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Ashtasloki Vyakhyanam - Introduction

INTRODUCTION
          
       Prapannas are those who have understood that Bhagwan is the
only resort for all beings. For reaching Him, He alone can help and
there is no other means. Even though we are prapannas, yet because of
this birth we are attached to this material world. Due to this
attachemnt these souls are immersed in the cycle of birth and death.
The relesae from this cycle leads us to Moksha.

In order to reach moksha, we need to understand the basic essential
knowledge known as the ArthaPanchanka. They are:-

1.      Knowledge about the true nature of paramatma (Lord).
2.      Knowledge about the true nature of jeevatma (the soul).
3.      The path to be followed and its true nature (swabhava).
4.      The goal to be achieved and its greatness.
5.      The obstacles in our way to reach the Lord.

Haaritha Samhitha explains the features of Artha Panchakam as:

praapyasya brahmanoo rupam praapthusccha pratyagaathmanaha
praapthyupaayam palam chaiva tathaa praapthi virodhi cha
vadanthi sakalaa vedaha sethihaasa puranaakaaha

Sri Parasara Bhattar Swami explains the features in his tanian for
Thiruvaimozhi as:

mikka irainilaiyum meyyaam uyir nilaiyum 
thakka neriyum thadaiyaagi thokkiyalum 
oozh vinaiyum vaazhvinaiyum odhum kurugaiyar kon 
yaazhin isai vedaththiyal

This means that "The ThiruvAimozhi"  composed by kurugaiyor kon,
contains the Artha Panchakam,

1. Nature of the eternal Paramaatma.
2. Nature of the eternal jeevaatma. 
3. Path to be followed by the jeevaatma to attain Paramaatma.
4. Hurdles on this path towards the goal.
5. Moksha is the goal of jeevathma.

The technical name given to five points listed above is 'artha
panchakam'. In order to educate us on all these issues several works
were presented to us by the Lord. The chief among them are:
a. Vedas.
b. Ithihasas like Ramayanam and Maha Bharatham. 
c. Puranas like Vishnu Puramam. 
d. Dhivya Prabandam by Azhvars including Andal and Amudhanar. 

All these have come to existence to elaborate the five points listed
in Artha Panchakam.


-- 
Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam
Dasan 
VP Srinivasa Varadan




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