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PILLAI LOKACHARYA -11TH NOV.2002
TEN COMMANDMENTS

On the event of Pillai Lokacharya s sathumurai, I hazard to venture into 
His ten commandments, at the risk of attracting the blame of repetition. 
These ten commandments are so renowned, that they must have been often 
repeated in this forum, time and again.

mumOkshuppadi 116 dhvayap prakaraNam.

The indispensable characteristics of Sreevaishnavites is spelt as ten 
prescriptions by Swami Pillai Lokacharya.

1. purambuNdAna paRRukkaLai vasanaiyOdu vidugai- To completely extricate 
oneself from the interests in external things. This is akin to the 
terms'sarvadharmAn pari dhajya.

2. emberumAnE thanjam enRu paRRugai- To surrender unto Lord comprehensively. 
This is similar to the term,"mAm Ekam saraNam vraja"
The above two points are similar to 'vEdumin muRRavum, vEdu seidhu, vummuyir, 
vEdudaiyAnidai vEdu seiminE"

3. pERu thappAdhenRu thuNindhirukkai- The conviction that we will be granted 
salvation by the LOrd.

4. pERRukkuth thvarikkai-Having got the conviction that we will indeed be 
granted the End, being expecting with eagerness when it will fructify and 
materialise at the earliest- 'kOvik koLLUm kAlam innam kurugAdhO'

5. irukkum nAl vugandharuLina nilangalil pravaNaNai ghuNanubhava 
kainkaryangaLil pozhudhu pOkkai i.e Reside in dhivya dhESangal and perform 
kainkaryams and involve inemberumAn s kalyaNa ghuNangaL , till the end of ones 
physical form in this world.

6. ippadi irukkum sreevaishnavargal ERRam aRindhu vugandhirukkai- Being very 
affectionate and warm towards sreevaishnavites who live according to the 
prescriptios as mentioned hereinabove, understanding their values.

It is pertinent to note that periya jEyar has commented that even if the other 
characteristics exist in a person, this characteristic is very difficult to be 
attained.

7. thiru mandhrathilum, dvayathilum niyadhan Agai- Live according to the 
content specifics of thirumandhram and dvayam.

8. AchArya prEmam gaNathirukkai- The fondness towards The AchAryan, who has 
educated all the aspects mentioned above.

9. AchAryan pakkalilum, emberumAn pakkalilum, krithagzhanAi pOruvadhu- 
Being grateful to the AchAryan who has rectified our mistakes and made us 
eligible for attaining salvation and 

Being grateful to emberumAn for having created adhvEsham - anti-apathy towards 
Him- and made us closer to the AchAryan and

10.gnAnamum, virakthiyum, sAnthamum, vudaiyanAyirukkum parama sAthvikanOdE, 
sahavAsam paNNugai- Residing along with persons who are possessed with gnAnam 
but at the same time do not have the pride that they possess the knowledge and 
have virakthi towards aprAptha vishayangaL.

vAnamAmalai padmanabhan







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