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ShrI
It is not possible to do justice to any of the writings of our
Purvacharyas and many of them are kavyams and this includes the
writings of KavitArkikasimhan 
Swamy Desikan. 
All of us know that  Kavi Venkatadhvari, an ardent devotee of Shri
Vedanta Desikan has sung of The Divine Mother in his Lakshmi Sahasram,
filling every shlokam with alankarams and play of words and sounds.
Below is a translation from his Lakshmi Sahasram. This is an attempt
to portray the author's Pradurbhava stabakam where he describes
Thayar's avataram.  He addresses Alarmel Mangai and thinks about her
appearance as the daughter of the King of Milky Ocean and speaks to
her as such. He starts with Ksheerabdi ? 

        Lakshmi Kalyana Vaibhogam

        Obeisance to the King of Ksheerabdi, who produced two gems to adorn
Hari's chest ? of which one is hard (Kaustubham) and the other one is
soft (Lakshmi)!
        Devi! Two bright lights (Kausthubam and Chandran) appeared in the
Ocean with you - one adorned Hari's bosom and the other became an
ornament of Shiva.
        The King of the Ocean undertook a vratam  - of giving you to
Purushottaman (Vishnu); so he started by giving away precious things
to  good people - he gave Kamadhenu to the Devas  as godhanam) even
though her milk is as sweet as divine nectar;  and  he gave
Uchaishravas and Kalpavriksha to Devendran..  And the Devas accepted
Amritham as well, but Shri Hari alone did not take anything -  since
He is an expert in looking for   the real essence, and so he waited 
and took You, who is  Auspiciousness herself!
        You know, there is a belief in the world that the qualities of
siblings can be seen as unmistakable resemblance in each person - and
this is so true: because Your countenance is as pleasing as your
brother Chandras'; the qualities of Kalpavriksha's soft leaves can be
seen in Your hands and feet (they have the same quality of giving
everyone whatever they need and want); and the sweetness of Amritham
can be experienced in Your speech!
        Let Amritham, Kalpavriksha, etc. be! They do not really matter ? as
far as parenthood goes, Your Father was known as a parent only because
of You (and not because of the others). For instance even if a King
has many good qualities like bravery and so on, he gets the fame as a
great King only if he has the quality of generosity and this quality
makes him a Gunavan! 
        Due to churning the Ocean, tiny droplets arose due to the disturbance
of the Vasuki's breathing and fell as pushpanjali and this was
accompanied by the `dhum dhum' sound of the Manthara mountain. 
Samudrarajan worshipped Madhavan with these droplets as flowers to
this sound and Oh! He got You as the result of his pooja? the best
among maidens!
To be concluded??.
shreemathe naaraayanaaya namaha
         
shubha
        
        



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