SrI: Dear BhakthAs of MahA Lakshmi: In the 23rd slOkam of Naama Vaibhava StaBakam , the poet states that MahA Lakshmi's nAmes , which are small in size but have the immense power to destroy our gigantic bundles of Sins: anjath-panchasha-varNam arNavasuthE ThvannAma karNAmrutham math-pApAni mahattharANyapi muhur-mushNAthy KrishNAnganE aksheeNi prathirundhath andhatamasam gEhEshu bhUyishDAmapi angushta-pramithaiva dheepa-kalikA haa hantha nO hanthy kim arNava suthE = Oh Daughter of the Ocean ! KrishNAnganE = Oh wife of KrishNa BhagavAn ! anjath-panchasha-varNam = having the assembly of just 5 or 6 letters karNAmrutham = and acting as a nectar to the ears ThvannAma = Your NaamAs mahattharANi math pApAni api muhu: mushNAthy = steal away (eat up) the huge sized bundles of sins of mine effortlessly and frequently . Haa hanttha ! = what a surprise(mystery) ? gEhEshu bhUyishtam andhatamasamapi =even the dense darkness in the house angushta pramithA yEva dheepa kalikA nO hanthy kim ? = is destroyed by the thumb-sized , lit (little) lamp . The radiance from that little lamp spreads everywhere and detroys the huge enveloping darkness in the house inspite of the fact that the lamp is small sized . Your nAmAs are small sized (made up of 5 or 6 letters) like HarivallabhA , Kamalaa , arNava suthA . In contrast to the small size of Your naamAs , my bundles of sins are huge. Inspite of their small size , Your nAmAs destroy my huge bundles of sins. When adiyEn thinks about this power of Your nAmAs , it fills me with a sense of wonder. Can an ant chase away an elephant ? can one use a blade of grass as boat to cross the ocean? Can one use a soft bud to crack a piece of granite ? Can a piece of thorn succeed in pulverizing a bar of iron ? They can not and it is understandable that small entities can not take on successfully a mighty object . In the case of Your nAmAs made up of very few letters take on howevewr the huge accumulation of my sins and destroy them . This action takes place quite often . It is not a once in a while thing( one day wonder) . Math pApAni mahattharANi : My offenses ( insufferable apachArams , deceptions, cheatings and trespasses against Bhagavath sAsthrams) are huge and are growing forever . Your nAmAs destroy them again and again. What takes mighty long Prayascchitthams ( SaandhrAyaNa vratham PrAjApathya krucchiram) to do , Your short nAmAs destroy these huge bundles of sins quickly and often . The situation is similar to the radiance from a small lamp that spreads over the entire room and destroys the surrounding darkness . There are plenty of PrAsams in this slOkam as well:" anjath-Pancha , varNam-arNava , MushNAthi KrishNA , rundha-dandha , BhUyishtam-angushta , hantha-hanthy et al.These prAsams have a pleasing effect on the listener's ears. SlOkam 23 ************** avithum udhadhi kanyakE achikithsyAth maraNa jarAdhi mayaath mahAmayAnmAm paramavishamam Antaram kashAyam pachathy Suchir bhavadheeya nAmavarga: (Meaning): adiyEn has a deadly disease . It has the name of samsAra rhOgam and has the constituents of old age , death et al.For saving me from that disease, adiyEn has to make a curative concoction ( KashAyam). That act is performed by Your nAmAs. Your namaas are the fire to cook that kashAyam to the perfect state for curing my illness. KashAyam has two meanings here:(1) The syrup that the doctor gives . It is prepared by the slow evaporation of the solution containing the active ingredient with a huge amount of water. KashAyam also means desire , udhvEgam( excitement) and other rAgams and blemishes of the mind . The assembly of Your nAmAs is like the fire that condenses the potion and forms the essence( kashAyam )to destroy my samsAric disease. " kAshAyam pachathy " refers to the destructive evaporation of the disease causing blemishes of the mind. To secure a clean mind , the route to travel is the recitation of our Mother's divine naamAs. The summarizing Tamil Paasuram by Sri KaNNan Swamy is: Kadum nOyai kazhippathaRkku KaashAyatthai kaaycchuhinRa kanalukku samamAhum KadaRkkani nAmangaL For preparing the kaashAyam for dispensing with the fierce bhava rhOgam , the fire used is the nAmAs of the daughter of the Ocean . SlOkam 25 **************** kruthaSubhatathy dhAritham kruthArTai: Bhagavathy bhOgyamatheeva pAvanam cha abhidhadhathy suvarNamAthmavantha: prasamitha-dhurgathy nAma thAvakeenam (Meaning): Bhagavathy Lakshmi ! Your nAmAs are like the exalted metal gold , which is used in all auspicious occasions . Here are six instances , where there is similarity between Lakshmi's nAmAs and coveted gold ; 1) Both Lakshmi's nAmAs and the Gold generate rows of MangaLams. Auspicious rites like vivAham take place with gold; similarly , auspicousness arise from the sankeerthanam of Lakshmi's nAmAs. 2) Both MahA Lakshmi's nAmAs and the gold are adorned by the kruthArTAs ( BhAgyasAlis). 3) Both are bhOgyam ( most enjoyable). MahA Lakshmi's nAmAs are sweet for the mind and the tongue to taste; Gold is similarly enjoyable to adorn and celebrate. 4) Both are known for their purity ( Parisuddham). ThirunAmams of MahA Lakshmi cleanses one's speech and mind. Gold is svatha-suddham .it does not need any cleansing agent like tamirand , clay etc to bring out its lustre. 5) Both are SuvarNam: VarNam means letter or an alphabet . Since MahA Lakshmi's nAmAs are constitued by auspicious letters , they are SuvarNam or SvarNam. Gold has the alternate name( paryAya sabdham) of SvarNam. 6) Both destroy misfortunes. Gold removes poverty . The sankeerthanam of Bhagavathy's nAmAs destroy poverty forever . The double meaning for svarNam fits well thus for MahA Lakshmi's names and the noble metal gold . For realizing sObhana paramparAvApthy ( lineage of auspicious progeny) , one should name the girl children with MahA Lakshmi's NaamAs. Those who follow this tradition are the fortunate ones. Those who recite Her nAmAs will not go anywhere near narakam. Such is the power of Her nAmAs. Sri PadhmAvathy SamEtha Sri SrinivAsa ParabrahmaNE nama: Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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