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SrI:
 
Dear BhakthAs :
 
Today , we will study together the 5th to the 8th slOkams of
Sri Vaikunta Sthavam .
 
FIFTH SLOKAM :
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PeethAmBharam varaseethaLa-dhrushtipAtham
aajAnulamBi-bhujam aayatha-karNapaasam
tannmEghamEchakam udhagra-visAla-vaksha:
LakshmIdharam kimapi Vasthu mamAvirasthu
 
(Meaning ): May the immeasurable , limitless Vasthu ,
the Veda-prasiddha Supreme Being appear before me always  
with His broad and lofty chest adorned with MahA Lakshmi ,
with His long and auspicious ears , with His hands reaching
all the way down to the knees ,with His cool and benovolent
eyes that grant whatever one seeks and adorned with the yellow
silk garment .
 
(Commentary ): KurEsar reminds NirguNa Brahma Vaadhins
that the Supreme Being has a divine , auspicous body (dhivya
MangaLa Vigraham) , Divine Consort as well as Jewelery and
PeethAmbharam .
 
SIXTH SLOKAM
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Yath tatthvam aksharam adhrusyam agOthravarNam
agrAhyam avyayam aneedhrusam adhvitheeyam
IsAnamasya JagathO yadhaNOraNeeya:
Tadh VaishNavam padham udhAram udhAharAma:
 
The previous slOkam focused on the Dhivya MangaLa Vigraham of
the Lord.This one focuses on the DhivyAthma Svaroopam based on
the many PramANams from Sruthis .  
 
(Meaning): We attribute paramAthmA's Svaroopam as belonging to
that of VishNu (VaishNavam) , when it is changeless , eternal , unseeable
by the physical eyes , free from name and form , ungraspable by the mind ,
undefinable as this or that , undividable into two , subtler than subtle to
preside as indweller in all sentients and insentients and gigantic in size 
to rule all the universe .
 
(Commentary ): The usage of "VaishNavam Padham " by KurEsar permits 
us to conclude that Bhagavath(dhivyAthma ) Svaroopam , Sri Vaikuntam 
adn the Lord's sacred feet are being referred to . Allthe adjectives used 
in this slOkam are applicable to all the three (Svaroopam , SthAnam and 
Thiruvadi ). In VedArtha Sangraham , AchArya RaamAnuja has intrepreted 
Sri Vaikuntam along these lines .
 
The PramANams for the adjectives associated with the  dhivyAthma
svaroopam comes from the following Sruthi Passages:
 
(1) Yath Tath adhrEsayam agrAhyam agOthram avarNam achkshus-srOthram
     tadhapANipaadham , nithyam Vibhum sarvagatham susookshmam
     tadhavyayam yadh paripasyanthi dheerA:  ( MundakOpanishad )
 
(2) yEkamEva adhvitheeyam
 
(3) aNOraNeeyAn MahathOr-maheeyAn
 
(4) Sadhrusam thrishu lingEshu sarvAsu cha vibhakthishu
     vachanEshu cha SarvEshu yanna vyEthi tadhavyayam
 
(5) Pathim Visvasya AathmEswaram , Saasvatham Sivam Achyutham
 
Seventh slOkam
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AamnAya-moordhani cha moordhani chOrdhvapumsAm
yadh dhAma VaishNavam abeekshaNataram chakAsthi
tanmAdhrusAmapi cha gOcharamEthi vaachO
manyE tadheeyam idham aasritha-vathsalasthvam
 
(Meaning) : That Supreme lustre (jyOthi=dhAma: of ParamdhAman )
of the Lord shines splendidly on the siras of VedAs ( Upanishads)
and the heads of highly evolved souls ( Urdhva pumsAm ) ; that tejas
( lustre) becomes the target for words even from people like me
( mAdhrusAmapi Vaacha: gOcharam cha). This state of the Lord's
dhivya tEjas being accessible to us is an indication of His great
vaathsalyam for us as those who sought His protection .
 
(Commentary ): The pramANams for words and word groups used
in this slOkam come from Swamy AlavanthAr's SthOthra Rathnam
and Srutha PrakAsikai of Sri Sudarsana Soori :
 
(1) First line of the 7th slOkam : " yann-Moordhni mE sruthi-sirassu
cha bhAthi " ( SthOthra Rathnam ) , "Yasccha MoordhA SaThArE ; "
( Sri VaradarAja Sthavam of KurEsar) .
 
(2) Aasritha Vaathsalyam : The visEsha Preethi of the Lord is
attested by many pramANams : "dhOshAnAdhara snEha: " and
" dhOshEshvapi guNathva Buddhi: " in Srutha PrakAsikai .
 
EIGHTH SLOKAM
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Jaanannapeeha kila mAmanapathra-pishNu:
VishNO: padha-praNayineem giramAdhriyEaham
na svAleeDAmapi  teerTam-ateerTamAhu:
nOdhnayathAapi cha sunA kila lajjithavyam
 
(Meaning ): adiyEn knows fully well that I am unqualified to engage
in eulogizing the Lord and even then , adiyEn engages in such an
act shamelessly and utter words in deep affection for the sacred feet 
of the all pervasive VishNu NaarAyaNan .  Even if the waters of
Ganga are licked by a dog , no one declares that GangA theertham
has been polluted by the tongue of the dog and therefore ,
it is not sacred . As for the lowly dog , its thirst has been quenched
by the waters of the sacred Ganga river .
 
(Commentary ): KurEsar (AzhwAn )  has lowered himself before the Lord
out of his enormous Bhakthi for Him . It is common for the AzhwArs to
compare themselves to the lowly dogs while addressing their Lord :
" NaayinEn " .The comparison of the dog quenching its thrist with
the sacred waters of Ganga has been referred also in KurEsar's
Sri Sthavam: " dhushyEth saa thu na thAvathA nahi Sunaa
leeDAapi BhagIraTee " . 
  
Swamy KurEsar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
SrI NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama:      

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