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Please chase away all the the all away chase Please tti! of attainingHerLord and alakshmis poy ninRa or www.sadagopan.org yadarthameva vidadhe yatnam bhUyAmsam acyuta:||(6) yatnam bhUyAmsam vidadhe yadarthameva SrInivAsAsaya mahishIm SreyasetAmupAsmahe| ydwRmev ivdxeyÆ<ÉUya 25 www.sadagopan.org daSaratAtmajam incarnation asahumanbeinganddeclaredso(“ many daringandsuperhuman ( dA and Ahalya)wouldrestoreauspicious for thisyatnambyLordRaamachandranis andunitedherwith existence asastone with SitaPirAttiEmperumAntransformed should be undertaken if we wish to gain a phalan. For the sake of being reunited Vanam. This stabakam instructs Vanam. Thisstabakam even amonkeyinHis effortstoregainHis theOceantoreachLankAand (sEtu) over aschur by theLordtogainPirAttisuch There are43slOkamsinthis stabakam, de Comments bySri.V. Sadagopan: happiness nArAyaNaperformedmanygreatactsinallhisavatars. 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Sadagopan: god oflove,Manmathawhois She isthesisterofmoonwhogladde the Onewhoisgoalto I worshipLakshmiwhoistheresidence of Meaning: abjaSaramsutamSamsanti sahodaram saundarya paryAptibhUmimkAmapidevatAm(S Prose Order: raktam raktam raktam ons thatthereisprobable be reached.Thosewhoexpl known forhis beauty. mes tohisrescue.Inthe147 || ry kind, (utprEkshai, ullEkam, adisayOkti, ry kind,(utprEkshai,ullEkam,adisayOkti, deepakam, yamakam, rUpakam and sleshai deepakam, yamakam,rUpakamand 30 beauty,whohasindescribable gloryand ns theobserverandMotherof e explanationasto slOkams of Sri Lakshmi Sahasram has has slOkamsofSriLakshmiSahasram et hasdaredtoenga h dva anaym f MahA of saundaryam divya the mgnto rn ro ad his and riot runs imagination ia) ad ajm yasyA: abjam vande riyam) reason fortheraktavarNam ain thepuraaNamssaythat why MahA Lakshmi’s th ge insuchalofty lkm f this of slOkam www.sadagopan.org saundaryam ofMahA Lakshmilikethispoet. the timesofVentAdhvari Kavibutnoone (SrI stuti)haveeulogizedthemanyauspicio His precocious son,ParAsaraBhattar likeSwamyAlavanth Sri VaishNavaAcAryAs reddening ofHerpalm. strenuous effortstoliftthepo to lifthimupfromthedeepwell(pAzhum handslook The poetreasonsthatPirAtti’s et outofthatdeepanddark (SrI GuNa Ratna KOsam), SwamyDesikan (SrI GuNaRatnaKOsam), 31 redbecauseofHerextendinghand has dwelled thisextensively onthedivya kiNaRu) intowhich he hadfallen. Her us attributes ofPeriyaPirAttibefore us attributes Ar (CatusslOki), KurEsar (SrI stavam), stavam), (SrI Ar (CatusslOki),KurEsar well leads to the tothe leads well www.sadagopan.org SrngAra rasa sarvasvam SeshaSaileSvarasya yA || (9) SrngAra rasasarvasvam SeshaSaileSvarasyayA||(9) durj~neya mahimA sA mAm kshIrAbdhiduhitAvatAt | mAmkshIrAbdhiduhitAvatAt durj~neya mahimAsA NachiyAr KOil-SriVanjulavalliThAyar Ê}eRy mihma sama< ]IraiBxÊihtavtat!, ï&&¼arrs svRSv< ze;zEleñrSy ya.9. ï&&¼arrs svRSv 32 www.sadagopan.org seems likealegitimateareato may beconsideredasVirasamorrasAbhAs without described in SisupAlaVadamhave pointed outinthiscontextthatPoetBh VarNan belongingtoRaghuVamsam.Sri Thesamegreatpoethasdescri sambhavam. described thesambhOgasr PoetslikeKaaLidAsan have been skippedbySwAmiDesikaninhiskAvyams. dampatis. TheRaajabhOgamsandsambhOgams didnotdaretodesc VenkatAdhvari’s time divya dampatisintheirprivatequ This stabakamhas50slOkams.Thesubject Comments bySri.V. Sadagopan: all fears. SeshAdrinAthan andwhohasinfinite guNa Let Lakshmi,thedaughterofOcean, Meaning: SrngAra sarvasvam dhurj~neya mahimAsAkshIrAbdhiduhi Prose Order: ungAram of Paarvati and ParamEswaran inKumAra andParamEswaran ungAram ofPaarvati exercise theirpoeticskills. arters. The PoorvAcAryAsbeforeSri arters. The PayyampAdi SrivatsAngAcchAr SwAmyhas SrivatsAngAcchAr PayyampAdi Aravi in KirAtArjuneeyam and Maaga Kavi andMaagaKavi Aravi inKirAtArjuneeyam tA mAm avatAt yA SeshaSaileSvarasya yA avatAt tA mAm who offersalltherasAsofSrungArato 33 ribe theSrungAra leelaisofthedivya am bymanybutforthegreat poets,it , beauty and aisvarya protect mefrom protect andaisvarya , beauty hesitation suchSrungAra leelais. This hesitation bed the SrungAraleelaisofkingAgni matter istheSrungAraleelaisof enjoyed bythedivinecouple have www.sadagopan.org viSveSvarasam aiSvaryAm viduryAm brahmavAdina: ||(10) viSveSvarasam aiSvaryAm viduryAm viSvasya jananIm evaviSvasyaSaraNam vrNe| viSvasya jananIm vermña vy¡ävin.0 äüvaidn>.10. ivÊya¡ ivñeñrsmEñya¡ ivñSy jnnImev ivñSy zr[< v&[e, v&[e, zr[< ivñSy jnnImev ivñSy SrI Mahalakshmi ThAyAr SrI MahalakshmiThAyAr aiSvarya stabakam 10 @eñyRStbk> 34 www.sadagopan.org pTyuStv cmihmaingmEinRTymi zei;Tvyaegat! yuvyaerek Passage fromSlOkam6: uslookatselected Let aiSvarya Stabakam. th stutislOkamslay SwAmi Desikan’sSri SeshabhUthai andis toHerLordalone theentireworldofsentient an Mistress to Vedams salute Her as “ Her Lordoutofownvolition. upEyamforMoksham.Sheis upAyam and (indwellership insideandoutsideincE presence everywhere throughHer svarUp MahA LakshmiisIswariequalinaiSvaryam bySwAmiestablished rigorously DesikanandhispoorvAcAryAs.Inourdarsanam, SwAmiDesikanandfollowsclosely admirer of agreat Kaviwas VenkatAdhvari darsanam. the fundamentalsofVisishTaadvaita There are19slOkamsinthisstabakam,wh Comments bySri.V. Sadagopan: Her. mokshOpAyam, andGranterofmoksham.A knowpave thewayformetoserveEmperumA thatI holdontothelokamAthALakshmiwith SheMeaning: is equal vrNe viSvasya SaraNam brahmavAdina: yAmviSveSvarasamaiSva to theProse Order: Lord in being Iswa asyeSAnA jagatOvishNupatni Nv:yma[> n>mans i Ssi Protector, Seshi, ri, will protectmeand www.sadagopan.org Scholars toprovidetheFoundation The 4 Moksham”). Para Devataiforus.BothofYouare upAyam (“Vedam speakswithequaladorationabout “ Éava ï&tIna< s nigamai:nityam ). Vedamspeaksabouttheba êFaE dMptI yuva< n>dEvtm! dMptIyuva< êFaE on on this eka Seshitva tattvam. on thisekaSeshitva tattvam. for this aiSvarya stabakam. forthisaiSvaryastabakam. ” eSyars and together, you serve as single eSyars andtogether,youserveassingle 36 ted totheLordasuddheSyan(intended both of You. Therefore both of You are both ofYou.ThereforeYouare i! OurLordhasboththeseattributes n paa fr hs wo seek who those for phalan and sikan hasbeenpointed outby sis for this tattvam and our andour thistattvam sis for ” www.sadagopan.org madAgasAm pratIkAre mahatAmapi yat kshamam || (11) (11) || yatkshamam mahatAmapi pratIkAre madAgasAm trAyatAm AyatAksham taddhAmatAmarasAlayam| AyatAksham trAyatAm SrI JanakavalliThAyAr,Madhuranthakam mdagsa< àtIkare mhtamip yT]mm!.11. Çaytamayta]< tÏam tamrsalym!, kshAnti stabakam 11 ]aiNtStbk> 37 www.sadagopan.org guNamofthedivyadampatis. KshamA/KshAnti tothe sahasraslOkamshavebeencitedassalutations RanganAtha PaadukA trespasses isaclassbyitselfandthere isno theLord.OurThAyArKshamA /KshAntiof slOkams bythegrandsonofKurEsar(son attention inthiscontexttotheSrIsUkti kevalam to Herforgiveoursinsisthe route(“ we commiteverysecond. Whatisthereco prAyaScittams. Wecannotalsoexperience of theangerLord.Wecannotget repe Saastrams Lord. WetrespassBhagavat ways thatPirAttiforgivesourlimitlesssi stabakam isalsoveryimportantforoursi (Forbearance/ infinitetoleranceagainst sa This Stabakamhas30slOkamsand Comments bySri.V. Sadagopan: sins. lotus protectme.MayHertoleranceand pati Let thelightofLakshmiwhohaseyesas Meaning: pratIkAra: madAgasAm taddhAmatrAyat tAmarasAlayam AyatAksham Prose Order: ”). MahA VidwAn PayyampAdi SrivatsAngAcch ”). MahAVidwAnPayyampAdi ns and protects us fr prAyaScittam kshamasveti prArtanaikeva prAyaScittam kshamasvetiprArtanaikeva our trespasses)byMahALakshmi.This 38 urse underthesecircumstances?Prayer lutes the KalyANa guNam of KshAnti lutes theKalyANaguNamofKshAnti far asHerearsandwhoresidesonthe ddhAntam. Thepoet re rid ofthembyperformingappropriate the punishmentsforeachofthesesins of Veda VyAsa Bhattar) salutingthe ofVedaVyAsaBhattar) ’s forbearance andtoleranceoverour ’s forbearance atedly andbecomelegitimateobjects ence providerelieftoallof mygreat ae Khm SOaI ih 16 with ShOdasI KshamA named m a khm mahatAmapi kshamA yat Am ac t ta. ubr f Sri of Number that. to match r wm ivts our invites SwAmy Ar om theangerofHer veals insomany www.sadagopan.org vikhyAta vibhavA sA mAm vishNupatnI vilokatAm | | vilokatAm sAmAmvishNupatnI vikhyAta vibhavA vipulAnutsavAnyasyA virincyAdyA vitanvate||(12) vipulAnutsavAnyasyA ivpulanuTsvaNySya ivirÁ ivOyat ivÉvasama< SrI PadhmavathiThAyAr,ThiruchanUr utsava stabakam stabakam utsava 12 %TsvStbk> iv:[upÆI ivlaektam!, 39 Cya*a ivtNvte.12. www.sadagopan.org ThAyAr. instead ofjustforThirucchAnUrPadmAvathy the utsavamUrtiofMalayappaSwamyat maNDape ThAyAr participate( stabakam, thereare repeated references to wishes Hertoenjoytheutsavamsforwith accompany Her atThirucchAnUr utsavams. Her, although theutsavamUrti,BhOgaSrinivAs hasexclusive utsavamsaround ThAyAr, who of instead forthedivyautsavams dampatis Samvatsara utsavams)forHeronly.Itturn Periya PirAttiwouldcoverthe variousutsa likethataSrisU the outset,itmaylook ThAyAr aswellforMalayappaSwamywithubhayanAcchiyAratThirumala.At slOkamsdealingwith has50 This stabakam Comments bySri.V. Sadagopan: in Herhonourthatgive Let Lakshmiwhois VishNupatnIgraceme. Meaning: vitanvate, sAmAmvilOkatAm mAmvilOkatA vishNupatnI vikhyAta vibhavA Prose Order: ” et al).Therefore, we areled toco “nirupamam yuvayO:Subhamutsa happinesstopeople. kti likeSri LakshmISahasramfocusing on 40 ThirumalAandHisubhayanAcchiyArs the various utsavams for ThirucchAnUr forThirucchAnUr thevariousutsavams Brahma,RudraandIndraholdfestivals One can imagine that BhOga SrinivAsan One canimaginethatBhOgaSrinivAsan vams (PancaParva,nityaPaksha,mAsa, the year.VeethiPuRappAdu isonlyfor m; yasyA: vipulAn utsavAn virincyAdya m; yasyA:vipulAnutsavAnvirincyAdya nclude thatthe descriptionsarefor s outthattheslOkamscover utsavams, where PerumaaL and PerumaaLand where utsavams, ut taas o ThirucchAnUr for utsavams just u ay itatos I this In distractions. any out r n h sntm os not does sanctum the in ar vam, praNayinA saham utsava utsava saham praNayinA vam, www.sadagopan.org ananyajana sAmAnyAm Ahu:yasyAvadAnyatAm||(13) vAraaSi duhitu: tasyA varivasyAm vidadhmahe| vidadhmahe| tasyAvarivasyAm vAraaSi duhitu: AnNyjnsamaNya mahuyRSyavdaNytam!.13. varaiz ÊihtuStSyavirvSya vdaNyStbk> 41 www.sadagopan.org ïyitÊurixraeh ’s audAryam(generosity)arisesfr ”. Thismeansthat e hasnotrewarded usenough. TheslOkam boonswhilethemunificenceofThAyar PrasAdini and SarvAbhIshTa phalapratai. PrasAdiniandSarvAbhIshTaphalapratai. 42 vadAnya Ahu: tasyAvAraaSiduhitu:varivasyAm the poet asks a rhetorical question to the poetasksarhetoricalquestionto whose exclusive qualityis togrant h pe slts h matchless the salutes poet the hasbeengivenas:“ vadAnya nt boonseeker toaccept istheone,who vada anyat vada anyat m Her om www.sadagopan.org what onedesires andbeyond”. case of MahA Lakshmi,Lakshmi. Hesays:“Youhavetoaskthe the darsanamIn anotherslOkam,thepoetcompares of th rhetorical question. SaakOTaka treefullofthorns thatdoes with abundant “ThereistheMango tr Here thePoetsays: fruits within devi!SaakoTakamsa:|| Srayati duradhirOham easy reach. phalavati sahakArebhAsuresatyadUre While this iskimapi nrpapiSaacamyAcateya:kucetA:| so, who would dadatyAm sarvamishTam tvayi satibhagavatyAm approach a Kalpa Vrukshamforwhatyoudesire.Inthe e boon-grantingKalpaVrukshamtoMahA 43 not produceanyfruitseither?”Thisisa Her ThirumEnialoneisenoughtoattain ee yielding tastiestfruits.Itisbent www.sadagopan.org yamakam kathayanti AryA yatpadam kalpaSaakhina: ||(14) kalpaSaakhina: ||(14) AryAyatpadam yamakam kathayanti yaSasvinIm upAsIyaya ymk< kwyNTyayaR yTpd< kLpzaion>.14. ymk< kwyNTyayaRyTpd< yziSvnImupasIy yÊnawsximR[Im!, yziSvnImupasIy yÊnawsximR[Im!, SrI VedavalliThAyAr yamaka stabakam yamaka stabakam 14 ymkStbk> dunAthasadharmiNIm | | dunAthasadharmiNIm 44 www.sadagopan.org next wordinthesame pAdam-slOkam6: whereone yamakam, known asgruhIta-mukta SlOkam 6hasbeen identifiedasanex ramA | mayAkrtam-anAmaya dayAsampUrNa-hrdayA rma gu[en prma Stv ample ofacleverlyconstructed yamakam in using Yamakam, as associated withthe associated as in usingYamakam, She helps KrishNaa in His yAgA of saving ofsaving HisyAgA She helpsKrishNaain und butdifferentin Adhvari, theeminentpoethas Adhvari, aBirudhu 45 tition inthesamestanza (orinanypart word is captured and released as the akravarthy. In this stabakam, this this akravarthy. Inthisstabakam, e slOkam. Examples of pAdAdyanta pAdAdyanta of Examples slOkam. e meaning, akindof i the is ” www.sadagopan.org harA udAra- suxaE"s†za †zazuÉdyadyalurxunaxunatu Êirtm!. %darivÉva Évamyhrahrai dayaaLu sudhaugha dima vibhavA bhavA ra hitA dhunA sadrSaa hitA dhunAtu ya kamala| drSaa maya dmihta ihtaykmla, Subha duritam || duritam harA dayA dayA 46 www.sadagopan.org aSvinI hastisampannA sampatujjrmbhatenrNaam||(15) Anandam aindirA: kuryu: apAngA yatprasangata: | Anandam aindirA:kuryu:apAngAyatprasangata: | AiñnI hiSts 47 www.sadagopan.org For RohiNInakshatram: mostdelectabletore Lakshmi are words thatthepoet usestohousethena is thelargestinsize.Whatasenseof then reduce in size until the last verse. The nAyaka maNi in this garland (the 14 prmaÉr[IÉUtm! abhabharaNi vé[aÔa ArdrA She isvisualized asthe“ vAsudevanilayAdhirhOhiNIm vasudevinlyaixhaeih[Im! the 27asterisms,heconstructsverses category hassomeuniquefeatures. Toador of poetrytotheirishTadEvatAsbutSriVenkat nakshatra mAlAforMahALa fromAsvatiandconcludingwithRevatito constructa nakshatrams starting VenkatAdhvariKaviuses27 of28slOkams,Sri In thisStabakamconsisting Comments bySri.V. Sadagopan: grant. excess makemehappy.Letenjoyallth Let theglancesofLakshmiwhogr Meaning: apAngA: Anandamkuryu: aSvinIhastisam nrNaam yatprasangata: Prose Order: (ThiruvAdhirai) nakshatram ishonoredwiththe (ThiruvAdhirai)nakshatram varuNArdrA. (BharaNi) nakshatram is visualized as: (BharaNi)nakshatram isvisualized paramAbharaNIbhUtAm adhirOhiNI kshmi. Few poets have attempted nakshatramAla type type kshmi. FewpoetshaveattemptednakshatramAla cite. Herearesomeexamples: ” inthehouseofLordVaasudEvan. ants wealthsuchashorses , whichincreaseinsizeuntilthe14 structureandsymmetry!Thecompound 48 me ofthenakshatramseulogizingMahA panna sampat ujjrmbhate teaindirA panna sampatujjrmbhate e wealth that Lakshmi’s kaTaaksham will e wealththatLakshmi’skaTaakshamwill n MahALakshmiwith dvr’ cmoiin n this in composition Adhvari’s n eehns in elephants and the necklaceof nAmArcanam, th and and th ) www.sadagopan.org SravaNE jagadudbhavAdi-niratasya ïv[e=iÉxeihrhisSvy SaarngiNa: aSvinI-hasti-sampanna theelephants thatwakeHerupinthe 49 rI sUktam). Thesaulabhyamwithwhich rI sUktam). ly intoHerLord’searaboutprotecting ). “ hastinAta prabOdini SravaNa nakshatram : is ” www.sadagopan.org vicitram trishu lokeshu caritram yasya gIyate ||(16) lokeshucaritramyasyagIyate vicitram trishu pavitram padmanAbhasya kaLatram tatpunAtu na:| tatpunAtu pavitram padmanAbhasyakaLatram ivicÇ< iÇ;ulaeke;u cirÇ< ySygIyte.16. pivÇ< pÒnaÉSyk¦Ç 50 www.sadagopan.org citram SaurE:sakhi! vayama slOkAn mUkAnmapica bhavatIvAdayatyaprayatnAt kimpunastatracitram?| krshNOapyenam mukharayaticEt devi!vAcAlayanta: janA jaDamapi drshTaa vENum icÇ< zaEre> siovymip tdžòaNtÉUta> ðaekan! mUkanip cÉvtI vadyTyàyÆat! k«:[ae=Pyen< muoryit †òa ve[u out toanotherwondroushappening: , like thecoolraysofMoon VenkatAdhvari Kavi selectsafewincidents VenkatAdhvari Kavi 51 MahALakshmiisaptlyrevealedinthe background foroneslOkam,whereSitA SitAPirAttiandstatesthatthefire whose praiseissunginallthethree n aeisiig I ti short this In awe-inspiring. and aysi pati yadyasti (“SiSirasyeva www.sadagopan.org indeed isawonderworthy ofcelebration. causes awe.competency inplaying theflute. What You made meit sing(veNugAnam).Thatis nogreat wonder a dumb one,Oh VishNuSakhi!YourLordplayedon who has no faculty of speech speak. This the JaDavastu,flute(VeNu)andmade You didhoweverismoremysteriousand 52 since all shepherds have some some have shepherds all since www.sadagopan.org AmnAnam jAtucidyasya nAmnAm dhAmnA drSyeyarAjIvatenadayAlunA | Aaçan< jatuic*Synaça<}anEyuRni´ n>.17. xaça †Zyey rajIvxaçatendyaluna, SrI mAhAlakshmiThAyAr nAmavaibhava stabakam 17 namvEÉvStbk> 53 j~nAnai: yunakti na:||(17) www.sadagopan.org dev iïyyEnm> sTy iïyyEnm dan iïyyEnm> dIp iïyyEnm> jy iïyyEnm> iÇlaek iïyyE nm> iïtiïyyE nm> iïyyE nm> Please addpraNavambefore each ofthese nAmAs ofthebeautiful A sampling manO vikArams. higher than thatofthedEvAs,destroy keertayAmi ourtApatrayams (“ Her divyanAmAsquench blemishless Jn~Anam(“ vaibhavam poet extolsthepowerofrecitingHerauspiciousnames( StOtramsonHer.Inthis PoorvAcArya The power ofthejyOtirmaya KaTaakshamof Comments bySri.V. Sadagopan: adiyEn! about thethreetattvams).Maycompassi Her manynAmAsevenoccasionallywillbl the lotusflower.Thattejashasallsaub The splendorousluster(tEjas)ofMahALa Meaning: ). Thepoet pointsoutthatsuchnA ”). He states that such divine sankeetanams will grantusastatus suchdivinesankeetanamswill ”). Hestatesthat deva Sriyayainama: nama: satya Sriyayai dAna Sriyayainama: dIpa Sriyayainama: jaya Sriyayainama: trilOka Sriyayainama: SritaSriyayai nama: Sriyayai nama: nAmnAm AmnAnamna:jn~Anai:yunakti nAmAs canbeenjoyednow. hAgyams to blessus.Theverymentionof hAgyams to ess uswith Jn~Anam (superiorknowledge Stabakam consistingof42slOkams,the our AsApAsamsthataredrivenby 54 kshmi isrecognized MahALakshmihasb onate glances of this dayALu fall on fallon glancesofthisdayALu onate ma sankeertanamswillunite uswith aa Aa oaa SeetaLAm KomaLam nAma tava ”). Therecitationof Aa sankeertana nAma as being rooted in as beingrootedin een celebrated in www.sadagopan.org iv*alúMyE nm> ivjylúMyE nm> sNtanlúMyE nm> gjlúMyE nm> xEyRlúMyE nm> xaNylúMyE nm> nm> AaidlúMyE jylúMyE nm> raJylúMyE nm> nm> vIyRlúMyE JyaeitlúMyE nm> nm> g&hlúúMyE mae]lúMyE nm> mhalúMyE nm> äü iïyyEnm> mha iïyyEnm> yaeg iïyyEnm> ved iïyyEnm> tp iïyyEnm> nm> )l iïyyE raj iïyyEnm> pu{y iïyyEnm> brahma Sriyayainama: puNya Sriyayainama: vidyA lakshmyainama: vijaya lakshmyainama: santAna lakshmyainama: gaja lakshmyainama: nama: dhairya lakshmyai dhAnya lakshmyainama: Adi lakshmyainama: jaya lakshmyainama: rAjya lakshmyainama: veerya lakshmyainama: jyOti lakshmyainama: gruha lakshmyainama: moksha lakshmyainama: mahA lakshmyainama: mahA Sriyayainama: yoga Sriyayainama: veda Sriyayainama: tapa Sriyayainama: phala Sriyayainama: rAja Sriyayainama: 55 www.sadagopan.org becoming suddenly learned”. feast,ofanang asumptuous man getting getting waterinadraught,offrightened getting watertodrin joy ofathirstyman “Oh Mind!Exceedinglysuperiorinthiswo japam ofMahALakshmi: rAma nAma japa ThyagarAja set inrAgamSaurAshtram,Saint sukham. Allof thesix inner enemies andgrantuspa of these phalgandham sankeertanam isVedasAram.HernAma indescribable. MahA Lakshmiis“ paNDita pAvanakaranAmadEyam doctrine ofnAmasankeertanamredeemsthesimpleandlearned alike(“ out.AsSrI Saint ThyagarAjapointed infinite. The namesareankitams Lakshmi isParadevataiandth The nAmAsare“atabloid formofaguNa”or specially celebratedthrough SaktiandicchAare Sakti,KriyA Sakti,aparAjita apramEya Sakti,adbhuta dEva Sakti,sarvaPanca Her Jn~Ana Sakti( nm> vrlúMyE xnlúMyE nm> ). TheveryfruitofnAmaJapamis vara lakshmyai nama: nama: vara lakshmyai dhana lakshmyainama:, jn~Ana Saktyainama: the abovesankeertanams. rfr Hr ae dntn Hr abaa are Vaibhavam Her denoting names Her erefore of HerVaibhavam.Theyare“ jagat prathamaMangaLam ”). The“ sankeertanamisfulloffragrance( Mutthuswami Deekshitarpointedoutthe ), Kartru Sakti, bhOktr ), KartruSakti, MahA Sakti,mUrtaatula rama sukhaminadivyanAmaKeertanam 56 rld is the bliss of RaamA’s nametothe rld istheblissofRaamA’s k, of a pauper coming by a treasure, of ry man calming down, of an ignoramus ofanignoramus ry mancalmingdown, ans areequallyapplicabletothenAma person getting courage, of a hungry the citta suddhi throughbanishment the cittasuddhi nAma ghOsha janitasukham pointsoutthevariousaspectsof an attributeofa devatai.MahA ” andassuchnAma smaraNE Sukham u Sakti,Para AmnAya pAmara is ” ” as www.sadagopan.org prIti pUrvaka madhyAste pItAmbara kuTumbinI||(18) madhyAstepItAmbara prIti pUrvaka aravindavadanam vande tadaham yat aharniSam | tadahamyataharniSam aravindavadanam vande àIitpUvRk mXyaStepItaMbr k…quiMbnI. 18. dAma (sadma) vaibhava stabakam stabakam vaibhava dAma (sadma) ArivNdvdn< vNde tdh< ydhinRzm!, ydhinRzm!, tdh< vNde ArivNdvdn< 18 SrI PerundeviThAyAr dam ( sÒ ) vEÉvStbk> 57 www.sadagopan.org important totheLord, KalhAram(redlily ab flowers, whichprovidean glory ofLotus sahasram ofSriPaadukA Pushpa Paddhati viharaNa vidhauyasyaSayyAviSeshA:|| sampadyante SrutInAm mauLayaSca manasAm SeshScittam vimala lakshyam| cetyanavadhiguNamdvandavamanyOnya vishNustvam nishpratyUha-praNaya ghaTitamdevinityAnapAyam s th slOkamofSrIstutiistheinspirationforthis ) for ANDAL and Kairava pushpam(Ambal) andKairava ) forANDAL es ofHerresidence:TheLotus flower, 58 provides additional insightsaboutthe additional provides ode forMahALakshmi. IftuLasIis th stabakamwith40slOkams.This of Yogis and VishNu of YogisandVishNu www.sadagopan.org ---SlOkam 9ofdAma(sadma)stabakam parampadmAnisadmAnitE| sumeshuvastushu prAya: satsu kalyANimAlyAdishu tathA kalhArotpala kairavAdishu àay> sTsusume;uvStu;u kLharaeTplkErvaid;u twa kLyai[maLyaid;u seated onthemandalsocarriesinHer hands. for BhumiDevi,thenredLotusFlowers pr< pÒain sÒain te, te, sÒain pÒain pr< are veryimportantforSrIDevi.Sheis 59 www.sadagopan.org yat sevA tat abhAvAbhyAm tAmahamSriyamaaSraye ||(19) abhAvAbhyAm yat sevAtat abhayam bhayam iti etat ubhayam sarvadehinAm | abhayam bhayamitietatubhayamsarvadehinAm Tanjore painting ofSrImahA lakshmiThAyAr yTsevatdÉava_ya< tamh 60 www.sadagopan.org SwAmi Desikan’s above twoSrisUktis incr SwAmi Desikan’sabove Sri VenkatAdhvari wasverymuchinfluenc book #39) www.ahobilavlli.org book#69) ofSwAmiDesikan Please refertoabhayapradAnaStOtram here. freedom fromfear.MahALakshmi’spowe from fearthroughHerabhayaMudrA. before theLordcouldgrantthemSaraNA from theangryHanuman.VibhIshaNanand totheoffending rakshaNam hischoiceofSitAgiven byBhattarfor PirA the GhOshti ofSitAPirAttiinstead pradAnam guaranteedbySitAPirAttithat PirAtti. SwAmiParAsaraBhattarwassoco GuNaratna Kosam,wherehebroughtoutth SwAmiParAsaraBhattarblessedus Saastram. SwAmi Desikanshowedthattheentire fear) forthosewhosoughtSrIRaamachand toillust known asabhayapradAnasAram due totheMusliminvasions.SwAmiDesika prayer toLordRanganAthanforremoval SwAmi Desikan’sSrIabhItistavamconsistsof29slOkamsanditwasanardent This stabakamconsistsofthirtySlOkam Comments bySri.V. Sadagopan: not worshipped. I worshipLakshmiwhoremovesfearwhen Meaning: Sriyam ahamASraye abhayam bhayamitietatubhayamsarvad Prose Order: . rAkshasis evenbefore theyaskedHerforprotection and abhIti stavam andabhItistavam in theghOshtiofHe ehinAm yatsevAtatabhAvAbhyAmtAm abhayamalsomeansMokshambesides s and is also knownasabhItistabakam. s andisalso 61 rate theabhayapradAnam(Removalof n hasalsoblessedus of thesufferings bySrirangamjanams eation oftheabhaya pradAna stabakam. gati. MahALakshmiassuresusfreedom Srimad RaamAyaNam is a SaraNAgati Srimad RaamAyaNamisaSaraNAgati nvinced withthequal r to grant Moksham is also indicated r tograntMokshamisalso ed bytheupadesamsandinsights of worshipped andwhocausesfearwhen KaakAsuran had to askforprotection hadto KaakAsuran he declared that he prefers to be in e abhaya pradAnam aspects of SitA ofSitA aspects e abhayapradAnam ra’s protection.InthisSrisUkti, t’ gohi s ht h offered She that is ghoshti tti’s (http://www.sundarasimham.org ih h SI Ut o SrI of sUkti SrI the with with a Prabandham withaPrabandham r Lord.Thereason ity ofthe abhaya (http:// www.sadagopan.org yat prasAdAdrtedevA: sarve vandArurakshaNe dakshAm vande govindasundarIm| dakshAmvande vandArurakshaNe yTàsada†te deva>sveRri]tum]ma>. 20. SrI RanganayakiThAyAr,SrIrangam dEvatAntara parisankhyA stabakam parisankhyA dEvatAntara vNdaér][e d]a< vNde gaeivNd suNdrIm!, gaeivNdsuNdrIm!, vNde d]a< vNdaér][e 20 devtaNtrpirs'OyaStbk> 62 rakshitumakshamA: || (20) www.sadagopan.org boons areinsignificant inscopecompared imperfections inthe boonsgivenbydiff gods, whoderivetheirpowerformHer. Inth from upAsanAofMahALakshmiisfarbe ( Therefore, thepoetconcludesafterapprop with theboonsgrantedby Lakshmi isfreefrom anysuchdeficienci have howeverseventypesof empowered bytheanugrahamofMahALa Here,thepo slOkams. has30 This stabakam Comments bySri.V. Sadagopan: who worshipthemonlybyHer grace. protecting thosewhoworshipher.Thede I saluteLakshmiwhoisthebeautifulconsortof Meaning: devA: rakshitumakshamAm vandAru rakshaNedakshAmgovindasund Prose Order: parisankhyA VipareetAbhimAna mUlatvam(beingcaus (beingagai viruddhatvam svAbhAvikAnanda dukkhOrdakatvam dukkha miSratvam(beingadmixedwithsorrow) dukkha mUlatvam(sorrowcausing) astitstvam (durability) alpatvam (meagerness) ) ofreceivingboonsfromdevatAnt the devatais are: thedevatais imperfections ingranting theboons,whereasMahA es. The seven kinds of defects associated es. Thesevenkindsofdefectsassociated erent devatAs and points out that their erent devatAsandpoints outthattheir to thosegrantedbyMahA Lakshmiand 63 tter thanseekingboonsfromtheother vAs get their capacity to protect those vAs gettheircapacitytoprotect arIm vandeyatprasAdAtdrutesarve arIm kshmi tograntboons.ThesedevatAs e forwrongkindsofattachments). et pointsoutthatallthedEvataisare riate evaluationoftheprosandcons nst thenatural blissprinciple)and arams that theph arams that s tbkm Kv eauts the evaluates Kavi stabakam, is oid. h i cpbe of capable is She GovindA. alans obtained www.sadagopan.org lasting andfarsuperiorineveryway. The poetinstructsusthattheblessings shows howtheirboonsaresub-optimal: notevenbe oftheirboonsmay that some Brahman (slOkam 15). Brahman (slOkam15). Sivan (slOkam14)and 13), Durgai (slOkam GaNapati (slokam12), VisAkan (slOkam11) 10), (slOkam Navagrahms Candran (slOkam9) KubhEran (slOkam 8), 6), Sooryan (slOkam 5), VaruNan (slOkam 4), Vaayu (slOkam 3,7), Indran (slOkams associated withthe associated 64 auspicious.Hetakesuponebyand boons of PirAtti are boons ofPirAttiare www.sadagopan.org sAdhayAmAsa kAryaaNi satAntasyai Sriye nama: || (21) nama:||(21) Sriye satAntasyai kAryaaNi sAdhayAmAsa daSasu api avatAreshu devoyatrUpasamSrayAt| avatAreshu daSasu api saxyamas kayaRi[staNtSyEiïyenm>.21. SrI RanganayakiThAyAr,Srirangam dzSvPyvtare;u devae yÔUp s<ïyat!, dasAvatAra stabakam stabakam dasAvatAra 21 dzavtarStbk> 65 www.sadagopan.org andas RukmiNiinKrishNAvatAram. RaamAvatAram form andhelpsHimfulfillHisavatAra accompanies Him in PirAtti samrakshaNam. ( sAdhUnAm takesmanyavatAram BhagavAn Comments bySri.V. Sadagopan: protection ofthesAdhujanams(goodones). fulfillHisavatAr makes itpossibleforHimto toHerwhoseunionwithLo Salutations Meaning: nama: tasyai Sriyai avatAreshuyatrUpasamS daSasu api Prose Order: VinASaaya cadushkrutAm VinASaaya ) and the destructionofthosewh ) andthe ). Therearecountlesssuch s for saving sAdhuJanams( s forsaving rayAt deva:satAmkA 66 KaaraNam. SheincarnatesasSitAin all His avatArams withanappropriate all HisavatArams rd's forminallHistenincarnations o cause harm to His BhagavathAs o causeharmtoHisBhagavathAs a kAryams dealing with a kAryamsdealing incarnationsfordharma ryaaNI sAdhayAmAs ryaaNI sAdhayAmAs paritrANaaya the www.sadagopan.org ciram vibudhasanmauLi citrastabakabhUshitam||(22) kamalAyatanAm citte kalaye yat padAmbujam | kalayeyatpadAmbujam citte kamalAyatanAm icr< ivbuxsNmaEi¦icÇStbk ÉUi;tm!. 22. SrI AlarmelmangaThAyAr,Mylapore kmlaytna< icÄeklyeyTpdaMbujm!, citra stabakam citra stabakam 22 icÇStbk> 67 www.sadagopan.org the differentyantramsassoci e-book. Great detailsareprovidedinthis ashta LakshmiCakram (SlOkam19): Padm bandham/ShODaSa daLa gOmUtrikA Some ofthemare overlays and bhinnavruttapratilOmagO the immenselytalentedpoethasintroduced traditional oneslike gOmUtrikAandCakr has attemptedmanydifficult-to-accomplish PayyampAdi SriSrivatsAngAcchAr SwAmi po few newones thathavenotbeen that byelaboratingonthevariationsof Padma,ca Caturangaturanga, SarvatObhadra, citra sabdamsusedfrequentlybypoetslikeSara There are58slOkamsinthecitrastabakam Sahasram). wa which Yamaka stabakam, created astabakamentirelyde series).Asagreatadmire Sundarasimham kAvyam arecovered inthere. Please see 30 SwAmi Desikanblesseduswithanentire Comments bySri.V. Sadagopan: immemorial. whose feetarewornbydEvAsasaheadorname inmyheartthelotusfeet I fixstrongly Meaning: citte kalaye yatpadAmbujam vibudhasanmauLiciram Prose Order: th PaddhatiintheSriRanganathaPaaduka s moreaboutdvani(the14 of twobandhamslike the19 ated with citrapaddhati(102 ated with attempted bytheotherKavis. voted tothesabdacitramsinaddition citrastabaka bhUshitamkamalAyatanAm cakra, gOmUtrikA bandhams and created created and cakra,gOmUtrikAbandhams oftheOnewhoresidesinlotusand paddhati named Citra Paddhati. It is the Itisthe Paddhati. Citra paddhati named mUtrikA (slOkam42,47,50)bandhams. a bandhams.InthecaseofgOmUtrikA, 68 r ofSwAmiDesikan,SriVenkatAdhvari e-bookand yetanother e-book covers bhinnavruttAnulOma (slOkams40,41), citrabandhams,whic . He constructed number of slOkams in . HeconstructednumberofslOkamsin http://www.sundarasimham.org kra, gOmUtrikaetal.Hewentbeyond am and dvicatushka cakra bandham/ cakra am anddvicatushka Sahasram.Thesignificanceofcitra ints out that Sri VenkatAdhvari Kavi ints outthatSriVenkatAdhvariKavi t bUhnm sne time since (bhUshanam) nt th Stabakam of Sri Lakshmi StabakamofSriLakshmi Bw, uaa (drum), Muraja (Bow), th lkm wih is which slOkam, nd h were built upon -ok n the in e-book -25 th www.sadagopan.org homage toSriRanganAyaki. RanganAtha PaadukASahasram. Desikan increatinganddefininganew MahA cakram(SlOkam37).Here,theKavifollowedpathshownbySwAmi nAmAngita Padacitram(slOkam36)and Kavi-Kaavya ashTadaLa KavinAmAngita Sri VenkatAdhvari Kavihasalsoputhisownstam || mAtimA ramAnAmApramAsImAsu kshamA kshemA | samA rAmaaNaamAdimA kshamAsamAgamAbhImA ]ma ]emarmanamaàmasImasumait ma. ]masmagmaÉIma rama[amaidmasma, Sri VenkatAdhvarifolloweditupforpaying bandham knownasPaadukAinSri 69 truh h ceto of creation the through p www.sadagopan.org vande aravindanilayam varadam paradaivatam || (23) ||(23) vande aravindanilayam varadamparadaivatam samastaguNavistAra samAveSaniveSanam| vNde=rivNdinly< vrd< prdEvtm!. 23. 23. prdEvtm!. vrd< vNde=rivNdinly< smStgu[ivStar smavezinveznm!, Sri RanganathaTemple,Pamona, SrI RanganayakiThAyAr, sankeerNa stabakam 23 s»I[RStbk> 70 www.sadagopan.org AaSwain yzsa< àpais st&;ama*Sy pu r. HeidentifiesHeras: VenkatAdhvari Kavifollowsthepathlaid up theassemblyofKalyANaguNams d suffuses everything. This slOkam is an d suffuseseverything.ThisslOkamisan 71 rds PrakeerNa andsankeerNahavethe rds PrakeerNa in associationwiththeOnewhoresides vers allguNamsingeneral.SankeerNa guNams are saluted with no particular guNams aresalutedwithnoparticular r sAstrams in slOkams two toseven r sAstramsinslOkamstwo aastrams like naaTakam, Karma Karma naaTakam, like aastrams m wee Pdht kon as known Paddhati a where am, ). SuchaParatatvamhasallthe slOkams do not focus on any any on focus not do slOkams www.sadagopan.org Adyasya pumSo dhanam Adyasya pumSo thirst andas prapAsi satrshAm AsthAni yaSasAm dAtrtva viSrAntibhU: as SaraNaagataVatsalai dAkshiNyasya SaraNyasadma kshAntEr-niSAntasthalI kalA jalanidhi: kAntInAm nilaya: manjUshikA sampatti mudAm udayabhU: saundaryasya nidhi: dhanam pumSo Adyasya satrshAm AsthAni yaSasAmprapAsi viSrAntibhU: dAtrtva kamale SaraNyasadma dAkshiNyasya kAntInAm nilaya:kalAjalani manjUshikA sampatti nidhi:mudAmudayabhU: saundaryasya -Oceanofallarts -theplaceof restforalllustre -theplace of restof - abodeofbliss, -waterdistributingshedforthose who aresufferingfrom -thetreasurehouseofbeauty. -thestorageboxforallwealth -chiefamong theboongivers - the great aisvaryam oftheSupremeLordYours. -thegreataisvaryam -theabodeofforbearance, dhi: kshAntEr-niSaantasthalI - in a state of loving all and offering the protection -inastateoflovingallandofferingtheprotection all vaibhavams and fame, all vaibhavamsandfame, 72 | || www.sadagopan.org SaraNIkaraNIyAnghrim SaasSvat tApatrayayAturai:| tApatrayayAturai:| SaasSvat SaraNIkaraNIyAnghrim Sarvanirveda SamanIm samastajananImnuma:||(24) svRinveRdzmnI— smStjnnI— num>. 24. zr[Ikr[Iyai'º< zañÄapÇyyaturE>, zañÄapÇyyaturE>, zr[Ikr[Iyai'º< SrI mAhAlakshmIThAyAr nirvEda stabakam nirvEda stabakam 24 inveRdStbk> 73 www.sadagopan.org Sahasram. SwAmiDesikan has20slOkamsin self-disparagement. There aretwelveslOk nirvEdam meansloathing, ofone’slotand to climboutoftheirmiseriesandgain abouttheirunfortunate lotis lamentation andtheirstatementsof areevolvedsouls Desikan andVenkatAdhvariKavi intervention tochangehisunfortunatelo MahA LakshmiandsoughtHer him andcomplainedmovinglyabouthisdurdaSai to indriyams. Hebecame impa dvEshisan Kudrushtis, Bhagavat-BhAgavata anubhavam thathehadwaslikeadream. ofMahA saw thearcAmUrti he was still in the samsAricimmense Vaatsalya,Saulabhya,SauSeelya world. The kavistood inthewayofgainingtattva Jn~Anam woke up from thispoet withtattvaJn~Anam,ananyArhaSesh blissful trance andSvarupa, rU celebration ofHerAScarya, Venkatdhvari Kavienjoyedtheblissof Sahasra Kaavyam. With23stabakams, hisSriLakshmi 25 stabakams)in Stabakam namednirvEda ratnam). SriVenkatAdhvari follo Thatisthepenultimate(31 Sahasra Kaavyam. Swami DesikancreatedapaddhatientitlednirvEdaPaddhatiinHisPaadukA Comments bySri.V. Sadagopan: Adibhaudikam). She drives awayallthesadnessand I worshiptheMotherofall Meaning: tApatrayAturai: SaranIkaranIyAnghrim samasta jananIm Prose Order: tient togetridofhissamsAricbonds thatfettered tient and theOnewhoselotusfeet Lakshmi infrontofhiman e te ae rhtcois n cetd a created and architectonics same the wed as the penultimate stabakam (24 penultimatestabakam as the lasting (Saasvata) Parama PurushArtham. PurushArtham. lasting (Saasvata)Parama communion withMahA tApatrayam (AdyAtmikam, Adidaivikam and and Adidaivikam (AdyAtmikam, tApatrayam He saw himself surrounded by Kumatis, HesawhimselfsurroundedbyKumatis, crying out inamood ofdespondencyand 74 pa, GuNa VyApArams. Sheblessedthe VyApArams. pa, GuNa more an upadEsam for the real samsAris more anupadEsamfortherealsamsAris ams in the nirvEda stabakam of LakshmI ams inthenirvEdastabakam ofLakshmI guNams andmadethepoet forget that t asacontinuingsamsAri.BothSwami numa: sarvanirveda SamanIm SaaSvat SaaSvat SamanIm numa: sarvanirveda d underthepowerfulinfluenceof his his nirvEdapaddhati. Botharemoving a Vruttiandremovedhissinsthat st out of 32 Paddhatis in his Kaavya hisKaavya of32Paddhatisin out MahA Lakshmidemonstr d felt that the blissful d feltthattheblissful shouldbeworshipped. Lakshmi through the Lakshmi throughthe th out of the outofthe td Her ated www.sadagopan.org SaraNaagati andaremosteffectivein ( beings oftheUniverse( VenkatAdhvari Kavistartsthestabakamwi Bhaktiyogam. Prapattior upAyam of seeking theParama-PurushArthamofMo appeals expressingthefutility of Sarva nirvEdaSamani ) andwhosesacred anklesareideal forperforming samasta janani thelifespentinwastefulpurs destroyingthetApatrayams. ), who is the banisher of all nirvEdams ), whoisthebanisherofallnirvEdams 75 ksham through theanushtAnamof ksham through th a prayertotheMotherofall is without uits www.sadagopan.org SaarngiNa: caraNaambhoja Sa dugdhAm dugdhAmbudhe:putrI duritApaharAmama| SrI RanganAyaki thAyAr and SrI NamperumAl SrI RanganAyakithAyArandNamperumAl SrIrangam Panguniuttiramserthisevaiof zai¼R[ír[aMÉaej zr[agitsMpdm!. 25. ÊGxa< ÊGxaMbuxe> puÇI Êirtaphra mm, SaraNaagati stabakam 25 zr[agitStbka> 76 raNaagatisampadam || (25) (25) || raNaagatisampadam www.sadagopan.org mandam mukundavaravarN mAtarhitAhita vivekavihInam etam kªpe inipTsumip ifMÉmupe]te ikm!. mata m']u magaRiÚvtRiytumhRis mNd< muk…Ndvrvi[Rin mamnayaRt!, matihRtaihtivvekivhInmet< reject himashiscaringMother: ( Lakshmi“ that Sheand ignorantofthedistinct shouldIn slOkam2,thepoetidentifieshimself turn him away fromof SriLakshmISahasram. his rush camehiswaythrough and thatblessing towardshe hasgainedthe phalanofperforming Sa fallingof SriPaadukASahasram(32 in a wellIn this last stabakam consisting of 18Comments bySri.V. Sadagopan: one getswhen hereache troubles. Shewillgrantmeth The daughterof Ksheerabhdhi who arose fr Meaning: mama duritApahare SaraNaagatisampadam caraNaambho dughdhAmbhudhe: dugdhAmputrISaarngiNa: Prose Order: kUpam hitAhita-vivEka-vihIenam etammandammAmanAryAt hitAhita-vivEka-vihIenam ) that is at the samelevelasthe isatthe ) that s sArngan’slotusfeet. ini! mAmanAryAt| ions betweenhitam(beneficia ions nd e wealthofSaarngan’slotu and final Paddhati), thepo andfinalPaddhati), slOkams, modeled after the phala paddhati afterthephalapaddhati slOkams,modeled the samarpaNam of the thousandslOkams ofthe the samarpaNam as one is who is dull-witted (manda buddhi) buddhi) (manda as oneiswhodull-witted 77 raNAgati atMahALakshmi’ssacredfeet raNAgati ground (pAzhumkiNaRu)andshouldnot om theoceanwillremoveallmy . e pel t MahA to appeals He ”. s feet. She isthe wealth l) andahitam(harmful): et states joyfullythat j a www.sadagopan.org Oppiliappan KoilVaradAchAriSaThakOpan dAsan, Sa Subhamastu! Svastirastu! ---SlOkam 17 || teshAmeshA viharatitarAmindirAmandirEshu SarmaNaamnirmimANa amitAm vitatim SaantatrAsAm jegIyante jagatijanita LakshmIsahasram svAdu yesarasamanasa: sAnandam te;ame;a ivhrittraimiNdramiNdr;u. zaNtÇasa< ivtitmimta SrinivAsa prasAdam | | SrinivAsaprasAdam rva MangaLAniSantu! 78 am, VenkatAdhvari Kavi points out that am, VenkatAdhvariKavipointsoutthat m oftheLordTh banished whenthey sing/recitethis o te ad lrE Mangai AlarmEl and them for iruvenkadam andall iruvenkadam