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Fourty Ninth SlOkam (Prayer for the Lord's Mercy)
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ajn~Ana vaaridhim apAya-dhurandharam mAmm
ajn~A-vibhanjanam akinjana-saarvabhoumam
vindhan BhavAn ViBhudhanATa SamasthavEdhi
kim nAma pAthram aparam manuthE krupAyA:
General Meaning:
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Oh Dhaiva NaayakA! I am the central abode of ajn~Anam.
I stand in the front row of all sinners. I regularly
trespass Your commands enshrined in Your sAsthrams.
I do not have any capital for gaining sadhgathi.
adiyEn stands before You with all these deficiencies
and consider myself an appropriate fit to recieve Your
compassion. Why would You even think of anyone more fit
than this aparAdhi to be the object of Your anukampA?
Therefore , You should take pity on me and bless
adiyEn with Your abundant KaruNai.
Additional Comments:
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Swamy Desikan thinks of all of us and expresses his
nirvEdam (sorrow over his deficencies )and aakinchanyam
( being without any spiritual wealth whatsoever)
on our behalf. Swamy Desikan is sarva Saathvika GuNa
Saarvabhouman and the Lord knows that Swamy Desikan had
none of the deficiencies that he is accusing himself of having .
Yet, Swamy Desikan as a ParamAchAryan seeking our welfare
showed us the way of approaching the Lord and performing
SaraNAgathy before Him. He assumes on himself the sufferings
of the SamsAris (kaama krOdhAthi KOlAhalam ruining
their lives) and reaches nirvEdha prAchuryam ( the height
of despondency over the sufferings of us ,the Bhaddha jeevans)
and appeals to the Lord :
1)I am the ocean of aj~nAnam (Aj~nAna Vaaridhi)
2)I am in the front row of the sinners(ApAya dhurandharam )
3)I am the Trespasser of Your commands(Aj~nA vibhanjanam)
4)I the leader of those without any spiritual wealth
( akinchana Saarvabhouman).
As Seshi (Swamy) , who knows every thing ( Samastha Vedhi),
You have acquired me as Your Seshan , who has gained Svaroopa
Jn~Anam to perform SaraNAgathy. Swamy Desikan has performed
MokshArTa SaraNaagathy and has thvarai (a sense of urgency )
to perform nithya kaimkaryam to the Lord there. Swamy Desikan
wishes to develop ruchi for Parama PurushArTam thru
the SaraNAgathy performed at the sacred feet
of Lord DEvanAthan.
Swamy Desikan challenges the Lord to find one , who is
more deserving of His KaaruNyam and rakshaNam than himself
based on the combination of aj~nAnam , accumulated sins from
repeated trespasses of the Lord's commands. Swamy asks the Lord:
Why would You as a Samastha Vedhi (sarvaJ~nan) need any one else
to rescue , who is more deserving than me for being the object of
Your compassion (BhavAn krupayA aparam pAthram kim nAma
manuthE?).In the next slOkam , Swamy Desikan presses
his case further as the one to be saved by the Lord .