SrI: Fourty Ninth SlOkam (Prayer for the Lord's Mercy) ************************************************* ajn~Ana vaaridhim apAya-dhurandharam mAmm ajn~A-vibhanjanam akinjana-saarvabhoumam vindhan BhavAn ViBhudhanATa SamasthavEdhi kim nAma pAthram aparam manuthE krupAyA: General Meaning: ***************** 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: ********************* 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) ************************************************ PrahlAdha Gokula GajEndhra ParikshidhAdhyA: thrAthas-ThvayA nanu vipatthishu thAdhruseeshu saravm tadEkam aparam mama rakshaNam tE santhOlyathAm Thridasa Naayaka kim garIya: General Meaning **************** 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: ******************** 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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