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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's
Mumukshuppadi

Sutra:
157. varththamAna nirththEsam Sathvam thalaiyeduththu
anjinapOdhu anuSanthikkaikkAga.

Meaning:
The reason for using the present tense in saying "I am
attaching myself to" (prapadhye) is to keep it in the
mind when fear comes after the higher qualities (sattva
guNa) arise in it.

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:
Why is the present tense used here as opposed to using
the past tense as in "nin adiyiNai adainthEn" and 
"adik kIzh amarndhu pugundhEn"?

The chetana living in this world will have rajas and 
tamas guNas initially and due to that would seek the
wrong paths and the wrong goals. Later the sattva
guNas would arise in him and he would then be afraid
about his prior wrongful acts because the only 
counter-measure for those acts is surrendering to Him
and that can be done only once.

Therefore, the present tense is used here to keep
remembering that act of seeking His refuge.

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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