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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's
Mumukshuppadi

Sutra:
82. iththAl virOthiyaik kazhikkiRathu.
83. virOthi thAn mUnRu.
84. athAvathu - SvarUpa virOthiyum, upAya virOthiyum, prApya
virOthiyum.

Meaning:
82. With the namaS, obstacles are removed.
83. There are three obstacles.
84. They are, SvarUpa virodhi, upAya virodhi and prApya 
virodhi.

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:
The namaS removes obstacles which are of three type. They are 
SvarUpa virodhi, upAya virodhi and prApya virodhi.

The SvarUpam was gathered out of the praNavam and the obstacle
to that is SvarUpa virodhi. The means is born out of the 
meaning of namaS and the obstacle to that is upAya virodhi. 
The goal is described by the nArAyaNAya and the obstacle to
that is upEya virodhi.

It was shown before that the Thirumantra explains the SvarUpam,
upAyam and purushArttham. Since all three have virodhis, the
namaS removes those obstacles.

The SvarUpam which is sEshatvam has the ahankAra mamakAra 
obstacles. The upAyam which is looking to no one but Him has
the obstacle which is the belief that the self can be 
protected by itself. The purushArttham which is service to
Him has the obstacle that the jIva derives pleasure for itself
in that service.

How does the namaS remove these obstacles?

As told by Sri Parasara Bhattar in Ashtasloki 
"mantrabrahmaNi madhyamEna namasA pumsa: svarUpam gati:
gamyam shikshitamikshitEna purata: pashcAdapi sthAnata:",
the namaS joins with the parts before and after (kAkAkshi 
nyAyam)and also stays by itself, and removes the three 
virodhis. Joining with the part before, it becomes "Om nama:";
joining with the part after, it becomes "nArAyaNAya nama:"; 
by itself it becomes "namO nama:".

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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