SrI:
Dear BhakthAs of MahA Lakshmi:
MahA Lakshmi"s NaamAs becoming the Nishkruthi for the Dushkruthis of ours
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In this 18th slOkam , Sri VenkatAdhri Kavi states that the power of MahA
Lakshmi's
nAmAs serve as a neutralizer/cleanser/"terminator" for the ill effects
arising from
our misdeeds :
agathika-dEhi-dEhi-vachana-sthuthi-dukkha-dasA
kupitha-mithampacha-sthavana-dushkruthi-nishkruthaya:
bhavadhabhidhAsudhA bhavadhavAnalatApamusha:
Janani puna: puna: paripunanthy jaganthy RamE
The key words of this slOkam are: " Jananee RamE ! bhavadhabhidhA sudhA:
puna: puna: jaganthy paripunanthy" ( Oh Mother Ramaa Devi ! Your nectarine
nAmAs purify the universe time and time again ).
(Prose Order) : Jananee RamE ! agathika dEhi dEhi vachana sthuthy du:kkha dasA
kupitha mithampacha sthavana dushkruthi nidhkruthaya: , bhava dhavAnala
tApamusha: ,
bhavadhabhidhAsudhA: puna: puna: jaganthy paripunanthy .
Comments :
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1. agathika dEhi dEhi vachana sthuthi du:kkha dasA kupitha mithampacha
sthavana dushkruthy nishkruthaya: ( tava nAmA: ): What are the misdeeds
(dushkruthi:) committed by the helpless (agathika janam ) , suffering and
desperate sentients ?
They arrive at the front door of the immature , arrogant and self-satisfied
rich in a state of
desperation to overcome their poverty and clamor for handouts ; to please these
intemperate
and insignificant "rich " , these janams eulogize them through asatya vaak (
untrue words)
and athivAdham . During this process , they lose their dignity . The rich feel
pressed and get
angry at these repeated requests from these pestering janams to give and shout
at these
assembled people and scream at them to get out . This is the humiliating and
self-inflicted
dushkruthi of the people. When such errant people recite Your nAmAs , they get
cleansed of
the ill effects of praising the worthless and begging presents from them. The
recitation of Your
sacred names is like the performance of a PrAyascchittham (nishkruthaya: ) to
cleanse them of
these foul deeds ( Dushkruthi).
2. bhava-dhavAnala tApamusha: ( Tava nAMA: ): For these suffering and erring
people , the recitation of Your sacred nAmAs are antidotes against the
afflictions caused by
the wild fire of SamsAram .
3. bahavadhabhidhA-sudhA: puna: puna: jaganthy paripunanthy :
Oh Mother ! Your nAmAs purify and rejuvenate the suffering errants again and
again .
They cleanse them from their misdeeds and shower them with Your anugraham . That
grace of Yours and the power of Your nAmAs nullify their samsAric sufferings .
4. Dushkruthi nishkruthaya: This word group has two meanings:(1) PrAyachittams
for one's Paapams (2) That which keep one away from engagement in misdeeds.
According to
the second meaning , the recitation of Your sacred nAmAs save the helpless ones
from
begging at the houses of the rich and praising the unqualified etc. Your nAma
sankeerthanam will
chase away the mental & physical poverty and elevate the chEtanams to an
uniquely wealthy status .
5. What are the things people beg the rich for ? (1) to help overcome their
poverty ,
they seek money (2) the one without courage asks a strong person to protect him
, (3) the uintelligent
ones approach a clever person for counsel , (4) the politician seeking power
asks for the vote of
the ctizen . These are all different kinds of begging by the deluded ( agathika
dEhi dEhi vyApArams).
For those , who recite the nAmAs of Lakshmi , these situations of demeaning
themselves through
sthuthi of alpa janams will not arise. They do not need to bend before these
haughty rich and
expose themselves to their anger . MahA Lakshmi Herself will grant all
anugrahams and eliminate
the need for begging at the doors of these half-baked ones (
mithampacha:).These are the thoughts
conveyed by the first half of this slOkam .
6. Why are Her nAmAs nectar like and quench SamsAric tApams ?
The question may arise as to why the poet repeats what he said earlier about
MahA Lakshmi's names rejuvenating like nectar and quenching the heat of
SamsAram .
The answer is : There are things like sandal wood paste that cool one but do not
remove one's sins. Same thing with the dust from the hoof of the cow
thatpurify us
but do not remove our samsAric tApams. Acts like theertha yAthrai destroy one's
sins
but are not delectable like the nectar. The sweet stuff like sugar are
delectable to taste
but do not purify us. There are only a few tatthvams that are delectable like
nectar
and at the same time purify one . The nAmAs of Yours ( MahA Laskshmi) is one
such
rare entity combining the two tatthvams (Cleansing & delectable) that are not
usually
found together.
7. dEhi dEhi: the first dEhi means the embodied living person . the second dEhi
means
please give ( a kriyA padham) . The helpless human begs the rich for this and
that.
8. Abundant PrAsams : In this slOkam as in the others , we come across a rich
set
of delectable PrAsams : dhushkruthi-nishkruthi , bhidhA-sudhA , puna: puna:
punanthy ,
bhavatha: bhavatha: et al.
Sri PadhmAvathy SamEtha Sri SrinivAsa ParabrahmaNE nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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