has to lose the thought that one
can save oneself; the knowledge of complete dependence on
the Lord is the way to attaining the kainkarya phala. The
false knowledge of self independence is removed in the the 
utterance of the nama: and as such it represents the means.

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





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