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Swamy Desikan’s

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Annotated Commentary in English by

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IN D AS A VATH Lord andenactsherchosenroles. 6 :) : daSavidhA bhUmikAm nirvarthayan, nirvarthayan, bhUmikAm :) Deva:daSavidhA A RAMS by the connoisseurs of His dhivya dEsam dhivyadEsam ofHis by theconnoisseurs the glories of JanArdhana- RanganAthan JanArdhana- the gloriesof

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Vaadhyam (aloudPercussion instrume ofThrivi broadcasting theVaibhavam vichakramANa: trEdhOrugAya:”.Swamy PaarTivAni vimamErajAmsi, moving stepiscelebratedbytheVeda Our Lord'smeasurementof fame. spread theking's famewasliketheac to spreadMahABali's into ThrivikramaroopamforlOkaVikrAn whereHissteps fame ofBaliinalllokams by displayed lajja genuine alastingfameba more. Hehaddeveloped to thesvalpayaachanamofdwarfBrah measures ofland)fromhim.Thatlajja MahA BalifeltshamefulthatVaamana C Bali Chakravarthy. alof asthewhiteflagflying froth andfoam eight directions.SwamyDesikanvisualizes pravAham protectusall!ThatDeva Ganga when thosefeetreached BrahmaLokam.Ma act ofBrahmawashingthefe of thewatersGangAonLordSivA'sma Those stepsoftheLordconse The sacredstepofThrivikram M Thrivikraman protectusall! servant ofBalitospreadhisgloryallar yAchakamimpressedBhagavAnso by Hisalpa of landthatVaamanaBrahmachArisoughtfrom howeve Hewasputtoshame for Yaachakam. bounteousness /immensegenerosity ThatfameofMahA Emperor . OMMENTS EANING :

: the world all the way upto aNDa kaDakam with His fast the worldallwayuptoaNDakaDakamwith Hisfast Bali impressed the Lord so theLordso Bali impressed crated andsanctifiedthehead an heldthetailendofth et ofThrivikramawithwa 22 m as“PaadhOasyaViswAbhUthAni”,“ya: ound. May those sacred steps of Vaamana- Vaamana- sacredstepsof ound. Maythose krama likethebeating ofaDinDima t in the skytocelebr t inthe tted locks. GangA had originated fromthe hadoriginated tted locks.GangA ( Vikrama:)reachedafterHetransformed nt /BhEri Vaadhyam). The measuring nt /BhEriVaadhyam). Themeasuring Emperor MahA Bali arose as a reaction EmperorMahABaliaroseasareaction to all those who approached him to allthosewhoapproachedhim tham. Thatdhvarai(u Brahmachari askedforsolittle(Three yOaskabhAyadhuttharam sadhasthamyOaskabhAyadhuttharam theswiftflowofPaavanaGangawith machAri. Hewasusedtogivingmuch y thosestepslinked sed on his matchlessgenerosity. That sed onhis t oftheservant of Bali was well established from His BaliwaswellestablishedfromHis r bythepunyrequestofthreemeasures was likeaJayadhvajamwavinginall ParAsara Bhattar visualizes Vedam ParAsara BhattarvisualizesVedam muchthatmadetheLordrunlikea him. That lajja of MahA Bali caused him.ThatlajjaofMahABalicaused e armyknownasthefame of much that He spread the ters from his kamandalu, ters fromhiskamandalu, of Siva through the fall throughthe ofSiva ate theOudhAryamof the kingrunningto to thedivineGanga rgency) oftheLord Lord that sanctified Lord SivA Lord thatsanctified Thrivikrama PadhaKraMaNam.SwamyDesika the sambhandhamofthosewatersfrom attained Sivathvam. TheSirasofLo touched. ThewaterfromtheKamandalu Vikrama:” TheyconferSivathvam/Subhathva steps wereThrivikramaSambhandhiand 's headtoprotectus. 23 ofBrahmabecameconsecrated and DEvaGanga.Theseareresultsof rd SivaattainedSivathvamfrom hence aresaluted m andMangaLathvamonwhateverit n praysforthesacr as “ThraivikramO ed stepsofthe

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C harm's way. heroic ParasurAman toprotectallthejant available. Thisistoday'sKeraLaorPara Next, Hethrewhisaxeintotheocean Hefeltthereafter dakshiNai. theki lands thathehadinheritedfrom for hisfatherwiththeblood oftheslainki destroyed 21generationsof He becamewildwithangerandchopped not home.WhenParasurAmanlearntabout andkilled thekingtookrevenge sons of ParasurAman wasenragedoverthehaughtine , ParasurAman.Thenameofthe apAkarOthu)! amangaLams fromBrahmAtothelowl vasanBhagavAn ocean (SindhumAaskandhya andlive karmaNi thAmmdakshiNAmdhathvA) that HeinheritedtoKasyapaMunivar Late sapthakruthva: kramAthsanthathaksha). santarpayishyanim them (KrOdhAgnim worldfreeofKshath quenched bymakingthe killingofHisfather(Kr through the ofanger) ofPara The KrOdhAgni(thefire There was once akingbythenameofKaarthaveeryan, who insultedthefatherof M OMMENTS EANING :

: Kings (KshathriyAs) thereaft (KshathriyAs) Kings that he can not live in the land that He had given away. away. thatHehadgiven thathecannotliveintheland 25 OdhAgni JamadhagnipeeDanabhavam)was surAma dEsam. Swamy Desikan prays to the Desikanpraysto surAma dEsam.Swamy y worm(BHagavAnMuni:AbrahmaNyam and thewaterreceded.Newlandbecame Sage Jamadhagni,whenParasurAmanwas ngs. Next, ParasurAman gaveaway all the hus from Brahma to the lowly worm from hus fromBrahmatothelowlyworm as DakshiNai in a as DakshiNaiina ngs to Sage KasyapainaYaagamas ngs toSage father ofParasurAman wasJamadhagni. surAma litby thesonsofKaartaveeryan Am kshithimihaakshatthhrAmthris- off the heads of the King's sons and sons off theheadsofKing's the cowardice ofthesons oftheking, r, ParasurAmangaveawayallthelands ss of the king and killed the king. The The theking. andkilled theking ss of riyAs by destroying 21 generations of riyAs bydestroying21generationsof Muni:). May this Muni destroyallthe Muni:). MaythisMuni d inthenewlandretrievedfromte er. HeperformedtarpaNams Yaj~nam (kvachana the

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org virathim tanOthu”. AatanaOthu,bhavasaagara virathyroopamSubham The prayerhereis:“adharma usto renownbless Raamachandran ofthis vow istoprotecteveryone,whoha Raamachandran isamatchlessarcher vrathee vigrahavAndharma:dhanvee The keywordsofthisslOkamare:“sak dharmO vigrahavAn adharma virathim dhanvee saTanveethana: adharmavirathimdhanvee dharmO vigrahavAn sarvAvasTa sakruthprapannaja xmaeR iv¢hvan! AxmR ivri AxmR iv¢hvan! xmaeR SLOKAM 8:RAAMAVATHARASLOKAM VARNANAM jwAlA jAla vihAra hAri visikha vyApAra ghOra krama: jwAlA jAlavihArahArivisikhavyApAraghOra Jvala jal ivhar hair iv pArAvAra payOvisOshaNakalApAreeNakAlAnala- paravar pyae ivzae;[ kla ivzae;[ parI[kalanl paravar pyae svaRvSw sk«TàpÚ jnta s. 8. t< ruth prapannajanathAsamrakshaNayEka s surrenderedtoHimevenonce.May

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their rescue.MaythisSarvalOkaSaraNyan feetasra His anyone,whosought abandon inthatocean.Ra aquatic janthusliving evaporatethewaters andcould of KaalAgni multifold. HebegantosetHisarrows Raamachandran wasameremortal.Thean . SamudraRaajandidnotpaya Prapatthi toSamudhraRaajangetpermi is dharmasvaroopi.Thefiercepower ofHis arrowshas nomatch. Heperformed Lord Raamachandranisamatchlessarcher. M EANING : “Raghavasimha” 27 dry up the ocean. His arrows had the power dry uptheocean.Hisarrowshadpower ghu VeeranofthisVaibhavamwillnever freeusfromthelureofadharmams! ssion to build adamovertheseatoreach ssion tobuild of the ocean and kill all the fish and other other allthefishand of theoceanandkill He is the embodiment ofdharmam.He Heistheembodiment kshaNam. ItisHisvrathamtocome ttention sincehethought that Lord ger of spurned Raamachandran grew Raamachandrangrew ger ofspurned

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org prakAsanam”. TheavathAramwastoes The majormessagefromthisavathAram is ofSrim Yuddha KaaNDam The vowofRaamachandranastheSarvalO adharmams ! dharma:). MaythatVeeraRaaghavan of embodiment ofthedharmams/Rutham/rig sakruth prapannajanathasamrakshaNayE (mithra bhAvEnasamprApthamornot).That janthuthatsought any He neverabandons The thirdpaadhamcelebrates HisSaraNA KaalAgni (KaalAnalajwAlAjAlavihAra appears asthoughttheyhavestolen th viSOshaNa kalApAreeNam).Theassembly have thepowerandskillstodryupth The firsttwo paadhamsofthisslOkamde tatthv ofAchyutha His display (2) thepowerofHisarrows (1) The twoVaibhavamsofLordRaamacha C OMMENTS abhayamsarvabhUthEbhyOda :

“sakruthEva PrapannAyaTa ath RaamAyaNam(18.33): am inthecaseofSaraNAgathAs. 28 haaree ViSikha vyApAra ghOrakrama:). haaree ViSikhavyApAra tablish thatSaraNAgathydharmam. ndra arecelebratedinthisslOkam: e flames ofthe unima e watersofthe ocean(PaarAvAra Paya: dhAmyEthath vrathamMama” scribe thefiercenessofHisarrows:They ka vrathee). This KodhaNDapANi is the isthe ka vrathee).ThisKodhaNDapANi ka SaraNyan was declared by Him in the the in ka SaraNyanwasdeclaredbyHim “SaraNAgathy roopasookshma dharma gatha Vratham (abhaya PradhAna vow). gatha Vratham(abhayaPradhAnavow). vAsmeethi chaYaachathE Hisprotectioneven matchlessvalourfreeusfromall oftheseunfailingandfiercearrows hteousness (SadhanveeVigrahavAn hteousness isHissolevratham(SarvAvastha ginably destructive onceinanystate

tanvanthu” (MaythesportsofBalarA The keyprayerhousedinthisslOkam ksheeram SarkarayEvayaabhirapr pakkath kourava paDDaNaprabhr pakkath kourava AakaEmarkm! ASvdNt jgte k«:[Sy ta>kely>. 9. ASvdNt k«:[Sy jgte AakaEmarkm! tAlAngasya TaTAvidhAvihrut akoumArakam asvadanthajagath tala»Sy twaivxa ivùtyStNvNtu ÉÔai[ n>, ÉÔai[ ivùtyStNvNtu tala»Sy twaivxa )Kkt! kaErv p”[ àÉ&ty> àaSt àlMbady> àlMbady> àaSt àÉ&ty> p”[ kaErv )Kkt! SLOKAM 9:BALARAMAVATHARAMSLOKAM ]Ir< zkRryev yaiÉrpw&GÉUta> àÉUtEguR[E> Balaramar 29 ma shower auspiciousness onusall). ma showerauspiciousness is: “tAlAnkasyavihr ayas-tanvanthu bhadhrANina: uTakbhUthaa: prabhUthairguNai:

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