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Dear bhAgavatas,

Sorry for the gap in the posting of Mumukshuppadi. Due to Sri
Velukkudi Krishnan Swami's current visit to the US, we were a
little tied up with other activities. 

Smt Sheela who was posting Sri Vanamamalai Jeeyar Swami's 
upanyasam translation along with me is currently in a tight 
schedule. As such I will move on with Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha 
Deepikai translation. We will join our posts again if we can 
at a later time. 

We will start with the seventh chUrnai translation in this post.

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
TCA Venkatesan
http://www.acharya.org

--

Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:


Sri Pillai Lokacharyar's
Mumukshuppadi


7. Sakala sAsthrankaLAlum piRakkum gnyAnam SvayamArjitham pOlE; 
thirumanthraththAl piRakkum gnyAnam paithrukadhanam pOlE.


Meaning:
The knowledge gained by a person through Sastras such as Srutis 
and Smritis are like the wealth gained by him after much effort 
whereas the knowledge gained by a person through the Thirumanthra 
upadesam by an acharya is easily obtained like wealth inherited 
from his forefathers.


PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:
A question might arise that, are there not several Sastras that 
He Himself has provided to this world? Why should a person not 
study these works and gather the knowledge held within? Are they 
not a way to reach Him; why would one have to try to reach Him 
through the recitation of the Thirumanthram? The fact that the 
knowledge gained from Thirumanthram is better than that gained 
from Sastras is shown here through the use of an example. A 
person works hard and gathers wealth; another gains wealth 
without any effort by inheriting it from his forefathers. 
While both enjoy the wealth, since one person struggled to 
obtain his wealth it is tinged with some pain; whereas the 
other person got his wealth easily and therefore enjoys it more. 
Similarly the wealth of knowledge obtained through Thirumanthram
by the grace of an acharya will be most pleasing.


Pillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale Saranam
Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
TCA Venkatesan
http://www.acharya.org





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