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Slokam 54
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Today , adiyEn will cover the Fifty Fourth slOkam 
of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan
presses his case for protection by the Lord with
powerful logic-based pleas :

Rakshyas-ThvayA Tava bharOsmyaham ithyapoorvAn 
varNAn imAn ahrudhayAn-api vAchayithvaa 
maddhOsha-nirjitha-guNO MahishI-samaksham
maa bhUs-Thvadhanya-iva mOga parisramas-Thvam 

SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 54

Meaning: 
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Oh DhIpa PrakAsa PrabhO ! You have empowered me to
say that " adiyEn is the object of Your protection.
It is Your responsiblity to protect adiyEn ". adiyEn
should have said these words on my own earlier .adiyEn
did not do it. adiyEn said it for the first time after You
prompted me . Even this statement of mine was not made
with full conviction.adiyEn was decietful in this plea 
to You for my protection. Since You empowered me 
to say these words (Bhara SamarpaNam) it is now 
Your inescapable duty to protect me at all costs.
It is still possible that my sins and blemishes might
ovecome Your auspicious attributes like KaruNaa and 
result in myself being abandoned. If that happenss , then
all the strenous effort that You took sofar on my
behalf would have been utterly wasted. Your Divine Consort ,
SrI Devi will laugh at You and say that You tried heroically 
and yet lost the battle . That will make Her think 
that You are just an ordinary man and not the Omnipotent 
Parama Purushan that She knows You to be. Oh ViLakkoLi PerumAnE!
You should not give room for such a calamity and save 
Yourself from such an indelicate situation by protecting
adiyEn. 

Additional Comments 
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The intensity of Swamy Desikan's appeal for protection
(RakshaNam) by the Lord is clear here . Swamy Desikan 
locks in the Lord with unassailable logic :

(1) " aham Thvayaa Rakshya: "( I am fit to be protected 
by You).

(2)"Tava Bhara: asmi" ( I am under Your domain of protection
as per Your charama slOkams).

(3)" Thvam (Tava) MahishI samaksham , Thvadh anya-iva,
mOga parisrama: maa bhU:" ( Please do not act like a stranger
to adiyEn in front of Your Consort and become Her object of
laughter).

The Lord is addressed through many cases(vibhakthis ) here
to reveal the intensity of Swamy Desikan's desperation and
appeal in the confines of one slOkam : "ThvayA , Tava , 
Thvam , Thvadh ". 

adiyEn is after all Your property. Is it not logical to 
expect You as the owner of Your property to rush to protect 
adiyEn ? "aham ThvayA rakshya:"(adiyEn is therefore fit to 
be the object of Your rescue).

In Your Charama slOkams during VarAha , Raama and KrishNa
avathArams , You assured us that those who have perfomed 
Parapatthi at Your sacred feet even once have nothing to fear 
(sakruthEva , maa Sucha:, Vratham Mama, Aham nayAmi)and that 
You will protect us without fail.This is Your SanAdhana dharmam .
"Tava Bhara: asmi" adiyEn has placed myself thus totally under
Your protection for that reason."vidhinA prapadhya 
samitha-dhuritha: sankhA-aatanga-thyaja: sukham asmi".
(adiyEn has performed prapatthi with Your anugraham and
have gotten ridden of my sins , doubts and fear and am
contented and happy ).That is why adiyEn says:" Tava
Bhara: asmi".

While performing the Prapatthi, adiyEn was empowered by 
You (vaachayithvaa)to say " aham ThvayA rakshya:, Tava bhara:
asmi" .adiyEn has uttered these words for the first time 
(apoorvAn imaan varNAn )and these might have been 
stated half-heartedly and without conviction(ahrudhayAn
api vaachayithvaa). 

There is always a battle between my innumerable and
terrible sins ( Madh dhOsha:) and Your kalyANa guNams
like karuNaa. If my sins become victorious in the battle 
due to Your carelessness and lack of effort ( Thvam madh 
dhOsha nirjitha guNa: ), then You will have a problem with 
Your Divine Consort , SrI Devi. She is standing next to You
and is a witness to this drama . When You treat adiyEn
as a stranger in front of Her and abandon me , then
She will laugh at Your lack of power and consider You
as One who talks a lot first but does not live up to Your
tall talk. Oh My Lord ! Please do not expose Yourself 
to this apavAdham (slander) and ridicule ! Please save 
Your name as "SaraNAgatha vrathi" through protecting me,
who has uttered the SaraNAgathi vaakyams in front of
both of You !

Swamy Desikan's logic is unassailable indeed !
Our Kavi-Taarkika Simham's poetic powers and 
the logic skills are enmeshed so tightly that 
our Lord has very little room to wiggle out 
of His promise !