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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's
Mumukshuppadi

Sutra:
39. 'Isvaranai ozhinthavarkaL rakshakarallar' ennumidam
prapanna parithrANaththilE sonnOm.

Meaning:
That no one other than Sarvesvaran is capable of offering
protection was told in the rahasya grantha Prapanna
Parithranam.

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:
Is it correct to say that He is the only rakshaka? Don't
we see many people offer protection every day in this
world?

The father protects his children; the elder sibling 
protects the younger; the husband protects the wife; the
king protects the people; dEvatas such as Indra, Surya 
and Varuna also offer protection. This issue has been 
addressed by Sri Pillai Lokacharya in the rahasya 
grantha Prapanna Parithranam.

In this grantha, Sri Pillai Lokacharya shows, using many 
itihAsas and purANas, that limited relations such as 
mother, father, etc or other dEvatas do not have the 
power to protect and that He who is the one and true 
relation to all souls and one who never abandons anyone 
at any time is the only one who can protect. A few 
examples from this grantha are shown here.

That brothers are not rakshakas is shown by Vali and
Ravana; that children are not rakshakas is seen with
Rudra and Kamsa; that parents are not rakshakas is
shown by Kaikeyi and Hiranya; that husbands are not 
rakshakas is shown by Dharmaputra and NaLa. Devas such
as Chandra, Indra, etc are defeated by the likes of 
Hiranya and Ravana and become their slaves and as such 
they cannot be rakshakas. Brahma is not a rakshaka as 
Madhu Kaidaba took away the Vedas from him and he 
suffered (kaNNizhanthEn thanamizhanthEn). Rudra had 
Brahma's head stuck in his hand and he had to have
someone cleanse him of that sin and therefore cannot 
be a rakshaka.

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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