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>SrI:

Dear SrI Raama BhakthAs:

The valor of Lord Raamachandran is matchless.
In DaNdakAraNyam , He destroyed 14,000 asurAs
single handedly. He pulverized RaavaNA's army and 
finally RaavaNan Himself in a great battle.
In AaraNya kANdam , our Lord's parAkramam is
saluted as He destroyed Kharan , DhUshaNan , 
Thrisiras and the Moola Bhalam . Through His heroic 
acts, He destroyed the asurAs and made the lives of
the Sages of DhaNdakAraNyam comfortable and free from fear.

Swamy Desikan has saluted these valourous deeds in 
SrI Raghuveera Gadhyam's AaraNya and Yuddha KhANdams 
following the foot steps of Aadhi Kavi , Sage VaalmIki.
Swamy Desikan's summation of the Lord's Valour is housed in
three salutations of SrI Raghuveera Gadhyam:

AsahAya Soora ! 
AnapAya Saahasa! 
Raagava Simha ! 

In ParamArTa Sthuthi, Swamy Desikan continues 
celebrating the valour of the Lord of AyOdhyA 
and points out that He is the PaarijAtha tree 
at the banks of JatAyu PushkariNi (Grudhra Saras):

SrImadh-grudhra-saras-theera PaarijAtham upAsmahE
yathra Thungai: athungaisccha pranathai: gruhayathE Phalam

--First slOkam of SrI ParamArTa Sthuthi(anushtup metre)

At Thirupputtkkuzhi, the destroyer of RaavaNA 
and his clan gives His darsanam as Vijaya Raaghavn 
and is ready to grant all the boons that bhakthAs 
seek of Him just like a PaarijAtha tree in IndhrA's 
garden.

On the banks of the JatAyu PushkariNi with its
nourishing water is a mighty tree with sweet fruits.
There the lowly (athungai: )and the mighty(thungai:)
worship the Lord , perform SaraNAgathi and 
are treated equally with respect to the Phalans 
without consideration of their Jaathi-KUlam -GuNam and
material possessions. That is indeed a miracle brought 
about by the PaarijAtha Tree (SrI Vijaya Raaghavan )
of Thirupputtkuzhi. Swamy says that he meditates on 
that PaarijAtha tre ( Srimath-grudhra-saras-theera 
paarijAtham upAsmahE).Both the lowly and the lofty
prostrate before this Grudhra Saras theera PaarijAtham
and becomes kruthArTaas. 

Second SlOkamm :
***************
After Composing the first slOkam in anushtup
metre, Swamy Desikan sets the rest of the 9 slOakms
of SrI ParamArTa Sthuthi in lilting Oupacchandasikam 
metre:

Gurubhis-Thvadhanya SarvabhAvai:
guNa-sindhou krutha-samplavas-ThvadhIyE
RaNapungava vandhi-bhAvam icchan
aham asmi yEkam anugraha aaspadham tE

Oh the Lord of Thirupputkkuzhi, who is celebrated
for Your valour in battles ! Oh Vijaya RaaghavA!
Our AchAryAs do not house anyone in their heart
lotuses except You.They focus on You and You
alone and shine as ParamaikAnthis (Thvadhanya 
Sarva-bhAvai: ). They have trained me to 
be deeply immersed in the ocean of Your anntha
kalyANa guNams ( Gurubhi: ThvadhIyE GuNa Sindhou 
krutha samplava: asmi) and adiyEn desires deeply to 
eulogize You (vanhdhi bhAvam icchan aham asmi).
adiyEn has positioned myself to be the chief object of
Your anugraham ( Vandhi bhAvam icchan aham , tE yEkam
anugraha aaspadham asmi). 

Swamy Desikan reminds the Lord of the Upadesams of
his AchAryans about ananya bhakthi(avyapachAra Bhakthi)
to the Lord to become qualiifed as a ParamikAnthi. 
Then , Swamy Desikan states that he wants to go beyond 
the meditation about the Lord and engage in composing
a Sthuthi about the Lord of Thirupputtkuzhi. He hints that
his efforts to compose a sthuthi wont bear fruit unless
he is so blessed by the Grudhra-saras-theera PaarijAtham.
Therefore , Swamy Desikan prays to the Lord to bless 
him to create a sthuthi on Him .

Third SlOkam
*************

BhuvanAsraya bhUshaNAsthra-vargam
manasi ThvanmayathAm mamAtanOthu
vapurAhavapunga ThvadhIyam 
MahIshINAm animEsha darsaneeyam

Swamy Desikan points out about two things here:

(1) The entire assembly of ChEthnam and achEthanam
adorn the Lord's ThirumEni as dhivya aabharanams
and Dhivya aayudhams/weapons( BhuvanAsraya BhooshaNa-
asthra vargam ThvadhIyam Vapu: ). 

(2) SrI DEvi and BhU Devi and other consorts of
His can not take their eyes off from such a beautiful
ThirumEni . They do not close their eye lids 
for fear of missing even a fraction of second's enjoyment
of His dhivya soundharyam ( MahIshINAm animEsha darsaneeyam 
ThvadhIyam Vapu:). 

Swamy begs the Lord to grant him the boon as
Grudhra-saras-thera PaarijAtham to make His manas
become totally immersed in His beauty and anantha
kalyANa guNams so that he can succeed in composing 
a Sthuthi befitting Him . 

SrI VijayarAghavan blesses Swamy Desikan and grants 
him the requestd boon and Swamy starts in right earnest
with His sthuthi proper:

abhirakshithum agratha: sTitham ThvAM
PraNavE PaarTaraTE cha bhAvayantha:
ahitha-prasamai: ayathna-labhyai:
kaTayanthi Aahavapungavam guNa~jnaa: 

-- SrI ParamArTa Sthuthi: SlOkam 4 

Oh Vijaya RaaghavA! PraNavam is made up of three
Letters: A+U+M (akAra-ukAra-makArams). The first 
letter is "A" (akAram denoting your Sarva Rakshakathvam
( protecting one and all that perform SaraNAgathi to You ).
Swamy says: " Abhirakshithum PraNavE agratha: sTitham ThvAm). 

Swamy goes on to point out where else He sat in front
(agratha: sTithaam ). He sat in front portion ( the charioteer's
seat ) of the car (raTam ) of Arjunan and performed 
GIthOpadesam) ( PaarTa RaTE cha agratha: sTithAm ThvAm ).

Those who possess unimpeachable aathma guNams reflect
on this important tatthvam and meditate on the meaning of 
PraNavam to banish their desire, anger et al. They recognize 
that You did not need to take weapons against the evil
KouravAs. You won the victory over them by mererly sitting
in the front seat of the raTam.These superior souls comprehend
Your parAkramam to destroy Your and Your BhagavathA's
enemies by Your sheer presence and eulologize You hence 
as asAdhAraNa RaNa Punghavan (Aahavapungavam kaTayanthi). 

SlOkam 5:
********

Swamy Desikan now shifts his attention to
another aspect of SrI Vijaya Raaghavan :
His performance of the SaraNAgathi Yaj~nam 
with His dharma pathni, SrI DEvi (SrI Maragathavali
ThAyAr) under the shade of VijayakOti VimAnam at
JatAyu KshEthram to protect PrapannAs : 

KamalA nirapAya DharmapathnI
KaruNAdhyaa: svayam ruthvijO guNAstE
avanam srayathAm ahInamAdhyam
Sa cha dharmas-Thvadhanya sEvaneeya:

Oh Vijaya RaaghavA ! Your ThirunAmam , "RaNa Pungavan"
has two meanings: (1) The greatest One in battles
and (2) the greatest One in performing Yaj~nams .
You perform a Yaagam with Your dharma PathnI ,
SrI Maragathavalli , who is never ever separated
from You.In that Yaagam , Your kalyANa guNams like karuNai
serve as the Rthviks (officiating priests).The name of
Your Yaagam is "SaraNAgatha Rakshanam " ( SrayathAm avanam 
aadhyam ahInam ).That sanctimonious yaagam can not be done by
anyone other than You (Sa dharma cha Thvadh ananya sEvanIya:).

AhInam is a Soma Yaagam that takes many days to perform .
Swamy Desikan hints that this "SaraNAgatha Vrathi" continues
to do this Yaagam of SaraNAgatha RakshaNam without interruption
while accompanied by His PirAtti. 

SrI VijayarAghava ParabrahmaNE Nama:
Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 




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