SrI
:
Dear Sri Devi
BhakthAs :
SrI Sooktham , Sri
Nanjeeyar's BhAshyam for it , Swamy Desikan's BhAshyam
for ChathusslOki ,ShraddhA
Sooktham , Adhithi Sooktham are other PramANams
for understanding the
Vaibhavam of SrI Devi celebrated in Swamy Desikan's
SrI Sthuthi , which arose in
front of MahA Laskhmi at Kaanchipuram or Srirangam
are additional references for
understanding MahA Lakshmi Tatthvam .
Let us focus on Adhithi
Sooktham , Vaag Sooktham and NaacchiyAr SambhAvanA
Manthrams today in this
context .
1. Adhithi
Sooktham
**************************
Adhidhi Sooktham is in
celebration of Adhdhi Devi , who is none other than
MahA Lakshmi . One version of
the Adhidhi Sooktham is housed in AruNam
Prachnam 1-13.4 . The other
versions are at TaitthirIya Upanishad , the First KaaNDam
of
Samhithai . They
all salute MahA Lakshmi or Her VibhUthi , BhUmi Devi .
Vaag
Sooktham is about
VaaNi , who is the dharma Pathnee of Lord HayagrIvan
in SrI HayagrIvAvathAram
.
Sriamthy Subha Venkatesan of
Thiruvenkatam list sent us recently
the Tamil translations from
an out of print Text of Adhithi , SraddhA ,
Vaag Sookthams as
well as commentary in Tamil on the individual
names of Sri Lakshmi
AshtOttharam . adiyEn will draw from them to
comment on Swamy Desikan's
SrI Sthuthi .
"Adhithi-dhyour-anthariksham
, Adhidhir-MaathA sa PithA sa Puthra: ,
VisvEdEvAAdhithi:
panchajanA: , Adhithir-jAthamadhithirjanithvam "
The above is the Text of
Adhithi Sooktham about MahA Lakshmi .
(Meaning): Adhithi is Svarga lokam as well as anthariksha
lOkam
(
that between heaven and Earth ). She is SarvAthmikai ( present
in
all
forms ) as Mother , Father and Son .The Five kinds of people
or
Jnan~Endhriyams are manifestations ( VibhUthis) of Her .
Nanjeeyar
identifies the Pancha Janams as the five Jn~Endhriyams and
SaayanA
relates the Pancha JanAs to the five kinds of Jaathis : Brahmin
,
Kshathriya , Vaisya , Soodhra and NishAdha Jaathi people . She
is
of
the form of all that has been created and those to be created
yet.
2. NaacchiyAr SambhAvanA
Manthram
*************************************************
gruNAhi
gruthavathee
SavitharAdhipatyai: payasvathee ranthirASA nO asthu
dhruvA diSAm
VishNupathnyagOrAasthyESAnA sahasO yaa manOthA
BruhaspathirmAthariSvOtha
Vaayu: sandhuvAnA vAthA abhi nO gruNanthu
vishDambhO dhivO dharuNa:
pruTivyA asyEsAnA JagathO VishNupathnee
( Meaning ) : Oh JyOthi who is
fundamental to all chEtanAchEtanams !
May Your grace bless us to be abundant
with Milk, ghee etc in whichever
direction we look ; May those Iswaryams
grow and grant us the capability
to nourish and protect our Bandhus and
Friends ! Periya PirAtti , who blesses us
with freedom from fear is the One who
also grants the power of forbearance
through Her graceful rememberance of us
. May She stay firmly
rooted everywhere
!
May the AchAryan for the DevAs and
Mukhya PrANan along with the other
PrANans be empowered by that grace to
create auspicousness for us !
That Mahaa Lakshmi is aadharam (base)
for both heaven and Earth .She is
the SahadharmiNi for the all pervasive
VishNu . She has the rights to command
the entire Universe
.
3. Vaag
Sooktham
************************
This is housed in 2nd
ashtakam , 8th PraSnam , 8th anuvAkam .
ananthA manthAdhapi
nirmathAm maheem
YasyAm dEvA
adhadhurbhOjanAni
yEkaksharam dhvishadhou
shadpadhAm cha
Vaacham dEvA upajeevanthy
visvE
Vaacham GandharvA: paSavO
manushyA:
VaacheemA visvA bhuvanAnyarpithA Saa nO havam
jushathAm-indhrapathni
Vaagaksharam
praTamAruthasya
vEdhAnAm mAthAmruthasya
nAbhi:
Saa nO
jushANopayaj~namAgaath
avantheedEvee suhavA mE
asthu
yaamrushayO mantrakruthO
maneeshiNa:
anvaicchan dEvathAstapasA
SramENa
Thaamm dEveem Vaachagum
havishA yajAmahE
Saa nO dhadhAthu
sukruthasya lOkE
Nanjeeyar's comments on
the specific Manthra BhAgams
*************************************************************************
In his SrI Sooktha
BhAshyam , Nanjeeyar comments on the key
words of the Vaag
Sooktham to reveal the identity of Vaag Devi as
MahA Lakshmi ( wife of
Lord HayagrIvan in that avathAram of Her Lord ).
Najeeyar intreprets
"ananthAm " to mean that SrI Devi is not limited by
Desam , Kaalam and Vasthu
. He intreprets " VaachAm dEvA: " as
the One Iswari Tatthvam
to be worshipped by all chEtanams including
the DevAs . The word "
YaamrushyA: " in this manthram also refers to
Her being the fit object
of worship by all ." Vaachee mE VisvA: " is
understood as the basis
for all the Universe . " Amruthasya Naabhi:"
according to Nanjeeyar
means that She is Sarva Rakshakai . By the salutation
,
"Indhra Pathnee" , She is
recognized as the Supremely rich VishNu Pathni
.
Meaning of the Vaag Sooktham
according to SaayanaachArya :
********************************************************************************
The dEvAs thrive through the Vaak "
Indhraaya SvAhA ". They earn
their food ( bhOjanam) through food offered
in the homam invoking
the mantram : "IndhrAya SvAhaa". The
reason(factor) behind their food is
Vaak . Therefore , the havis offering
consecrated with this manthram
becomes the life-sustaining cause for the
dEvAs . There is no kaala-
dEsa-Vasthu limitations to that Vaak (Vaag
Devi). The utterer is
Deva Guru Brahaspathy ; the listener is
Indhran , the king of DevAs.
Thousand deva ayanam is the time for
reciting Vedams and yet dEvAs
do not reach the end of the time for
adhyayanam ( Vedic recitation ) .
It is bigger than ParamEswaran
.That Vaak is of PraNava
Svaroopam .
It is of two kinds : samskrutham and
apasabdham and is united with
six languages : PrAkrutham , PaisAsam et al
. Therefore , it is very big.
As mentioned before , all the dEvAs sustain
themselves with the Vaak
invoked at the time of AahUthi. GandharvAs
also sustain themselves
with that Vaak. The animals also sustain
themselves with that HambhArava
roopa Vaak. Therefore all chEtanams carry
on with ther sustenance
and existence through the grace and power
of that Vaak (Vaag Devi) .
May that Vaag Devi, the protectress of
IndhrA accept our Havis !
Vaak is the imperishable Brahmam . She is
the Mother of Vedams .
She is the cause for attaining the status
of DevAs . May She arrive at
our Yaj~nam with affection ! May She become
my protectress and
respond to my call to arrive here and
protect me ! May She be of
easy of approach and rspond readily to my
call ! The intelligent sages like
VasishtA and other rishis (Mantra
sampradhAya PravartakAs )
use with effort the power of their fierce
penance to attain Her .
We offer our worship to that Sri DEvi of
such eminence . May She bless
us and place us in the lOkam , which
is filled with PuNyams .
We will study SraddhA Sooktham ( 2 Versions
) next and then plunge in to
the anubhavam of Swamy Desikan's SrI
Sthuthi next .
SrImath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi
,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
Sadagopan (SaThakOpan) .
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