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Fourty FifthSlOkam ( Salutations to the dust from Lord's Feet)
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Chithram Thvadheeya padha padhma parAga yOgAth
yOgam vinAapi yugadh vilayam prayAnthi
vishvanji NirjarapathE sirasi prajAnAm
vEdha: sva-hastha likithAni dhuraksharANi

General Meaning:
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Oh DhaivanAyakA! Brahma dEvan writes with his own hands 
on the skulls of the created beings about the ills that would
befall them in their lives.These are called Duraksharams or
those which portend mishaps and inauspiciousness to be
expected. The knowledgable ones practise Bhakthi or Prapatthi
Yogam and transform these duraksharams to subhAksharams
and attain Moksham.Those fortunate ones , who wear the dust 
particles from Your Thiruvadi on their heads erase all
these duraksharams written by Brahma in one moment 
without the help from any other yOgam (Bhakthi or 
Prapatthi yOgam).Those fortunate ones attain Sathgathi.
Oh DevanAthA ! Matchless indeed is the Vaibhavam of 
even the dust speck from Your Thiruvadi! 

Additional Comments:
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Swamy Desikan uses the double meaning of the word,
"Yogam" in this slOkam : "yOgam vinAapi parAga yOgAth 
vilayam prAyanthi". Yogam means either Bhakthi/
prapatthi yOgam or association with some other entity. 
When the Padha Padhma ParAgas (the dust particles 
from the lotus feet of the Lord) associates/comes
in to contact with (yOgam) the heads of the chEthanams,
then all the duraksharams there written by BrahmA's own
hand at the time of birth are instantly destroyed 
(yugapadh vilayam prayAnthi).Swamy Desikan states that 
it is indeed a mystery (Chithram).

SlOkam 46: (VarNanam of the vaibhavam of Bhakthi Yogis)
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yE janma kODibhir-upArjitha suddha dharmA:
tEshAm bhavaccharaNa bhakthirateeva bhOgyA
thvajjIvithais Thridasa nAyaka dhurlabhais-thai:
aAthmAnamapyakaTaya: svayam aathmavantham

General Meaning
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Oh Dhaiva NaayAkA! It is not an easy task to
have uninterrupted meditation of Your sacred 
feet as is required for Bhakthi yOga anushtAnam.
For that , the BhAgyasaalee should have performed 
in crores of births before , lofty dharmAs and 
placed the fruits of such dharmAs at Your sacred 
feet thru SaathvIka ThyAgam.Only such fortunate ones 
find now delight in displaying Bhakthi at Your 
sacred feet. It is not easy to come across
such great BhaagavathAs.You adore them to such
an extent that You have declared in GithA that 
they are antharyAmis ( in dwellers ) to You.
Marvellous indeed is the glory of the Bhakthi Yogis ! 

Additional Comments:
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In the 59th slOkam of SrI VaradarAja Sthavam ,
KurEsar described that the Lord as being seated on 
a fully blossomed Lotus in the heart cavity of 
a Bhakthi yOgi ( BhakthAnAm yadh vapushi daharam
paNDitham PunDareekam).KurEsar asks the Lord of
Kaanchi whether the Hrudhaya PuNDareekam (heart
lotus ) is most enjoyable to the ThiruvadikaL
of the Lord ( tE paadhAbhjayO: athisukhadham Kim ?). 
KurEsar salutes the greatness of Bhakthi yOgis herre 

In the 46th slOkam of SrI DevanAyaka PanchAsath,
Swamy Desikan refers in this context to a declaration by
GeethAchAryan ( Jn~Ani ThvAthmaiva mE matham) ,
whic is in acknowledgement of the dearness of 
the Bhakthi Yogis to the Lord. BhagavAn says:
"They are my antharyAmis". Such is the glory of
the Bhakthi yOgis of Lord Dhaiva Naayakan!

NamO SrI DevanATAya,
Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 

P.S: May Lord DevanAthan's most sacred dust from
His Thiruvadis empower You all to join in the
RathnAngi Kaimkaryam for Him and become practioners 
of Bhakthi yOgam ! 




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