Swami Pillailokacharya
Swamy Pillailokacharyar wrote the outstanding “Artha Panchakam” in Manipravala. I managed to find the translation of Artha Panchakam by Sri A. GovindAcharya and I am briefly providing it here for your perusal. You can gain access to full translation of it, using the link at the end of this post.
The soul – which is whirled in the vortex of evolution; in other words, entangled in the cycle of births and deaths, or subjected to the vicissitudes of bodily existence, or trammelled in the meshes of matter, if it would escape from this orthodox, i.e. gain deliverance from these vicissitudes, should obtain a knowledge of the Five Truths or Principles, and, shaping his conduct on such knowledge, secure salvation.
The Five Truths or Principles are those of -
A. Sva-svarUpa – Own self or Soul.
B. Para-svarUpa – Higher Self or God.
C. PurusArtha-svarUpa – Goal or End.
D. Upaya-svarUpa – Means.
E. VirOdhi-svarUpa – The anti or opposite to these, which may be called “agnosis”, “nescience”, “sin”, and so forth, according to the context.
Classification of Artha-Pancaka (or the Five Truths)
Sva-svarUpa – Nature of Soul
1. Nitya, the Free
2. Mukta, the Freed
3. Baddha, the Bound
4. KEvala, the Isolate or the Aloof
5. Mumukshu, the Would-be Free.
Para-svarUpa – Nature of God
1.Para, the Supreme
2. VyUha, the Grouped
3. Vibhava, the Multiplied
4. AntaryAmi, the Internal Ruler
5. ArcA, the imaged.
PurusArtha-svarUpa – Nature of Goal
1. Dharma, Duty
2. Artha, Wealth
3. KAma, Joys
4. AtmAnubhava, Soul-bliss
5. Bhagavad anubhava, God bliss.
UpAya-svarUpa – Nature of Means
1. Karma, Good Acts
2. JnAna, Knowledge
3. Bhakti, (Love-) Faith
4. Prapatti, (Surrender) Faith
5. AcAryAbhimana, Mediator.
VirOdhi-svarUpa – Nature of obstructions
1. SvarUpa-virOdhi, Anti-Soul
2. Paratva-virOdhi, Anti-God
3. PurusArtha virOdhi, Anti-Goal
4. UpAya-virOdhi, Anti-Means
5. PrApti-virOdhi, Anti-fruit.
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