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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's
Mumukshuppadi

Sutra:
10. avyApakankaLil vyApakankaL mUnRum srEshtankaL.

Meaning:
The vyApaka manthras are considered higher than the avyapaka manthras,
and three vyApaka manthras, ashtAkshari, dvAdasAkshari and shadakshari
that contain the Narayana, Vasudeva and Vishnu namas, are considered
high amongst these vyApaka manthras.

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:
In the previous sutra, the manthras describing the Lord were seperated
into two groups. Of these two groups, the vyApaka manthras are 
considered higher than the avyApaka manthras. Even amongst the vyApaka
manthras, three manthras are considered as very important. The Vishnu
Gayathri manthra is well known: nArAyanAya vidmahe vAsudevAya dImahi,
tanno vishNu: pracodayAt". In this manthra, three namas of the Lord 
are said: Narayana, Vasudeva, Vishnu. These three speak of the all-
pervasiveness of the Lord and as such are vyApaka manthras. These
three manthras are special amongst vyApaka manthras and are higher
than the avyApaka manthras.

These three are namas; so, how can we call them as manthras?
They are namas, but they are the inner meanings of their associated
manthras. Also by adding the words Om, nama: and the chaturthi
vibhakti (Aya) to them, they become manthras. Thus these three namas
in the Vishnu Gayathri manthra are equivalent to three vyApaka 
manthras.

Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Saranam
Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
TCA Venkatesan
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