SrI: Dear BhakthAs: Today , adiyEn will cover the Fourty Eighth slOkam of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan prays to Lord DhIpa PrakAsan to use His matchless sakthi(Omnipotency) to destroy the assembly of his sins , which stand tall like a mighty mountain : BrahmANDa Laksha satha kODi gaNAn-ananthAn yEka-kshaNE viparivarthya vilajjamAnam math-pApa-raasi maTanE Madhu-darpa-hanthrIm SAKTHIM niyunkshva SaraNAgatha Vathsala Thvam SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 48 Meaning: ******** Oh ViLakkoLi PerumALE ! Your matchless power (Sakthi) destroyed the hauteur of the asuran named Madhu. During the time of the ultimate deluge ( MahA PraLayam ), that same Sakthi turns upside down crores and crores of mighty universes (BrahmANDam) and destroys them in a second.After having performed these unimaginable , mighty deeds, that Sakthi of Yours feels shy that it has only performed an insignificant deed compared to what it could possibly do beacause of its mighty power. Oh Lord ! adiyEn has a suggestion to You regarding a gigantic task that will match the prowess of Your Sakthi guNam. Please direct it to destroy the gigantic mountain of sins of adiyEn . Those accumulated sins of adiyEn are bigger than many universes .When Your Sakthi destroys adiyEn's vast assembly of sins , its shyness and doubt about its power will disappear. It would have met its challenge.Oh Lord who is very fond of SaraNAgathAs! Please destroy adiyEn's huge bundles of sins in Your role as SaraNAgatha Vathsalan ! Additional Comments ******************** Swamy Desikan addresses the Lord of ThirutthaNkA tellingly as "SaraNAgatha Vathsala". He salutes the Lord as the One , who is devoted to the well being of those , who performed SaraNAgathi/Prapatthi to Him . The sixth adhyAyam of the second amsam of SrI VishNu PurANam lists all types of Narakams (naanavidha NarakangaL) and the sins that land the Jeevan in these different narakams . These narakmas are : Rouravam , Sookaram, RhOdham , Taalam , Vichasanam , MahA JwAlam , taptha Kumbham , LavaNam , VilOhitham , RudhirAmbas, VaitaraNi , Krumisam , Krumi-bhOjanam , Asibathravadhanam , KrushNam , LaalA Paksham , BhUyavaham , Agni JwAlam , Adhas siras , Sathamsam , KrishNa-soothram , Tamas , aveechi , SvabhOjanam , Aprathishtam et al. Those who give false evidence end up in Rourvam , where they are torn apart by beasts named Ruru controlled by the servants of Yama dharma Raajan. Those who sell or buy Vedam through teaching it for a fee , those who demean Vedam , those who forget Vedam after full course of adhyayanam under an AchAryan , all of them end up in a narakam called LavaNam , where they are punished through other painful ways.The one, who accepts dAnam from an ayOgyan , the one who conducts Yaagam for the unfit , the one who deals with astrology without truly knowing JyOthisha saasthram (Nakshathra Soochakan) end up in a narakam knaown as adhOmukham , where he hangs upside down over roaring flames. The enormity of sins that one commits in a life time piles up to HimAlayan heights and makes one qualiifed for suffering in different kinds of narakams. Although Swamy Desikan did not have all these paapams , he has us in mind , when he prays to the Lord of ThirutthaNkA to destroy our many sins through His unique and unfailing sakthi through acceptance of our SaraNAgathi in His role as SaraNAgatha Vathsala Saarva- bhouman. NamO NamO SrI VedAntha DesikAya , SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam, RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
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