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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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