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Fourty Ninth SlOkam (Prayer for the Lord's Mercy)
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ajn~Ana vaaridhim apAya-dhurandharam mAmm
ajn~A-vibhanjanam akinjana-saarvabhoumam
vindhan BhavAn ViBhudhanATa SamasthavEdhi
kim nAma pAthram aparam manuthE krupAyA:

General Meaning:
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Oh Dhaiva NaayakA! I am the central abode of ajn~Anam.
I stand in the front row of all sinners. I regularly
trespass Your commands enshrined in Your sAsthrams.
I do not have any capital for gaining sadhgathi.
adiyEn stands before You with all these deficiencies
and consider myself an appropriate fit to recieve Your
compassion. Why would You even think of anyone more fit
than this aparAdhi to be the object of Your anukampA?
Therefore , You should take pity on me and bless 
adiyEn with Your abundant KaruNai.

Additional Comments:
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Swamy Desikan thinks of all of us and expresses his
nirvEdam (sorrow over his deficencies )and aakinchanyam 
( being without any spiritual wealth whatsoever)
on our behalf. Swamy Desikan is sarva Saathvika GuNa 
Saarvabhouman and the Lord knows that Swamy Desikan had 
none of the deficiencies that he is accusing himself of having .
Yet, Swamy Desikan as a ParamAchAryan seeking our welfare
showed us the way of approaching the Lord and performing
SaraNAgathy before Him. He assumes on himself the sufferings
of the SamsAris (kaama krOdhAthi KOlAhalam ruining
their lives) and reaches nirvEdha prAchuryam ( the height
of despondency over the sufferings of us ,the Bhaddha jeevans)
and appeals to the Lord :

1)I am the ocean of aj~nAnam (Aj~nAna Vaaridhi)

2)I am in the front row of the sinners(ApAya dhurandharam )

3)I am the Trespasser of Your commands(Aj~nA vibhanjanam)

4)I the leader of those without any spiritual wealth
( akinchana Saarvabhouman).

As Seshi (Swamy) , who knows every thing ( Samastha Vedhi),
You have acquired me as Your Seshan , who has gained Svaroopa 
Jn~Anam to perform SaraNAgathy. Swamy Desikan has performed 
MokshArTa SaraNaagathy and has thvarai (a sense of urgency )
to perform nithya kaimkaryam to the Lord there. Swamy Desikan
wishes to develop ruchi for Parama PurushArTam thru
the SaraNAgathy performed at the sacred feet 
of Lord DEvanAthan.

Swamy Desikan challenges the Lord to find one , who is
more deserving of His KaaruNyam and rakshaNam than himself
based on the combination of aj~nAnam , accumulated sins from
repeated trespasses of the Lord's commands. Swamy asks the Lord:
Why would You as a Samastha Vedhi (sarvaJ~nan) need any one else 
to rescue , who is more deserving than me for being the object of 
Your compassion (BhavAn krupayA aparam pAthram kim nAma 
manuthE?).In the next slOkam , Swamy Desikan presses
his case further as the one to be saved by the Lord .

SlOkam 50: (Importance of Protection by the Lord)
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PrahlAdha Gokula GajEndhra ParikshidhAdhyA:
thrAthas-ThvayA nanu vipatthishu thAdhruseeshu
saravm tadEkam aparam mama rakshaNam tE
santhOlyathAm Thridasa Naayaka kim garIya: 

General Meaning
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Oh Dhaiva NaayakA! Once You took NrusimhAvathAram
to come to the rescue of Your child devotee , PrahlAdhan ,
when his cruel father exposed to him to many dangers.
You protected then that dhaanava sisu. During KrishNAvathAram ,
You protected the cattle and the people of Gokulam from
the wrath of Indhran, who sent hail storms and stone rains 
on the defenseless people of Gokulam for not worshipping 
him as before. You rushed to the lotus pond to free 
GajEndran from the the terrible teeth of the crocodile
and protected that srEshta Bhakthan.During KrishNAvathAram 
once again , You responded to the saraNAgathy appeal of
Uttharai to save her embryo from being destroyed by 
the angry AsvatthAman , who sent the apANDavAsthram 
to eliminate even the last trace of PaaNDava vamsam.
Thus You have performed many mighty deeds of SaraNAgatha
RakshaNam. Now, Oh Lord Dhaiva NaayakA ! adiyEn
has a request to You. Please place all of the above
deeds of rescue of Your BhakthAs on one scale of
a balance;next, place the deed of rescuing this 
MahA aparAdhi, who is bent on breaking Your SaastEic 
commands on the other scale of the same balance.
When you examine as to which scale stays below, 
You will find the act of rescuing me will stay 
down . From that test , You will be convinced 
that offering protection to me is of utmost priority
and importance to You. 

Additional Comments:
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Oh Dhaiva NaayakA! Please think about Your raksaNam
of PrahlAdhan during your NrusaimhAvathAram ,
Your rescue of GopAs and Gopis from IndhrA's anger as
Govardhana Girdharan, protection of the Lord of
elephants from the cruel jaws of the crocodile as
Gajendhra Varadhan, saving of Child Parikshith 
in Uttharai's womb. When they faced dire dangers , 
You came to their rescue in a trice ( PrahlAdha 
aadhyA: thAdhrudheesushu vipatthishu ThvayA thrAthA:).
Oh Lord ! Please place the weight of ALL those mighty 
rakshaNams on one scale of a balance and place the act
of RakshaNam of adiyEn on the other scale. Please
evaluate for Yourself, which is the bigger of the two
rakshaNams (Tath sarvam tE yEkam mama rakshaNam aparam).
Oh Lord! You will find that the scale of the balance 
carrying my rakshaNam will outweigh the other scale .
Please see it Yourslf as to which act is more heavy
( Thridasa Naayaka! kim gariya: ithi santhOlyathAm).

NamO SrI DevanAthAya,
Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan 

P.S: May the powerful prayers and appeals of 
Swamy Desikan for becoming the beneficiary of
the compassion of Lord Dhaiva Naayakan and 
to protect him thereafter inspire you all to take part
in the RathnAngi Kaimakryam for Him and recieve
His eternal blessings !








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