SrI: Dear BhakthAs: Today , adiyEn will cover the Fifty Seventh slOkam of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan places the SrI Sookthi of SaraNAgathi DhIpilai at the sacred feet of the Lord of ThirutthaNkA , performs saathvika ThyAgam and requests the Lord to accept this samarpaNam: itTam sthuthi-prabhrutayO yadhi sammathA:syu: yadhvaa-aparaadha padhavIshu abhisamvasanthi sthOka-aanukoolya-kaNikA vasa vrdhina: tE preethi kshamA prasarayO ahamasmi lakshyam SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 58 Meaning: ******** Oh ViLakkoLI EmperumAnE! Thus I have euologzed You. adiyEn does not know whether my sthOthram , dhyAnam and NamaskaraNam would please Your heart or whether for a ParipoorNan like You my sthOthram will prove to be a paltry samarpaNam .If my sthOthram does not please You , it will belong then to the category of apachAram . If it pleases You on the other hand ,then it will belong to the category of welcome and relished offering to You. adiyEn does not to which category my sthOthram belongs. All the world knows however that You are indebted even to a small amount of effort made by Your devotees. adiyEn thought of this , while I composed this sthOthram to eulogize You. If adiyEn's sthuthi pleases You , adiyEn will become the object of Your affection and my sins will be destroyed by Your patience and dayA . If adiyEn's sthuthi ends up as an apachAram , my insignificant and yet well meant effort will gain Your vaathsalyam and become the object of Your limitless compassion and save me from samsAric afflictions. Additional Comments ******************* There are two ways in which Swamy Desikan's SrI Sookthi can be recieved by the Lord of ThirutthaNkA. He can either recieve it as a samarpaNam that pleases His heart ( sammatham) or He can consider it as an affront(aparAdham) by a totally incompetent and bold person . Oh Lord ! Be that as it may ! Either way , adiyEn becomes the object of Your affection (preethi) by engaging even in this insignificant effort. Your limitless DayA and forbearance takes over from there and adiyEn becomes blessed to be the object of Your grace in a speedy manner. adiyEn gains either way . The presentation of any sthOthram with utter humility at the end of the Sthuthi is characterestric of saathvika thyAgam by Swamy Desikan. In Dayaa Sathakam , for instance, he addreses DayA Devi at the end of the Sthuthi and says : samdarsitha sva-para nirvahaNA mahETA: mandasya saahasamidham Thvayi vandhinO mE ( Oh DayA Devi! adiyEn pretended to cover Your limitless auspicious attributes through a small number of slOkams ( 100 only). adiyEn is a dullard. adiyEn has committed the apachArAm of giving the impression to the readers that Your limitless glories can be contained in just one hunderd slOkams.This act of mine can only harm me and others, who gain this impression.Just as You enter Your Lord's heart and make Him forgive our trespasses , You must forgive me now for my mighty trespass . You have the power to forgive me for my offense. Swamy Deesikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan P.S: Please do not forget Your support for the NithyArAdhanam for Swamy Desikan and SrI DhIpa prakAsan at the dhivya dEsam of ThirutthaNkA. adiyEn will be leaving for ThUppul/ThiruttaNkA on Aug 8 and will be happy to hand carry Your SamarpaNam for this Kaimkaryam . PathinettAm Perukku is on August 3 , 2003. On that day , the river Cauvery will be flowing in abundance touching both of its banks . Families will assemble with chithrAnnams and enjoy the bounties of harvest . adiyEn hopes to bring this Kaimkaryam on writing about SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai to a conclusion on August 3 . Swamy Desikan's compassion for us is seen as a great flood touching the two shores of Ubhaya VedAntham carrying the rejuvenating nectarine message of SaraNAgathi for our ujjevanam (Upliftment and release from SamsAric afflcitions). Please help as much as You can with the NithyArAdhanam core fund for our great AchAryan , who opened our eyes to the grandeur of our SampradhAyam focused on the unconditional surrender to SrIman NaarAyaNan as our Parama PurushArTam.
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