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
**********************************************************
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
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