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SlOkam 44: (VarNanam of the Lord's fingers of the feet)
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Vajra dhvajAnkusa sudhA kalsAthapathra
kalpa-dhrumAmbhuruha tOraNa sankha-chakrai:
mathsayasyAdhibhisccha ViBudhEswara maNDitham tE
maanyam padham bhavathu mouLi vibhUshanam Na:
General Meaning
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Oh DhaivanAyakA! The souls of Your Sacred feet display
the PurushOtthama LakshaNams: Marks of VajrAyudham ,
Dhvajam/flag, ankusam/elephant goad, amrutha kalasam,
umbrella , karpaka vruksham , Lotus flower, festoons/
ThOranam , Sankhu , Chakram and fish.May those ThiruvadigaL
dear to BrahmA and DevAs and eulogized by them with reverence
stay on our heads as sirObhUshaNam and sanctify them.
Additional Comments:
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Swamy Desikan prays: " ViBhudhEswara! Maanyam tE
padham na: mouLi vibhUshaNam bahavathu"( May Your
revered Thiruvadigal become the sirObhUshanam for us!).
He lists all insignia found on the souls befitting
His sTAnam as the PurushOtthaman.Swamy Desikan
points out all of these PurushOtthama Chihnams
are tightly clustered (manDitham) in the soul of
the Supreme Lord giving us Sevai at Thiruvayindhai.
Swamy Desikan salutes once more the ThiruvadigaL
of Lord DevanAthan through this slOkam.The pramANam
for the power of ThiruvadigaL of the Lord in aasritha
rakshanam is:
dhurAchArOpi sarvAsee krudhagnO nAsthika: purA
samAsrayEth AadhidEvam SaraNyam SaraNam yadhi
nirdhOsham vidhdi tamm janthum prabhAvAth ParamAthmana:
(meaning): One could have been a DhurAchAran ( performer of
deeds prohibited by SaasthrAs) , bearing the wealth of all
sins , ungrateful towards those who helped him ,
naasthikan before . Once that pitiable and unfortunate
jeevan seeks sole refuge at the Lord's sacred feet
as Sarva Loka saraNyan , then that jeevan is freed
from all dhOshams through the power of the Lord's
Thiruvadi. BhaggavAn Kaalai ghettiyAha piditthu koNDu
vittAl, AvanAl anth ajeevanai uthara mudiyAthu.
KaatthE theera vENum yenpathu namathu siddhAntham
( Once a Jevan holds tight the Lord's feet as
the sole refuge with MahA VisvAsam, Lord can not shake that
jeevan away and abandon him. The vratham of our Lord is
to protect that jeevan without fail).