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Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
741. thvayyEve pAdhamaDhirOpya navam pravAham
nAThE padhAvani! nishAmayithum pravrutthE
AthmIyakAnchanaruchA BhavathI viDhatthE
hEmAravinghaBharithAmiva hEmasinDhum
Oh Paaduka! When Lord Ranganatha takes a stroll to the Kaveri side to
witness the new floods, say on Adi 18th setting His feet on You, You
radiate a golden effulgence that produces numerous images of golden
lotuses on the water surface of the river.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 741
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! When RanganAtha
mounts on You to travel to see the new floods of Cauvery
during the eighteenth day of the month of Aadi ,You make
that golden river filled with golden lotuses through Your golden
lustre.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is that
even one of the Paasurams of Swamy NammAzhwAr can make
one's mind bud and bloom as long as one comprehends
their deep meaning and the RasAnubhavam behind it.
3) PerumAl wishes to see the new floods in CauvEry on
PathinettAm Perukku day ( Navam pravAham nisAmayithum
pravrutthE). He enters His foot inside You ( NaaTE
ThvayyEva Paadham adhirOpya).You arrive at the river
transporting Your Lord. Wjat happens Next? You spread Your
golden rays and fill the Cauvery floods with a forest of
golden lotuses( Hema Sindhum aathmeeya kaanchana ruchA
hEmAravindha bharithAmiva vidhatthE )...(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
742. viharathi puLinEShu thvathsaKhE ranganAThE
kanakasaridhiyam thE pAdhukE! hEmaDhAmnA
vahathi salilakELIsrasthachOLAvarODha-
sthanakalashaharidhrApankapingAmavasThAm
Oh Paaduka! When Lord Ranganatha walks near the sand-dunes on the
river Kaveri, Your golden colour gets projected on to the waters,
making one wonder whether it was from a yellow pigment from the
breasts of the ladies of the Chola harem, enjoying water-sport.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 742
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PadhukE! When RanganAthA
travels with Your help on the sand dunes of river Cauvery
for engaging in water sports , Your golden lustre falls on
the river and makes its water , golden yellow. That special yellow
color reminds us of the turmeric paste from the breast region of
the beautiful women of ChOLa dEsa that gets admixed with the waters
of Cauveri to cause that unique hue to the river.
The words to cuase that unique hue to the waters of the river is :
" ChOLaavaarodha sthana kalasa". These words have been intrepreted
in many ways. According to one , the turmeric paste causing
the yellow color is originating from the breast region of
the ChOLA ladies taking their bath in the river. According to
another tradition , these words connect the origin of this color to
the ladies of the inner chambers of the Lord engaged in water
sports (spraying colored waters containing turmeric ) with Him.
According to yet another intrepretation, AaNDAL is identified
as the consort of responsible for the mixing of the turmeric
paste from Her body.
(2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! When one witnesses
the golden hue from You spreading and enveloping the Cauvery river
as Your Lord moves around the sand banks of the river, one is
reminded of the scene of the Jala Kreedai of the King of ChOLa
desam in the river with his many consorts . At that time ,
the turmeric powder worn on the bodies of the consorts
dissolves in to the waters of the river and creates
a golden hue to the waters of Cauvery.
(3)The Lord arrives at the sand banks of Cauvery
adorning You on His sacred feet ( Thvath-sakhE
RanganATE puLinEshu viharathi). This cauvery river
(iyam Kanakasarith) gets admixed with Your golden
hue ( iyam Kanaka sarith tE hEma dhAmnA ) and
attains a golden hue (pingAm avasTAm vahathi).
That reminds one of the scene of the ChOLa RaajA
enjoying his Jala Kreedai with his dEvis and
the dissolution (in Cauvery waters) of the turmeric
paste that adorned the big breasts of the ladies
of the inner chamber of the king( salila kELI srastha
ChOLa avarOdha sthana-kalasa haridhrapanka pingAm
avasTAm vahathi)..V.S
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
743. suraBhinigamaganDhA soUmyapadhmAkarasThA
kanakakamalinIva prEkshyasE pAdhukE! thvam
Bhramara iva sadhA thvAm prApthanAnAvihAra:
shathamaKhamaNinIla: sEvathE shArngaDhanvA
Oh Paaduka! You are the veritable lotus creeper that exudes Vedic
fragrance. A golden lotus creeper at that! Like the one that is in
the hand of Mahalakshmi. (Or like the one growing in the Chandra-
pushkarini). As the Lord, with His blue lily-like hue, hovers round
You, one is reminded of the bee hovering around the lotus.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 743
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PadhukE! With Your fragrance of
Vedas , You are seen as the lotus on the hand of SrI Devi. At that
time,You appear like a lotus creeper blossoming in the sacred tank
of Lord RanganAtha known as Chandra PushkaraNi. Your Lord ,
the wielder of the bow celebrated as SaarangA , seeks always
Your company and in His form as a bluish-black hued bee sits
on You (staying as lotus ) and goes on His many jaunts
with You.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! When we look at You ,
we are reminded of a golden lotus. You have Veda parimaLam
(vedic fragrance). When we have the sevai of Your Lord adorning
You, we think of Your Lord as the honey bee that roams around
You ,the golden lotus.
The inner meaning is that Lord of SrIrangam enjoys
the AzhwAr without interruption just as the honey bee
enjoys the lotus flower filled with abundant honey.
3)Oh PaadhukE! You have the pleasant fragrance of
Vedam (Thvam Surabhi nigama-gandhA). You are on the hands of
the beautiful MahA Lakshmi as the lotus ( Thvam Soumya PadhmA
karasTA). You are seen there as a golden lotus( Thvam
Kanaka kamalInIva prEkshyasE). Your Lord adorning the bow
known as Saarngam ( Saarnga dhanvA) has many kinds of
sanchArams, while adorning You ( PrAptha NaanA vihAra:).
He is like a dark blue Indhraneela gem in His hue
( Sathammakha maNi Neela: Saarnga dhanvA). In his hue ,
He is like a honey bee (Bhramara iva) that circles
always around you (the golden lotus with vedic
fragrance)..(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
744. kanakaruchiravarNAm pAdhukE! sahyasinDhu:
shriyamiva mahanIyAm sinDhurAjasya pathnI
svayamiha saviDhasThA soUmyajAmAthruyukthA-
mupacharathi rasEna thvAmapathyABhimAnAth
Oh Paaduka! Kaveri is the wife of the ocean-god. When the Lord walks
near the river, she (Kaveri) presumably renders the best homage and
courtesy to You- as You are like her daughter Lakshmi-and to the
Lord, who is charming, gold-hued son-in-law, by name itself, i.e.,
Ramyajamata (Azhagiya Manavalan).
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 744
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: After paying tribute to
the PaadhukAs as lotus creepers in the previous verse,
Swamy Desikan is reminded about the lady seated on
the lotus flower and holding lotuses on Her hands(viz).,
MahA Lakshmi. He equates the PaadhukAs then to MahA Lakshmi
and describes the honors done by Cauveri to the PaadhukAs
at SrIrangam.
Swamy Desikan says: " Oh PaadukE! The river Cauveri flowing
from the Sahya mountains(western ghAts) is the wife of the Lord
of the Seas. She recognizes You as the bride of the beautiful
bridegroom (Sowmya JaamAthru/Azhigiya MaNavALan)at SrIrangam
and considers You as equivalent to MahA Lakshmi . Out of affection
for You and Your status as the bride of RanganAtha , Cauvery shows
her respect by flowing gently next to the temple ,where You
reside with the Lord and serve Him.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PadhukE! When Your
Lord travels on You and reaches the banks of Cauvery
(His Mother-in-law), some thing interesting happens.
Mother-in-Law Cauvery looks at You and thinks that it is
Her daughter that has come home with Her Lord and She
performs all upachArams to You with joy. Why does
Cauvery get confused ? The three things that throw her
off are : (1) You have the golden hue of her daughter
(2) all the world celebrates You just as they celebrate
Her daughter (3) You do not leave the side of the Lord
just like her daughter.
3)Cauvery is the wife of Samudhra Raajan ( Sahya sindhu:
Sindhu Raajasya pathni). Here at SrIrnagam , She is very
near Her daughter and son-in-law and performs upachArams
for the Lord , who adorns the reflected golden sheen
of MahA Lakshmi , her Daughter( iha Svayam savidhasTA
sathee kanaka ruchira varNAm soumyajAmAthru-yukthaam
Sriyamiva upacharathi). Oh PaadhukE! When Your Lord
arrives on the banks of Cauvery river, His Mother-in-Law's
home, She mistakes You for Her golden hued daughter,
who is celebrated by all and offers all the upachArams
( Soumya-jaamAthru-yuktham Sriyamiva MahaneeyAm
ThvAm apathyAbhimAnAth rasEna upacharathi)...V.S
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
745. anukalamupajIvyA dhrushyasE nirjarANAm
thripuramaThanamoULoU shEKharathvam dhaDhAthi
prathipadhamaDhigamya prApthashrungAsi shoUrE-
sthadhapi charaNarakshE! pUrNachandhrAkruthisthvam
Oh Paaduka! What a perfect similitude You bear for the moon! Whereas
You are helpful, every moment, for protection of the devas, the moon
is every day losing its digit as food to the devas; You are held in
respectful adoration by Siva whereas the moon is held in his head;
even as the moon gets sharpened in its edge on the first day after
the Full Moon, You acquire additional greatness in every step of
walk. Nevertheless, You are Full Moon-You are gold in nature.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 745
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here, Swamy Desikan elaborates
on another aspect of the PaadhukAs serving as ChandrA (Gold).
He wonders how the PadhukAs serving as the cresent Moon
serves also as the golden, full Moon simultaneously.There are
two intrepretations for this verse. We will stay with the second
intrepretation: " Oh PaadhukE! Every second , You serve as the site
for DevAs to come to get their desired boons. You become then
the crescent Moon on the head of MahEswara , when He bows before
You in that assembly of dEvAs. You attain greater and greater
auspiciousness with every step taken by Your Lord riding on You.
With all these attributes , it is no wonder that You have attained
the status of the golden full Moon inspite of serving as a phase of
the Moon (crescent Moon) on MahEswarA's Jadai at other times.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PadhukE! all the dEvAs
approach You and prostrate before You for their welfare.
Lord SivA adorns You as His decoration for His head
and places You reverentially on His head. PerumAL thinks
the world of You and adorns You on His sacred feet often.
3)Oh PaadhukE! You have the appearance of the golden
full Moon ( Thvam PoorNachandrAkruthi: vahasi). That
Moon has 16 kalais.SaasthrAs say that the devathAs consume
one kalai each day . The dEvAs use the Kalais of the Moon as
their nourishing food ( Thvam anukalam nirjarANAm upajeevyA
dhrusyasE).
That Moon(Paadukai) is adorned by Lord Siva on His jadai
and He gets blessed just like the other dEvAs( Thvam
ThripuramaTana moulou sEkarathvam dadhAnA ).
On prathamai days, the Kalai of the Moon is somewhat elevated
and that makes the crscent Moon look like the full Moon. Inspite
of it, You are fully golden and resemble in that respect also
the full Moon ( Prathipadham adhigamya prAptha srungA asi;
tadhapi poornachandrAkruthi)).The word Prathipadham stands
for both Pratamai and each step. With each step of
Lord RanganAthA , the crescent Moon grows and after
sixteen steps( 16 kalais), the crescent Moon gets
transformed in to Full Moon...V.S
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
746. kanakamapi thruNam yE manvathE vItharAga:
thruNamapi kanakam thE jAnathE thvathprakAshaI:
maDhuripupadharakshE! yath thvadharThOpanIthAn
pariNamayasi haImAn dhEvi! dhUrvAnkurAdhIn
Oh Lord's Paaduka! Whosoever, without any other attachment whatever,
treat even gold as mere grass, will see-by virtue of the wisdom You
gave them-the glitter from You falling on it, gold even in a grass of
Doorvankura (dedicated to You in archana).
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 746
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukAs of Madhusoodhana!
Dispassionate devotees of Yours consider even the valuable
gold as equivalent in value to a worthless blade of grass.
They benefit from the true knowledge that You conferred
on them and salute You for Your powers in converting
the blades of grass (presented during Your worship) in to
Gold. Your golden rays fall on the blades of grass
and transform them in to gold. Your devotees are known for
their VairAgyA (dispassion) and hence they show no interest
in the gold. Although they are impressed with Your power
to convert lowly objects in to gold, they have no desire
for worldly wealth .
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! Those who have
deep bhakthi for PerumAL consider gold as being worthless
as a blade of grass. Even for those virakthAs, You make them
consider those blades of grass as being equal in value to
that of gold. When your golden lustre falls on the aruham pull
(panic grass ) collected for Your worship , those blades of
grass look like gold and become valuable to Your bhakthAs.
The inner meaning is that even those who are born low and
do not have any scholarship get to know the inner meanings
of the Paasurams of Swamy NammAzhwAr due to AzhwAr's grace.
When they become blessed this way , then even those of
exalted birth and scholars celelbrate the one of low birth
and status with reverence.
3)Oh PaadhukAs of the Lord ,who destroyed the asuran
named Madhu (Madhuripu PadharakshE)! BhakthAs of PerumAL
are devoid of desires for worldly wealth( veetha RaagA:).
They think even of gold as a worthless blade of grass
( yE kanakamapi thruNam manvathE). Even these VairAgyasAlis,
look at the transformation that you brought on the panic
grass bundle assembled before you for your worship and
how you changed them in to gold through Your golden lustre.
(tE thruNamapi Thvath prakAsai: kanakam jaanathE). The blades
of aruham pul placed before You takes on the golden sheen as
Your golden rays fall on them ( yath ThavtharTOpaneethAn
dhUrvAnkurAdhIn haimAn pariNamayasi)..(V.S)
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
747. vishuDdhimaDhigacChathi jwalanasangamAth kAnchanam
vidhanthi cha jaganthi thanna Khalu thadhviparyasyathi
kaTham kanakapAdhukE! kamalalOchanE sAkshiNi
thvayaIva parishuDdhathA huthaBhujOpi jAGatyathE
Oh Gold Paaduka! Gold is freed of baser materials by fire-treatment.
This is known to all and there can be no reversal of this; but then
how is it even Agni Deva has to bear You and thereby, acquire a
purity-this when the Supreme Lors is observing it as a witness!
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 747
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Golden PaadhukE! It is
well known that gold loses its dross and becomes pure ,
when it joins fire. It is also known that gold does not
purify the fire. Be that as it may , You purified Agni
as Lord KrishNa was watching You at the time of the burning of
the KaaNdava forest.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:When gold has admixture with
"dirt" due to association with lower metals such as silver
or copper, it is treated in fire to get rid of the latter
and thereby restore the pristinne purity of Gold. Only fire
can do this purification.Even that fire (Agni) is purified by
You.When Agni devan adorns You on His siras, he is rid of
all dhOshams.
3) Oh Golden PaadhukE(hE Kanaka PaadhukE)! Gold gets rid
of any admixture with lower metals through exposure to
fire ( Kaanchanam jvalana sangamAth visuddhim adhigacchathi).
The entire world knows about this phenomenon ( Tath jaganthi
vidhanthi).It is a wonder that You remove the blemishes of
even Agni as Your Lord watches this transformation of Agni
as a silent witness( Kamala lOchanE saakshiNi kaTam
HuthabhujOpi Thvayaiva parisuddhathA jAgaDyathE?)..(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
748. thArAsangapraThithaviBhavAm chArujAmbUnadhABhAm
thvAmArUDasthridhashamahithAm pAdhukE! ranganATha:
sanchAriNyAm surashiKhariNasthasThuShA mEKhalAyAm
DhatthE matthadhviradhapathinA sAmyakakshyAm samIkshyAm
Oh Paaduka! You shine with the effulgence of gold, with inset pearls.
Devas praise You. When the Lord walks along, with His Feet on You, it
looks as though an ichorous elephant walks along on a moving Meru
mountain-slope with stars winking all around!
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 748
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Mount Meru is known
as the golden mountain; Swamy Desikan describes here
the PadhukAs as the foot hills of Mount Meru. He says:
" Oh PadhukE! RanganAtha mounts You , who is celebrated by
the dEvAs. You are well known for Your beauty arising from
the combination of Your beautiful pearls with Your golden
lustre. RanganAtha travels on You around the foot hills of
starry Mount Meru like the elephants in rut there. Stars are
equated to the pearls on the PaadhukAs; the golden sheen of
Mount Meru is equated to the golden hue of the PaadhukAs.
Lord RanganAthA is equated to the majestic elephants moving
at the foot hills of the golden Mount Meru.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:The inner meaning is that
PerumAl is like a joyous elephant in rut strutting on
a golden mountain , when He realizes that Swamy NammAzhwar
with limitless love to Him is linked to Him as SeshabhUthan
consistent with the meaning of PraNavam.
3)Lord RanganAtha adorning You appears like the bull
elephant in rut strutting joyously on the foot hills of
golden Meru Mountain ( RanganATa: ThvAm aarooDassan sanchAriNyAm
sura-sikhariNa: mEkhalAyAm tasTushA matthadhvirapathinA
sameekshyam saamyakakshyam dhatthE).He is happy to adorn
You for His sanchArams since You are celebrated for Your links
to His praNavam (tAra aasanga praTitha VibhavAm ThvAm ) and
You have a golden lustre that is beautiful to behold
(chAru-jaamBhUnadhAbhAm ThvAm ) and You are adored by
the DevAs ( ThridasamahithAm ThvAm)...(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
749. kanakaruchirA kAvyAKhyAthA shanaIscharaNOchithA
shrithagurubuDhA BhAsvadhrUpa dhvijADhipasEvithA
vihithaviBhavA nithyam viShNO: padhE maNipAdhukE!
thvamasi mahathI vishvEShAm na: shuBhA grahamaNdalI
Oh Manipaaduka! You have a gold-lustre of red hue. You have a vital
place in Ramayana etc. You move about only slowly. Gurus and learned
ones cling to You. You shine like the sun. You are worshipped by
eminent Brahmins. You stay put to the Lord's Feet permanently. (The
planets, namely, the red Angaraka, Sukra alias Kavya, Sani who is
slow moving, Guru and Budha, Soorya and Chandra-these encircle in
their paths in the celestial sphere. They will prove auspicious in
specific periods, being otherwise at other times.) But You are always
auspicious as a peculiar planetary combination, unusual this way,
conferring benefits on us permanently.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 749
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: After Swamy Desikan thought of
the golden Mount Meru , he shifted his attention to another
golden vathu (viz)., AnkArakA, one of the nava grahams known for
his golden color.From AnkArakA , Swamy Desikan moves on to
the other planets except Raahu and Kethu. The group of
AngArakA and six other planets are known as Graha MaNDali.
The worship of Graha MaNDali wards off all inauspiciousness.
Swamy Desikan considers the golden PaadhukAs as the best
and biggest Graha MaNDali since they are assoicated with
the holy feet of the Lord. As such , PaadhukAs confer
unalloyed bliss for its devotees as the Supreme Graha MaNDali.
Swamy Desikan comments: " Oh golden PaadhukAs celebrated in
RaamAyanam and moving slowly following the pace of Your Lord !
You are approached by the great AchAryAs and Yogis and
You have a supremely lustrous body. You are forever
worshipped by the Brahmins and have attained great glory by
Your intimate association with Your Lord's sacred feet.
You , who confers the choicest blessings on us are
the most auspicious combination of all the seven planets
(Graha MaNDali).
Swamy Desikan hints that the ordinary Graha MaNDali will
give boons only to some. The extraordinary Graha MaNDali
(The Lord"s Paadhukais) will however bless one and all
and even confer Moksham on Its worshippers. Such is Its
unique power !
(2) SrImath Andavn's anubhavam: The inner meaning is that for
those who have SadAchArya sambhnadham , there will be no
mischief (ubadhravam) from the nava grahams.
Oh PaadhukE! On You Golden sheets are enmeshed. Great
IthihAsams like SrImad RaamAyanam and MahA Bhaaratham
sing Your glories.You enable the Lord to have enjoyable
travels on You. All the AchAryAs and Scholars have sought
refuge in You. You outshine the Sun with Your lustre.
All the sreshta BrAmins worship You. The Lord's sacred
feet acquire special glory because of their sambhandham
with You. As a result of all these subha lakshanams,
You ward off the inauspiciousness caused by the nava grahams
and confer auspiciousness on those , who seek your protection.
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
750. prajvalithapanchahEthirhiraNmayIm thvAm hiraNyavilayArha:
Avahathu jAthavEdhA: shriyamiva na: pAdhukE! nithyam
Oh Paaduka! May Agni, of five flames, who will melt gold, called
Jatavedah, grant us, ever too, the great gift of YOURSELF, (Gold
Paaduka) as SRI! May the
Lord-for whose praise the Vedas were born and so who is designated as
Jatavedah-who has five-fold armoury, who once killed HiraNya (meaning
gold) grant
us 'Sri' of Paaduka at all times! Paaduka is the greatest SRI!
(Agni is said to have seven flames, two of which are in the South and
North-east, being inauspicious, being of maledictory significance.
Hence five flames
only are reckoned. Also recall Srisookta which prescribes praying to
Fire to grant gold-coloured Lakshmi. The Vedic Trinity is declared
immortal Sri.
That Sri is also sought, Paaduka being equivalent to the Vedas).
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 750
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukkE! Your Lord
possesses the five weapons to destroy the enemies of
the righteous people and the dEvAs. During His incarnation
as Lord NarasimhA , He did not even use His weapons and
destroyed HiraNyakasipu with His sharp nails alone. He is the One,
who arranged the VedAs for His listening pleasure and hence
is known as Jaatha Veda . May such a Lord of many auspicious
attributes bless us to have access to Your golden self
always and confer this undecaying wealth to us always !
In SrI Sooktham , the golden-hued MahA Lakshmi is praised
and the request is made to Jaatha Vedas to confer the wealth
controlled by MahA Lakshmi. Jaatha Vedas can also be intrepreted
as Agni or SrIman NaarAyaNa , whose breath is the VedAs.
Since MahA Lakshmi is the cause of the auspiciousness
(good fortunes) of Her consort , we will intrepret
Jaatha Vedas here as SrIman NaarAyaNan.Swamy Desikan prays
in the last slOkam of the Kaanchana Paddhathi for the boon
of obtaining the Lord's PaadhukAs (Swamy NammAzhwAr)
as his supreme wealth.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! SaashtrAs say that
one acquires wealth through meditation of Agni. In a similar
manner, our prayer to perumAL is to bless us with SadAchArya
sambhandham just as Agni blesses his upAsakAs with wealth.
We do not ask AchAryAs for the gift of PerumAL but we do ask
PerumAl for the boon of AchAryaas .We have vowed to meditate
always on AchAryAs , praise them , perform Kaimkaryams dear
to their heart , have darsanam of them and hear their
anugraha bhAshaNams always.
(3) PerumAl has the five radiant weapons in His hands
for use against the enemies of His BhakthAs ( PanchahEthi:
JaathavEdhA:). The Lord is powerful to kill strong enemies
like HiraNyakasipu ( HiraNyavilayArha: JaathavEdhA:).Just
as Agni , who can destroy the dross accompanying the gold
( HiraNyavilayayArhA: JaathavEdhA:) and confer wealth like
gold ( HitraNmayeem Sriyamiva) , Our prayers to PerumAL are
to grant us always Your golden Self to us as the most wished
for boon ( JaathavEdhA: HiraNmayeem ThvAm na: nithyam
aavahathu)..(V.S).