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Slokam 48
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Today , adiyEn will cover the Fourty Eighth slOkam 
of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan
prays to Lord DhIpa PrakAsan to use His matchless
sakthi(Omnipotency) to destroy the assembly of 
his sins , which stand tall like a mighty mountain :

BrahmANDa Laksha satha kODi gaNAn-ananthAn
yEka-kshaNE viparivarthya vilajjamAnam
math-pApa-raasi maTanE Madhu-darpa-hanthrIm
SAKTHIM niyunkshva SaraNAgatha Vathsala Thvam 

SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 48

Meaning: 
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Oh ViLakkoLi PerumALE ! Your matchless power (Sakthi) 
destroyed the hauteur of the asuran named Madhu. During
the time of the ultimate deluge ( MahA PraLayam ), that
same Sakthi turns upside down crores and crores of
mighty universes (BrahmANDam) and destroys them in 
a second.After having performed these unimaginable ,
mighty deeds, that Sakthi of Yours feels shy that 
it has only performed an insignificant deed compared
to what it could possibly do beacause of its mighty power. 
Oh Lord ! adiyEn has a suggestion to You regarding 
a gigantic task that will match the prowess of Your
Sakthi guNam. Please direct it to destroy the gigantic
mountain of sins of adiyEn . Those accumulated sins of
adiyEn are bigger than many universes .When Your Sakthi
destroys adiyEn's vast assembly of sins , its shyness 
and doubt about its power will disappear. It would have
met its challenge.Oh Lord who is very fond of SaraNAgathAs!
Please destroy adiyEn's huge bundles of sins in Your
role as SaraNAgatha Vathsalan ! 

Additional Comments 
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Swamy Desikan addresses the Lord of ThirutthaNkA tellingly
as "SaraNAgatha Vathsala". He salutes the Lord as the One ,
who is devoted to the well being of those , who performed
SaraNAgathi/Prapatthi to Him .

The sixth adhyAyam of the second amsam of SrI VishNu PurANam 
lists all types of Narakams (naanavidha NarakangaL) and 
the sins that land the Jeevan in these different narakams . 
These narakmas are : Rouravam , Sookaram, RhOdham , Taalam , 
Vichasanam , MahA JwAlam , taptha Kumbham , LavaNam , 
VilOhitham , RudhirAmbas, VaitaraNi , Krumisam , 
Krumi-bhOjanam , Asibathravadhanam , KrushNam , LaalA Paksham ,
BhUyavaham , Agni JwAlam , Adhas siras , Sathamsam , 
KrishNa-soothram , Tamas , aveechi , SvabhOjanam , 
Aprathishtam et al. 

Those who give false evidence end up in Rourvam , 
where they are torn apart by beasts named Ruru 
controlled by the servants of Yama dharma Raajan.
Those who sell or buy Vedam through teaching it for a fee , 
those who demean Vedam , those who forget Vedam after 
full course of adhyayanam under an AchAryan , all of them 
end up in a narakam called LavaNam , where they are punished 
through other painful ways.The one, who accepts dAnam from 
an ayOgyan , the one who conducts Yaagam for the unfit , 
the one who deals with astrology without truly knowing 
JyOthisha saasthram (Nakshathra Soochakan) end up 
in a narakam knaown as adhOmukham , where he hangs 
upside down over roaring flames. The enormity of 
sins that one commits in a life time piles up to HimAlayan
heights and makes one qualiifed for suffering in different 
kinds of narakams. Although Swamy Desikan did not have all 
these paapams , he has us in mind , when he prays to the Lord
of ThirutthaNkA to destroy our many sins through His 
unique and unfailing sakthi through acceptance of our
SaraNAgathi in His role as SaraNAgatha Vathsala Saarva-
bhouman.