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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's
Mumukshuppadi

Sutra:
59. iththAl piRarkku sEshamanRenkiRathu.

Meaning:
With this ukAram's avatAraNam, anya sEshatva nivrutti
(not being enslaved to another) is being shown.

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:
There are two types of cases that arise out of the
avatAraNam: ayOgavyavaccEtam and anyayOgavyavaccEtam.
If a statement is made "the conch has the color white",
that is the ayOgavyavaccEtam case. If a statement is made
that "the white color is no where but in a conch", then
it is the anyayOgavyavaccEtam case. As the second 
statement is false, the second case cannot be used there.
If one says "Arjuna is the only archer", the meaning 
there is that he has no equal in wielding the bow and 
therefore the case is anyayOgavyavaccEtam.

In the avatAraNam used for the ukAram, it is the
anyayOgavyavaccEtam case that stands. That is, the ukAram
shows that the sEshatvam shown to the Lord is only toward 
Him and cannot be shown anywhere else. Just as "prutviyAm
Eva gantha:" shows that the quality of fragrance is 
present nowhere but in the prutivi (that is, 
anyayOgavyavaccEtam), so too here it is taken as "jIva:
Ayaiva") and that the jIva is enslaved only to Him and
no one else.

By the hidden case when it is shown that the soul is
enslaved to the Lord, why even bring up the question
whether he is enslaved to another and prove that he is
not?

In this world, we see that something that is owned by
one person is also owned by others. This is seen in the 
case of a home, a place, a servant, a son, etc. 
Therefore it is possible that a doubt might come up
whether that is the situation between the jIvas and the 
Lord. To answer that, the case has been taken up and 
shown that it is not so here.

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

Note:
HH Sri Vanamamalai Jeeyar is conducting an on-going 
tele-upanyasam series on Mumukshuppadi. Please check the 
following link for details on listening to an acharya
expound on this work in traditional kAlakshepam format.
http://www.radioramanuja.com/talks/vana.htm





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