SrI:
Dear BhakthAs of MahA Lakshmi:
In this slOkam , Sri VenkatAdhri Kavi states htat even our
artless and uninteresting speech becomes paNDitha bhOgyam
( enjoyable to learned ones) once our vaak is adorned with
MahA Lakshmi's sacred NaamAs. The glories of association
of our speech with the nAmAs of MahA Lakshmi ( nAmadhEya
anushangam) is celebrated here .
The Tenth SlOkam
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apyasmAkam vachanamachamathkAri KamsAri-kAnthe
prAj~nyAsvAdhyAm bhavathy bhavathee-nAmadhEyAnushangAth
karpoorAdhi sTira parimaLa dhravya sAchivya bhUmnA
nigandhE syAdhapi surabhithA nimBakAshtasya chUrNE
(Prose Order): KamsAri KaanthE ! asmAkam achamathkAri vachanam api
bhavathee nAmadhEya anushangAth praj~nAsvAdhyam bhavathy.
karpUrAdhi sTira parimaLa dhravya sAchivya bhUmnA nirgandhE
nimBakAshtasya chUrNE surabhithA syAth .
(meaning): Oh Consort of the Lord , who killed Kamsan ! Even our uninteresting
and artless speech becomes enjoyable and artful to learned ones through links
with
Your divine nAmAs . This situation is similar to the dull and non-fragrant neem
stick
powder acquiring a most enjoyable and lasting fragrance as a result of
association
with fragrant objects like Camphor and other parimaLams .
The prAsams (alliterations ) in this slOkam are delightful to experience :
" ----kaari KamsAri , bhaavthy bhavathee , dhravyasaa-chivyabhU" et al .
This makes it " prAj~nA svAdhyam " or most enjoyable by PrAj~nyAs
( the learned ones) . The dhrushtAntha alankAram ( Similie= upamA=uvamai)
of neem powder acquiring the fragrance of camphor by association is excellent
to illustrate the effect of the links of MahA Lakshmi's sacred names with our
unintersting speech .
Here Bhavathy and Bhavathee come next to each other in the second line :
" prAj~nA svAdhyam bhavathy bhavathee nAmadhEyAnushangAth "
The first bhavathy goes with prAJ~nA SvAdhyam ; our artless words
become (bhavathy) delightful to rasikAs ( prAj~nA svAdhyam ).
The word of bhavathee following bhavathy refers to the most worshipful
( parama Poojyai) aspect of MahA Lakshmi . "bhavathee naamadhEya anushangAth"
is the prose order .Here "bhavathee" qualifies Her sacred nAmadhEyams
and the power of links to them .
The six thoughts suggested in this slOkam
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1. All speeches will not qualify to be interesting ; choice of appropriate
words or
deep meanings have to be added to make one's speech appreciable to PaNDithAs.
2. The PaNDithAs will be attracted only to a speech with artful constructoion &
clever
meanings .
3. There is thus a difference in the taste levels of common folk and learned
ones.
4. Only dhaiva anugraham can elevate one to the status of a MahA Kavi; the
keerthanam
of MahA Lakshmi's nAmAs will make that happen .
5. Even ordinary objects/persons can be elevated by their association with
lofty ones.
It is therefore important to seek the sath sangam of lofty ones and perform
nAma
sankeerthanam of MahA lakshmi's nAmAs.
6. Some objects have enduring fragrance and others have short term , acquired
fragrance .
The poet concludes that poetry becomes most delectable through the addition of
MahA Lakshmi's nAmAs. The poet therefore attaches MahA Lakshmi's names in
every one of the slOkams of Lakshmi Sahasram . In this slOakm , the poet
addresses
MahA Lakshmi as " KamsAri KaanthE".
The Sumary of the meanings of this slOkam in Tamil by Sri KaNNan Swamy
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IRayavaLE Unn peyarai
idayidayE yenn pEcchil
iNaitthatanAl ithu kooDa
iNai illAk-kavithathayAm
Oh Goddess MahA Lakshmi (IRayavaLE) ! By linking Your divine names in between
the words of my speech , even my artless speech becomes matchless poetry . Such
is the power of Your sacred nAmAs !
Sri PadhmAvathy SamEtha Sri SrinivAsa ParabrahmaNE nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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