Vyaya Samvathsaram, Chittirai Month First Day SwAthi Nakshathra Dinam dear to Sri Lakshmi Nrusimhan SrI: Dear MahA Lakshmi BhakthAs : On this First day of the Tamil New Year , Vyaya , let us continmue with the study of the next slOkam (8th) from the 17th StaBakam of Lakshmi Sahasram . The 7th slOkam described how the diseases are chased away by the recitation of the NaamAs of MahA Lakshmi . This slOkam instructs us as how Her nAmAs kindle the desire for Moksham ( Release from the cycles of births and deaths) and lift the ordinaryfolks and great sages to the stage of Mumukshus( those who desire Moksham). 8th SlOkam **************** thrayyanthaika-praNayimatayas-tApasA: pApa-sArTam prathyAdEsa-pramudhitha -mahA-chEtasas-spheetha-satthvA: nAma SrImatthva kila valathkeertthaya: keerthayantha: mAthar-mukthou vihitha-kuthukA mOdhayanthE priyam tE The key words in this slOkam are: " Maatha ! tava Srimath nAma keerthayantha: kila mukthou vihitha kuthukA: tE priyam mOdhayanthE " . Oh Mother ! By the recitation of Your most auspicious nAmAs , the fortunate ones express their desire in Moksham and please the heart of Your Lord . This group of fortunate ones is constituted by the VedAnthins , Sages with theevra ( intense) tapas( penance), PuNyasAlis with a broad mind ( BhAgavathOtthamAs of a forgiving nature , who have rejected the accumulation of sins) , the SaathvikAs ( unoffending ones filled with Satthva guNam ) , the ParamaikAnthi Mumukshus ( Single minded ones intent on gaining Moksha Siddhi without other prayOjanams) . Sriman KaNNan Swamy salutes them this way in Tamil : " nigamAntha neRi vEtpAr nirambiya naRR-puhazh yERppAr Ninn nAmam keertthippAr Ninn pathiyai mahizhvippAr " The two key words here are: " nigamAntha neRi vEtpAr "and " naRR-puhazh yERppAr " . " nigamAntha neRi " is the Veda-VedAnthic path (dharma mArgam ) . Those who have chosen to travel by this auspicious way are saluted by the passage of Sri VenkadAdhri Kavi's slOkam : " thrayyanthaika praNayi mathaya: ". PraNayi mathaya: means those intelligent ones , who are deeply in love with travelling that VedAnthic way . Here VenkadAdhri Kavi emulates ANDAL , who revealed in ThiruppAvai that Her Lord NaarAyaNan alone can and will grant Kaimkarya SrI and Moksham ( NaarAyaNanE namakkE paRai tharuvAn) . The one and only Moksha dhAyaka Mukundan is identified by ANDAL as Her Lord , Srimann NaarAyaNan . In a similar vein , the BhAgayasAlis reciting MahA Lakshmi's naamAs are recognized as those who travel ONLY in the VedAnthic path ( Thrayyanthaika praNayi mathaya: ) . This addition of yEka sabdham to Thryyantham is a remarkable upadEsam from the Kavi , who blessed us with the Lakshmi Sahasram . The others in the company of "Thrayyanthaika praNayi mathaya: " *************************************************************************************** Who else are in the blessed company of the VedAntha Maarga SanchAris reciting the auspicious nAmAs of MahA Lakshmi ? There are three more in this visEsha ghOshti : They are listed by the poet as (1) TaapasA: ( Tapasvees or accomlpished sages known for their penance and self-restraint) , (2) Paapa saarTa pratyAdEsa pramudhitha mahA chEtasa: ( those broadminded and forgiving ones who are joyful over their success in rejecting the accumulation of the bundles of sins) , (3) spheetha satthvA: ( One who possesses a high degree of Satthva GuNam) . The second category needs additional understanding . They are mahA chEtas or one with lofty minds worthy of adulation . Why is it so ? This is because they have rejected ( nirAkAram= prathyAdEsam/rejection , which is the opposite of AadEsam) the route that leads to the piling up of bundles of sins thru pursuit of karmAs prohibited by Bhagavath Saasthrams ( PrAthikoolya varjana janam). Their success in rejecting the pull of sins makes them happy ( pramudhitha mahA chEthasa: ). Sri VenkatAdhri Kavi salutes this special group of chEthanams ( PrapannAs ) as : " Paapa sArTa pratyAdEsa pramudhitha mahA chEtasa: " . Their eulogy of Your NaamAs & its effects ****************************************************** These noble ones known for their satthva guNam and VedAnthic ways are engaged in the sankeerthanam of Your auspicious nAmAs: " Tava Sreemath nAma keerthayantha: kila valathkeerthaya: " (iha sancharanthy) . They perform Naama Sankeerthanam of Your sahasra Naamams and through that alone ( keerthayantha: kila) become famous in this world ( valathkeerthaya:) . In addition to being celebrated by their fellow human beings , these srEshta bhAgavatha PrapannAs keenly desirous of Moksha Aanandham delight the heart of Your Lord and are blessed with ParipoorNa BrahmAnandham thru nithya , niravadhya kaimkaryam at Your Sri Vaikuntam . Mukthou tE Priyam mOdhayanthE ******************************************** There is another meaning attributed to these words of the last Paadham . Mukthou can also mean in the state of Moksha dasai . Even in Sri Vaikuntam, the MukthAs perform Naama sankeerthanam of MahA Lakshmi's nAmAs and as a result please Her Lord ( tE Priyam mOdhayanthy ). So effective are the sankeerthanam of Your naamAs that it ends up in delighting Your Lord . Summary of this slOkam ********************************* One should not think that only of those longing wealth here , those without detatchment , the commerical types and the sukham seekers in their lives here as the only ones that recite MahA Lakshmi's nAmAs for short term and persihable gains. There is another set , the virakthAs ( VairAgyasAlis) and Mumukshus/ MokshArTis , who are outside these perishable wealth seekers . This special category of jeevans perform nAma sankeerthanam of Your dhivya naamAs for gaining the preethi of the dhivya dampathis , even while residing in Sri Vaikuntham and during their post-prapatthi stage of their lives here . Whoever they are they climb higher rungs of Saadhanai . Even for those seeking alpa ( insignificant sukhams here) mature with time ( kaala kramENa mature in their Jn~Anam ) , develop taste (ruchi) for VedAnthic truths , perform tapas , increase their Saathvika guNams and the fame follows them. Their desire for Moksham increases . They desire to gain mukthi and perform eternal kaimkaryam to both of You as Yeka Seshis at Your Supreme abode of Sri Vaikuntam . The progressive stages in their spiritual development are:Gaining of Jn~nam , Tapas, destruction of Sins ( Paapa naaSam) , UdhAra manas, Satthva guNa abhivruddhi , Keerthi , icchai in Moksham , Bhagavath Kaimkarya Preethi and ParipoorNa BrahmAnanadha anubhavam at Sri Vaikuntam . Oh MahA Lakshmi ! All of these are made possible by the power of Your Naama Sankeerthanam NamO Sri RanganAyaki samEtha SriranganATAya Nama: RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! 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