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SrI:

Dear BhakthAs of MahA Lakshmi:

In the 36th SlOkam , Sri Venkatadhvari Kavi states
that the simple folks do not know about the Vaibhavam of 
MahA Lakshmi's NaamAs . He points out that they will 
consider Her NaamAs like any other ordinary nAmAs and
stay foolish :

PadhmE nAmnAm PaamarAs-thAvakAnAm
prouDim vidhyur naiva nAmAntharEbhya:
chakreevantaS-chAru-karpoora-chUrNE
bhasmabhya: kim vismayam prApnuvanthy

The key words in this slOkam are : " PadhmE ! ThAvakAnAm
nAmnAm prouDim pAmarA: na yEva vidhyu:" .

Oh Lakshmi !  The common folks wo'nt have any idea about 
the significance and vaibhavam of Your nAmAs. They will mix 
it up with all other ordinary names ( NaamAntharam). 

The Kavi gives an example to illustrate the ignorance of 
the simple folks: " ChakrIvantha: chAru-karpoora-chUrNE 
bhasmabhya: vismayam prApnuvanthy kim ? ". 

The Kavi asks : Can the donkey comprehend the difference 
between the fragrant camphor powder and the ordinary ash
without any fragrance whatsoever ? It can not comprehend
the difference  It is too much to expect the donkey to be proficient
in that kind of distinction .

(Commentary):

1) The ordinary ( untutored ) people do not know many things. 
One such thing that they do not know is the Vaibhavam
of Your nAmAs. PandithAs differ from the common folk . 
htey know fully well the sacredness and power of Your nAmAs . 

2) The common folks equate Your nAmAs out of ignorance with
those of the other dEvathais . In this matter , they are like the donkeys 
that can not understand the difference between the fragrant 
camphor powder and ordinary ash.The common foilks will
recite the names of dEvathAntharams . The PandithAs will
only recite Your nAmAs.

3) The Common Folks ( PaamarAs) do not understand the full extent 
of the glories of Your nAmAs. They recite Your nAmAs only for 
gaining wealth. PandithAs however know that the recitation of 
Your nAmAs will be for blessings in this as well as in the other world .

4) Paamraas out of their ignorance will name their girl children with
silly names like rOjA , BharaNi etc; The PandithAs will name their 
girl children with Your names ( Lakshmi , Indhira, Kamala , Saroja 
etc).

5) The common folks do not know about Your nAma vaibhavam. 
They do not know that the recitation , sravaNam , dhyAnam of Your
nAmAs will confer great auspiciousness . Names other than Yours
do not confer such anugrahams.

6) The comon folks do not understand that You are ready to bless
them with all soubhAgyams even under any pretext (VyAjam).
Their situaton is like the man , who has butter in his hands and 
cries for ghee . 

7) PaamarAs do not understand that Your names portray the essence
of the VedAs . The other nAmAs are sankEtha-mAtram . 

8) The common folks do not grasp the upadEsams of great ones
from SanathkumArar to VenkatAdhvari Kavi about Your nAma
Vaibhavam . That is the extent of their power of grasp.

9) The PaamarAs are compared to the ignorant donkey (ass).
The poet chooses not often used words to convey the same 
meaning ( paryAya padham) . For instance commonly understood 
names for the Donkey are Kardhabham and rAsabham ; here ,
the kavi uses thre unusual word of " chakreevAnti ". Again , in using
the word group , " ChAru-KaRpoora-chUrNe" , the Kavi plays with us.
ChAru is quickly understood as some thing that is beautiful ( ChAru-
kEsi: one with beautiful assembly of hair); here , the Kavi uses ChAru 
to mean some thing (the camphor) that is fragrant .He goes one step
further to invoke the not tooo familiar meaning for ChAru (viz)., saffron .
ChAru Karpooram is a mixture of green camphor and Saffron that is
most fragrant ( parama ParimaLa dhravyam ).

10) In comparing the common folks to the ignorant donkey , the Kavi
hints at three things: 

(a) If the donkey does not appreciate the unique fragrance of 
ChAru-Karpoora-chUrNam , there is no harm to the latter. Similarly , 
the common folks' unawareness of the vaibhavam of Your
nAmAs does not diminish the glories of your names even by an iota .

(b) No one takes an effort to instruct/educate  the donkey about 
the uniqueness of the ParimaLam ; it would be a wasted effort .
Same thing with the common folks . Therefore , no one spends 
any time to instruct the PaamarAs about Your nAma Vaibhavam .

(c) No body pays much respect to the donkeys . Same is true 
with the common folks , who do not comprehend the glories of 
Your nAmAs.

Sri Lakshmi HaygrIva ParabrahmaNE Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan 


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