Granthams English

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 27 ஆத்மா ஜ்ஞாநத்துக்கிருப்பிடமன்றிக்கே ஜ்ஞாநமாத்ரமாகில்; AthmA gyAnaththukku iruppidam anRikkE gyAnamAthramAgil. Meaning: Suppose one says that the soul is not the substratum of knowledge but is merely knowledge itself. Explanation In the previous sUthram, it was established that the soul is ज्ञानाश्रय … Read more

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 26 ஜ்ஞாநாஶ்ரயமாகையாவது ஜ்ஞாநத்துக்கிருப்பிடமாயிருக்கை. gyAnASrayamAgaiyAvadhu gyAnaththukku iruppidamAy irukkai. Meaning: Being the substratum of knowledge means that the soul is the locus in which knowledge resides. Explanation The commentator now explains what is meant by saying that the soul is ज्ञानाश्रय (gyAnASraya). … Read more

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 25 அநேக தே3ஹங்களைப் பரிக்3ரஹிக்கிற யோகி3கள் ஸ்வரூபத்துக்கு ஶைதி2ல்யமும் வரும். anEka dhEhangaLaip parigrahikkiRa yOgigaL svarUpaththukku Saithilyamum varum. Meaning: If the soul were body-sized, then in the case of yogis who simultaneously assume many bodies, their essential nature would become fragmented and unstable. … Read more

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 24 அது ச்ருதிவிருத்தம். adhu Sruthi virudhdham. Meaning: That view is contrary to the Sruthi. Explanation In the previous sUthram, the view of the jains was stated – that the soul expands and contracts according to the size of the body … Read more

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 23 ஆர்ஹதர் ஆத்மாவை தேஹபரிமாணன் என்றார்கள். Arhathar AthmAvai dhEhaparimANan enRArgaL. Meaning: The jains (Arhathas) hold that the individual soul is of the same size as the body it occupies. Explanation Having established that the soul is निर्विकार (nirvikAra), the author now … Read more

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 22 இப்படியிருக்கையாலே ஶஸ்த்ரம், அக்3னி, ஜலம், வாதம், ஆதபம் தொடக்கமானவற்றால் சே2தி3த்தல், த3ஹித்தல், நனைத்தல், ஶோஷிப்பித்தல் செய்கைக்கு அயோக்3யமாயிருக்கும். ippadiyirukkaiyAlE Sasthram, agni, jalam, vAtham, Athapam thodakkamAnavaRRAl chEdhiththal, dhahiththal, nanaiththal, SOshippiththal seygaiykkE ayOgyamAyirukkum. Meaning: Because of its nature as explained above, the soul cannot be cut, … Read more

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 20 நிரவயவமாகையாவது அவயவஸமுதாயமன்றிக்கேயிருக்கை (niravayavamAgaiyAvadhu avayava samudhAyam anRikkE irukkai) Meaning: Being partless means that the soul is not an aggregate of parts. Explanation The soul is described in the śāstras as: विज्ञानमयः (vigyAnamaya:) – “of the nature of knowledge” [thaiththirIya upanishadh] … Read more

SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:  Full Series << Previous sUthram 19 அசிந்த்யமாகையாவது அசித்தோடு ஸஜாதீயமென்று நினைக்கவொண்ணாதிருக்கை (achinthyamAgaiyAvadhu achiththOdu sajAthIyam enRu ninaikkavoNNAdhirukkai) Meaning: The soul is called achinthya because it cannot be thought of as belonging to the same category as insentient matter (achith). Explanation After describing the soul as avyaktha (not … Read more