Sri Sthuthi of Swamy Desikan

Annotated Commentary in English by Oppiliappan Koil Sri Varadachari Sadagopan

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Nigamanam ofSrISthuthi Twenty FifthSlokam(UpachithaGuruBhakthE:) Twenty Fourth Slokam(KalyANAnAm) Twenty ThirdSlokam(MaathADevi!) (SampadhyanthE) Twenty SecondSlokam Twenty First Slokam(sAnuprAsa) Twentieth Slokam(sEvEDevi!) Fifteenth Slokam(AarthathrANa) Fourteenth Slokam(AalOkyathvAm) Thirteenth Slokam(AgrEBharthu) Twelfth Slokam(AasamsAram) Eleventh Slokam (DhatthESobhAm) (ThvAmEvAhu) Ninth Slokam Eighth Slokam(AsyEsAnaa) Seventh Slokam(Pasyantheeshu) Tenth Slokam(AapannArTi) Nineteenth Slokam(JaathAkAnkshA) Eighteenth Slokam(Ureekarthum) Seventeenth Slokam(SrEyaskAmA) Sixteenth Slokam(yOgArambha) (UddhEsyathvam) Sixth Slokam (NishprathyUha) Fifth Slokam Introduction toSrISthuthi Introduction Fourth Slokam (YathSankalpath) Fourth Slokam (SthOthavyathvam) Third Slokam (AavirbhAva:) Second Slokam First Slokam(MaanAtheetha)

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wealth. Itsays: (As Youare) the genera This isaprayertoSri conferr Deviforthe svAhaa” tathO mESriyamAvaha,lOmaSAmPasubhi:saha VaasAmsi mamagAvasccha, “Aavahanthee vithanvanaa, “LakshmyAdhi PrArTanaa”: In theSikshavallisectionofTaittriyopanis explained hispredicament innotbeingsucces VedanthaachAryan's house atThuppul.He whohad One dayapoorBrahmachari, Prapatthi isdonehere. “Prapadhyasva” meansmakemeaPrapa Make measurrenderer/prapannan).“Prat pra maaPadhysava The jointprayerbyAchAryan wealthy/the possessorsofVedicknowledge). “SrEyAn vasyasOasaanisvAhaa” svAhaa” (MayBrahmachaaris/sishyaas The SadhaachAryan praystoSriDevias immortal wealthofthevirtuous(“ lakshaNam of thewealth in theform In thisprayerof“ wisdom) atthefeetofaSadhaacharyan This istheprayerofBrahmachAriengage Svaahaa”. performance ofYaj~nams), forme drink; produce wealth alongwith always blessme(theBrahmachAri)“withba

”. Thistypeofwealthintheform Sriyam aavaha ” (Oh Supreme One!Youareveryne INTRODUCTION TO SRISTHUTHI of the 3 Vedaas. Sriyam (thewealth)is Vedaas. Sriyam of the3 defined as“ kurvANaa cheeramAthmana, annapAnE cha sarvadhaa, chasarvadhaa, annapAnE and the sishyan now is: “ nowis: andthesishyan ” toSriDevi,theBrahmachAripraysforacquisition saa hiSriramruthaasathaam (May Ibecomethemostpraiseworthy among the andreadytoenterGrahasthAsramam. come tomefromalldirections!).... tor andthemultiplier 3 had, there is a manthram passage known as thereisamanthrampassageknown had, well:“Aaamaayanthu BrahmachAriNa: nnan (Prapannammaamkuru). Lakshmi d ofknowledgeVedic in theacquisition al ofmanykindsauspiciousnessand rk garments,clothesandcattle,food prostratedbeforeSwamy Desikanand sful in gaining the hand of a suitable thehandofasuitable gaining sful in plenty ofmaterialslikeanimals(for completed VedAdhyayanam arrived at hivEsa” means, “Thou art near me”.hivEsa” means,“Thouartnear thethreeVedaasis ar tome. Protectmesecurely. prathivEsOasi pramaaPaahi ”). of wealth,May Thou considered as “the thrayee

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org God unto you ...... ” God untoyou whom thefatherisaGod. LetyourAchary towards theGodsand manes. sh You oftheVedas. learning andteaching towardsactivitiesforwe not beindifferent notbeinadvertenceregardingthepe should not beinadvertentaboutthetruth.Theresh offered thepreceptor the desired truth. Practiserighteousness. no Make “Having taughttheVedAs,teachershou of theAchAryantoHissishyanthisway: Anantharangachar Swamyhastranslatedthe bhava, PithruDevOAachArya “ TaittiriyOpanshad (anthEvAsyAnuS adiyEn takesthisopportunityto reflecton MalOlan. His revered Jeeyarforcontinuationof for andMalOlan Lakshmi prays toMahA Matam,adiyEn Sri of andabhimAnis allthesishyAs December 10,2005.Onbehalfof occasion ofHisforthcoming79thThirunaksha Prakrutham Azhagiya Singar of theillu SaarvabhoumaSri nirdhAraNa SiddhAntha AchAryan, VedaMaargaPrathishtApa hasbeenpreparedasahumble This monograph continued withhisdinacharyaa. grahasthaasramam. TheparamavairAgya Swamy DesikanandPerumdEviThaayAra Swamy Desikan.TheBrahmachaaricollected and deepdevotionfor the anugrahamayee,a conclusion oftherecitation Devi to recieveHeranugraham for theBr Varadarajan LordVaradarAjanandcomposed Brahmachari totheSannidhi poverty.Themost bride becauseofhis

VedamanUchAchAryO anthEvAsinamanuSAsthi This isthecommandand thisisthe of thisnewsthuthiforSriDevirichin VedAnthic meanings of PerumdEviThaayAr,thedi wealth,donotcutofftheli Be oneforwhomtheMother devO bhava, athiTi dEvO bhava devObhava,athiTidEvO strious PeetamofSriMatamduringthe strious mistake about study of the Veda. Having aboutstudyoftheVeda.Having mistake Asanam), which startswith Asanam), which MahA Kaimkaryams to the PaadhukAs of of MahA KaimkaryamstothePaadhukAs compassionate VedAnthAchAryantookthecompassionate

4 an beaGoduntoyou. Let Yourguestbea alth. Youshouldnot rformance of auspicious deeds. You should should deeds.You rformance ofauspicious nAcharya, SriBhagavathRaamAnuja

ould not be inadvertent about your duties duties inadvertentaboutyour notbe ould saali, Swamy Desikan went home and saali, SwamyDesikanwenthome NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra MahA Desikan, NaarAyaNa YatheendhraMahADesikan, the showering of Kanaka dhAraa on our dhAraaonour Kanaka of the showering ahmachaari. Therestishistory.Atthe ould benofalteringfromDharma.There full text of this commandandinstruction full textofthis anothersectionoftheSikshaValli ld instructthedisciplethus;Speak thecoins,offeredhisvandhanamsto thram tobecelebratedatBangaloreon a sthuthion this archaaMoorthy of Sri rain ofgoldcoins nd found a suitable bride to enter nd foundasuitablebrideto offering at the sacred feet of asmath offeringatthesacredfeetof asmath ” andendswith“ instruction. This ne ofprogeny.Youshould is a Goddess. Be one for is aGoddess.Beonefor vine consort of Lord vine consortofLord be carelessaboutthe poured in front of poured infront Maathru dEvO Maathru dEvO isthesecret ”. Dr.N.S.

yEvamuchaitadhupAsyam) upAsithavyam, yEshAvEdOpan AadESa:, yEshaupadESa:, itbepractise should ciple. Thus teaching oftheVeda.Thisiscommand Under thesacredshadowofThiruvadis Having beenraisedby d. Thusaloneshouldonemeditate adiyEn's devout parents adiyEn's devout . 5 of BhUmi DEvi SamEtha Sri Oppiliappan SamEthaSriOppiliappan BhUmiDEvi of that theteacher shouldimparttothedis- ishad, yEtadhanuSaasanam, yEvam yEtadhanuSaasanam, ishad, (...yEsha

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLESaraNam, Srimath AzhagiyaSingar VaNN SaThakOpa MahA Desikan. Desikan. VaNN SaThakOpaMahA PurattAsi Kettaiday,theThiruNakshath and itsvaibhavam.MayMahALakshmibepl of commentaryonSriSthuthi it is adiyEn's privilegeto placeattheholy DevanArviLAgam SrimathAzhagiyaSingar SamAsrayaNa anugrahamfromHH Oppiliappan KoilVaradachariSadagopan Oppiliappan As one who has been fortunate toreceive hasbeenfortunate As onewho based onPoorvAchAryacommentariesSriTatthvam feet of MahA Lakshmi this humble offering humble offering feetofMahALakshmithis

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eased toacceptthis And BharaNyAsaanugrahamfrom HH PrakruthamJeeyar, offering onthis performed. Prapatthi andasPhalan forMokshamthat role); next,ShestaysastheMeans(UpAyam) ofthemultitudinous Lord's forgivance ever leaves Him.ThereShestaysasthe As Forms: ArchA Her Three slOkams. Archai andIswaryamare celebrated inthese25 Sri Devi's Svaroopam, ThirumEniSoundh Six Topics Celebrated inSriSthuthi: Sannidhi. Swamy ofOppiliappan Sri VishNuPurANamaccordingtoVaik of SriDevi anubhavam ofthePattAbhishEkam smackinthe last twelveslOkasandright In asimilarvein,SwamyDesikan praises thegl Sri SthuthiandPattAbhishEkam lOkaIswari: SriDeviasSarva for from soundharyam oftheLord'sThirumEni whic Prabhandham ofAmalanAdhipirAn, latter Bhagavath DhyAnasOpAanam; is mo theLo SlOkams thatheelectedforeulogizing same note thatSwamyDesikanchosethe Metreandthe25thslOkamin MandhAkrAntha Swamy DesikanhassettheFirst24of SlOkams: SrI Sthuthi Poetic of The Metre recitation confersSarvaMangaLams(Ish Sri SthuthiofSwamyDesika AshtOttharam andSahasraNaamam. Laks Sri Desikan besides Swamy AlavanthAr,SriSthavamofSwam There aremanysthOthramsinpraise Dear SriDEviBhakthAs: SrI Sthuthi LayArchA Moorthy

, ShetakesHerplaceon thesacr hmi SahasrambySriVe n has 25 beautiful and po n has25beautifuland ||SrI: || trespasses ofthechEtanams (PurushakAram ta KaamyaSiddhi)tothereciter. middle (13thsLokam)positionsagemofan MandhAkranthA metreforthe24SriSthuthi MandhAkranthA of our Supreme Mother. ChathusslOki of of SupremeMother.ChathusslOki of our 7 unta Vaasi Sri V.N.SrirAma DesikAcchAr unta VaasiSriV.N.SrirAmaDesikAcchAr Empress of the Lord and pleads for Her Empress oftheLordandpleadsfor aryam, KalyANaguNams,Vibahavam, His sacred feet toHismajesticcrown. His sacredfeet anubhavamofthe h isanexquisite delled afterThiruppAN the 25slOkamsofSriSthuthiinthe the alongwithHerLord y KurEsarand Sri SthuthiofSwamy rd of Srirangam inthe12slOkams of Sri arisesas aresultofthePrapatthi ories of SriDevi in ories of asSarvaLokaIswaridescribedin theMaalinimetre. Itisstrikingto ed chestoftheLordand never nkatAdhri Kavi, Lakshmi Kavi,Lakshmi nkatAdhri werful slOkams that on thaton werful slOkams duringChEtanan's the first12and AzhwAr's dhivya

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org As BhOga ArchAMoorthy Thayar with urchavaPerumal–Thiruvinnagaram Thiru-iDavendai ThAyAr on PerumAL’sLap Thiru-iDavendai ThAyAr , ShestaysbyHerLord'sside.

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Her Lord. 10th SlOkam:AapannArTi----For de 9th SlOkam:ThvAmEvAhu:---Forenhanc 8th SlOkam:AsyEsAnaa---For 7th SlOkam:Pasyantheeshu--- For 6th SlOkam:UddhEsyathvam--- 5th SlOkam:NishprathyUha---Fo 4th SlOkam:YathSankalpath----For 3rd SlOkam:SthOthavyathvam----For 2nd SlOkam:AavirbhAva:----For gain 1st SlOkam:MaanAtheetha---For riseofallMangaLams SampradhAyam: summed upthepoweroftheseindividual Each Ofthe 25slOkamshavetheirownpowe reciting Kaamya Siddhifrom The As AdhikAra ArchAMoorthy, AdhikAra Sri RanganayakiThayar-Srirangam ShestaysatHerseparate destruction ofOne'ssins For landinghighpositions r growthinVedAnthaVidhyA enhancing happiness oftheMind enhancing happiness struction ofone'ssorrowsandfears the enrichmentofone'sDhyAnam ing controloverdivinespeech fulfilment ofwhatonedesires niiulsOaso SrISthuthi: Individual slOkamsof 9 ed recognitionofone'sname/Fame slOkams thiswayintheAhObilaMata slOkams r to grantspecific wishes.Scholarshave Temple (Sannidhi) without without Temple (Sannidhi)

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org efforts fortheupcoming79 from variousscholars.Theserieshasbeen Now aDiyEnisveryhappytostarttheex Kesaree with: becompleted The Japamshould KavitArkika the SlOkamorwholeSthuthi VenkatanATArya: SrImAn followed by: theslOk eachof Sankalpamfor The 25th SlOkam:UpachithaGuruBhakthE: 24th SlOkam:KalyANAnAm---ForgainingalldesiredPhalans 23rd SlOkam:MaathADevi!---For gain SampadhyanthE---For 22nd SlOkam: 21st SlOkam:sAnuprAsa---Fordestruct 20th SlOkam:sEvEDevi !---ForgainingMoksham 19th SlOkam:JaathAkAnkshA---ForattachmenttoDharmam 18th SlOkam:Ureekarthum---Forconque 17th SlOkam:SrEyaskAmA: ---For 16th SlOkam:yOgArambha----For 15th SlOkam:AarthathrANa -- Forgainingeverlastingwealth 14th SlOkam:AalOkyathvAm---For neutralizationofCurses 13th SlOkam:AgrEBharthu:---for 12th SlOkam:AasamsAram---For the HerLord'sanugraham forgaining DhatthESObhAm --- 11th SlOkam: KavitArkika Simhasya KalyANaguNasAlinE KalyANaguNasAlinE Simhasya KavitArkika sa mE VedAnthAchAryavaryO SrImathE VenkatEsAya VenkatEsAya SrImathE VedAntha GuravE nama: nama: GuravE VedAntha th Thirunakshatra mahotsavam of Srimad Azhagiyasingar. ThirunakshatramahotsavamofSrimadAzhagiyasingar. nnidhatthAm sadhA hrudhi hrudhi sadhA nnidhatthAm shouldberecitednow. attainingHighPositions the fulfilmentofSubhaKaaryams the growthofone'sBhakthi removal offearsaboutSamsAram blessings ofadist ion ofphysical/mentalillnesses ing Kaimkaryams(KaimkaryaPrApthi) --- For growthinAchAryaBhakthi ring thevagaries ofone'smind

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org She is“SaraNyA”,Onewhoprotectsunfail ofSrEyas She istheembodiment His SaraNAgathyGadhyamatthebeginning. perform ourPrapatthitoth ThvAm aSaraNa:prapadhyE aSaraNa: PrapadhyE The keypassage inthisslOkamis“ thisslOkam: of Essential Message DesikaSthOthram. commentary onthisSwamy meimmensely influenced as aboy.adiyEn Vaikunta Vaasi Sri V.N.SrirAmaDesikA theslOkam: Additional Commentsonindividual sectionsof who areeager togainHeranugrahambo Vara JyOthi.Sheisthe and incomparable adorns embodiment ofallMangaLams.She MangaLam (Auspiciousness) the widelyspreadandlimitless world /SarvalOkaSaraNyai)asone, whoha AdiyEn performsPrapatthitoMahA Laks Meaning: 6. Shebringstoperfection theaathma 5. awaytheprApthiVirOdhis She chases 4. She invitestheattention ofHerLord 3. SheoutofHercompassi 2. SheapproachesHerLordHerselffo 1. Sheisattainedbythosewho SreeNAthi) statedin (SreeyathE,SrayathE Sabdham aspects ofSrI indicated byHername:SrIDEvi(Sriyam: The SrEyas(MangaLams)thatSheconfers SriDevi'snames: Sixdefinitionsof The SaraNAgathy. to Himoverlooktheir a differentway are: ”. Even more condensed version of thisprayeris“ versionof ”. Evenmorecondensed e Divine Mother as practised by AchArya RaamAnujAin e DivineMotheraspractisedbyAchArya on listenstotheappealby multitudinous trespasses. multitudinous trespasses. ”. ThisistheclassicalPuru of all MangaLa vasthus andTatthvams.Sheisthe vasthus ofallMangaLa wish toberedeemedanduplifted. wish (“NanmayE vadivu koNDavaL”). (“NanmayE vadivukoNDavaL”). SrEyO MoorthimSaraNyAm SriyamThvAm r thatpurpose.ShepleadswithHim. guNams ofthose,who

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about the plight of the Jeevans and appeals about theplightofJeevansandappeals 12 ingly those,whoseekHerprotection. Lakshmi (boon-granting Lakshmi)forall, Lakshmi (boon-granting One who has thename One whohas will therefore follow quite abithislucid willthereforefollowquite that stand in the way of the fulfilment of thewayoffulfilment that standin hmi (therefugefora

cchAr Swamy of OppiliappanSannidhi Iswaryam (wealth).Sheisthe s no other refuge. She is theMistress of s nootherrefuge.Sheis , SruNOthi, SrAvayat , SruNOthi, the chestof HerLordwithdivine the come under six broad categoriesas comeundersixbroad chEtanamstoprotectthem. shakAra Prapatthi,wherewe seek HerrakshaNam. ll thebeingsof hee, SruNAthiand of SrI). These Six of SrI).These SaraNyAm 7. ThvAmaSaraNa:PrapadhyE: 6. SriyamThvAmPrapadhyE: 5. SrEyOMoorthimSaraNyAmThvAm PrapadhyE: ThvAm PrapadhyE: 4. Prathyaksha AanuSravikamahimapr bhUshayantheemThvAmPrapadhyE: PeeDeemsvakAnthyA Vaksha 3. Madhuvijayina: 2. MangaLAnAmMangaLamThvAmPrapadhyE: 1. MaanaatheethavibhavAmThvAm PrapadhyE: way: alongthis and enjoyed Rest oftheFirstslOkamcelebratessome Seven associatedwithSwamy Salutations Prapatthi: Desikan's the way(ThvAmaSaraNa:prapadhyE). that stateofananyagathithv of “aSaraNa:”(PuhalonRumillAthavan), Swamy Desikan hasallofus,thehelplessbe

am, Swamy Desikan performs his Prapatthi and shows us am, SwamyDesikanperformshisPrapatthiandshowsus 13 ArTineenAm PrajAnAm SrEyOMoorthim One withoutanyprotectorandrecourse.In of Her many vaibhavams and can be split of Hermanyvaibhavamsandcanbesplit ings in mind, whenheinvokestheword ings inmind,

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Their acquiringthestatusasMangaLava become auspiciousanddesirablebecauseof She istherootcauseofMangaLam(au 2. MangaLAnAmMangaLamThvAmprapadhyE: Lord, SrimanNaarAyaNan). of thesorrowsworld)andmost nilayA” (abodeofallrighteousness,dharmam theinherentnatureofshower who has Iswaryams, MangaLavasthusandaathma vibhavA” (wellknownglories).Sheis“Nit oneofHerbhakthA everywhere andbyevery by a lampshade. It is like a JyOthi on topguNams isverywellknown(PraTitham).It This infinite. Itis finiteness. boundary or Maana meanslimitorboundary.“Maanaatheet

sthus issolelyduetoHervaibhavam. 15 all; SheisHariVallabhA(verydeartoHer of a hill and is recognized and saluted from recognizedandsalutedfrom ahillandis of spiciousness) in all MangaLa vasthus.They allMangaLa in spiciousness) limitless keerthi(Fame)ofHerauspicious ing Heranugrahams).Sheis“Dharma Her conferral of auspiciousness on them. them. on conferralofauspiciousness Her GuNams) Sheis“anugrahaparA”(One s). She is lOka SOka VinAsini (destroyer s). SheislOkaSOkaVinAsini(destroyer hya Pushtai”(Sheistheabodeofall not like a lamp, wh notlikealamp, s .Sheisofthatca ha” means thenlimitlessorhavingno ose lustreishidden liber of“praTitha

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org adorns it. She illuminesthatchestregionanda HayagrIvan, whenSriDevichoosesHisbroad destroyed theasuranbynameMa adorns thatseatofresidence.Madhuvija forHer.ThereShe the houseofresidence VakshasTala Peetam)seated onHer lotusth HayagrIvan. HevisualizesSriDevion hasthevisionof Swamy Desikannow PrapadhyE: 3. Madhuvijayina:vaksha:peeDee

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yan is Lord HayagrIvan, who yan isLordHayagrIvan, won overand 16 dhu. Sri HayagrIvanbecomesLakshmi His auspicious chest (Madhuvijayina: (Madhuvijayina: chest Hisauspicious His upAsana Moorthy, Sri Lakshmi Moorthy,SriLakshmi HisupAsana

is radiantwithHerSvayam JyOthi and rone. Lord'ssacredchestitselfbecomes chest asHerseatforeternalresidence. ThvAm PrapadhyE: 4. PrathyakshaAanuSravikamahima Superior phalansofthe otherworld(S There areaselectfew, whodiscardthe dhAnyam,dha (prathykasha mahima): Children, Some ofHerPrajais(Her children)prayfor

vargam etal)toppedby theParama prArTineenAm prajAnAmSrEyOmoorthim prArTineenAm 17 worldly wealthandseek fromYouthe different kinds of we different kindsof nam, cattle,houseet alth ofthisworld altoenjoyhere.

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org You. thatis gloryand Vaikuntam). SuchisYour (Saasvatham) (apunar-janmama Moksham seek .YouareVara Lakshmi. Yougrantfrom As VasudhAriNee,theholderofallkinds chEtanams seekinthisworl “ PurushArTam ofMokshaSu 5. SrEyOMoorthimSaraNyAmThvAm PrapadhyE: with Your Lord toofferprotection to with YourLord (SrEyO Moorthy)and who isSaraNAgatha adiyEn performsprapatthi toYou,who

AanuSravika mahimaamPrArTayanthE d aswellintheother. kham. Thesecategoriesof SaadhakAs seekfromYou those, whoperformSaraNAgathy untoYou).

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whyadiyEnperforms transient worldlywealth to imperishable nd nithya kaimkaryam in Your Sri kaimkaryaminYourSri nd nithya Rakshaki (Onewhohas vowedtojoin them theboonsthey thisPrapatthito Sri invokesthedhvayaMantrArTam, whenHesays: aksharams. InSrimathRaamAyaNam, aksharams. ThisdhvayamanthramisUp Desikan structuredSriSt aksharams anditsdeepmeaningsarecomm the dhvitheeyAksharam;together they fo reveals thatSrI:istheFirs Here SwamyDesikaninvokesthepowerof Only afterthat,onehas togetknowBhagavAn. attribut (top mostvisEshaNam /Qualifying theobject. HisPradhAnavisEshaNam before knowing BhagavAn, For understanding /VisEshaNam Vaibhavam Meaning: The Hari: jn~thavyOBhagavAn tEnAkAramSRIYAMjn~AthvA poorvakam AakAriNasthuvijn~AnamAakAra-Jn~Ana AruLALa PerumALEmperumAnArhere: addresses hisPrapatthitoHeras“Sriyam Swamy Desikan alsoreflects onaakAr hints atthatPrapatthiaimedDhivya Dhva That istheManthraPrabhAvamof (adiyEnwillperformKaimkaryamstoYo “BhavAmsthu SAHA VaidEhyA ----aha, sarvam ----aha, VaidEhyA SAHA “BhavAmsthu 6. SriyamThvAmPrapadhyE: t letter(PraTamAksharam) and huthi with25 slOkams in DampathisthroughhisPrapatthi.

19 yam with SrI sabdham yam withSrIsabdham and SwamyDesikan tE” tE” PrapadhyE”. He thinks of the upadEsam of of theupadEsam PrapadhyE”. Hethinksof a ThrayaSampannai, SriDeviand and LakshmaNa known for HisKaimkarya LakshmaNa knownfor Aya-UpEya roopa arTa dhvayam with 25 Aya-UpEya roopa arTadhvayamwith25 rm “Sriyam”. Dhvaya Manthramhas25 u unitedwithSithAPirattiatalltimes). Dhvaya Manthram. Dhvaya SrI PraSnaSamhithai Uniqueness has to be understood FIRST Uniqueness hastobeunderstoodFIRST ented on by PaadhmaSamhithai.Swamy e), SrIDevi,hastobe understoodfirst. karishyAmi jAgratha: svapatasccha svapatasccha jAgratha: karishyAmi rememberance ofthose25 MakAram (theletterM)is

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org readily extendedtoSriDeviaswell Theyareaddr sthOthrams. found inmany The pramANamstorememberinthecontext adiyEn withoutanyothergathiseeksYouas as PrApyam. state asonewithoutany othermeansasakin SaraNyA! adiyEn reachesYoursacred feet Oh notpractisedKarmaYogam; neitherJn~AnaorBhakthiYogams. adiyEn has thetotalslOkam: Meaning of 2. Swamy AaLavanthAr's SaraNAgathy famous inSthOthrarathnam: my rakshaNam. tect myself;Iaminastate,whereno Meaning: 1. Ahirbudhnya Samhithai(37.30)/LordSivA's declaration: I amtheabodeofallaparA 7. ThvAmaSaraNa:parapdhyE: akinchanOananyagathi: SaraNya! Thvath SaraNya! akinchanOananyagathi: aalayO aparAdhaanAm aham dhams / transgressions. I do nothavethemeanstopro- do I dhams /transgressions. because oftheiranyOnyaSeshithvam: akinchanascchanOagathi: akinchanascchanOagathi:

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?”. PurushOtthamanisYourConsort. am ofhisChathusslOki:“ this slOkam is: slOkam this ThvamsthOka “anavadhi guNASaa rd. Thereisnoonewhocanclaimtohave those oth NithyaVibhUthiandLeelAVibhUthi) are Tanam deficiencies. Swamy Desikan implies SwamyDesikanimplies Tanam deficiencies. lky Oceanandthenappeared(aavirbhAvam) se ofYourunlimited 23 immense is the magnitude of Your wealth? immense isthemagnitudeofYourwealth? ur avathAramare the MilkyOcean and the endure Vaasam likeYourhusband garbha assess thegreatnessof the Vedams is Your transport andthrone. Yourtransport the Vedamsis lA nagaram.Inboth manifestations, these e wealths ofthisworld (LeelAVibhUthi) The other place of residence of Yours is is The otherplaceofresidenceYours ribe. Thus in every aspect,Your match- ribe. Thusinevery How loftyisYourplaceofbirth ing as a screen for You. Brahma, Rudhran ing asascreenforYou.Brahma,Rudhran es here. Swamy Desikan engages in such here.SwamyDesikanengagesin es is SrI. How canweattemptto is SrI.How describe es ofresidences servants(DaasAs) and theirwives are of Your residence, of Your tellect attemptto praiseYourglories w canadiyEnthinkof m Devi! I engage in praising You. Isit You. m Devi!Iengageinpraising ent isanechoofSwamyAlavanthAr's anyone's grasp.Each of thesemany The king of serpents is Your bed. bed. of serpents isYour The king Bhagavathy! BhrUma:kaTam Vaibhavam? (BhUmA) Vaibhavam?(BhUmA) are thelotusponds

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34 haNam andeulogize HimastheSupreme of the red dye fromHerThiruvadi.The reddye ofthe s presenceeverywhere and ineveryvasthu decorated with a radiantredlacquerdye.

the auspiciousness behind behind the auspiciousness our Lord's (BhagavAn) pervades in this changable this pervadesin (BhagavAn) sumsthisupas“YathPoorNam”. IsA vAsyamidhamsarvam howHeisrecognizedand and leaves a mark of Her and leavesamarkofHer iv:[ z (MoulayascchaSrutheen of VedAntham This SlOkamisrecitedforthegrowthin nishprathyUha praNaya gaDitham Devi nithyAnapAyam nithyAnapAyam Devi gaDitham praNaya nishprathyUha in:àTy s VishNus-Thvam chEthyanavadhi gu chEthyanavadhi VishNus-Thvam Seshascchittham vimalamanasAm mouLayasccha SrutheenAm SrutheenAm mouLayasccha vimalamanasAm Seshascchittham < p*Nt e;iíÄ sampadhyanthE viharaNa vidhou Yasya SayyA viSEshaa : : viSEshaa SayyA Yasya vidhou viharaNa sampadhyanthE u STv Uh à[y“iqt e ivhr[ivxa < ivmlmnsa < c e Tynvix g Sri RanganayakiThayar–Pomona,USA SRI STHUTHI SLOKAM 5 SRI STHUTHISLOKAM E ySyzYyaivz < d < ma u [ e iv inTyanpay < ÖNÖmNya E lyí ï Nam dhvandhavam anyOnya lakshayam lakshayam anyOnya dhvandhavam Nam Am sayyAVisEshA:sampadhyanthE). 35 eAta ihAsneSesot n top Shesportson since VidhyA VedAntha u tIna eNy lúym < < e;a>. 5. ! ,

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org “Bhagavan NaarAyaNa-abhimatha- anur NaarAyaNa-abhimatha- “Bhagavan (4) both You binds The bondoflovethat MouLaya:). manasAm chittha Thousand hoodedAdhiSe Vi (SayyA Yourspecialbed three places as specialplacesfo (3) BothofYouhave tightly together( (everpresent) uninterrupted (2) Thebondof Her inseparablerelation other (nithyAanapAyam). She isreferred onlybyreferenceto (understood) each othe Lakshyam (Thepairrepres (1) Thekeypassageshere are: “Vish onth Additional Observations ofYourVaibhavams. which alwayspraiseboth alwaysand(3) meditating onYouboth These are;(1) at thebedofAdhiSeshan (2 There arethreepreferred placesforYouboth other. to has Pathni”.One introduced as“VishNu the other.Forinstance,YourLordisin relationto in eachofYou apair,wehavetointroduce bothas You When introducing do notpartwiththeother. diminish evenaniotaatany of pair.Inthisstateofunion inseperable Meaning: SeelAdhi-anavadhikkaathisaya-as PadhmAvanAlayAm Bhagavtheem Sriyam De Sriyam Bhagavtheem PadhmAvanAlayAm DevadEva- Dhivya Mahisheem akhila-jagan Mahisheem Dhivya DevadEva- avathAram ofHis: PirAtti! Youtaketheappropriateroopam declare that Youwill neverbewithoutea SaraNyAm ananyaSaraNa: Sa ananyaSaraNa: SaraNyAm

Oh PeriyaPirAtti!YouandYourLord NishprathyUha PraNaya gaDitham :) and(c)TopoftheCrown -AchArya RaamAnujA's SaraNAgathyGadhyam;1stChoorNikai ship withHerLord. There areno limits toea time. Youasapairareeterna shan), (b)theuntainted minds oftheYogis( ented by Yourself and Your Lord is tobeknown Lordis andYour ented byYourself raNam-aham prapadhyE” prapadhyE” raNam-aham ankyEya-kalyANa-guNa-gaNAm- ankyEya-kalyANa-guNa-gaNAm- e individual SlOkam passages: e individual SlOkampassages: Nu: Thvam cha ithi, dhvandhvam anyOnya anyOnya Nu: Thvamchaithi,dhvandhvam oopa-svaroopa-guNa vibhava-iswarya vibhava-iswarya oopa-svaroopa-guNa

36 (Upanishads), On thetopofVedAnthams ) ontheheartlotusesofpuremindedyOgis to as“TathDharmaDharmiNi”denote r your mutual enjoyment and Youprefer sEsha:). These are: (a) bed of Sesha: (the sEsha:). Theseare:(a)bedofSesha:(the troduced as“Sriya:Pathi” andYouare theloveforeachotherdoesnot Yours, r. Both of You areinseparablefromeach r. BothofYou

in an inseparable statepropellsYouto inseparable in an be referredtowith sambhandham tothe forplayandtorestin“nidhrAYogam”. love between You as a pair holds apairholds lovebetweenYouas You ch otherevenforasecond.OhPeriya mAtharam (asmanMaatharam) aSaraNya- (asmanMaatharam) mAtharam toaccompany Your Lordinevery veem nithyAnapAyineem niravadhyAm niravadhyAm nithyAnapAyineem veem are alwaystogetherasamatchless ). of theVedams(SrutheenAm ch of Your kalyANa guNams. kalyANa ch ofYour l inexistence.EitherofYou Vimala Vimala

every where),SheisalsoSarvaVyApini. (ahalahillEn iRayum AlarmElMangai).Just One,whoneverleaves and isthe is theMo She ! amongBrahmins Oh thebest Meaning: ----VishNu PurAnam: inseparability withHerLord: 1.8.17 slOkamsshowsHe (6) TwoVishNuPurANa Jn~Anam, Sakthi,Balam,IswaryamandtEja vigrahan Svaroopam, GuNametc;IfHeis“ (5) SrIDevi matches ineveryway respecttoHisRoopam, to HerLordwith surrender untoYou”. of theUniverse;OhourMother,Protector of an iota ofdefectorflaw;(Youare) Naar dwell inthelotusgarden;(Youare) never /innumerableKalyANagu exquisite/ rare qualities likeSvaroopa,Roopa,GuNa,Vi “Sriman NaarayanA's most-beloved,deservin Meaning accordingtoSriK.R.KrishNaswAmi: VishNu Pathnee” according to Yajus-samhithai). accordingto Yajus-samhithai). VishNu Pathnee” the EmpressofUniverse, whilebeing (7) Shematches Her Lordineveryway a executes that dharmam. with thenameofBuddhi.HeisDhar NyAyam. OurLordisJn~Ana Hari: that meaning.ShestaysastheNyAyaSaas nayO (PoruL); MahALa meaning VishNu isthe neethirEsha Meaning: VaaNee ---- VishNuriyam arthO VishNu PurANam: 1.8.18 nithyaivaishA JaganmAthA VishNO; SrIranapAyinee SrIranapAyinee VishNO; JaganmAthA nithyaivaishA BhOdhO Vishnuriyam Buddhi: dhar Buddhi: Vishnuriyam BhOdhO YaTA sarvagathO VishNus-tataivEyam dvijOtthama dvijOtthama VishNus-tataivEyam sarvagathO YaTA ” (One who is free from any blemish or freefromanyblemish is who ” (One m andSheis the tool(upakaraNam)forthatJn~Anam hEya sambhandha rahitha poorNa ShAdguNya ShAdguNya hEya sambhandharahithapoorNa mOasou sathkriyA dhviyam dhviyam sathkriyA mOasou AyaNA's divine consort; You aretheMother consort;You AyaNA's divine 37 mam, whileSheisth nd compliments Him in other ways and is waysand is nd complimentsHim in other bhava, Iswarya, SeelA (and such endlessly bhava, Iswarya,SeelA(andsuchendlessly seperated from Your Lord; (Youhave)not seperated fromYourLord; Hispresenceevenforone second NAs); You are Bhagavathy,SrIDevi;You NAs); Youare kshmi is the sabdham(Sound) expressing expressing isthesabdham(Sound) kshmi His divine consort His divine (“asyEsAnA JagathO s), ShematchesHimineverymeasure. ther oftheUniverse, as Her Lord is Sarva-VyApi (pervades isSarva-VyApi(pervades asHerLord thehelpless,Iwhohasnootherrefuge, thram andHe(Hari) ispresentasthe r perfectMatchwithHerLord and Her g and (the One) abounding in divine g and(theOne)aboundingin dhOsham and has the six guNams of guNams dhOsham thesix and has e sathKarmam,which dearest toHerLord

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38 Goddess of Beauty, Plenty and Prosperity, ofBeauty,PlentyandProsperity, Goddess . OudhAryA-magnanimityisanintegral in VedAntha VidhyA since She sports on Shesportson VidhyA since VedAntha in

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Devathai that receivedtheHavisis delighted. ThatHavis making thedEvath is deemedfittoreceive suchHavis);That The dEvathai forwhomthe roopam. offered tothedifferentdEvath world, oblations (Ghee, PurODAsamet al) OhMahALa oftheUniverse! Oh Mother DesikAcchAr Swamy: Extended Meaning#2accordingto the powerofVedamstodescribeadequately. Our mindsdancewithJoyov One(yEk standas You way inwhichbothof homam performed.Thisissobecauseof Consort becomethe targets forreceivingth Duringthetime Oh Mother! Extended Meaning#1accordingtoVillivalam NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy: danceinecstasy. inconceivable anditmakesourhearts Oh Mother!Bothof You aretherecipients of Meaning accordingtoDr.Short M.NarasimhAchAry: play the role of Seshis. ThedEvAsarenot play theroleofSeshis. sath-KarmAs andbecome dEvAsqualifiedto totheinfluenc These dEvAsaresubject of Havis. DevAs likeIndhranetaltakeontherole EmperumAn becomesUddhEsyanandSEshi in Seshi forthatPrapatthiYaj~nam. for whomtheHavisisintended recieves th Yaagam, aathmA ispresentedtotheLord Prapatthi performedbythechEtanamsis BharanyAsam: Lord Yaagam Aathmaduringextraordinary of accepting the Havis of Havis is intended is known as the UddhEsyan (One who (Onewho astheUddhEsyan known is intended Havis is er both of You and Your vaibhavams,whichare Your er bothofYouand beyond As suchasAgni,Indhran,S of BharanyAsam (Prapatthi), both Yourself and Your andYour of BharanyAsam(Prapatthi),bothYourself described as SeshiforthatHavis. described as of UddhEsyan and Seshi for the other kinds theotherkinds Seshifor ofUddhEsyanand

40 (EmperumAn)astheHavis. EmperumAn by nature uddhEsyAs; they do not have the by natureuddhEsyAs;they donothave e ofKarmAs;theyacquirepuNyamsthru dEvathai receives the Havis and becomes dEvathaireceivestheHavisandbecomes the homogeneous, Integrated and unified andunified Integrated the homogeneous,

Oppiliappan SannidhiSriSrIrAma kshmi! In the ordinary Yaagams of the IntheordinaryYaagamsof kshmi! ai happyisknownassEshamand the at HavisofAthmAwith delight asthe e oblation (havis) of JeevAthmA in the e oblation(havis)ofJeevAthmAinthe receivethehavisintended forthemand from theperformer a sEshithvam)torece the mental oblations. Your greatnessis mentaloblations.Your the also a Yaagam. In this extraordinary also aYaagam.Inthisextraordinary thatPrapatthiYaj~namjustasthe ooryan and othersinhoma

of theYaagamare ive suchofferings. ParamAthmA orSupremeBeingSarvEswaranSarvaSeshi. VasyALs. Thisdifference demonstrates influence ofbothkinds acquired throughtheirUpAthis(GoodKarm and is thattheseroles Seshi in theofferedhavis.TheLord'sglory servants and Hebecomestheirintrinsic(S thenaturaluddh owner -thenLordbecomes to itashisown.WhenthechEtanamoffe importance of returning theLord importance ofreturning When thechEtanamgainstrueknowledg which leadstotheactoftheft chEtanam thinksthat the JeevanisHis,wh andattachthemse independent property. Duetoone'signorance,these belong totheJeevan.ThatHavis ofJeevan is quitedifferent.Itasomewhatuniqu In thatYaagamofPrapatthi, other thantheextraordin (upAthis) elevate them totheirexalted status intrinsic qualificationstobecomeUddhE succeed intheireffort. They keeptryingto ofYouasYekasEshithvada glory unique vaibhavamofbothYouisunl This unique Seshi. Thisisthewayto theybecomeoneuddhEsyarand United, AathmA. havisof forthe and twoSeshis the HavisofAathmA.Onesh In thatYaagamofPrapatthi,bothYo Seshi becomes UddhEsyanand He doesnotstandalone in possessing Havis ofAathmA)andSeshithvam(enjoyment glory, whenitcomestoHisUddhEsyathvam Lord Your Lakshmi! MahA Oh Mother uninfluenced by the KarmAshasyetanother understand theiryEkaSeshithv ary PrapatthiYaj~nam. KarmAs(Paapa-PuNyams),wh the situation relatingtoHavis, UddhEsyanandtheSeshi are natural toHim. Forthed ould notintreprethereth lves tothe Jeevan asthei Lord'sproperty(aathmachOram). only inunionwithYou. 's property(AathmA)toHi u together become UdhEsyars and becomeUdhEsyars u together for Seshis 41 this UddhEsyathvam andSeshithvam.He UddhEsyathvam this e situation. The havis of AathmA does not doesnot AathmA havisof The e situation. find the words todescribe this unique findthewords in contrast tothedEvAsas UddhEsyanin contrast vabhAveeka) SeshiorMaster,whodelights the unique glories of the Lord as the theLordas glories of the unique rs theAathmA, ashavi syAs and be Seshis. Their goodKarmAs Their and beSeshis. syAs mpathys and yet the VedAs do not fully mpathys andyettheVedAs donot ereas itreally isthepropertyofLord, e oftheTatthvams, imited. TheVedAsstrive in realitybelongstotheLord;itisHis Esyan. ThejeevansbecomeHisnatural ntients thinkthattheJeevan is truly . ThisistrueofallordinaryYaj~nams As). Our Lord is totally beyond the As). OurLordistotallybeyond the (attribute of being (attributeofbeing ofthatoffered Havis astheMaster). am andYekaUdhEsyathvam. at therearetwoUddhEsyars r ownproperty.Theignorant ere astheDevAsareKarma EvAs, it is not natural but EvAs, itisnotnaturalbut m insteadoflayingclaims s totheLord- he recognizesthe the target ofthe toeulogizethis

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org dance withgreatjoy. mahimaisareunlimitedand both ofYour bytheVedAsput unsuccessfully avacchEdham nabhajathy (5) Your glories. sthOthram. Theyfailandkeepsearching search being is husband's Your Yours and (4) in AathmaYaagam. (3 them. fortheHavisofferedto andSeshis UddhEsyars Devathai differsfromSaadhaaraNadEvathai connection toKarmAsforHim.Itisnatura ofKarmAsandhence the influence U KarmAs toattainthestatus ofUddhEsyarsli AathmA withoutanyspecific (2) (1) this slOkam: of Additional Commentsonthepassages withJoy. tatthvam, ourmindsdance tatthvam adequately. Whenwethinkabout ) yEka sEshithvayOgam: PrathyakroopEHavishi ujjitha upAdhi gandhamuddhEsyathvam ujjithaupAdhi Nigamai: nithyamanvishyamANA:mahimAna:mAnasamnartayan Pathyu: TavachaMahimAniga : This refers to Havis in the form ofJeevAthmA. toHavisintheform : Thisrefers : The glories of both of You that is being searched : ThegloriesofbothYouthatisbeingsearched having thesamepriveleges reason asearning such fromsath phalans arising s usinastateofaweandreverence.Thefactthat mai: nithyamanvishyamANa:

42 therefore beyondanalysismakesourminds to understand the dimensions ofboth to understandthedimensions ddhEsythvam and ddhEsythvam hasno Seshithvam

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gage in this game, men and women friends inthisgame,menandwomenfriends gage 44 The NithyAs(eternally liberatedSouls)and roll thediceof theirKarmAsandmovethe NDalam having theth uares. Brahma, Iswara and other devathAs uares. Brahma,IswaraandotherdevathAs dhrAdhi DEvAs to appropriate positions positions DEvAstoappropriate dhrAdhi imordial Nature (Moola Prakruthi) as the Nature(MoolaPrakruthi)asthe imordial arising from your play. These acts of Yours play.TheseactsofYours fromyour arising aathAs, Your chess gamewithYour Lord play a similar game to amuse Yourselves. play asimilargametoamuseYourselves. (hues) ofMoolaPrakruthi(Satthva, Rajas

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swari wasstartedbythe performedthesacred e activitiesofthe the waters held thewatersheld HimasHerLord: Narayanantochoose around theneckofSriman Sri NaarAyaNeyamdescribesbeautifullyMa to chooseHimasHerLordinthatSvayam theVyjayanthiMaalai took MahA Lakshmi ( KatAksham (Kundalams). Throughsuchacts,they with thegoldenLotus;kingsofsnak astra Devi presentedMahALakshmiwith ViswakarmA presentedHer with manysp garments laced with gold.VaruNan pres After theThirumanjanam,SamudhraRaajan SrI Sooktham. abhishEkam withPoorNakalasamsto the apsaras danced;themangaLavAdhyamsplay Mantrams ( plants tobeaddedthosewaters. Thesagesconductedthesacred bathwithVeda sacred riversbroughtpure DevEndhran presentedHerwithabiggolden RaajyAbhishEkam they allstartedthe kaimkaryamsfor Her PattAbhishEkam ( mi thatMahALakshmi's Rishis recognized Her Lord(“ mindwasmadeuptomarr MahA Lakshmi's can joinwithHimtoperform welcomed bytheLord and beingplacedon In thenextslOkam,SriNarayaNa Bha divineneck. placed thegarlandaroundHis chose theLord,abodeof blemishortheotherand theyhadone rejected allthedEvAssince MahA Lakshmi guNabhAjAap sarvadEvAn giriSadhruhiNAdhi sadhaiva sarvaramyE nihithA nihithA sarvaramyE sadhaiva -- Dasakam 28, 7th SlOkam SlOkam 7th 28, Dasakam -- Rushaya: ThAmm Sruthi gheerbhi: abhyashinjan Rushaya: ThAmmSruthigheerbhi: Thvayi dhatthahrudhE SrIrmAdEvee jushathAm;ThvAmSaraNamahamPrapadhyE ). water fortheThirumanjanam; the dutiesasSarvaLokEswari: Thvayyanayaapi dhivyamAlA dhivyamAlA Thvayyanayaapi all auspicious attributes as Her future husband and attributesasHerfuturehusband auspicious all ” saysSrINaarAyaNeeyam). Once theDevAs and 65 varam onthebanksofMilkyOcean. nd of pearls; Brahma dEvan presented Her BrahmadEvanpresentedHer nd ofpearls; accompaniment ofthe aBhadhrAsanamonHis chestsothatShe ttadhiri describes MahA Lakshmi being Lakshmibeing MahA ttadhiri describes in Her hands andwalkedtowardstheLord Herhands in es prsentedHerwith ecially madeAabharaNams.Saraswathy ecially were desirous of gaining Lakshmi Lakshmi ofgaining weredesirous nd was set only on Sriman NarayaNan, NarayaNan, onSriman nd wassetonly throneembeddedwi hA Lakshmi placingtheflowergarland hA Lakshmi y HerLord.Shehad Herheartto given ented Her with Vyjayanthi garland. ented HerwithVyjayanthigarland. presented his daughter withsilken daughter presentedhis yavimuktha dhOshalEsAn avamrusya avamrusya dhOshalEsAn yavimuktha ed. The dhig gajams helped in the ed. Thedhiggajamshelpedinthe others broughtthemedicinal ). GandharvAs sang;the Veda ghOsham like asetofearrings th manygems.The SarvalOka ). Now,

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mAn commanded the dEvAs tochurnthe mAn commandedthedEvAs 68 Iswaryam. Yourbenevolentglanceshave Iswaryam. . TheasurAsgainedthewealthofIndhran e time.The enraged sa of theirSaraNAgathytoYou was their HerLordand theDEvAs.SriDEvi was and was soundly defeated by the asuras. and wassoundlydefeatedbytheasuras. the DevAs to the Milky Ocean and sought the DevAstoMilkyOceanandsought the curseofDhurvAsaand the restored the

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endowed him withcourage(dhairyam)todefeathisenemies. endowed him KaaruNyArdhrE mrudhuni hrudhayam)blessed heartfullofcompassionforth Your soft BhavathyA Hestoodbe encircled him(prAdhurbhavathy). SakthimathyA losteverythingandwasfilled Indhran had mahathee prAdhurbhavathi “bheethi: anugraham thisway: Indhran and restored hisdhairyamandIswa 5) WithHerever-mercifulheart,SriDEvi sTira samudhAyAmsampadham auspicious glancesconferredonthe is“AakAra ThrayaSampa 4) MahALakshmi sampadham nirvisanthy enjoy imperishableIswaryamof everykind( bhUya:laBdhvA thribhuvanam ( they hadlostasaresultofthesage'scurse andblessedthem glances with Yourauspicious VakshasTalAm ThvAmaalOkyaSaraNamagaman Youasrefuge( saw Youandprostratedbeforesought wives) arrived(agaman)infrontofYouseated Sage DhurvAsa) their wivesthisway:“ 3) SwamyDesikandescribesthepitiablest KaaruNyArdhrE mrudhuni hrudhayE hrudhayE mrudhuni KaaruNyArdhrE --- Passage from the 23rd SlOkam of Lakshmi Sahasram Sahasram Lakshmi of SlOkam 23rd the from Passage --- sAvarOdhA: Sura IndhrA:” Saapa AakrAnthA ) eventoday. ). totheanugrahasakt Due ) toenjoy. dEvAs every kind of lastingwealth( dEvAs everykindof chinthithE hantha dhairyam “ “ dhairyam hantha chinthithE : (overpoweredwithsadnessfromthecurse of 69 e sufferingchildrenofYours(BhavathyA: ate oftheaccursed removedthedhainyam(helplessness)of ryam. Another poet described Sri DEvi's ryam. AnotherpoetdescribedSriDEvi's (the celebrated dEvAs along with their (the celebrateddEvAsalongwiththeir with greatfear(mahathee bheethi). It onthechestofYour nnai”. It is therfore naturalthatHer nnai”. Itistherfore Thvath KatAkshai: lakshitham idham idham Thvath KatAkshai:lakshitham fore Youfullofpower(Sakthimathy). togainbackallthe threeworldsthat Indhran toregainhislostwealthand Sarva AakAra sTira samudhAyAm Sarva AakArasTirasamudhAyAm ). YoulookedatthesaddEvAs hi ofSrIDEvi,thedEvAs Indhran, theDevAsand Indhran, Lord. All ofthem sarva aakAra sarva aakAra VishNu VishNu

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KalyANa dhAyinyai nama KalyANa dhAyinyai her tobetherefirst. of wealth, wherevertheyfall. of wealth, of these Sahasra NaamAs of Yours, Your most beautiful mostbeautiful theseSahasraNaamAsofYours,Your of antharangai: apAngai: arainbearingcloud( votees). You aresalutedas“ nectarine, lotus-likeglancesturn. MahA VibhUthyainama MahA amrutha dhArA amrutha 71 e blue clouds raining e blueclouds Whichever nectar. all those directions. The different kinds of of Thedifferentkinds all thosedirections. tasyAm tasyAm sampadh OghA: tasyAmsampadhOghA: all thosedirections,theflood ofwealth all ng redlotusatdawn.Theyhavevowedto r the beautiful glances of MahA Lakshmi glancesofMahALakshmi r thebeautiful ering people, it isli ering people, g, competingwitheach es arebeautifullike of Your sufferingch of Your tharangai:, tharangai:, apAngai:, yasyAm Aartha-thrANa Vrathy sufferings of Your devotees).In Your of sufferings ushasi mishathAm ushasi :, amruthaAasAraneelaambhu :” (One whogrants allkindsof ) totheLotusflower.

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72 ing ofthedifferent ing floods of wealth and in whichever directionsthoseglances and inwhichever

ha thrANa vrathy roam in all directions ha thrANavrathyroaminalldirections ” (ahamahamikAm)isthepattern TasyAm tasyAm diSi ), amiraclehappens. t xm ya Brahmachari toacquirewealthseek a PerumdEvi ThAyAr,whenSwamy Desikansoug whengolden This isthefamousslOkam, The 16thslOkamisrecitedfo xara inya yOgArambha thvaritha manasO yushmadhaikAnthya-yuktam yushmadhaikAnthya-yuktam manasO thvaritha yOgArambha dharmam prApthum praTamamih prApthum dharmam e;a tEshAm bhoomEr-dhanapathi- tEshAm e garM- Tvirtmnsa dhArA niryAnthi adhikam adhikam vaanchithAnAm vasUnAm vaanchithAnAm adhikam adhikam niryAnthi dhArA ¡ àaÝ < - U m u< àwmimhy er ! xnpitg RNTyixkm Seerkazhi maTTavizhkuzhali thAyAr SRI STHUTHI SLOKAM 16 SRI STHUTHISLOKAM ! Aixk &had e xaryNt r thegrowthofone'swealth. e y ! AMbradMb grihAdh-amBarAd amBhudhErvaa amBhudhErvaa grihAdh-amBarAd u :md a yE dhArayanthE dhanAyAm dhanAyAm dhArayanthE yE a < vaiÁDtana e xnayam E kaNTy y bride andstartgruhasthAsramadharmam: 73 coins rainedfromtheskyinfrontof u x ht Sri DEvi's intervention to help a a help DEvi'sinterventionto ht Sri eva ! , uKtm < vs R U nam !

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org from theocean. theearthasatreasure like floodfrom or ParamaikAnthy dharmams with thehelpofso For thosewhowishtoenga Meaning accordingtoVillivalam SriNarayanachar Swamy: KubErA,fromtheskyand Ocean. house of towards You.Forthem, richeswillstream Some peopleneedwealthtostartKarma Meaning accordingtoDr. M.NarasimhAchAry: adhikam niryAthy dhArA: vaanchithAnAm vasUnAm amBhudhE: vaa amBharAth vaa gruhAthvaa dhanapathy BhUmE:vaa tEshAm danAyAm dhArayanthE praTamam for performingdharmicac EikAnthya yuktham Yushmadh thvaritha manasa: yOga Aarambha yE iha adhikam niryAnthy amBudhE: gruhAthamBharAth dhanapathy yuktham dharmamprApthumpraTamam (Anvaya Kramam): = those =inthisworld the flow(ofsuchwealth) = forthem = of You both both =ofYou = first (approach to) = first(approach =from theEarth = orfromthesky = whowishtocommenceYogicactivities = orfromtheOcean = witheagernessofmind, iha yEyOgaAarambhathvari = withthequalityofsingle = seekwealth = orfromthepalaceofKubErA tivities likeYaagam, = thewealthdesiredbythem = growsmoreandmore. . ge in bhakthi yOgaandwantto ge inbhakthi follow angamsof

from KubhErA's houseorfromthesky fromKubhErA's 74 dhanAyAm dharayanthE,tEshAmbhumE: yOgA, which ultimately generates bhakthi generatesbhakthi yOgA, whichultimately out bounteouslyfromtheearth,

me wealth, theneededwealthwillflow vaa vAnchithAnAmvasUnAmdhArA: mindedness dharmam prApthum = tha manasa:, yushmadh eikAnthya: tha manasa:,yushmadheikAnthya:

where thosefloodsofwealth huge quantities.Theycome anugrahamsresultin ParamaikAnthis, Your approach Youboth(MahALakshmiandHerDivineconsort).Forthese ParamaikAnthis, theywillnotaskforwealth wealth tocarryit out. Therefore, th VarNAsrama dharmams.Theyhavetoperf inpursuitofBhakthiy Jn~Ana yOgams gaining MokshamasaPhalan.Theyhaveto Oh SriDEvi!SomeParamaikAnthiswant thisslOkampassages: on Additional observations ocean. treasure; itcanbefromthehouseofKubhE from anywhereand everywh will reachthem.Itcanbefr ey wishtoacquiresomewealth. Being 75 form anyother dEvathAs. Theywill only complete firsttheangamsofKarmaand Ogam. Further,theyhaveto observe orm yaagams,whichwillneedalotof to practise Bhakthi yOgam rapidly for to practiseBhakthiyOgamrapidlyfor rA; it can be from the sky or from the rA; itcanbefromtheskyor the accumulation ofdesiredwealth in ere. Onecannot anticipate om the earth as a hidden om theearthasahidden

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org The 17thslOkamisrecitedforatta srEyas-kAmA: KamalanilayE chithramAamnyavaachAm chithramAamnyavaachAm KamalanilayE srEyas-kAmA: ï ða"a zBdïv[m DÇCDaya s c chooDApeeDam Tava padhayu Tava chooDApeeDam chathracchAyA subhaga sirasa: chAmara-smEra-pArsvA: chAmara-smEra-pArsvA: sirasa: subhaga chathracchAyA Ufa pIf e ys slAgA sabdha SravaNa mudhith SravaNa sabdha slAgA ! kama>kmlinly < tvpdy u -g izrsz KuzhaikkAdhuvalli &Th KuzhaikkAdhuvalli SRI STHUTHI SLOKAM 17 SRI STHUTHISLOKAM u g u idta> öiGv[>sÂriNt.17. < c gam chEtasA dhArayantha: dhArayantha: chEtasA gam e tsa xaryNt>, ! camrSm ining high positions in one's life: one'slife: in ining highpositions A: sragviNa: sancharanthy sragviNa: A: e icÇmaçayvaca

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flowers around their shoulders. flowers aroundtheirshoulders. travel onthestreetsoftheirkingdomwith royalty: white umbrella, thechamara servic will havetheanugrahamofrulershiplater to holdthosesacredfeetintheirheartfor Your sacredfeetarewondrousheadalankA Meaning accordingtoVillivalam SriNarayanachar Swamy: earth, withallprosperityattheircommand. Those whocarryYourlotus feetintheirhear Meaning accordingtoDr. M.NarasimhAchAry: sancharanthy slAga sabdhamudhithA: sragviNa: chAmara smErapaarSvA subhaaga sirasA chathra chAyA They roamaroundtheworldwith AmnAya VaachAm chithram chUDAPeeDam Tava PadhaYugam chEthasA dhArayanthy SrEyas-kAmA: Kamala NilayE! Word byword Meaning: = withthedecorationsof(fragrant)flowergarlands =theyroamtheuniverse(asblessedchEtanams). = those who desire grandmanagaLams = thosewhodesire = under the shade of (theroyalwhite)umbrella = undertheshadeof = Oh Lakshmi with your abode in the golden Lotus! Lotus! inthegolden yourabode = OhLakshmiwith = withproudheads = fortheVedicSpeech. = Yoursacredfeet, = adorn ln their hearts = adornlntheir = pleased with the hearing of eulogies about them withthehearingofeulogiesabout = pleased = with fans wafting onbothsides = withfanswafting = whichservesasthemysteriousalankAram royal insignia asaresult. royal insignia 77 conferral ofauspiciousnessfromearlytimes a happy state of mind and with garlands of a happystateofmindandwithgarlands ram fortheVedAs.Thosewhoareblessed e and eulogiesfromthepeople.They will ts willvirtually becomeemperors onthis over theuniverse withthesymbolsof

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org anugraha sakthi! anugraha sakthi! theirsubjectsandvassals.Allof eulogies by garlands.Theymovearoundth beautiful flower Servantswaveth yEka ChakrAdhipathi. athro desire. Theynowsiton them. Youbecomepleasedwiththeirdevoti feet Yoursacred universe place noted for on andmeditate ofVedAs fragrance the whowishtoberule Those auspiciousness. placeYoursacredfeetashead The VedAs thisslOkampassages: on Additional observations ne underasinglewhiteumbre ne

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org between Brahmaarethebeneficariesof the trivialbladeofgrasstomighty sthamBha avadhika janana tE DayA tE dayAmAalamBanthE alltheseboons, for gaining thyakthum AadhyAm avidhyAm sins. dhUreekarthum dhuritha nivaham al) jEthum Aadheen arAdheen akhilam kusalamUreekarthum Vimala Manasa: VishNu KaanthE! AmBha! Word byword Meaning: life'sjourney. supporting staffintheir aalamBhanthE is:“ slOkam ifthis The keypassage mighty dEvAs. compassion istheboundaryforalllinesof KrOdham (c)destroytheirsinsand(d)ba DayA to(1)gainallauspiciousness(2)wi derive theirstrengthsduring Oh Lakshmi deartoour Father! Oh Mother Meaning accordingtoVillivalam SriNarayanachar Swamy: inner enemies,removesins mindwillresorttoYourgrace, Men ofpure Meaning accordingtoDr. M.NarasimhAchAry:

= Oh Mother of the Universe! = OhMotheroftheUniverse! = Yourcompassionformstheboundary hs wt lmsls mns ho minds withblemishless ” Those = Thosewithapureheart = OhdearconsortofVishNu! = they hold on to Your Daya as their supporting staff Dayaastheirsupporting = theyholdontoYour , ignoranceandrebirth. seemAntharEkhAm grAma = for winning victory overol victory winning for = their dEha yAthrAs by holding on to Your incomparable incomparable ontoYour their dEhayAthrAsbyholding = for acquisition ofallauspiciousness = foracquisition = for banishing (avidhyA)and the ancientnescience = forchasingawaytheassemblyofaccumulated YourDayA.Itisforallofthem. n overtheirancienten

80 Brahma and the assemblyof entitiesin Brahma andthe chEtanams fromthebladeofgrassto whichalonecanmakethemconquerthe oftheUniverse!Thosewithpureminds

nishing their nescience. Your divine theirnescience. Yourdivine nishing for all on this side of your DayA yourDayA of for allonthisside Vimala Manasa:tEDayAm Vimala ld on to Your DayA as their d enemies(desire,angeret = chEtanAchEtanamfrom emies ofKaamamand SamsAram and landinMokshaSaamrAjyam. grace throughtheperformanceofan beyond that ha line (demarcator).Thosewho mighty BrahmadEvanastheboundaryli Oh DayADEvi!Ifweconsider thisslOkampassages: on Additional observations thejeevaRaasis fromthe 81 appropriate UpAyam,crosstheoceanof nes, Your divine dayAshows theland nes, Yourdivine ve been beneficiaries of Your divine divine ofYour ve beenbeneficiaries

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e e commands of Your Lord ordained in His Bhagavath Saasthrams. HisBhagavath in Lord ordained commands ofYour kaimkaryams withtheresolutionthatthey karmAs inpractiseofVaidhika and engage to You with unison in consort Your divine Oh MotheroftheUniverse!Thoseblesse Meaning accordingtoVillivalam SriNarayanachar Swamy: both happy. a bladeofgrass.Theyadoptthevedicdut serveYouboth, who Blessed arethepersons, Meaning accordingtoDr. M.NarasimhAchAry: (affection). happiness sanctioned bytheVedAsandprotec dharmasEthum Vaidhikam violating therulesofBhagavathSaasthrams vElA bhangapraSamanaphalam (they engageinthesekaimkaryams andnithyakarmAs). Tava VishNuchapreethyai thruNAya manyamAnA: associated withprakruthy MaayAleeDam akhilamvibhavam fromsuchkaimkaryams, and recievingthephalans YuvayO: yEkasEvAadhikArE Jaatha AakAnkshaa: kruthina: Janani! Word byword Meaning: andYourLord). You withjoyforpleasing dharmam dam ofVaidhika dharmasEthumpreethimantha:bh Vaidhikam is:“K The keypassageofthisslOkam

=OhMother! = therighteous(PuNyasAlis) = desirousof = = astrivialinvaluesuchabladeofgrass. preethimantha: bhajanthE = fortheexclusivepleasureof Lord andYour Yourself efrig amaym to Kaimkaryam = performing = considertheentire wealth ofthisuniverse = (theyperformthesekaimkaryams)without 83 d ones, who wish to t the dam of ancient dhramamwith t thedamofancient should notswerveaway for pleasing You bo pleasingYou for ies withnodeviationandthusmakeyou discard thematerialwealth ofthisworld ruthina: TavaVishNO:chapreethyai considering allmaterialwealthequalto ajanthE” (ThePuNyasaalisprotectthe = TheyperformthesekarmAs bothofYoutogether th. Theyperformthese perform Kaimkaryams from these ancient fromtheseancient

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86 dangersandconferringIswaryams. adiyEn asmin yeeshathnamitha Sirasa:dhanyA: ll types ofwealth.Eventhose,whobend ll types

= (Yourfeet)arewo ssed ones andtheyreachYourLord's ssed ones = in frontof those sa med theirSaraNAgathys standwith rlands adornedontheirheads;Your trates beforeYoursacredfeetwhich are trates ese feetwillliveintheabodeofLord . Theyarethesource VarthishyanthE” (Oh SrI Devi! Those VarthishyanthE” (OhSrIDevi! ed feetare themostfortunate.After = thesePuNyasAlisresideatthe their physicalbodyattheend cred Thiruvadis of cred Thiruvadisof rshipped withthe of allwelfare.The = Your lotus feet = Yourlotusfeet Phalan --hereonearth, attheotherworl Saasvatham eihikamvaakimnaam His commentsapplytothepowerof Sahasramreminds The authorofLakshmi ( KaamadhEnu. feet arelikethewish-granting dEvathA” (ThePumpradhAnEswari,whois “ In Tamil,thepowerofthosesacredfeet steal theheartofworshippers(Suvar the lightofamangaLams(“ toremo MangaLaThirumEnishine and Your bhAthi Those sacredfeet yields “ archanA performedbythemtoYoursacredfeet. thosegarlandsserveaspushpa flowers from theirbeautifulha with flowergarlandson Oh PeriyaPirAtti(MahA DEviofKaanch thisslOkampassages: on Additional observations nirAkrutha vyasanETavadhivyacharaNAravindham MangaLangaL mangAmalmannavaikkum ” accordingtoapassagefromLakshm Bhava sAgaraantha:avasAdhamyEyushAmabhayAya aSubha dheepthim hruth” aSubha dheepthim a phalamThvannAmanadhatthE?” HersacredThiruvadiaswell:“ Na nibhayA prabhayA manOramam bhAthi). Na nibhayAprabhayAmanOramam d oranyotherPhalan--canthey notgive?). 87 and Her NaamAs has been described as: described been andHerNaamAshas ipuram)! WhenthedEvasthreesadorned ir prostratebefore Yoursacredfeet, the us of the power ofHersacredNaamAs. us ofthepower the UpAyamforSrEyas).Yoursacred the varshams for Your worship. That is like like Thatis Yourworship. varshams for TheychaseawayallsamsAricsorrows ve thefearofSamsAram.Theydestroy i Sahasram.Yoursacredfeet, NaamAs ”. Youarethe“SrEya:Saadhana ). ). Withtheirgoldenlustre,they Aamushmikam (What type of

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