SrI: Dear BhakthAs: Today , adiyEn will cover the Fourty Sixth slOkam of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan salutes the KshamA (Forbearance) guNam of the Lord and observes that he is also eligible to be in the group of those , who have benfitted from that matchless Kshama guNam of the Lord : ThrANam bhavEthi sakruthukthi samudhyathAnAm thaisthai: asahya-vrujinai: udharam bharistE sathyApithA SathAmakhAthmaja-Sankaraadhou NaaTa KashamA na khalu janthushu madh-vivarjam SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 46 Meaning: ******** Oh ViLakkoLi PerumALE ! The sentient beings (ChEthanams) commit many sins that are not tolerable. When they gain SadhAchArya sambhandham and gain sadh-jn~Anam , then they perfrom Prapatthi at Your holy feet with their prayerful request to You to protect them. Your indescribable KashamA (Forbearance ) swallows all of their huge sins and fills its stomach. As a result the prapannan attains sanctity. That Your forbearance is genuine is revealed through Your protection of KaakAsuran, who committed one of the greatest trespasses against SithA PirAtti. We recognize that Your matchless KashamA destoys all sins and aparAdhams through the compassion that You showed to Lord SivA , when he sided with BaaNAsuran to fight against You.I am confident that Your abundant KashamA shown to others will not exclude me . Therefore , please display Your KshamA guNam to me as well , who is most eligible for such a blessing . Additional Comments (V.S): ************************** The KaakAsura VrutthAntham is covered in SrImad RaamAyaNam ( Sundara KaaNDam:38.33 & 34) and the kindness of the Lord to BhANAsura and Lord Sivan is described in SrImad BhAgavatham ( 10th Canto: 63rd Chapter). Kshama for KaakAsura ********************* HanumAn describes this incident to SitA Piraatti at AsOka Vanam . HanumAn relates this incident to PirAtti to assure Her that he was a genuine ambassador from Her husband. This incident was known only to PirAtti and PerumAL and happened at Chithrakootam. A crow , the son of Indran used his beak to harm PirAtti's limb and the blood from that wound fell on the Lord , who was resting on the lap of PirAtti. The drops of hot blood on His body awakened the Lord and saw what was happening. Immediately , Lord Raamachandran empowered a blade of grass with the power of BrahmAsthram to go after the offending crow and destroy it. The crow ran in great haste to its father and begged to be saved from BrahmAsthram. Indran could not save his son , neither could Maharishis or other DEvAs ( sa pithrA cha parithyakta: Suraisccha samaharshibhi:).The crow was chased by the Lord's asthram all over the three worlds and finally fell at the Lord's feet and begged to be saved (ThrIn- lOkAn samparikramya TamEva saraNam gatha:). Out of His infinite compassion and forbearance towards SaraNAgathAs , Lord Raamachandran saved the crow's life although it deserved to be killed . Our Lord just took one of the eyes off as punishment and let the Kaakam live : sa tamm nipathitham bhUmou SaraNya: saraNAgatham vadhArhamapi KaakuthsTa: KrupayA paryapAlayath --SrImad RaamAyaNam , Sundara KaaNDam: 38.34 That is the display of KshamA of the Lord to the Crow, which was a MahAparAdhi and Swamy Desikan refers to this incident in this slOkam . KshamA for Lord Sivan during BhANAsura Yuddham *********************************************** During the war of Lord KrishNA with BhANAsuran , Rudran , SubramaNyan fought on the side of BhANAsuran, who was His devotee. BhANAsuran was the son of Bali Chakravarthy , whom the Lord had taught a lesson during ThrivikramAvathAram. He promised Bali at that time that He will not kill any of his descendants. KrishNA spared therefore the life of BhANAsuran and cut all but four of his 1,000 arms . Lord defeated Rudran and forgave Him for His trespass . The saved Rudran performed SaraNAgathi to the Lord through moving verses ( BhAgavatham:10.43-44)): " BrahmA , I and other DevAs and Sages , who have attained purity of mind by Thy grace , all (of us) have made total surrender to Thee , the soul of our souls , the dearest of the dear, and our Lord and Master. For relief from transmigratory existence ,we seek refuge in Thee, the cause of the creation , preservation and dissolution of the worlds, the peaceful, the friend, the spirit within and the Lord of All". Lord KrishNa displayed His KshamA guNam and forgave Rudran, His grandson for His apachAram .Swamy Desikan refers to thsi incident in the 46th slOkam of SrI saraNAgathi dhIpikai. Swamy Desikan seeks the blessings of the Lord's legendary KshamA GuNam here and performs SaraNAgathi in this slOkam. NamO NamO SrI VedAntha DesikAya , SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam, RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
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