Granthams
SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous sUthram 33 ஸாம்ஸாரிக ப்ரவ்ருத்திகளில் கர்த்ருத்வம் ஸ்வரூப ப்ரயுக்தமன்று. sAmsArika pravruththigaLil karthruthvam svarUpa prayukthamanRu. Meaning In worldly activities, the soul’s agency does not arise from its essential nature. Explanation A doubt may arise here. If the soul truly possesses karthruthva (agency), is all … Read more
SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous sUthram 32 அப்போது இவனுக்கு சாஸ்த்ரவச்யதையும் போ4க்த்ருத்வமும் குலையும். appOdhu ivanukku SAsthra vaSyathaiyum bhOkthruthvamum kulaiyum. Meaning If agency does not belong to the soul, then its subjection to scripture and its experiencership will both be lost. Explanation The sAnkhyas maintain that karthruthva belongs … Read more
SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous sUthram 31 சிலர், குணங்களுக்குே கர்த்ருத்வமுள்ளது, ஆத்மாவுக்கு இல்லையென்றார்கள். silar, guNangaLukkE karthruthvam uLLadhu, AthmAvukku illaiy enRArgaL. Meaning Some, namely the SAnkhyas, hold that agency (karthruthva) belongs only to the guNas (prakruthi) and not to the individual soul. Explanation Having established that karthruthva is … Read more
SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous sUthram 30 கர்த்ருத்வ போ4க்த்ருத்வங்கள் ஜ்ஞாநாவஸ்த்தா2 விசேஷங்களாகையாலே. karthruthva bhOkthruthvangaL gyAna avasthA viSEshangaLAgaiyAlE. Meaning: Doership and experiencership are special states connected with knowledge. Explanation In the previous sUthram it was stated that, once the soul is established as a ज्ञाता (gyAthA), the knower, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous sUthram 29 ஜ்ஞாதாவென்றபோதே, கர்த்தா போ4க்தா என்னுமிடம் சொல்லிற்றாயிற்று. gyAthAvenRapOdhE, karthA bhOkthA ennumidam solliRRAyiRRu. Meaning: Once it is said that the soul is the knower, it is already implied that it is the doer and the experiencer. Explanation In the previous sūtra, the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE satakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous sUthram 28 நான் அறிவு என்று சொல்லவேணும், நான் அறியா நின்றேனென்னக்கூடாது. nAn aRivu enRu sollavENum, nAn aRiyA ninREn ennak kUdAdhu. Meaning: If the soul were merely knowledge, one should say “I am knowledge”; one should not say “I know this.” Explanation In the … Read more
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