devanayaka panchasat

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SlOkam 50: (Importance of Protection by the Lord)
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PrahlAdha Gokula GajEndhra ParikshidhAdhyA:
thrAthas-ThvayA nanu vipatthishu thAdhruseeshu
saravm tadEkam aparam mama rakshaNam tE
santhOlyathAm Thridasa Naayaka kim garIya:

General Meaning
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Oh Dhaiva NaayakA! Once You took NrusimhAvathAram
to come to the rescue of Your child devotee , PrahlAdhan ,
when his cruel father exposed to him to many dangers.
You protected then that dhaanava sisu. During KrishNAvathAram ,
You protected the cattle and the people of Gokulam from
the wrath of Indhran, who sent hail storms and stone rains
on the defenseless people of Gokulam for not worshipping
him as before. You rushed to the lotus pond to free
GajEndran from the the terrible teeth of the crocodile
and protected that srEshta Bhakthan.During KrishNAvathAram
once again , You responded to the saraNAgathy appeal of
Uttharai to save her embryo from being destroyed by
the angry AsvatthAman , who sent the apANDavAsthram
to eliminate even the last trace of PaaNDava vamsam.
Thus You have performed many mighty deeds of SaraNAgatha
RakshaNam. Now, Oh Lord Dhaiva NaayakA ! adiyEn
has a request to You. Please place all of the above
deeds of rescue of Your BhakthAs on one scale of
a balance;next, place the deed of rescuing this
MahA aparAdhi, who is bent on breaking Your SaastEic
commands on the other scale of the same balance.
When you examine as to which scale stays below,
You will find the act of rescuing me will stay
down . From that test , You will be convinced
that offering protection to me is of utmost priority
and importance to You.

Additional Comments:
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Oh Dhaiva NaayakA! Please think about Your raksaNam
of PrahlAdhan during your NrusaimhAvathAram ,
Your rescue of GopAs and Gopis from IndhrA's anger as
Govardhana Girdharan, protection of the Lord of
elephants from the cruel jaws of the crocodile as
Gajendhra Varadhan, saving of Child Parikshith
in Uttharai's womb. When they faced dire dangers ,
You came to their rescue in a trice ( PrahlAdha
aadhyA: thAdhrudheesushu vipatthishu ThvayA thrAthA:).
Oh Lord ! Please place the weight of ALL those mighty
rakshaNams on one scale of a balance and place the act
of RakshaNam of adiyEn on the other scale. Please
evaluate for Yourself, which is the bigger of the two
rakshaNams (Tath sarvam tE yEkam mama rakshaNam aparam).
Oh Lord! You will find that the scale of the balance
carrying my rakshaNam will outweigh the other scale .
Please see it Yourslf as to which act is more heavy
( Thridasa Naayaka! kim gariya: ithi santhOlyathAm).