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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's
Mumukshuppadi

Sutra:
44. oruvan adimai koLLum pOthu gruhiNikkenRanRE AvaNaiyOlai
ezhuthuvathu; Agilum, paNi seyvathu gruhiNikkiRE; athupOlE
nAm pirAttikku adimaiyAyirukkumpadi.

Meaning:
In this world, when a man hires a servant to do work in his
house, he writes a contract that the servant will do his 
bidding but does not explicitly note that the servant should
do the bidding of his wife. Nevertheless, we see that the 
servant does the work as ordered by the wife. Similarly, we 
are also enslaved to Sri Mahalakshmi.

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai:
Is it not said in the praNavam that the chetana is enslaved
to the Lord - so, how can one say that he is also enslaved 
to Mahalaskshmi?

This is answered using an example from this world. When a
rich person hires some servants to do work at his home, 
there will usually be a contract written. This contract is 
called AvaNai Olai. When this contract is written, the man
would typically have it written in his name and not in his
wife's name. Nevertheless, it is very often seen that the 
servant ends up doing mostly the bidding of the wife.
Similarly, while the akAram only mentions that we are
enslaved to Him, it does not preclude that we are also
enslaved to pirAtti.

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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