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Dear MahA Lakshmi BhakthAs :

On this PaarTiva  Panguni Utthiram day , when our SaamrAjya DhAyini , 
Sri Ranga NaacchiyAr reigns supreme in yEkAsanam with Her Lord
in the kalyANa MaNTapam at Srirangam , let us study the next slOkam 
of Lakshmi Sahasram :

AamnAya-dugdha-jaladhEramrutham madhamBha 
    nithyadhvishAm praharaNE druhiNAsthramanthra:
NaarAyaNasya kila nithyajapas-thvadheeyam 
    nAma prakalbhatamam abhyudhayam tanOthu

Anvaya Kramam( Prose Order) : MadhamBha ! (Tava Naama:) AamnAya-dugdha-
jaladhE: amrutham , nithyadhvishAm  praharaNE dhruiNAsthramanthra:,  
NaarayaNasya 
kila nithyajapa: ,  prakalpatamam Thvadheeyam nAma:  abhyudhayam tanOthu .

(Meaning): Oh My dear Mother ! Your names are glorious in many ways. They are 
the essence  of the four Vedams just like the nectar is the auspoicious essence 
of 
the milky ocean . Your nAmAs destroy utterly the eternal enemies of ours like 
Kaamam , anger(krOdham )  , jealousy et al. Your nAmAs are like the never 
failing 
BrahmAsthram in destroying these ancient and persistent enemies . Your namAs 
are very dear to Your Lord for His own Japam . May Your auspicious nAmAs spread 
srEyas ( MangaLam)  everywhere !

The key prayer in this slOkam is : " Madhambha! Pragalbhatamam Thvadheeyam 
nAma: abhyudhayam tanOthu " ( Oh My Mother ! May Your sacred and most powerful 
nAmAs of
Yours spread everywhere srEyas that grants long life , freedom from diseases ,
strength , tranquility , freedom from fear of every kind , destruction of the 
six enemies 
such as Kaamam , Madham , KrOdham , lObham , Moham and Maatsaryam !). 

Commentray on the words and Passages of the slOkam
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AamnAya dugdha jaladhE: amrutham: Your nAmAs are the nectar arising from 
the milky ocean constituted by the four Vedhams . That nectar  arose from 
the "AamnAya dugdha jaladhi " ( Vedams in the form of the milky ocean) .
The churning of that ocean yielded the essence of the Vedams : Your nAmAs.  

Vedam and the oceans have these  items in common: (1) Both are 
deep , broad , expansive and " shoreless " . (2) Milky Ocean has 
precious gems like Kousthubham , where as the Vedams have 
priceless Mantra rathnams. (3) Our Lord rests in both the milky 
ocean and the Vedams . The quintessence of Vedams is Your 
nAmAs just as the amrutham is the essence of the milky ocean.

amrutham: Amrutham is delectable to taste , gives longevity , strength and
nourishment (Aayus , AarOggyam , Pushti and Balam). Similarly , recitation of
Your delectable  nAmAs blesses us with all of the above anugrahams.Hence
it is appropriate to name Your nAmAs as Veda Saara amrutham .

nithya dhvishAm praharaNE dhruhiNAsthra mantra: Our ever present enemies 
are six fold : desire , anger at not getting what we desire , greed to assemble
worthless things , arrogance about kulam , education , wealth , jealousy and
delusion resulting from the poor understanding of the Tatthva Thrayam . These
six eternal enemies hold us back from making any progress in our sAdhanAs .
They are Moksha VirOdhis. Your nAmAs have the same unfailing effect such as 
BrahmAsthram , which destroys anything against which it is aimed at ( the eye 
of 
KaakAsuran , RaavaNa Vadham etc) . Your nAmAs have the same power in destroying
thoroughly our six ancient enemies that set traps for us constantly . Both Your 
nAmAs
and BrahmAsthram never fail in their missions .

NaarAyaNasya kila nithya japa: ( Thvadheeya nAma:) = Your sacred nAmAs are 
the objects of the unceasing meditation by Your Lord. Recitation of Your nAmAs 
have 
the same effect as the recitation of Your Lord's names for us. We recite Your 
names 
out of reverence for You as our dear Mother. Your Lord recites Your names out 
of 
Vaathsalyam ( deep affection ) for You .Our goal in reciting Your nAmAs is for 
sva-rakshai
( self-protection ) . This we do during the Urdhva PUNDra dhAraNam by invoking
Your Lord's nAmAs ( KesavAdhi dhvAdasa nAmAs ) with Yours starting from " Sriyai
nama: to MahA Lakshmyai nama:" Your Lord recites Your nAmAs for invigorating
Him in the sport of protecting the world that He created . Thus , such 
recitations become 
"nithya japam" for Him . There are three kinds of Japams: "Nithya , Naimitthika 
and 
Kaamya Japams" . The kind that Your Lord performs is of the category of Nithya 
Japam 
or must do category like sandhyA vandhanam for us .

Pragalbatamam: The ascending  degrees of superiority are indicated by Pragalpam 
,
Pragalpataram and Pragalpatamam . Your nAmAs are in the category of 
Pragalpatamam
or the most powerful and benovolent. Just as nectar is the most superior among 
the entities
of food , just as BrahmAsthram is the most invincible among the categories of 
weapons ,
just as the love for the Lord is the best among the categories of hitham , Your 
nAmAs are 
the most powerful since they combine the aspects of amrutham , BrahmAsthram and 
Bhagavath preethi . That is why they are the best among the bests.

abhyudhayam tanOthu: May those auspicious nAmAs of Yours confer on the reciter 
sarva mangaLams ( Aayus , AarOgyam , dhruDa gAthram , Pushti , Saanthy , 
abheethi ,
dhaivAnugraham and Bhagavath Preethi  !       

Panguni Utthram day : sErthi dinam at Srirangam !
NamO Sri RanganAyaki samEtha SriranganATAya Nama:
RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan  





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