Translated by Sri Ramanan Rajagopalan

Prapanna ParithrANam

Swami Pillai LokAcharyar has blessed us 18 granthams that contain the medicine that saves us from the snake-bite of samsara. One of the works is Mumukshuppadi where he talks about the steps to be taken by a soul seeking nitya kaimkarya prApti. In that work, he also refers to one of his another interesting works for a mumukshu.

"Nam kannan kann allathillaiyOr kanne" 2-2-1 of ThiruvAymozhi, is the fact that Azhwars have clearly stated in their blissful outpourings as Nalayira Divya Prabandham. The above mentioned treatise is the one that SwAmi Pillai Ulakaryan has clearly dealt with in his interesting work bearing the title "Prapanna ParithrAnam"

The title itself conveys the meaning that the work explains about the aspect of protection of souls that have performed saranagati. Swamy Pillai UlagAriyan frames an hypothesis and logically proves with the quotes from puranas that Sriyapathi is the sole protector for all the mumukshus. Swamy deals with the elimination of the wrong perception of the souls that vest confidence on various relationships in samsara. Swamy deals with the following relationships in the process of showing that Kannan is the one and only protector:

1. Brother
2. Son
3. Father
4. Mother
5. Other Devatas

We will experience the anubhavam-s with each of the above case scenarios in the following postings.