SrI: Dear BhakthAs of MahA Lakshmi: In the 36th SlOkam , Sri Venkatadhvari Kavi states that the simple folks do not know about the Vaibhavam of MahA Lakshmi's NaamAs . He points out that they will consider Her NaamAs like any other ordinary nAmAs and stay foolish : PadhmE nAmnAm PaamarAs-thAvakAnAm prouDim vidhyur naiva nAmAntharEbhya: chakreevantaS-chAru-karpoora-chUrNE bhasmabhya: kim vismayam prApnuvanthy The key words in this slOkam are : " PadhmE ! ThAvakAnAm nAmnAm prouDim pAmarA: na yEva vidhyu:" . Oh Lakshmi ! The common folks wo'nt have any idea about the significance and vaibhavam of Your nAmAs. They will mix it up with all other ordinary names ( NaamAntharam). The Kavi gives an example to illustrate the ignorance of the simple folks: " ChakrIvantha: chAru-karpoora-chUrNE bhasmabhya: vismayam prApnuvanthy kim ? ". The Kavi asks : Can the donkey comprehend the difference between the fragrant camphor powder and the ordinary ash without any fragrance whatsoever ? It can not comprehend the difference It is too much to expect the donkey to be proficient in that kind of distinction . (Commentary): 1) The ordinary ( untutored ) people do not know many things. One such thing that they do not know is the Vaibhavam of Your nAmAs. PandithAs differ from the common folk . htey know fully well the sacredness and power of Your nAmAs . 2) The common folks equate Your nAmAs out of ignorance with those of the other dEvathais . In this matter , they are like the donkeys that can not understand the difference between the fragrant camphor powder and ordinary ash.The common foilks will recite the names of dEvathAntharams . The PandithAs will only recite Your nAmAs. 3) The Common Folks ( PaamarAs) do not understand the full extent of the glories of Your nAmAs. They recite Your nAmAs only for gaining wealth. PandithAs however know that the recitation of Your nAmAs will be for blessings in this as well as in the other world . 4) Paamraas out of their ignorance will name their girl children with silly names like rOjA , BharaNi etc; The PandithAs will name their girl children with Your names ( Lakshmi , Indhira, Kamala , Saroja etc). 5) The common folks do not know about Your nAma vaibhavam. They do not know that the recitation , sravaNam , dhyAnam of Your nAmAs will confer great auspiciousness . Names other than Yours do not confer such anugrahams. 6) The comon folks do not understand that You are ready to bless them with all soubhAgyams even under any pretext (VyAjam). Their situaton is like the man , who has butter in his hands and cries for ghee . 7) PaamarAs do not understand that Your names portray the essence of the VedAs . The other nAmAs are sankEtha-mAtram . 8) The common folks do not grasp the upadEsams of great ones from SanathkumArar to VenkatAdhvari Kavi about Your nAma Vaibhavam . That is the extent of their power of grasp. 9) The PaamarAs are compared to the ignorant donkey (ass). The poet chooses not often used words to convey the same meaning ( paryAya padham) . For instance commonly understood names for the Donkey are Kardhabham and rAsabham ; here , the kavi uses thre unusual word of " chakreevAnti ". Again , in using the word group , " ChAru-KaRpoora-chUrNe" , the Kavi plays with us. ChAru is quickly understood as some thing that is beautiful ( ChAru- kEsi: one with beautiful assembly of hair); here , the Kavi uses ChAru to mean some thing (the camphor) that is fragrant .He goes one step further to invoke the not tooo familiar meaning for ChAru (viz)., saffron . ChAru Karpooram is a mixture of green camphor and Saffron that is most fragrant ( parama ParimaLa dhravyam ). 10) In comparing the common folks to the ignorant donkey , the Kavi hints at three things: (a) If the donkey does not appreciate the unique fragrance of ChAru-Karpoora-chUrNam , there is no harm to the latter. Similarly , the common folks' unawareness of the vaibhavam of Your nAmAs does not diminish the glories of your names even by an iota . (b) No one takes an effort to instruct/educate the donkey about the uniqueness of the ParimaLam ; it would be a wasted effort . Same thing with the common folks . Therefore , no one spends any time to instruct the PaamarAs about Your nAma Vaibhavam . (c) No body pays much respect to the donkeys . Same is true with the common folks , who do not comprehend the glories of Your nAmAs. Sri Lakshmi HaygrIva ParabrahmaNE Nama: Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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