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Slokam 47
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Today , adiyEn will cover the Fourty Seventh slOkam 
of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan
spells out his utter unfitness in qualifying for 
the anugraham of DhIpa PrakAsan and prays to Him 
for the boon of residence atleast in dhivya dEsams 
(Uhanthu aruLina nilangaL) that will improve his 
chances of gaining MokshAnugraham:

KarmAdhishu thrishu kaTAm kaTamapiajAnan 
kaamAdhi mEdhuratayA kalusha-pravrutthi:
saakEtha-sambhava-charAchara janthu neethyA
veekshya PrabhO vishaya-vaasithatayAapi aham tE 

SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 47

Meaning: 
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Oh ViLakkoLi PerumALE ! adiyEn is totally ignorant of Karma
Yogam-Jn~Ana yOgam and Bhakthi yOgam. adiyEn rushes to do 
despicable deeds driven by my uncontrollable desire, anger
and other rajO/TamO guNams.Oh Lord ! How are You going to come 
to my rescue, when adiyEn has such an odious record ? 

adiyEn remembers however Your special anugraham at the end 
of Your avathAram as SrI Raamachandran . At the time of 
Your ascent to SrI Vaikuntam after Your avathAra kaaryam
was concluded , You blessed all the chEthnams 
and achEthanams with links (sambhandham ) to AyOdhyA
to ascend to a PuNya lOkam created for Brahma Devan .
This anugraham included every thing from blades of grass, 
tiny ants, trees onwards to citizens upwards , who were 
fortunate to have had links to AyOdhyA , where You had ruled 
and made the city sanctified by Your presence .These chEthnams 
and achEthanams of AyOdhyA did not performe any penance 
nor observed any vrathams nor practised any upAyam like 
SaraNAgathi at Your sacred feet . They had therefore 
no upAya yOgyathai. Inspite of these deficencies , 
You granted them residence in a puNya lOkam 
just because they had the good fortune to have lived in 
Your kingdom . Their mere living in AyOdhyA elevated 
them to qualify for this extraordinary blessing . 
Oh DhIpa PrakAsa PrabhO! Just as You blessed 
the sentients and the insentients of AyOdhyA , You must 
bless adiyEn now to spend my days at one of Your dhivya 
desams and show me thereafter the auspicious way to
Moksham .

Additional Comments 
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"KarmAdhishu thrishu kaTAm api ajAnan"
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Here Swamy Desikan has in mind the NaicchyAnusanthAnams
(declaration of unfitness ) of Swamy NammAzhwAr 
( nORRa nOnpilEn nuNNaRivilEn--) and Swamy ALavanthAr's
SthOthra rathna slokam passage ( na dharma nishtOsmi
nachAthmavEdhi--) . Swamy Desikan that he is totally
ignorant about any one of the three yOgams that 
would prepare him for realization of Moksham.

"SaakEtha sambhava charAchara janthu neethyA--"
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The reference here is to the famous ThiruvAimozhi
Paasuram of Swamy NammAzhwAr (7.5.1):

kaRpAr IrAmapirAnai allAl kaRparO?
puRppA mudalAp pulleRempum paathiyonRinRiyE
naRRp paal Ayotthiyil vaazhum charAcharam muRRavum
naRppAlukku uytthanan NaanmuhanAr peRRa nAttuLE ?

(meaning): Will anyone study seriously anything 
other than RaamA , His glories and Charitham ?
He lifted all sentients and insentients of AyOdhyA
to salvation through residence in SaanthAnika lOkam
situated near Brahma lOkam , even if they had not 
adopted any special means to qualify themselves for 
such a lofty status .The mere fact that they lived in 
AyOdhyA alone elevated them to such great anugraham.

Lord Raamachandran's souseelyam is saluted here.
Living in His shadow was sufficent for them to
attain such a high status (SrImad RaamAyaNam ,
Utthara KaaNDam: 110th sargam , slOkam 26).

This incident of SrI Raamachandran's limitless
DayA to chEthnams and achEthanms is referred to
by other AzhwArs and PoorvAchAryAs as well 
( KulasEkhar:"anRu charAcharankaLai vaikunthatthERRi",
KurEsar's panchasthavams ( athimAnushasthavam: 29 , 
SundarabAhusthvam 125 , VaradarAjasthavam 69).
Swamy Desikan himself has referred to this extraordinary
krupai of the Lord in PaadhukA Sahasram ( 142, 212) 
and in SrI Raghuveera Gadhyam .

Living in a dhivya dEsam has its unique advantages
and a slOkam from Garuda PurANam supports this :

pavithram paramam puNyam dEsOyam sarva-kaama-dhug
yasmin vaasaramAthrENa vaasam vishayathAm nruNAm

A mere residence at such dhivya dEsams of the Lord
will grant all purushArTams (Sarva Kaama dhug)through 
making us SrIman NaarAyaNa vrathIs.

Swamy Desikan prays in this slOkam to DhIpa PrakAsan
to bless him with the bhAgyam of residence in dhivya
dEsams like His and thereafter point the way for
his upliftment to SrI Vaikuntam through Bhaagavatha 
sathsangam and SadAchArya prApthi.