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namO namO yAmunAya yAmunAya namO namah |
namO namO yAmunAya yAmunAya namO namah ||


slOkam 17

yadanDam anDAnthara gOcharam cha yath
dashOththarANi AvaraNAni yAni cha |
guNA: pradhAnam purusha: param padam 
parAthparam Brahmacha thE vibhUthaya: ||

yath - which (is known to be the originating 
place of four faced brahma)
anDam - universe
andAnthara - in the midst of the universe
gOcharam - visible
yath cha - that which exists
dasha uttarANi - ten times more
AvaraNAni - elements such as water, fire etc
yAni cha - those also
guNA: - satva, rajas and tamO gunAs
pradhAnam - nature
puruSha: - individual souls
parampadam - paramapadam (srI vaikunTam)
parAtparam - superior to every one
Bramha cha - divine body adorned with 
auspicious outfits, ornaments 
and weapons
tE - Your
vibhootaya: - will be ruled by and are under control

tAtparyam:

The universe known to be the originating place of 
bramha, all matter in that universe, the ten-fold 
increasing five elements namely earth,water,fire, 
air and space, the three gunAs - satva, rajas and 
tamas, the non-sentient(prakriti) and the 
sentient(inidividual souls), those always 
residing in the Paramapada(nityAs), those souls 
who after liberation attained Paramapada (mukthAs),
Your divine body - all these being Your property, 
are protected by You and are under Your control. 

Note: daSa uttarANi AvaraNANi: Per our tradition,
there are numerous classifications of space 
surrounding our earth - Each one of the outer ones
is 10 times in magnitude larger than the inner
ones - All such classifications of space are
represented by "daSa uttaraNANi AvaraNANi ca"


ALavandAr thiruvadigaLE saraNam


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