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SLOKAM 1 SLOKAM Self ! Salutations to You ! guNadibih – PuraaNa). OMMENTS C in its full measure and splendour ! You are blissful and You are the in its full measure and splendour 1 Gadhyam this way: DDITIONAL The six qualities are jn~Ana, bala, aiSvarya, veer six qualities in full measure alone can be termed as six in full qualities shaNNAm bhaga iti, vinA heyaih vinA iti, shaNNAm bhaga essential nature of the Lord. Here, when it is re essential nature of the Lord, effulgent divine frame of refers to the 10 SlOkam possesses these six qualities. (See http://www/ahobilavalli.org). 1 FOOT NOTE Supreme Brhaman, the Supreme Supreme Brhaman, A 1. Acharya salutes the Lord’s Meaning: Thee! You to Oh! Lotus-eyed Lord! Victory www.ahobilavalli.org/ebooks) www.ahobilavalli.org/ebooks) six qualities pranNd präüÚmSte prmaTmne. 1. präüÚmSte prmaTmne. pranNd vigraha | poorNashaaDguNya jitam te puNDarikAksha || 1 paramAtmane parAnanda parabrahman ijt< te pu{frIka] pU[R;af!gu{y iv¢h, iv¢h, pU[R;af!gu{y pu{frIka] ijt< te to the orig (For a general introduction Jitante St Stotrams please refer to :

Sadagopan.org 6. TheBhagavathguNam 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. or exceeding HiminHisVaibhavam. GuNAs areintrinsic( toHisParathvam(S His lakshaNamsrefer assemblyoflimitlessguNAs, Among these kalyANaguNaguNougamahArNava! parAkramasatyakAmasatyasankalp mAdhuryagAmbheeryaoudAryacAturyasthairyadhairya-Sourya souSeelyavAtsalyamArdavaaarjavasouhArdasAmyakaaruNya jn~Ana-balaaisvaryaveerya-Saktitejas- svAbhAvika–anavadhikAtiSaya sTys»Lp saEhadR saMy kaé{ymaxuyR gaMÉIyRAaEday k«itTv SvaÉaivkanvixkaitzy}anblEñyRvIyR k«t}ta*s external agency(Self Luminous). Tejas direct everyoneandthereby beco the solesupporter ofallcreatedbeings. unchanged ( creation oftheUniverse anditsbeings ( Veeryam performspecificduties. Rudran anddevAsto aiswaryam Balam every thingdirectly( Jn~Anam isthesupreme innateeffulgenceth is linked tothecapability islinked isassociatedwithHisnatureto here is linked to sarva sAkshAthkAram or the power to comprehend thepowertocomprehend or sAkshAthkAram here islinkedtosarva refersto theuninterruptible nirvikAram svAbhAvikam yO vEttiyugapatsarvampratyakshENasadAsvaha ) inspiteofbeingtheroot Sakthi

According to Bhagavath RaamAnuja SiddhAn indwelling He is the Brahman. the Supreme ParAnandha form, heParamAthman is Aanandamaya Aathman (ParAnandhan) is no but the Supreme Brahman Itself. The Aa (Param). Aanandavalli of the TaittirIya ( Sadagopan.org • • (1.1.13): Brahman thatisbeingsalu departing enterinto thisBlissprinciple. Beings are verily born from this Bliss, they live by the very same Bliss and when the name of NaarAYaNaa this way: the nameofNaarAYaNaathisway: NammAzhwAr. TheUpanishad ashtAksharam One withthenameofNaarAyaNaelabor eternally liberated souls( VaasudEva, theSupreme Brahman oftheUpanishadsis sustenance ( ParamAthmaa. Itisthecauseforcreation( (indweller ofall),thecontrollerandno ParamAthmA: ( rahita Universe ( therealityofReal( Brahmam is knowledge ofBrahman(itsnatureand trueknowledgean isreal, (Para Brahman “ TaittirIyaAaraNyaka). Brahman elaborately(viz.,BrahmAnandavalliof Para Brahmam: antharyAmi satyam jn~Anam anantambrahma satyam jn~Anam naraya[prae JyaeitraTmanaray[pr>. naray[pr< äütÅv, AanNdmyae A_yasat! ). Itisthesupport( BhUta yOni ). It has KalyANAthma roopam orthe auspicious divineform. roopam ). IthasKalyANAthma Sthithi . HeistheOnesalutedas“ He istheSupreme Self. He He istheSupreme Brahmanand ) anddestruction( ) andisfreeofanyblem (“ AanandamayO abhyAsAt ted here. Thisisconsiste inner Selfofall ( nithya Sooris Aadhara thesameasIsvara thunderously salutesthisParamAthmAadorning ” isthedefinitionofthisParaBrahmam ) oftheUniversean Satyasya Satyam 6 That is the ParAnandha Svaroopam of ThatistheParAnandhaSvaroopamof ), the sole Grantor of Moksham and the ), thesoleGrantorofMokshamand d Infinite).TheUpanishadsteachthe ated bytheeight–syllabledmantram, VaNN puhazhnaarAyaNan laya KaaraNathvam oneisequalorhigherthanthis the UpAsanaas to attain it). Para the UpAsanaastoattainit). ParamAthma ishes ordefilements( is the Sarva bhUtAntarAthma is theSarvabhUtAntarAthma ”). define the Para definethePara Upanishads nt withtheBrahma Srushti KaaraNathvam ). Itisthesourceof of thepersonalreligion, ). HeistheLordof d theinnercontroller ). This absolute ” bySwamy heya guNa ), Sadagopan.org Para-tattvam and is Para-Brahman, is Para-Brahman, 7 AtmA naarayana: para: || para: AtmA naarayana: naarAyaNa param tattvam naarAyaNa: tattvam param brahma naarAyaNa | para: parO jyOti: naarAyaNa Upanishad asserts that NaarAyaNanUpanishad asserts as well as ParamjyOthi.ParamAthman

Sadagopan.org Divine body,weapons, andornaments: waist band,shoulder ornaments,anklets (PeethAmbharam, Cr weapons andornaments physicalto blessthemwithallPurushArthams ( beautythrough Hisownwillforthebenefitof of the divine(spiritual divinebody)oftheLord.Srim body secondthe firstslOkam, slOkamfo of theAfter dwellingontheParatattvam(theUl Lord is enhancedA further withtoo shouldbemeditatedupon His nature determinedbytheattributes, In this Sloka , the divine physical form of the Lord is extolled.Notes: Like the essential effulgence, locksofcurly blackhair.SalutationsYou! shoulder ornaments!Ibecomesubser toyou!You,whoar Oh! Lord!Salutations Meaning: namO neelAlakAbaddhave | nama:kaTakadhariNe namaste peetavasana nmae nIlalkabÏve[IsuNdr iv¢h.2. nmSte pItvsnnm>kqkxair[e, DDITIONAL C OMMENTS Neesundara vigraha||2 . Hence, the description. SLOKAM 2

BY V. S V. the devotees toworshipHim andforHim 8 an NaarAyaNa takesonthisdivinebody an NaarAyaNa vient toYou,whopossessbeatific cuses onthedivyaMangaLaVigraham et al).HerevealsHimself withthese exquisite beatific svarUpa of the Lord exquisite beatificsvarUpaofthe timate Reality) ofSrimanNarayaNain timate Reality) A e clad in yellow silk and adorned with e cladinyellowsilkandadorned Bhaktha anugrahaKaamyayaa T own, theearrings, thenecklaces, HAKOPAN : ). The Sadagopan.org anifest and other forms to be forms anifest and other 9 in Vyuha form, in Vyuha in Vibhava avathArams and to the Nithya Sooris , Sooris to the Nithya of exquisite beauty in self-m of exquisite beauty and and archA Moorthys archA Moorthys Para VaasudEvan Para VaasudEvan KsheerAbdhi Naathan Naathan KsheerAbdhi Raama worshipped by the SaadhakAs. SaadhakAs. by the worshipped

1. as 2. as 3. as 4. as Sadagopan.org the abodeofassembly Maalai, pearlnecklaces,KOusthubhage TanikkELvan Pathi( Sriya: Personal GodidentifiedwiththenameofNaarAyaNa, names. HeisidenticaltotheBrahman interchangeably salutedasNaarAyaNa,V In thetheologyofVaishNavism,Vish A attributes. ornaments likebracelets,ankletsetc.,an toYou,whoarede Oh! Lord!Salutations Meaning: Sobhanai: bhUshitAkAra keyoorasphuradvalaya noopurAngadabhushaNai:| zaeÉnEÉURi;takar kLya[gu[razye. 3. S)…rÖlykeyUrnUpura¼dÉU;[E>, DDITIONAL ) adorninggleaming( C OMMENTS kalayaaNaguNaraaSaye || of ananthaKalyANaguNams. SLOKAM 3

sphurat BY V. S V. 10 m andotherSobhana ) jewelryand ornaments,fragrantTuLasi of theUpanishads. HeistheSupreme d who are the repository of all auspicious d whoaretherepositoryofallauspicious aasudEva, BhagavAn aasudEva, Nu istheUltimateRealityand A corated withauspiciousandgleaming T HAKOPAN : bhUshaNams. Heis and thousandother Thirumangai Sadagopan.org KaruNaapoorNa : tions and blesses us with divine HAKOPAN s for Slokam 14, fourth – caturtha s for Slokam 14, fourth – caturtha T kes us eligible for the Supreme Bliss. kes us eligible for the Supreme A imkaryam to Him at His Parama Padam Padam Parama His Him at to imkaryam the natural of the Lord the natural Mercy, who wield the conch, the discus Mercy, who wield the conch, trinsic nature and concern in protecting trinsic nature and concern in me with your blissful lotus-eyes. me with your blissful lotus-eyes. 11 V. S BY

SLOKAM 4 SLOKAM OMMENTS C ), He undertakes the cosmic func DDITIONAL A us as we take towards Our Lord is the embodiment of Dayaa and comes running one step towards Him. Out of His heart filled with KaaruNyam ( and the mace, who are immortal, glance at towards the devotee that uplifts him and ma in quarter explains the Lord’s The second (See comment wicked. the devotee from the http://www.ahobilavalli.org) jitante stotram ebook # 61, hrudhayam knowledge and steers us towards His SadAchAryans to gain the Parama PurushArtham of Moksham and eternal Ka and enjoy ParipoorNa BrahmAnandham. Swamy Desikan eulogized the Dayaa in His exquisite Dayaa Satakam Hills GuNam of the Lord of Seven Notes: quarter of the verse explains The first Oh! Lord! You, who are filled with Divine with Oh! Lord! You, who are filled Am&tanNdpU[aR_ya< laecna_ya< ivlaeky. 4. ivlaeky. laecna_ya< Am&tanNdpU[aR_ya< | Sankhacakra gadAdhara karuNaapoorNahrdaya vilokaya|| amrtAnanda locanAbhyAm poorNaabhyAm Meaning: ké[apU[Rùdy zŒc³gdaxr,

Sadagopan.org fall onthedevotees. appealforHisglan amoving Paadams house to protectHisdevoteesanddestroy oftheslOkamvisualiz The secondPaadam Sankhacakra gadAdhara -ahobilam sErthi-thanksSrIDiwakar Sankhacakra gadAdhara 12

their enemies. Thethirdandthefourth es Him as sankha – Cakra – GadAdharan es Himassankha–CakraGadAdharan ces filled withrejuvenatingnectarto

Sadagopan.org deeds, associated gaged in prohibited this transmigratory existence that is his prayer as if he has performed the the has performed as if he his prayer etence to adhere to these, the devotee 13 have performed the enjoined means or the or the means have performed the enjoined SLOKAMS 5 & 6 5 & 6 SLOKAMS ké[akr. 5. ké[akr. 5. ) kr< ( prescribed activities. Realizing his incomp The individual soul longs ardently for the unconditional Grace of the Lord. In Grace of the unconditional ardently for The individual soul longs order to gain such a favour he ought to appeals to the Lord that he could consider commands. enjoined Notes: Meaning: of Mathura! You alone are capable of Lord Oh! The compassion! of ocean Oh! The uplifting me, who am emaciated and ever en iv;ya[Rvm¶< mamuÏtu¡ TvimhahRis, 6. TvimhahRis, mamuÏtu¡ iv;ya[Rvm¶< madhurAdhipa | krpayA mAm kevalayA grhaaNa vishayArNavamagnam mAm uddartum tvamihArhasi || 6 k¯pya ma< kevlya g&ha[ mxuraixp, g&ha[ mxuraixp, ma< kevlya k¯pya Apraxshöa[amakar< Apraxshöa[amakar< dushkarmakAriNamkrSam krtaghnam pApabhAjanam | karuNaakara || 5 (karam) aparAdhasahasraaNaamAkAram k¯z< k¯t¹< Ê:kmRkair[< papÉajnm!, papÉajnm!, Ê:kmRkair[< k¯z< k¯t¹< with thousands of reckless activities, from

full of materialistic enjoyments, Your Divine Grace alone can save me. full of materialistic enjoyments, Your Divine Grace alone Sadagopan.org In another slOkam of nirvEda Paddhati, nirvEdaPaddhati, In anotherslOkamof result Iamthrownback againinto mind does not approach YouOh Lord’s and hold onto PaadukE! Even now ---nirvEda after paddhathi,slOkam3 aeons of time of sufferingadhunApi naSauripaadukE! tvAm in SamsAram, my Axuna=ip nzaEirpaÊke Tvamn"alMbnm_yupEit --- Excerpts ofnirvEdamare: pleads fortheLord and Aakinchanyam) by theterrorsofSamsAramandexpres VimukAs(whoturnawayfrom Bhagavath the wavesofKaama,KrOdha,Madha- slOkams. In thisof SriRanganAthaPaahdukAsahasramcome deep oceanSwamy AlavanthAr’sstOtraRatnaslOkam of SamsAr A Associatedperformanceofavirtuous deed 2. Theperformance ofanobleactivitywi 1. There arefivefactors thatcouldmakeon . Theperformance ofanordi 5. Theutterance ofthena 4. 3. DDITIONAL ajn~Ata suhrtam. A favourableacttowardsthedevotee C OMMENTS

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BY this frighteningPrakruthi MaNDalam. anaghAlambanam abhyupaiti.... V. S V. 14 am, theBhaddha Jeevanisbuffeted by Swamy Desikancries outindespair:"Oh – anuSangika suhrtam. – anuSangikasuhrtam. ses itshelplessness e winthefavourofLord.Theyare: s and Swamy Desikan’s nirvEda Paddhati nirvEda Paddhati s andSwamyDesikan’s BhagavAn). The Jeevan is overwhelmed TheJeevan is overwhelmed BhagavAn). ’s KrupaathroughthesetwoslOkams. A You, whochasesawayallsinsandasa maathsaryams and is surrounded by issurrounded and maathsaryams toadiyEn’smindasIreadthesetwo T thout knowing that to be such –thout knowingthattobesuch – yAdrccika suhrtam. – yAdrccika HAKOPAN – prAsangikasuhrtam. : sAmAnya . (ananya gathithvam

Sadagopan.org ). I repeat ). Samsaaram is ). Samsaaram ery thing else that ery thing else msAram. Oh Most ). I am losing my strength strength my losing am I ). in this context of appeal to the Lordin this context of appeal to adhO gacchanthi taamasA: adhO gacchanthi easure of Your Lord as the grantor of as the grantor of Your Lord easure ited by the Lord’s SaasthrAs. I have ited by the Lord’s of You and seeks ev of You and seeks me out of this frightening ocean of me out of this frightening sorrows! I am the abode of limitless I am the sorrows! ightening ocean of SamsAram. I have no the whirlpool of Sa the whirlpool e of Ranga VimAnam. Near Him, You are Near Him, You VimAnam. e of Ranga mE mana: param anvicchati mE mana: param 15 slOkam of Ratnam: th SamsAram catru tulyam

! k«pya kevlmaTmsat! k…é. k«pya Agit< zr[agt< hre hre Agit< zr[agt< aparAdha sahasra bhAjanam patitam bheema bhavArNavOdarE | agatim SaraNAgatam harE! krpayA kEvalam aatmasAt kuru || Oh Hari, who chases away all of our pitt< ÉImÉva[Rvaedre, trespasses. I have fallen into the most fr ApraxshöÉajn< there as a Magician to reveal the great tr the great to reveal Magician a there as middl there in the Your Lord is PaadukE! Moksham. My mind strays away from both from away strays mind My Moksham. push me back into the samsAricpush me back ocean ( enemy ( equal to a powerful 48 to come to his rescue is the become weak from the pummeling of from the pummeling become weak Your rakshaNam. SamsAram! adiyEn deserves AlavanthAr One of the key slOkam of Swamy fighting this strong enemy. adiyEn belongs to the class of people with taamasa taamasa with people of class the to belongs adiyEn enemy. strong this lift and fighting me on down ( I am sinking GuNam and therefore Pity Take times acts that are prohib thousands of One! Merciful Sadagopan.org Own! sought Yourrefuge.Throughunbrid one elseto helpmeexceptYou.Ihave declared myself as Your SaraNAgathan and declared myselfasYourSaraNAgathan 16 led mercyalone,pleasemakemeYour Sadagopan.org g relation to the : HAKOPAN T s, wife, children, relatives, friends, Naagathy at Your Universe-measuring A Kaivalyam. You are now everything for everything for Kaivalyam. You are now through the physical body of flesh and through the physical body only one true bindin 17 V. S BY

SLOKAM 7 SLOKAM OMMENTS pradhAna KshEtraj~na pathi” (Lord of Prakruthi and Jeevan). C DDITIONAL individual soul, God. namely the Supreme iptr< matr< daran! puÇan! bNxUn! soIn! guên!, soIn! guên!, bNxUn! puÇan! daran! matr< iptr< g&hai[ c. c ]eÇai[ rTnain xnxaNyain Oh Lord! You are “ You are GuNEsan (Lord havingGuNams). limitless KalyANa You are every thing (Sarvasvam) for me. I am performing Sara blood. But, strictly speaking, there is blood. But, strictly speaking, A sacred feet, after abandoning my parent AchaaryAs, wealth, all upAyams including me. Please protect! Notes: is identified The relationship in the world brother, my son, knowledge, wealth and all other wishful desires. There is nothing nothing is There desires. wishful my father, mother, bosom friend, my relative,Oh! Lord! You are indeed my other all and wealth knowledge, son, my brother, you. more to me other than iv*a xn kaMy naNyiTkiÂt! Tvya ivna. 7. naNyiTkiÂt! Tvya ivna. 7. iv*a xn kaMy bhrAtA putrastvamevapitA mAtA suhrdbandhu: hi | tvayA vinA || 7 ca kAmyam ca nAnyat kincit vidyA dhanam Meaning: ipta mata suùÓNxu> æata puÇSTvmev ih, mata suùÓNxu> æata puÇSTvmev ipta

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BY ook #61, http://www.ahobilavalli.org) V. S V. 20 and remembrance of the sEshathvam of and remembranceofthesEshathvam is referred to here. Sarva dEsa, sarva sarva isreferredtohere.SarvadEsa, ! A àkamm!, T HAKOPAN : 1 andexist there. Sadagopan.org ”. Swamy NammAzhwAr ”. ’s BhagavathAs rather than SlOkam of StOtra Ratnam: SlOkam of StOtra the Jeevan (Seshan) in our darsanam is in our darsanam (Seshan) the Jeevan th ty Brahma devan engaged in srushti devan engaged Brahma ty 21 tally dependent on the Lord and subserves Lord and subserves on the tally dependent declares that the Lord blesses him to be born even born even the Lord blesses him to be declares that unakkE naam AatccheyvOm unakkE naam ) in the houses of the Lord ) in the houses KeeTa Janmam PoruL allAdha yennai poruL aakki adimai koNDAi yennai poruL PoruL allAdha Aip me jNm ctumuRoaTmna. Aip me jNm ctumuRoaTmna. tava dAsya-sukhaika-sanginAm mE | bhavanEshvastvapi KeeTa-janma itarAvasathEshu maa sma bhUt api mE janma caturmukhAtmanA || #travswe;u ma Sm ÉUt! #travswe;u ma Sm ÉUt! Évne:vSTvip kIqjNm me, tv daSysuoEksi¼na< the Lord. Andal points out: “ the Lord. Andal states: “ and the Lord (Seshi) between The relation that soul by virtue of its nature is to is nature its of virtue by soul that Elsewhere, Swamy AlavanthAr Elsewhere, Swamy as a worm ( the migh as to be born blessed being prayer is housed in the 55 VyApAram. This Sadagopan.org tadaham tvadrtEna nAthavAn Égvn!palyma. ivixinimRtmetmNvy< m†teTv

BY V. S V. 22 AvyapachArika Bhakthi totheLord isthe Bhakthi AvyapachArika u bymymind,speechoraction.Never A are iterated here. Theseare two of T ra Ratnamechoesthesethoughts: HAKOPAN : Sadagopan.org

. This sambhandham . This sambhandham ). You too do not have anyone as have anyone as ). You too do not Dayaneeyavaan ace. Please protect this sambhandham. protect this sambhandham. ace. Please naathan

23 Dayaneeyavaan - thiruvahindrapuram ramar-thanks SrI Sridhar (relationship) has resulted from Your gr (relationship) Please do not abandon it. the target of Your grace to be hailed as Your grace to be hailed the target of | na cha tvam dayaneeyavAn madrtE vidhi nirmitamEtamanvayam maam sma jeehapa: || bhagavan! pAlaya You I have no Master ( Oh Lord! Without Sadagopan.org 1 FOOT NOTE: transmigration. Prayprot personality; Iutterharshwords.He unfortunate; Mywishes never getfulfille Oh! Lord,theOceanofMercy,Ido protect me. Oh! TheLordoftheUniverse! affe Meaning: karuNOdadhe||11 bhavArNava nimagnammAmananyam nrSamsa: pApakrtkrUrOvancakOnishThura: sadA| Éva[Rvinm¶< mamnNy n&z papk¯t! ³Urae vÂkae inóurSsda, anAthO ahamadhanyOahamak pAhi jagannAthakrpayAbhaktavatsala| Anawae=hmxNyae=hmk¯tawR> kwÂn. 10. paih paih jgÚawk¯pya É´vTsl, Here oneofthelimbs of SaraNaag < ké[aedxe.11. ect me,thehelplessone SLOKAMS 10&11 ati namely kArpaNya is implied. ati namelykArpaNyaisimplied. rtArtha: kathancana||10 rtArtha: 24 not haveanyonetoguideme,Iam ctionate onetowardsdevotees!Please d. Iamwickedbynature,adeceitful nce, Iplungeintotheoceanof 1 byyourgraceattheearliest. Sadagopan.org at he is prone to : HAKOPAN T kan’s vyAkhyAnam for this slOkam on slOkam kan’s vyAkhyAnam for this KaarpaNyam is a moving one in this KaarpaNyam one in this is a moving A of lowly things; that he has a wavering of lowly things; that he has to the Lord: How can I with all these e good deeds of others with bad acts; has trespassed the limits prescribed by has trespassed the limits prescribed en considers the auspicious guNams of en considers and deceive others; th 25 V. S BY

OMMENTS C DDITIONAL that he has a mighty ego; that he is easily overcome by evanescent sensual sensual of evanescent Out by sins. in overcome wallowing easily is is he he that that the Bhagavath SaasthrAs; that he is fond ego; others; one, who ev a jealous mind; that he is mighty a harms has th others as dhOshams; that he returns that he acts Your that of refuge the cruel in inclined to cheat pleasures; that he is seeking by myself engage redeem to hope remorse, Swamy AlavanthAr now appeals deficiencies overpowering sacred feet? PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai’s (PVP) and Swamy Desi ApraÊÄI[RStv pircrey< cr[yae>. pircrey< ApraÊÄI[RStv n&z paipó> kwmhimtae Ê>ojlxe> kwmhimtae Ê>ojlxe> n&z paipó> asooyA-prasavabhU: amaryAda: kshudra-calamati: krtaghnO durmAnee smaraparavaSo vancanapara: | dukkha-jaladhE: nrSamsa: pApishTha: kathamahimitO apArAdutteerNastava paricarEyam caraNayO: || Here Swamy AlavanthAr states that he k«t¹ae ÊmaRnI Smrprvzae vÂnpr>, k«t¹ae ÊmaRnI context (StOtra Ratna SlOkam 62): context (StOtra AmyaRd> ]uÔílmitrsUyaàsvÉU> A His expression of AlavanthAr’s Swamy Sadagopan.org 4. 3. 2. 1. Samples ofSwamyDesikan’scommentaryon 5. “ 4. “ 3. “ 2. “ 1. ThiruvAimozhi: Swamy NammAzhwAr’s passages fromThondaradippodi’sThirumAl KaarpaNyam arebrilliant.Regardingoneword“ smara paravaSa: smara paravaSa: cala mati: Kshudra: amaryAda: puhum pAvamseythEn Thirumozhi 1.9.9 tuNinthu “ Vt[ay naE[ na[avit nrkm op pavEm ecy Vti^[y fpil f la t ) –PeriyaThirumozhi1.6.3 fk -- fp -- f epRk f kq -- “upAya-dhAridhrya hEyapurushArthakArpaNyAtiyukta:” “sAstrEshu apratishiTithabuddhi:” “sAstrEshu I vi^[Ey[ “Sruti-smruti-maryAdhAm atikrAntOsmi” f v[aki f T paviyaE[[ -- “dharma-viruddha-kAmOpabhOga-sraddhA vihvala:” “dharma-viruddha-kAmOpabhOga-sraddhA fki kqvi^[t ) -PeriyaThirumozhi1.9.2 ”

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BY V. S V. 48 a specifickaimkaryam hand, commandinaregaltone,thus“You at SrI VaikuNTham for the command of at SrIVaikuNThamforthecommandof ized bySounakaMuni,theauthorof Muni finds himselfwaitingwiththefan A T HAKOPAN s consort Lakshmee,who is : . NithyaKaimkarya Sadagopan.org : HAKOPAN T cabinet of the Lord, VishvaksEnar has cabinet of the Lord, VishvaksEnar Sooris and the Muktha Jeevans to Sooris and the Muktha Jeevans A darsanam at that auspicious day break. rious devAs and Parijanams engaged in ThiruvuLLam of the Lord and His divine ThiruvuLLam of the Lord and Vishvaksena , the Commander-in-Chief of of Vishvaksena , the Commander-in-Chief 49 V. S nue like GajAnanA, Kumuda and others? GajAnanA, nue like BY

SLOKAM 28 SLOKAM OMMENTS C DDITIONAL the Lord, who is the Lord of the reti the Lord, who is the Lord of the Nithya the authority to command the Lord, VishvaksEnar of suprabhAtam for consort. In the time is present to baton among the va bring order with His serving the Lord and thronging to have His A de the Chef and chief As the commander-in When I shall do homage and service to the Holy feet of the Lord, who is the King King the is who Lord, the of feet Holy the to service and homage do shall I When by of Kings and who is being directed to please the undertake different duties crey< ÉgvTpadpircyaRnuv&iÄ;u. 28 ÉgvTpadpircyaRnuv&iÄ;u. crey< | gaNanAthena cOdita: kadA aham rAjarAjena || 28 paricaryAnuvrttishu careyam bhagavatpAda Meaning: kda=h< rajrajen g[nawen caeidt>, kda=h< rajrajen

Sadagopan.org Parama Parisuddhanandisth VaasudEvan maya VishNu Agni, Sooryanandnakshathramspalein ( PradhAna guNamsarerecalled The Lordreceives nowanarrayofsa A from imperfections,Youaretheembodime withthe VAsudeva !Youareassociated Oh! TheallpervasiveLord!Salutationsto Meaning: ||29 namO bhagavatevishNOvAsudevAmitadyute SantAya ca viSuddhAyatejaseparamAtmane| 29. vasudevaimt*ute. iv:[ae Égvte nmae zaNtay civzuÏaytejseprmaTmne, namO bhagavate vishNO VAsudeva amita dyutE namO bhagavatevishNOVAsudevaamita DDITIONAL C OMMENTS ”. He is the ParamAthmA with no equal or superior. He is e embodimentoftranquility. SLOKAM 29 with the eulogy as Bhagavaan VishNu - VaasudEvan with theeulogyasBhagavaanVishNu-VaasudEvan

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who are the truth, knowledge and infi who are the truth, knowledge and Omnipotent! associated with six attributes, who are th associated with six attributes, Sadagopan.org guNAs. Heinstructsus(theembodied to Prakrti. Lordde Gitaa, our chapter ofBhagavath engage invyApAramslikeJagathSrusht sakt Lord hasmultifacetedandsuperior svAbhAvikee jn~Ana balakriyAca “ lakshaNam. areBrahma attributes Heisdefinedas“ anugraham. guNams.HeistheparamaParisuudha tamas He is Aadhi Purushan. He does not have the PrAkrutha guNams of Sattva, RajO, Satyam, Jn~Anam, anantam Brahman anantam Satyam, Jn~Anam, ”. Asperthisdescriptio 54 scribes thethreeguN hi andintrinsicJn~AnamBalamto i. HeisthriguNAdhethan.Inthe14 parAsya saktir vividhaiva SrUyatE SrUyatE vividhaiva saktir parAsya ones) onhowtoriseoverthesethree n and the prayer here is to gain His n, itisrecognizedthe aas andtheirlinks ”. Thesethree th

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and nine in any of the Agama texts. It 2 KeSava, nArAyaNa, Maadhava, (See Agamas and South Indian Aniruddha. . There are as many as thirty nine a, p.264, by SrI ParaSara BhaTTar SrI ParaSara BhaTTar a, p.264, by , five 1 . See explanatory Note on the term . See explanatory Note on vyApta and (See Introduction to paancarAtra, p.48). p.48). to paancarAtra, (See Introduction and vibhavas tureeya taken as the combination of four and five and combination of taken as the r the ten popular incarnations such as matsya, matsya, as ten popular incarnations such r the Pradyumna and 55 , aniruddha , SLOKAM 31 SLOKAM incarnations and You are meditated upon in four incarnations and You are meditated ” refers to the twelve forms: 5 Sankarshana , ntion of nine vyUha manifestations , at the Tamil commentator mentions that there are nine vyUha there are nine vyUha that mentions commentator Tamil the at acyuta , ” in SrI VishNu sahasranAma bhAshy VishNu ” in SrI , tweleve 4 Vaasudeva jAgrat, svapna, sushupti satya dvAdaSa mUrtaye dvAdaSa These twelve are mentioned as sub-vyUhas. The expression “ The four states are The supreme Lord are known incarnations as of the The are five forms th note to interesting It is caturAtmA, caturvyUha: caturAtmA, The four vyUha forms vyUha The four Govinda, Madhusoodana, Trivikrama,VishNu, Vaamana, SrIdhara, HrshIkeSa, PadmAnabha Daamodara. “ with English translation by Prof. A. Srinivasaraghavan. 5 6 4 2 3 FOOT NOTES 1 Obeisance to You, Oh! Lord! You manifest in four You Obeisance to You, Oh! Lord! nmSte vasudevay äü[e cturaTmne. 31. mUrtaye | vyUha daSa dvAdaSa catu: panca nava namaste vAsudevAya caturAtmane || 31 brahmaNe Meaning: ctu>pÂnvVyUh dzÖvadzmUtRye, dzÖvadzmUtRye, ctu>pÂnvVyUh You descend in ten

states. such vibhavas noted in the Agama texts. Howeve texts. the Agama such vibhavas noted in manifestations. But there is no me koorma, etc.,are indicated here. appears that the mention of nava vyUha should be appears that the mention not literally. VaishNavism, pp 207 and 208). pp 207 and VaishNavism, Sadagopan.org 2. ThesecondVyUha, knownas ThefirstVyUhaMoorthyisalso 1. PaancharAthra Aagamamelaboratesonthisdoctrine. and BhagavadGitAdonotmentionanythi trueJn~A SamhAram andthespreadingof Each ofthemhaveuniqueattributesan Sa forms withthenamesofVaasudEva, isthemanifestationof The VyUhaavatAra A “ Swamy Desikanhassalutedthem sthAnams. VyUhAs). Thesetwelve upa-VyUha Moro The VihagEndra Samhithaispeaksfurther Aniruddhawithprotectionof 3. withcreationand Pradhyumna 2. oftheUniverse), (dissolution withsamhAram isassociated Samkarshana 1. VyUha Moorthys. Each ofthese pair ofattributesis 4. 3. Panniru nAmam DDITIONAL attributes ofBhagavaan(Jn~Ana,Bala Aniruddha Pradhyumna Jn~Ana andBala. hassakthiandtejas. has aiswarya and Veerya; andVeerya; hasaiswarya ”: C http://www.sundarasimham.org/ebooks/ebook18.htm OMMENTS SamkarshaNa theUniverseanditsbeings.

BY V. S V. predominantly associated withthethree predominantly associated nkarshaNan, Pradhyumnan and Aniruddhan. and Aniruddhan. nkarshaNan, Pradhyumnan 56 is linkedtotwoofthesixattributes: , aiSvarya, Veerya,SakthiandtEjas). , aiSvarya, d functions such as Srushti, stiti and d functionssuchasSrushti,stitiand A ng aboutthedoctrineofVyuhA, thys are linked to the 12 PuNdra thys arelinkedtothe12PuNdra nam. Although the , Upanishads theVedAs,Upanishads nam. Although about twelve additional VyUhAs(upa about twelveadditional inHisDesikaPra T the Para Brahmam infourdistinct theParaBrahmam HAKOPAN Para VaasudEvan VaasudEvan Para : bhandham knownas with allthesix

Sadagopan.org VaishNava . A devout yoga and wheel (of time) You : http://www.sundarasimham.org/ HAKOPAN T d Pancha Kaala PrakriyAs as a part of to You, Oh! Lord! You are the knower knower to You, Oh! Lord! You are the everything as Your body, yet You are A te the Lord in these five divisions te the Lord in these five the wielder of the the wielder 57 a Tamil Prabhandam known as “ V. S e worshipped in those five divisions. e worshipped in those BY

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OMMENTS C ” to instruct us on Pancha Kaalams an DDITIONAL ebooks/ebook36.htm Swamy Desikan has blessed us with transcend place, time and matter, Obeisance of the five divisions of time, You ar SrI VaishNava is propitia expected to (everyday). A Dinasari Notes: The five divisions are: Oh! Lord! Salutations to You! You possess nmSte pÂkal} pÂkalpray[. 32. | viSvAya viSvAtItAya cakriNe namO anantAya || 32 parAyaNa pancakAla namaste pancakAlajn~a Meaning: nmae=nNtay ivñay ivñatItay ci³[e, nmae=nNtay ivñay You are transcendent from the world, the daily observances of a SrI VaishNava:

Sadagopan.org Sage Sounakar observes that theParama that Sage Sounakarobserves A the Supreme, the tranquil andtheall-pervasive One! ofGods,You, who theLord naval cavity, transcendental one,whohave Supreme Abode,whohavenolimitation theday,Isurrend the fivedivisionsof Oh! Lord!Youarethemeansandgoal Meaning: asmiaham||34 para:Saantam SaraNamtvAmgata: vAgatItam | abjanAbhamsureSvaram aprameyamajam vishNum vagtIt< pr> zaNt, to theAarAdhanamand Kaimkaryamtothe according tothefive divisionsof theda DDITIONAL C OMMENTS SLOKAMS 33&34 nobirthandYou,whohavethedivineLotus inthe

BY V. S V. 58 y andperformreligious dutiesdedicated are beyondtherealmofspeech.You er toYou,Oh!Lord,whodwellinthe s, whoarefreefrompassions,the for those whoaredevoutlyengagedin A ikAnthis devotethei ikAnthis Lord andHisBhAgavathAs. Suchnoble T HAKOPAN : r dailyactivities Sadagopan.org

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ParaamikAnthis. Lord They recognize the 59 Pancha-Kaalaika Manasaa:Pancha-Kaalaika SriHayagreevan-Thoopul-thanks SrI AMR Kannan SrI AMR Kannan SriHayagreevan-Thoopul-thanks The Supreme, the tranquil and the all-pervasive One! and the all-pervasive The Supreme, the tranquil religious routines are observed by these religious routines atas being seated at Sri His Supreme abode VaikuNTham as thenithya, niravadhya Moorthy. the only means and goal. Thorough Pancha Thorough and goal. means the only “ are saluted as people Sadagopan.org the broadeyesandwho pervades allchit is posed as a question: Paasurams).Thelongingofthedevotee lists inHisThiruviNNagaraThiruvAimozhi When will I have“ the joy of beholding saluted hereas SupremeBeing)andis pervasive (all Sarva VyApi You, my Lord adorningtheKousthubhage Lord VishNu with A eyed! kaustubha geminthechest,whohaveth havetheradiant happiness,Youwho namely miseryand beyond thedualstates When shall Ibehold(perceive) You,with Meaning: viSaalAkshsmkadAdrakshyAmicakshushA||35 viSvarUpam tvAm varyam dvandvAtiriktam ivñêp< ivzala]< kdaÔúyaimc]u;a.35. vy¡ ÖNÖaitir´

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: ÉaegmaÇsaMy il¼a½ HAKOPAN T , You, who have firmly resolved to , You, who have firmly resolved A Mokshams like Kaivalyam (Aathma Mokshams muktha Jeevan. They do not want to be do not want to be muktha Jeevan. They ng the same object of enjoyment (bliss) ng the same object of enjoyment tion, namely sameepya, sAlOkya, sArUpya and nandham (bliss), while the Lord reserves nandham (bliss), while the Lord sAyujya state of liberation. in the state 61 aayujya Moksham state, the Jeevan attains aayujya Moksham state, the V. S BY

SLOKAM 36 SLOKAM is the enjoyment of the Supreme Bliss in union with the Supreme Supreme Bliss in union with the is the enjoyment of the Supreme OMMENTS C - Brahma : 4.4.21). Saayujya Moksham is the highest kind Saayujya Moksham is the highest kind - Brahma Sutram: 4.4.21). DDITIONAL There are four stages in the state of libera There are four stages sAyujya. Of these sAyujya state sAyujya. Of Brahman. 1. by two individuals together”. the S In by two individuals the equal status in enjoying Brahman’s Aa Srushti to Himself ( some activities like Jagath A of experienci Saayujya denotes “the state Oh! Lord! Possessing and mighty arms long the sAlOkya not seek at any point of time either protect Your devotees, I do #CDaMyh< mhabahae sayuJy< tv suìt. 36. tv suìt. sayuJy< #CDaMyh< mhabahae na kadAcana | sarUpyam prArthaye mOksham sAlOkya suvrata || 36 mahAbAhO sAyujyam tava icchAmi aham Meaning: mae]< salaeKysaêPy< àawRye n kdacn, mae]< salaeKysaêPy< Saamya lingAcca avalOkanam), Saameepya,Mokshams. SaalOkya and Saaroopya 1. In SaalOkya Moksham, the jeevan lives in VishNu lOkam; FOOT NOTE of Moksham and is the one desired by the tempted by other kinds of incomplete sArUpya state. I only desire to have the sArUpya state. I only desire Sadagopan.org compared totheSaayujyaMoksham. None oftheabovetypesMokshamar Moksham,theJeevanta in Saaroopya 3. inSaameepyaMoksham,theJeevanstaysclose toVishNuand 2. VishNu. 62 kes ontheroopam(bodilyform)of e satisfying to the true Saadhakan trueSaadhakan tothe e satisfying Sadagopan.org Aathma dAsyam : BhagavAn is saluted here by HAKOPAN T A s! The best among persons, You who are oon of nithya, niravadhya kaimkaryam to oon of nithya, ) to its One in a state of and only Lord s Lord, who is beyond any limitations ofs Lord, who is beyond any limitations 63 Your servant, ever and forever. Your servant, ever and forever. V. S clares its nithya daasathvam ( BY

SLOKAM 37 SLOKAM (free from all imperfections) all imperfections) (free from OMMENTS C DDITIONAL total surrender at the sacred feet of it total surrender at the sacred the Muktha Jeevan, which prays for the b the Muktha Jeevan, which prays and de the Lord at SrI VaikuNTham harE: SAmyam svabhAvamca sadaa smara time, state and place. A Sarva hEya pratyanika Oh! Lord! You who are beyond all limitation Oh! Lord! You who are beyond remain free from defects I shall ever pun> pun> ik»rae=iSm tvah< pué;aeÄm. 37. 37. pué;aeÄm. tvah< ik»rae=iSm pun> pun> sakalAvaraNaatIta asmi tava anagha | kinkarO || 37 asmi tavAham purushOttama puna: puna: kinkarO Meaning: sklavr[atIt ik»rae=iSm tvan",

Sadagopan.org sadAcaranirNaya alankArAsana that Iamhelplessan devotion. Suchaworshipofmineshouldbe courtesy, isdeficientwithoutproperlyu and ending with anuyAga is bereft of the objects of enjoyment, is lacking in 1 FOOT NOTE The modeofBhagavathAarA A Oh! Lord!TheworshipofYours,conduc Meaning: tatsarvam shamyatAmdevad tTsv¡ ]Myta

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Sadagopan.org , when the Lord is presented , when the to lull the Lord to sleep on the Lord with mental and with mental the Lord , the offering of many kinds of, the offering of many kinds the Lord befitting His rank as the His rank as the Lord befitting e recitation of the Purusha Sooktha e recitation of am. He presents to the Lord argya, to the Lord argya, am. He presents (mid day worship), the worshipper Lasi or flowers using the naamAvaLis , where Thirumanjanam (holy bath) is (holy bath) is , where Thirumanjanam e), dhUpa (incense) and dheepa e), dhUpa (incense) and onunciation/recitation of the required hor light is waved before the Lord. hor light is waved before rd, inaccuracies in the proper way of rd, inaccuracies in the proper way of rlands and AabharaNams. Duringrlands and AabharaNams. her AzhwAr Paasurams along with Veda her AzhwAr Paasurams along , where the archA Murthy is decorated is decorated Murthy archA , where the pradakshiNam and seeks forgiveness for s of tastes to please the Lord. s of tastes to please the Lord. his to the Lord and seeks his anugraham Lord and seeks his to the am from BhUtha Suddhi to anuyAga. Ijyaa 65 AarAdhanam. The worshipper admits the ParyAnkAsanam BhOjyAsanam SnAnAsanam PunarmantrAsAsanam alankArAsanam where the worshipper approaches the worshipper where MantrAsana, MantrAsana, physical purity and offers all that is all that purity and offers physical and anumathi to commence the AarAdhan to commence and anumathi upachArams to Paadhya and Aachamaneeya guest. most revered performed for PerumAl accompanied by th accompanied PerumAl performed for . with Tu upachArams are offered. archana (ashtOttharam) and Veda Mantrams. with colorful clothes, flower ga flower clothes, with colorful past alankArAsanam, gandha (sandal cooked foods having six different kind cooked foods having six different lit camp with fruits, TaambhUlam and and ot SaaRRumuRai consisting of Andal His divine bed. At the end of the mantrams are recited here. mantrams are recited here. prostrates before the Lord, performs in the just concluded deficiencies deficiencies in the offerings to the Lo performing AarAdhanam and errors in pr granthams written by AchAryAs mantras for AarAdhanam. The Ahnika of AarAdhan elaborate on the details 1. 2. by followed MantrAsanam is 3. This step is followed by 4. as stage is known The fourth 5. by BhOjyAsanam is followed 6. with The AarAdhanam concludes

Sadagopan.org ( Aanandham thingsinceadiyEncomprehends Your doesnotfearany by You.adiyEn All thefourpurushArthams bhAvam is pervasivelypresent everywhere by Yourdevotees).EventhedevAsarein Sthava Priyan The devoteepraisestheLordan A aim ofrenderingservicetoHim. has tosubmithimselftheLord,whowi Madhu, theLordofGodsatconclusion With thisStotra,adevoteeshouldpraise Meaning: nityam kinkarabhAvenasvAtmAnamvinivedayet||40 cakriNa:| yAgAvasAnasamaye devadevasya inTy< ik»rÉavenSvaTman, yagavsansmye devdevSy iti stOtreNadeveSamstutvAmadhunighAtinam||39 #it StaeÇe[devez

BY and whoisself-manifested( d declares: “Oh Lord! You are“ “OhLord!You d declares: V. S V. 66 capable ofadequatelypraisingYou,who theLord, the vanquisherof thedemon elds the weapons discuss, with thesole elds theweaponsdiscuss,with of thedaily worship.Thenhe ritualistic A T HAKOPAN and Moksham)are blessed and ). AstheUpanishad : Vibhu andananya Sthavyan and Sthavyan and Sadagopan.org tvam pradAna tvam pradAna tameeSvarANAm ). PrapannArtihara! prasAdham kuruPrapannArtihara! prasAdham ugh casting Your dayaa laden glances

67 kshayishyAmi maa Sucha: || kshayishyAmi maa Sucha: || ). You are the Lord of all Gods ( of all Gods are the Lord ). You . #it iÖtIy ijtNte StaeÇm!. . #it iÖtIy ijtNte StaeÇm!. End of dvitIya jitante stotram ). Sankha Chakra GadhA-PaaNE! NaarAyaNa!). Sankha Chakra tava dAsOham! mae]iy:yaim ma zuc>. mae]iy:yaim ma avalOkanadhAnEna bhUyO maam paalaya acyuta! avalOkanadhAnEna bhUyO maam !” acyuta! Please protect adiyEn thro protect !” acyuta! Please

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Sadagopan.org asmAdhrusAm : e creator of the Universe! HAKOPAN evanescent pleasures. One of the of the One evanescent pleasures. ams as inferred from His name as from ams as inferred T iven by the ruchi for Vishaya Sukham r. The key words in are: this Mantram A e! Let this soul be Yours and let it not soul be Yours and let it not e! Let this the sense-organs! Oh! The bestower Oh! The bestower the sense-organs! aa) of the Aathmaa, the embodied one n and vows to stay away from the Lord the Lord away from vows to stay n and nama:, hrsheekEsa, Mahaa Purusha and nama:, hrsheekEsa, Mahaa of Hrsheekams or indriyams that drive slOkam of the First JitantE. Extensive slOkam of the First JitantE. 71 V. S of the Bhaddha Jeevan as “ ”. The Bhaddha jeevan wallowing in the fierce fierce ”. The Bhaddha jeevan wallowing in the BY

SLOKAM 1 SLOKAM lf has been won by You. Th You. won by lf has been OMMENTS C . He is the controller of all indriy . He is the controller of DDITIONAL one astray from the PuNDareekAkshan. Dr SamsAric ocean grabs onto whatever it ca This self is not mine. Oh! The controller of controller This self is not mine. Oh! The primordialof all supplications! Oh! The On be for my own sake. availablecommentary has been made earlie VisvabhAna, Jitam tE, puNDareekAksha, Poorvaja Lord the sovereign is He HrsheekEsan. based on the sambhandham (vaasan runs as far away as possible from the Lord. to its anAdhi prakruthi The jeevAthmA moves from body to body due sambhandham and experiences sorrow and AchAryAs described this state apakruthou chira dheekshithAnAm A the First This slOkam is the same as Oh! Lotus-eyed Lord! This se nmSte=Stu ù;Ikez mhapué; pUvRj. 1. pUvRj. ù;Ikez mhapué; nmSte=Stu || namaste viSvabhAvana jitam te puNDarIkAksha poorvaja || 1 hrsheekeSa mahApurusha namaste astu Meaning: ijt< te pu{frIka] nmSte ivñÉavn, ivñÉavn, nmSte pu{frIka] ijt< te

Sadagopan.org jitamtE “ Mahaa Purushan)inanindisputablema with joy that it has been wonresistance oftheJeevantorunawayfr over now by the most generousmatchless beautyofHislotuseyes,the Lord ( due tosomeajn~Athasukruthampossess LordpullsthesufferingJ compassionate overaeon While theAathmastruggles falls againandatthesacred dhAsyam toitsSwami.NithyaKaimkaryaruch namastE! jitamtE!”. joy: “ inthemostdecisi running awayfromHim Lord usesHiscoolandbeautifuleyes creator oftheuniverse( defeat tothevaseekaraNasakthiofth EmperumAn NaaraNaRkkE tavikkiRathu koNdu,yaathAnumorAakkayilpukku anguAappuuNdu”- Virathatthai tvik virtt “ and experiencesunending sorrowas Etab Y Mtaviyil fkibT HrsheekEsa! ViswabhAvana f Ebam f At eka] At ”. f tDmaBm

f mdenw ( (Thiruviruttham:95 Moothu Aaviyil taDumARum uyir athanaal yaathEnum paRRi,neengum uyirathanaalyaathEnum Moothu AaviyiltaDumARum fD, yata{m The jeevan acquires svaroopa Jn~Anamandseeksnithya The jeevanacquiressvaroopa f cm f uyia f 'm ViswabhAvanan -ThiruvAimozhi2.1.7).TheJeevanattributesits f M[ f epRma[ f th Oa ! Mahaa Purusha!Poorvaja!PuNDareekAksha! Paasuram passages). passages). Paasuram f ~k f [Em `t[al feet of the Lord and repeats “ 72 nner. The Jeevan (Mada nenjam) admits: nner. TheJeevan(Madanenjam)admits: to overpowertheJeevan thathasbeen Him and the conque the and om Him Lord (PuNDareekAkshan) overpowers the overpowers Lord (PuNDareekAkshan) described by Swami NammAzhwAr: describedbySwamiNammAzhwAr: eevan out of the whirlpool of SamsAram eevan outofthewhirlpoolSamsAram ) and"theFirstborn"( f nar]b ve manner.TheJeevannowshoutswith ed bytheJeevan. e beautiful eyesof theLord.As f Akyil s in samsAric dukkhams, the most s insamsAricdukkhams,themost i swellsupinthe f p f Ek f yata{m < k f K `g ” ( thORROm Madanenjam Madanenjam thORROm With thepowerand saved jeevanandit f K ~p red jeevan admits f pb Poorvajan OudhAryan f bi, n fp < u] jitamtE, ), the I g f D f Km ” - / f

Sadagopan.org ur kind attention to my supplication. s, nara nAryaNa, those who dwell in s, nara nAryaNa, those who dwell in worship in the five divisions of the day worship in the five divisions , Sanaka etc., Gods headed by BrahmA 73 2 / SLOKAMS 2, 3 & 3 ½ 2, 3 SLOKAMS Oh! The Lotus eyed One! The demi-God Lotus eyed One! The Oh! The Oh! Lord! The Supreme person! Kindly pay yo Oh! Lord! The Supreme SvetadvIpa, great sages like Naarada etc. poojyase puNDarIkAksha divyamantrai: maharshibhi: | 3 1/2 | 3 1/2 poojyase puNDarIkAksha divyamantrai: maharshibhi: Meaning: pUJyse pu{frIka] idVymNÇEmRhi;RiÉ>, 3 1 idVymNÇEmRhi;RiÉ>, pu{frIka] pUJyse and Rudra, are devoted those who to your and others worship You with Divine hymns. äüeza*ESsurg[E> pÂkalpray[E>. 3. pÂkalpray[E>. äüeza*ESsurg[E> nAradAdyai:| munigaNai: sanakAdyai: ca yOgibhi: pancakAla parAyaNai: || 3 brahmeSaadyai: suragaNai: narda*EmuRing[ESsnka*Eí yaeigiÉ>, yaeigiÉ>, narda*EmuRing[ESsnka*Eí nrnaray[a_ya< c ñetÖIpinvaisiÉ>. 2. ñetÖIpinvaisiÉ>. nrnaray[a_ya< c vijn~Apanamidam deva SruNu tvam purushOttama | || 2 ca SvetadvIpanivAsibhi: naranArAyaNaabhyAm iv}apnimd< dev ï&[u Tv< pué;aeÄm, dev ï&[u Tv< pué;aeÄm, iv}apnimd<

Sadagopan.org likethem. and performpanchaKaalaprakriyAs like theresidentsofSvEthadhveep aruL vazhuvilaa adimaiseyya blemishless toYo kaimkaryam this samsAraMaNdalamandgrantme (poy ninRa Jn~AnamsuchasdEhAthmabr Please dispensewith thisuncleanbo ninRu Please listenninRu kEttaruLAi adiyEnseyyumViNNappamE” to appealto The Jeevannowmakesamoving this daasan’sA plea with Your Dhivya MangaLa vigraham ( DDITIONAL ). “ vijn~Apanamidham devaSruNutvampurushOttama C OMMENTS ). Pleasebless adiyEnto u inYourSupremeAbode(

BY V. S V. dy (azhukkuudampu),vipareethaJn~Anam 74 am, Sages like Naaradha, Brahma, Rudraa am, SageslikeNaaradha,Brahma,Rudraa the Lord to listen to its prayer “ theLordtolistenitsprayer Moksha Sukhamtoperform eternal, ahmam), repeatedbirthsanddeathsin A T . Oh Lord of Gods ( HAKOPAN eulogize You and worship You eulogize Youandworship : ozhivil KaalamyellAm ”. My appeal is this: imayOr talaivaa Mey mey mey )! )! Sadagopan.org true devotion and far-removed from the 75 avat bhakti varjite || 4 avat bhakti varjite y! The all-pervasive One! The all-pervasive y! SLOKAMS 4, 5 & 6 4, 5 SLOKAMS Oh! Lord of the Gods! I am born in the age of which is full of false-hood, false-hood, of full is which Kali of age the in born am I Gods! the of propitiate Lord to Oh! sins, of deceitful, unethical practices, devoid of repository a and conduct values of virtue. good of devoid is who I, am How of Merc Ocean You? Oh! The Meaning: tapÇydva¶aE ma< dýman< sda ivÉae. 6. ivÉae. sda dýman< ma< tapÇydva¶aE arcayAmi dayAsindhO SaraNaagatam | pAhi mAm tApatraya davAgnau mAm dahyamAnam sadA vibhO || AcRyaim dyaisNxae paih ma< zr[agtm!, ma< zr[agtm!, AcRyaim dyaisNxae paih kw< Tvamsmacar> papàsvÉUrhm!. 5. kw< Tvamsmacar> papàsvÉUrhm!. bahishkrte | kalau jAtO asmi deveSa sarvadharma pApaprasavabUrahamkatham tvAm asamAcAra: || 5 klaE jatae=iSm devez svRxmRbih:k¯te, klaE jatae=iSm pa;{fxmRs»I[eR ÉgvÑi´vijRte. 4. sankeerNe bhag pAshaNDadharma

Sadagopan.org FOOT NOTE us: mama leadsmetoMoksham.ThatiswhatMahaa BhArathaminstructs lettered word tE SamsAric fear.Youhavesaid:“ who perform SaraNAgathyatthesacredfeetofGovindhandonotexperience The ithihAsam states:“ sacred feetasSaraNAgathan( ocean ofCompassion!( worship You ?( prasavabhU: sins (paapa trayou sadAdahyamAnammaam adiyEn isbeingburnt bythefiercewildfire ofthethree bhagavat bhaktivarjitEKalaujAtOsmi my misfortune thatthe codeofconductimpious, here I am born in thisthe ascendanceofasse Kali Yugam ( (“ is borninthismiserableKaliYugamfille 1 ultimately expelled(“ middle oftheloathsome KaliYugam, This isamovingappeal,where theembo A tApatraya Pray, protectme,whoiseverscorched and tApatraya bhagavat bhaktivarjitEKalaujAtOsmi bhagavat DDITIONAL ” (ThosewhoperformPrapatthitoMe Adi daivika are: 1 andwhohavesurrendereduntoYou. – infliction by Gods. AdyAtmika mama asamAcAra: ahamkathamtvAmarcayAmi?). Oh Lord, who is the C OMMENTS landed me in the SamsAric devEsa! sarvadharmabahishkrtEKalaujAtOasmi dayaa sindhO! dayaa –infliction byownself; yE namasyantiGovindam ). How can adiyEn of no substance or significance dare to mbly of the practitioners of the PaashaNDi dharmam, mbly ofthepractitionersPaashaNDidharmam, paahi maamSaraNAgatam ). Iamaproductofallmyaccumulatedbundles

BY maamEva yE praptyantE maayAmEtAm taranti taranti yEpraptyantEmaayAmEtAm maamEva ), PleaseprotectadiyEnwhohasfallenatYour V. S V. ). 76 ”). This nefarious KaliYugamisknownfor d with people devoid of Bhakti for You when are decliningandare when dharmAsare died Jeevan describes itsbirthinthedied Jeevandescribes tical and unbelievers (nAsthikAs). It is Itis tical andunbelievers(nAsthikAs). bytheforest-fireinformof A cross easilytheprakruthi).Thetwo Adibautika –inflictionbythefive elements; T HAKOPAN ocean. Thethreeletteredword na tEshAmvidyatEbayam PaashaNDi dharmasankeerNE PaashaNDi ). kinds oftApams( : ”). adiyEn ” (Those tApa- na Sadagopan.org )! ce! NamaskAram to You twice, thrice, dweller of Agni with the TaittirIyadweller of Agni with the with Mahaa visvAsam. Please protect maskaraNam (Prapatthi) the and accept hundred times, thousand timesand 77 E nama; ,SatakrutvastE nama:, :, tristE nama:, catustE nama:, :, tristE nama:, catustE nama:, arcayAmi dayaa sindhO! paahi maam SaraNAgatam dvyaksharastu bhavEn mrtyu: tryaksharam brahma SaaSvatam | bhavEn mrtyu: tryaksharam dvyaksharastu mameti ca mrtyur na mameti ca bhavEn SaaSvatam || Saanthi Parvam: 13.4 BhAratham --- MahA Therefore adiyEn prays to You, the in (4.28): AaraNyaka BrAhmaNa Mantram nama sakruttE agnE nama:, dhvistE pancakrutvastE nama:, daSakrutvast aparimitakrutvastEAasahasrakrutvastE nama:, nama: Oh Lord NamaskAram (na mama) to You on ten times, four times, five times, na my NamaskArams to You for limitless times! accept Please Dayaa! of Ocean Oh nyAsam) from the fires of taapa trayams!burden of protecting me (bhara I am standing before You as a SaraNAgathan adiyEn ( zañtm!, äü ÉveNm&TyuSÈy]r< ™]rStu c zañtm!. mmeit mmeit c ÉveNm&TyunR Sadagopan.org KaarpaNyam ofthe Jeevan performing indriyams ( The Jeevan criesinaspiritof helplessn A Oh! TheSupremePerson!Icannot which isinherent. for thereasonthatIhaverealised the afflicted bybirth,deathandoldage,dise Oh! The Lotus-eyed Lord!Savemeby Meaning: indriyaaNi mayAjetum aSakhyampurushOttama||8 pAlayAsu drSadevatavakAruNyagarbhayA| #iNÔyai[ myajetumzOy< pué;aeÄm. 8. palyasu †zadevtvkaé{ygÉRya, janma mrtyujarAvyAdhi du:khasantapta dehinam||7 puNDareekAkshakevalamkrpayAtava| trAhi mAm jNmm&TyujraVyaixÊ>osNtÝdeihnm!. 7. Çaih ma

BY vanquishmysenseorgans. V. S V. 78 ess about its losing its struggle with the ess aboutitslosingstruggle greatness of Your compassionate nature nature greatness ofYourcompassionate SaraNAgathy ispoignantly broughtout Your mere Grace.Protectme,whoam Your mere ase andothersuchpains,attheearliest A T HAKOPAN : ). Themoodof Sadagopan.org trAhi maam ). ) towards adiyEn! se protect adiyEn by casting Your Dayaa se protect adiyEn 79 ). Please scorching heat protect me from the vances its case for Bhagavaan grantingits case for Bhagavaan vances boon it the pAlayAsu drsA tava KAruNya garbhayA pAlayAsu drsA janma-mrtyu-jarA–vyAdhi-dukkha santaptamaam pAlaya dehinam of Moksham by pointing out that it is subject to repeated cycles of birth and and birth of cycles repeated to subject is it that out pointing by Moksham of body scorchedafflictions, old age and a death, bodily fire of sorrow in the ( Jeevan ad embodied here. The Oh Lotus-eyed Lord! Please come to my rescue with Your krupai alone ( alone krupai Your with rescue my to come Please Lord! Lotus-eyed Oh kevalam krupayAPuNDareeksha tava! samsAram! Oh Lord! Plea of of the desert ( filled glances Sadagopan.org I am filled with so many klEsams such as I amfilledwithsomany klEsams ruchiandalife and mentalills,vishaya despair asks the LordHere theJeevandescribesmultitude of to instruct it on A Oh LordKeSava! my nature,havingnothing inme, what ca sense-organs! Myspeechisfaltered with My mindiseverrunning after material Oh! GodofGods!Myphysicalframe isa Meaning: heenOahamkimkarishyAmikeSava||10 yEvam sAdhana vANee mamahrsheekeSamithyapArushyadUshitA| @v< saxnhInae=h< ik< kir:yaim kezv. 10. va[I mmù;IkezimWyapaé:yËi;ta, manO mepuNDareekAkshavi Sareeram mamadeveSavyAdhibhi:paripeeDitam | mnae mepu{frIka] iv;yanevxavit. 9. zrIr< mmdevez VyaixiÉ> pirpIiftm!, DDITIONAL C OMMENTS SLOKAMS 9&10 shyAneva dhAvati||9

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(prayer for forgiveness against trespasses) is KrishNa! KaruNAbdE! ks countless and measurable in ‘ countless and measurable in on! hundreds, thousands and ten I have committed SLOKAMS 11 AND 11 ½ 11 AND SLOKAMS OMMENTS C aparAdha KshAmaNam KshAmaNam aparAdha DDITIONAL Here, A pray uplift me by Your Divine Grace. pray uplift me by Your Oh! The Ocean of compassi thousands of sins defined by Jeevan. The tr requested by the contrite Meaning: I have ever Oh! Lord KrshNa! Protect me! AbuRd< caPys'!Oyey< ké[aBde ]mSv me. 11 1 ]mSv ké[aBde AbuRd< caPys'!Oyey< karuNaabde kshamasva me || 11 1/2 arbudam ca api asankhyeyam the from up it lift to Compassion of ocean the KrishNa, Lord to totally overwhelmed by the enormity of its apachArams. Theand it feels Jeevan prays ardently fearsome sea of samsAram ( Apraxzt< cEv shömyut< twa. 11. Apraxzt< cEv patitam sadA | krshNa bhavAbdhau raksha mAm krpayA tatha || 11 ca yEva sahasramayutam aparAdhaSatam r] ma< k¯pya k¯:[ ÉvaBxaEE pitt< sda, sda, k¯:[ ÉvaBxaEE pitt< r] ma< k¯pya

is a count and measurable), and other sins pardon me. Sadagopan.org PleaseacceptadiyEnas (SaraNAgathan). have no one else to help me. I identify myself fallenin saasthrams.Ihave against Your as one who has taken refuge in You Oh Lord!Youaredestroyerofallsorrows krpayA kEvalamaatmasAtkuru|| agatim SaraNAgatamharE! patitam bheemabhavArNavOdarE| aparAdha SahasrabhAjanam k«pya kevlmaTmsat!k…é. Agit< zr[agt< hre pitt<ÉImÉva[Rvaedre, ApraxshöÉajn< echoed bySwamyAlavanthArin patitam maamraksha ! ). “ raksha maamSaraNAgatam his StOtra RatnaSlokam(48th): 84 Your ownoutofinfinitemercy. to the terrifying ocean of SamsAram. I to theterrifyingoceanofSamsAram. . Iamtheabodeof ” istheprayer. Thisprayeris limitless trespasses limitless trespasses Sadagopan.org ). With : ere I have transgressed the HAKOPAN T think of You (Hari), when confronted think of You (Hari), when confronted A devotee. erlook them since I am Your d due to my ajn~Anam and Vipareetha 85 me out of ignorance, which is sinful. me out of ignorance, which is 2. V. S / the view that “He is my devotee’. the view that “He BY

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Oh! Lord, please bear with me with Oh! Lord, please bear Sadagopan.org pardoned. pardoned. out ofignorance,inability,indolenc ( us Jn~Anandha Svaroopam;YouareParamAtmA asVishNuPurANaminstructs equal orsuperiortoYou(“ dEvayEkONaarAyaNa: divyO antaraatmA-apahata-pApmA entities thatYouhavecr VaikuNTham, freefrom anytypeofblem Youar down. AsSubhAlOpanishadstates, (powerlessness), Ihaveaccumulatedhuge without anyonetoprotectme.Outof insidea pervading Oh VishNuNaarAyana A Lord! Oh! Theall-pervasive Meaning: krtAparAdham krpaNamkshantumarhasimAmvibhO||13 ajn~atvAt apiaSaktatvAtAlasyAddhushTabhAvanAt| k¯taprax< k¯p[< ]NtumhRisma< ivÉae. 13. A}TvadPyz´Tvat! AalSyad!ÊòÉavnat!, aparAdhams and accept my SaraNAgathi. my SaraNAgathi. aparAdhams andaccept protection inthe hopeofsecuring VishNutvam upajagmivAn protectalltheJeevans(“ form ofVishNuto jn~Anandamayam yasya svaroopam ParamAtmana: jn~Anandamayam yasyasvaroopam DDITIONAL C OMMENTS ”). IamaKrupaNan(helpl na tatsamascchaabhyatikascchadrusyatE All thesinfulactivities eated andcommandthem:“ SLOKAM 13

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