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Fifty First SlOkam (Prayer for removal of SamsAric Taapams)
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VaathyA-sathair-vishaya -raagatayA vivrutthai:
vyAkoorNamAna manasam ViBhudhAthirAja
nithyOtapthamapi mAmm nijakarmagarmai:
nirvEsaya svapadha-padhma madhu pravAham
General Meaning:
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Oh Deva NaathA ! The ever expanding desires about
the material pleasures (Vishaya sukhams) is like
the fast moving and dangerous vortex of a tornado.
The mind of mine caught in the middle of that vortex
is being tossed about wildly from here to there and
everywhere.The trespasses against Your sAsthrAs
scorch me like the heat of an intense summer.Oh Lord!
Please banish my sufferings by immersing me in the honey
like cool flood of the anubhavam of Your lotus feet!
Additional Comments:
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The prayer of Swamy Desikan is: " MAmm Sva-padha-padhma
madhu pravAham nirvEsaya". Please bless me to be immersed
in the cool and delectable flood of the honey that flows
from Your lotus like ThiruvadihaL. Swamy Desikan gives
two reasons for such a request for immediate help:
1) "Vishaya rAgatayA vivrutthai: vAthyA sathai:
vyAkoorNa manasa:" (sthithOsmi)
The Vishaya sukhams ( unquenchable thirst for the enjoyment of
transitory pleasures of the world)have taken on the form of
hundreds of dangerous tornados (vaathyA sathai: vivrutthai:)
and are tossing my mind (VyAkoorNamAna manasam mAmm)
violently in all directions through their immense power.
They never stop and adiyEn has no freedom from them.
2) " nija karma garmai: nithya uptapthavAn " asi
The heat generated by my dushkarmAs(nija karma
garmai:) meanwhile keeps me roasted always
( nithya taptham).
The only antidote for the above two kinds of sufferings
is immersion in the most enjoyable and cooling flood of
honey ( madhu pravAham) from Your lotus feet(Sva-pAdha padhmam).
Please grant me this boon of immersion in that flood of
honey( Sva-Padha Padhma madhu pravAham nirvEsaya)!
Swamy Desikan asks for immersion in the " thEnE peruhum
Thiruvadi" of the Lord.