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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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