SrI:
Dear BhakthAs of MahA Lakshmi:
In this slOkam , Sri VenkatAdhri Kavi points out that
MahA Laskshmi's nAmAs add lustre to the Lord's radiant
dhivya mangaLa vigraham on top of the seven hills
(YezhumalayAnukku yezhil sErkkum NaamamngaL:
Sapthagirisan's JyOthi enhancer) .
The Ninth SlOkam
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bhAsvath-varNam VrushagiripathEr-bhAvukam tanvathA tE
dhAmnA dhAma sphurathy JaladhE: puthri nAmnA cha nAma
ramyam harmyasTalamapi maheerakshiNaS-Sailatungam
dheepArOpam rajanishu vinaa Devi dhEdheepyathE kim
Key words: " JaladhE: Puthri ! VrushagiripathE: bhAsvath-varNam
dhAma bhAvukam tanvathA tE dhAmnA sphurathy".
(Meaning of the slOkam) : The sacred body of Your Lord , Saptha Gireesan ,
gains additional lustre through Your dEha kAnthi . This results because of
His naamam of SrinivAsan incorporating Your nAmaa of "SrI ". You are like
a lamp in the beautiful and lofty palace of the king of the Universe . It is
only
through the lighting of this lamp that the beauty of the palace is brought out
at night . You are that mangaLa dheepam in the palace of Your Lord . As
Vakshasthala Lakshmi , You illumine further Your Lord's sacred Body .
Oh Daughter of the Ocean ( JaladhE: puthri ) ! Oh PadhmAvathy ! Your Lord
has a shining body fwith lustre like that of the Sun's rays ( Vrushagiri PathE:
bhAsvath varNam dhAma) . " Aadhithya varNam tamasasthu pArE " sings
the Sruthis in recognition of the splenderous jyOthi of Your Lord on top of
the Seven Hills. With this lustre mingles Your own uniquely auspicious
JyOthi and enhances that lustre ( bhAvukam tanvathA tE dhAmnA sphurathy).
Your golden hue reinforces and multiplies the natural hue of Your Lord .
As Vakshasthala Lakshmi , who never leaves Him even for a fraction of
a second , You are like a jyOthi-filled lamp in the dark bluish body of Your
Lord and illumine every thing around . He is defined by Your Naamam of
SrI . With this lakshaNam , He is known everywhere as SrinivAsan . That
prefix of SrI (Your Naamam) in His name ( Sridharan , Sriya: Pathi )
enhances His own lustre manyfolds . ( bhAsavth varNam naama cha Tava
nAmnA adhikam sphurathy).
Oh Lakshmi ! Your Lord 's divine body is like a lofty palace of a king .
The beauty of such an expansive palace can only be apprecited against
the darkness of the night with the jyOthi of a brillian tlamp. Oh Lakshmi !
Thou art that illumining JyOthi (dheepArOpam) in the mansion of Your Lord !
This beautiful ( ramyam) and the lofty royal palace resembling a mountain peak
( MaheerakshiNa: Sailatungam harmyasTalam ) is Your Lord's ThirumEni
against the darkness of the engulfing SamsAric night (Rajani). Without Your
light prsent as a MangaLa dheepam , how can one relate to and enjoy
the beauty of Your Lord? Will a lofty palace at night be enjoyed without
the illumining light ( harmya sTalamapi rajaneeshu dheepArOpam vinaa
dEdheepyathE kim? ). No, It can not be seen without the radiance of
the lamp that is lit . She is the " Harmyatala MangaLa dheepa rEkha " as
saluted by Swamy ParAsara Bhattar in His Sri GuNa Rathna kOsam . She is
the MangaLa dheepam having the abode of His VakshasTalam . She is
the "lOkaiak dheepAnkuraa". Please refer to the second slOkam of
Sri GuNa Rathna Kosam ( UllAsa Pallavitha---) for a detailed enjoyment of
the meanings of " MangaLa dheepa rEkhA ":
http://www.malolan.org
The words "DhAma and "VarNam " have many meanings and all of them
fit in with the words and the metaphors chosen by VenkatAdhri Kavi.
" Dhama" means body , lustre(tEjas) and abode . ThiruvenkatamudayAn's
body , tEjas and abode ( Venkatam and Vaikuntham) are illumined brilliantly
by MahA Lakshmi's radiant lustre. Lord's "bhAsvath varNam" is enhnaced
by the mingling of His Devi's hue.
"VarNam" has two meanings: hue and letter . His hue is enhnaced by Her hue .
The addition of Her name ( the aksharam , SrI) in front of His name defines Him
and makes Him even more auspicious. He is now known as SrinivAsan illumined by
the MangaLa dheepa rEkhai.
Sriman KaNNan Swamy's Tamil summary of this slOkam takes on this form:
yEzhumalayAnukkum
yezhlUttum unn nAmam
yEzhadukku mALikayil
yERRi vaittha dheepam pOl
Sri PadhmAvathy SamEtha Sri SrinivAsa ParabrahmaNE nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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