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Slokam 58
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Today , adiyEn will cover the Fifty eigth slOkam
of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan
places the SrI Sookthi of SaraNAgathi DhIpilai at
the sacred feet of the Lord of ThirutthaNkA ,
performs saathvika ThyAgam and requests the Lord to
accept this samarpaNam:
itTam sthuthi-prabhrutayO yadhi sammathA:syu:
yadhvaa-aparaadha padhavIshu abhisamvasanthi
sthOka-aanukoolya-kaNikA vasa vrdhina: tE
preethi kshamA prasarayO ahamasmi lakshyam
SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 58
Meaning:
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Oh ViLakkoLI EmperumAnE! Thus I have euologzed You.
adiyEn does not know whether my sthOthram , dhyAnam and
NamaskaraNam would please Your heart or whether for
a ParipoorNan like You my sthOthram will prove to be
a paltry samarpaNam .If my sthOthram does not please
You , it will belong then to the category of apachAram .
If it pleases You on the other hand ,then it will belong
to the category of welcome and relished offering to You.
adiyEn does not to which category my sthOthram belongs.
All the world knows however that You are indebted even
to a small amount of effort made by Your devotees.
adiyEn thought of this , while I composed this sthOthram
to eulogize You. If adiyEn's sthuthi pleases You , adiyEn
will become the object of Your affection and my sins will
be destroyed by Your patience and dayA . If adiyEn's
sthuthi ends up as an apachAram , my insignificant
and yet well meant effort will gain Your vaathsalyam
and become the object of Your limitless compassion and
save me from samsAric afflictions.
Additional Comments
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There are two ways in which Swamy Desikan's
SrI Sookthi can be recieved by the Lord of
ThirutthaNkA. He can either recieve it as
a samarpaNam that pleases His heart ( sammatham)
or He can consider it as an affront(aparAdham)
by a totally incompetent and bold person .
Oh Lord ! Be that as it may ! Either way , adiyEn
becomes the object of Your affection (preethi)
by engaging even in this insignificant effort.
Your limitless DayA and forbearance takes over
from there and adiyEn becomes blessed to be
the object of Your grace in a speedy manner.
adiyEn gains either way .
The presentation of any sthOthram with utter
humility at the end of the Sthuthi is characterestric
of saathvika thyAgam by Swamy Desikan. In Dayaa Sathakam ,
for instance, he addreses DayA Devi at the end
of the Sthuthi and says :
samdarsitha sva-para nirvahaNA mahETA:
mandasya saahasamidham Thvayi vandhinO mE
( Oh DayA Devi! adiyEn pretended to cover
Your limitless auspicious attributes through
a small number of slOkams ( 100 only). adiyEn
is a dullard. adiyEn has committed the apachArAm
of giving the impression to the readers that Your
limitless glories can be contained in just one hunderd
slOkams.This act of mine can only harm me and others,
who gain this impression.Just as You enter Your Lord's
heart and make Him forgive our trespasses , You must
forgive me now for my mighty trespass . You have
the power to forgive me for my offense.