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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Sri Pillai Lokacharya's
Mumukshuppadi

Sutra:
33. mUnRu thAzhiyilE thayirai niRaiththuk kadainthu veNNai
thirattinARpOlE mUnRu vEthaththilum mUnRu aksharaththaiyum
eduththathu.
34. AgaiyAl ithu sakala vEtha sAram.

Meaning:
33. This is like collecting buttermilk in three vessels and
extracting the butter from them. The essence of three Vedas 
has been extracted in the form of the three aksharas.
34. Therefore, the praNavam is the essence of all Vedas.

Sri PBA Swami's Sarartha Deepikai (33 & 34):
Previously it was said that samhitAkAram can be used to 
explain the sruti "OmityEkAksharam", while asamhitAkAram
can be used to break the praNavam into three aksharas.
Is the use of asamhitAkAram acceptable, as it goes 
against the sruti?

Here it is shown that the srutis accept the breaking up
of the praNavam into three aksharas and that the three
aksharas are the essence of three Vedas.

The aksharas that make up the praNavam are "a", "u" and
"m". These arise out of the Rk, Yajur and Sama Vedas.
>From these three Vedas come the Bhu:, Bhuva: and Suva:
(the three great vyAhRtis) which were created and run 
by Him, and He stood within them and extracted these 
three aksharas. Therefore, this is bringing out the 
essence of the Vedas, which is like bringing out the 
butter which is the essence of buttermilk. Are there 
srutis to support this? There are, such as "pUriti 
rkvEdAt" and others.

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 on Mumukshuppadi in Tamil. 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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