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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's Mumukshuppadi

Sutra:
188. kIzhE sila upAyavisEshangaLai upadhEsikka, avai
dhuccagangaLenRum SvarUpa virOdhigaLenRum ninaiththu
sOgAvishtanAna arjunanaik kuRiththu avanudaiya sOga
nivruththyarththamAga ini idhukkavvarugillai ennalAm-
padiyAna caramOpAyaththai aruLis seygaiyAlE carama
slOkam enRu idhukkup pErAyirukkiRadhu.

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:
Why is this called Carama Shloka? Because it shows
the final means to reaching Him.

In the prior sections of Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna
had explained other means to liberation such as 
Karma Yoga and Gnyana Yoga. Upon hearing them, 
Arjuna thought that these were not easy to follow;
he also felt that for a soul, such efforts were not
in tune with its nature of being completely 
dependent on Him and therefore were truly obstacles
to the realization of that nature. Thinking that it
is impossible to reach Him through such means and 
therefore reaching Him is a lost cause, Arjuna 
became grief stricken.

In order to remove this sorrow of Arjuna, Krishna
taught him this final means which is easy to follow
and is in tune with the soul's true nature. Since
this shloka explains that final means, it became to 
be known as the Carama Shloka.

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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