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namO namO yAmunAya yAmunAya namO nama:
namO namO yAmunAya yAmunAya namO nama:

slOkam 18:

vashI vadAnyo guNavAn rujushuchi: 
mrudu: dayALurmadhura: sthirassama: |
kruthI kruthajna: thvamasi svabhAvatha:
samastha kalyANa guNAmruthOdadhi: ||

vashI - one who is under the influence of
(His devotees)
vadAnya: - the generous One who grants 
everything including Himself

guNavAn - one with all auspicious attributes,
especially sowseelya (approachability)
ruju: - one whose actions, words and mind
are united towards a single goal
shuchi: - one who is most sacred, one who
has infinite purity {here, the infinite
purity is attributed to His causeless
mercy}
mrudu: - One who is very soft. {One who cannot
bear the separation from His devotees}
dayALu: - One who helps people in distress,
One with a kindness that cannot bear the
suffering of His devotees
madhura: - One who is the personification of 
sweetness
sthira: - One with a steady mind and 
ignoring hindrances to the act 
of protection; One who saves people
that take His refuge even though they
may be His enemies
sama: - One who protects every one equally,
irrespective of their knowledge, 
capability etc..
krutI - One who does not perform any 
acts for Himself; One who acts ONLY 
in the interests of those who take 
refuge in Him
krutajna: - One who remembers the good things 
rendered by others; Even for small things
done by devotees, He wants to do big
help in return
thvam - You
svabhAvatha: - by nature
samastha - all
kalyANa guNa - auspicious attributes
amrutha - nectar
udadhi - ocean
asi - are

tAtparyam:

You, who is the Lord of all the worlds, who is a 
generous One who has the nature to grant everything 
including Yourself, One who incarnates for the 
destruction of evil and protection of the good, 
One who is equal towards every being, One who has 
no friend or foe, One who obeys His devotees, One 
who can not bear to see the hardship of His devotees, 
who is compassionate, One who ignores all hindrances 
towards the protection of those who seek refuge, 
One who is the universal protector, One who does 
not take cognizance of the mis-deeds of devotees, 
are by nature an ocean of nectar comprising all 
auspicious attributes.


Additional notes:

svAmi periyavAccAn piLLai says in his introduction
to this slOkA:

The previous slOka (yath aNdam..) talked about
the infinite supremacy of the Lord over everything.
So, one can naturally wonder after reading the
previous slOka, how such an all powerful being
can be reached? This slOka gives the confidence
to the reader that such a supreme Being has these
12 qualities that are most helpful for people
who take refuge in Him!.

ALavandAr thiruvadigaLE saranam


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