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SrI:
 
PaarTiva Samvathsaram , Kanyaa  Maasam ,
KrishNa Paksha Dhvitheeyai
 
Dear BhakthAs of BhagavAn Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan :
 
Today is the day of resumption of travel for SanyAsis after
ChAthurmAsyam stay at one place for 2 months . Srimath
Azhagiya Singar will be starting on His sanchAram now and
sends His aaseervAdhams to all of us spanning  many
continents .
 
Let us study the Third SlOkam of Sri Sthuthi today .
 
adiyEn is looking for the recently released monograph
on Sri Sthuthi edited by Dr.V.N.VedAantha Desikan
and released by HH Srimath Poundarikapuram
Andavan . adiyEn would like to borrow this monograph
from any one who might have it for a week and return it .
Thank you for possible help to entrich this mandha mathi's 
commentary .  
 
Third SlOkam of Swamy Desikan's Sri Sthuthi
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sthOthavyathvam disathy Bhavathee dEhina: sthUyamAnA
thAmEva ThvAm anathiragathy : sthOthum aaSamsamAna:
siddhArambha : sakala bhuvana slAganeeyO bhavEyam
sEvApEksha Tava charaNayO: srEyasE kasya na syAth ?
 
This slOkam is recited for the fulfilment of all desired wishes .
 
(Meaning): Oh SrI DEvi ! When the sentient beings (dEhina: )praise You
with bhakthi , the whole world celebrates them for that good deed .
It is indeed Yourself , who grants them the glory of being recognized
by others for their good intention and execution of the deed of praising You .
 
adiyEn has no refuge except You . adiyEn is eager to eulogize You
of such stupendous glories . adiyEn has no doubt about my efforts
becoming fruitful. adiyEn will attain the glory of being recognized by
the people of  this world for my sthuthi  .There is no surprise here .
Who indeed will not gain all mangaLams , when he or she holds on to
Your  sacred feet and eulogize you . Therefore , adiyEn is also going
to be blessed by You . Even if  adiyEn does not have the Jn~Anam
and sakthi to praise You in a befitting manner , the very desire to  
praise You will give me the power  to complete this effort and
shower adiyEn with all mangaLams .  
 
Additional Observations on the Third slOkam
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There are three threads of  thought here.
 
1) Bhavathee dEhibhi: sthUyamAnA sthOthvyathvam disathy .
 
 Oh SrI Devi ! As the people praise You with steadfastnees and
Bhakthi , You bless them in turn to be recognized by others and
also be praised by the latter . Oh SrI Devi ! You elevate those
who eulogize You and make them become objects of praise
by others . Those who eulogize You gain an exalted status
as a result of Your anugraham .
 
2) ThAmm ThvAmEva anitara gathi: sthOthum aasamsamAna: 
     siddha Aarambha: sakala-bhuvana-slAganeeya: bhavEyam
 
2.1 : ThAmm ThvAmm : These are two words with immense
evocative power in the context of SrI Devi's vaibhavam !
 
"ThAmm ThvAmmEva " in Tamil means "appERppatta UnnayE " ( of You alone
with such kalyANa guNams ) . Continuing in Tamil , one can ask
" AvaL yeppERpattavaL ? " ( of what special auspicious attributes does
She have to be singled out ?) .
 
Those mahimais and Vaibhavams are " MaanAthetha PraTitha vibhavam" ( limitless
and celebrated). The whole Lakshmi Sahasra Naamam , SrI Sooktham and
Lakshmi Tantram are attempts at paying their tributes to those celebrated 
guNams of the divine Consort of the Lord known as "SrI " .
 
She is Bhagavathy , who is defined by the same six primary guNAs that Her Lord
has : Jn~Ana , Bala , Isvarya , Sakthi , Tejas and Veeryam . She is therefore invoked
in Lakshmi Sahasra Naamam with links to the six primary guNAs as follows.
Please add PraNavam before each of the NaamAs :
 
ShADguNya PoorNAyai nama: , ( Having all the six GuNams of BhagavAn that define Him)
tEja: prabhAvinyai nama: ,
Aanandha-roopayai nama: ,
MahA sakthyai nama: ,
Sarva Paalinyai nama: ,
 
thulya seelAyai nama: , (Equal to Her Lord in all aspects: Seelam , Vrutthi and Moortham)
thulya vrutthAyai nama: ,
thulya Moorthyai nama: 
 
Dhana Lakshmyai nama: ,
Raajya Lakshmyai nama:  ,
Jaya Lakshmyai nama: ,
JyOthishE nama:  ,
Kaanthimathyai nama: ,
dheeptha Moorthyai nama: ,
 
PrANa sakthyai nama: ,
SamhAra Sakthyai nama: ,
LOka dhAriNyai nama: ,
Visva sakthyai nama: ,
Kali Naasinyai nama: ,
Sahasra Sakthyai nama: ,
 
Moksha Lakshmyai nama: ,
SrImathyai nama: ,
Sabdha Sakthyai nama: ( power of Vedic Vaak ) ,
dhAridhrya bhanjinyai nama: , (Destroyer of Poverty of every kind)
agha vinAsinyai nama: , (Destroyer of Sins of all magnitudes)
Jn~AnadhAyai nama: , (Grantor of true Jn~Anam)
 
Praj~nAyai nama: ,
SamhithAyai nama: ,
SarvOthkrushtAyai nama: , ( YellArayum vida mEmpattavaL)
SarvathO bhadhrAya nama: ,
 
amrutha-vahAyai nama: ,
bhUthASrayAyai nama: , (One who has been sought as refuge by all Beings)
JyOthishmathyai nama: ,
bhava-bhanga apahAriNyai nama:
adhbhuthAyai nama:   (of wonderous , mysterious and unfathomable Vaibhavam).
 
She is "appERpattavaL " ( of such matchless loftiness ). She is SarvalOka Priyankari
(One who bleses the whole world with Her benovolence ) .
 
The Three coded Lakshmi Sahsra Naamams
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Three Lakshmi Sahasra Naamams speak in codes about Her guNams and give up their attempt
to praise Her explicitly : " Om Kasyai nama: , Om Yasyai nama: and Om Tasyai nama: "
 
The choice words (queries)  are Kasyai ( for whom is the namaskAram? : yevaL poruttu ? ) ;
Tasyai nama: ( avaL poruttu= for Her of such infinite attributes ) . Yasyai nama: ( Once again
to whom are these namaskArams directed ? ) .
 
They are for the athyujvalai ( for the supremely radiant One ) . They are for Lakshmyai
( for MahA Lakshmi ); for VaaNyai ( the consort of HayagrIvan , the avathAram of Sriman NaarAyaNan) ,
for MedhAyai ( Lakshmi with the name of MedhA = intellect ) , for SraddhAyai ( for Lakshmi
with the name of SraddhA DEvi = mahA viswaasam ) , for KshamAyai ( for the One with 
immense forbearance ) , for Bhaktha Vaathsalyai ( One who is immensely fond of Her 
erring children) , nithyAyai ( for One who is eternal, one who has no beginning , middle
or end) , Visva roopAyai ( For one with the Universal form ) , for VyOma Lakshmyai 
( for the Divine cosort of SrI Vaikunta NaaTan residing at VyOma Puri= Sri Vaikuntam ) ,
for NaarAyiNyai ( the divine consort of NarAyaNan ) , for Dharma-KaamArTa-MokshadhAyai
( for the one who grants one or more of the PurushArTams ) , for SarvathO-Bhadhraayai
( One who is auspicous in every direction ) , SarvathO-mukhyai  ( One who is cardinal
in all tatthvams ) , and for that anantha Sriyai ( One with infinite SrEyas ). 
 
Those Two words used by Swamy Deikan ( Thaamm ThvAmm ) 
open up  thus a  floodgate of rememberances about Her Vaibhavam .    
 
2.2:Swamy Desikan continues : " (ThAmm ThvAmEva ) anithara gathi:
sthOthum  aasamsamAna: "  . Swamy Desikan adds "yEva" after "ThAmm ThvAmm"
to emphasize that he wishes to eulogize Her and Her alone . Why so ? Swamy Desikan
explains that he is one with anithara gathi ( as one with no other refuge to seek for protection=
vERu puhal aRRavanAhiya naann ) . adiyEn wishes hence to praise You alone
(ThvAmEva  sthOuthum aasamsamAna: ) .
 
2.3: " siddhArambha: sakala bhuvana SlAganeeya: bhavEyam ": Oh Bhagavathi !
May adiyEn's fledgling efforts to praise You  be fulfilled (siddha aarambha: ) .
May adiyEn as a result of such efforts to eulogize You  become (bhavEyam) 
worthy of praise by the entire world (sakala bhuvana slAganeeyam ) . Thou art :
" PrArTaneenAm prajAnAm SrEyOmoorthy " . Therefore this mangaLam of keerthi
landing on me as Your eulogizer is bound to come adiyEn's way .   Swamy Desikan
gives another reason why such boon will come his way in the concluding section of this slOkam . 
He asks there a rhetoric question , which has the built-in answer .
 
3) Rhetoric Question " " Tava charaNayO: sEvA apekshA kasya srEyasE na syAth? ".
Oh KalyANa Dhaayini !  Oh Svasthi dakshiNA ! Oh Sarva ManthrAthmikE !
For those , who wish to perform Kaimkaryam to You ( " Tava CharaNayO: sEvA apEshA "
chEtanasya ) , why would not  auspiciousness come their way ( kasya na syAth) .
Answer : Ofcourse , all mangaLams including the Keerthi (fame) as the eulogizer
of SrI DEvi will come their way .
 
After this introduction , Swamy Desikan enters in to the detailed Sthuthi of SrI Devi .
 
Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 
 
An Appeal to AaasthikAs to support the Kaimkaryam for our Celebrated AchAryan
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Following Srimath Azhagiya Singar's niyamanam , adiyEn is coordinating this
Kaimkaryam .  We have recieved so far pledges and matching funds to
the tune of  $5301 . We have some way to go to reach our target figure of
$15,000 ! Please join as the sishyAs of Srimath Azhagiya Singar and the BhakthAs
of Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan , the AarAdhya Moorthy of  Sri Matam and
participate in this kaimkaryam .
 
adiyEn requests all the sishyAs and  abhimAnis of SrI Matam to take part
in this kaimkaryam to honor one of the greatest YathiswarALs to continue with
His many MalOla PaadhukA sevaka kaimkaryams as He approaches
His 79th Thirunakshathram .
 
Please let me know of your pledges to the limit of your abilities .You can send
your tax deductible checks to Ahobila Mutt , North America now or at a future
date but not later than the Third week of November 2005 . The URL for address is :
 
 
At this time , adiyEn is mostly interested in  learning about your pledges .
Thank you . 
 
SrImath Azhaagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan ,Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan


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