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SrI :

SlOkam 56
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samvartha sambhrutha karasya sahsra-rasmE :
     usram tamisrayath ajasravihAri haari
nithyAnukoolam anukoola nruNAm , parEshAm
   udhvEjanam cha Tava tEja udhAharanthy

(Meaning) : BhagavAn's tEjas is being saluted in this slOkam .
Your tEjas makes the Sooryan filled with bright rays look like night
during PraLaya kaalam . Never diminishing and pleasing to the mind
and fear causing to Your enemies is Your tEjas. Ancients say such
a fearsome tEjas of Yours produces only auspicousness to those dear
to You .

(Commentary ): The tEjas ( lustre) of BhagavAn makes the brightness of
Sooryan look like darkness . The tEjas of the Lord outshines that of the Sun
( Sahasra rasmE: usram tamisrayath) . This tEjas terrifies the enemies of
the Lord and at the time protects His devotees .For those who are engaged in
Bhaagavatha apachAram , this tEjas produces  terror and chases them down
wherever they are . For the devotees of the Lord , it has the most
comforting effect .The power of this tEjas makes the Stars , the Sun and
all other luminary bodies shine ( TamEva bhAntham anubhAthi SARVAM
Tasya bhAsA sarvam idham vibhAthi) .

SlOkam 57
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naiva hyavApyam anavAptham ihAsthy yasya
    satthAapi tasya Tava veekshaNatha: prajAnAm
sampath thu kimpunarithO na vadhAnyamanyam
    manyE , ThvamEva khalu mandiram IndhirAyA:

(Meaning) : Oh Bhagavan ! It is very clear there is no bhOgam that
You have not enjoyed sofar or any that you desire in future . This is
well known . If your glances fall on all the chEthanams , then they
gain all auspiciousness. Are n't You the One in whom MahA Lakshmi
has Her abode ? It is clear that all the wealth find their home in You
and therefore I will not consider anyone other than You as
the most generous benefactor to  shower us with riches . adiyEn
will not seek any other one for blessing me with wealth of every kind .

(Commnetary) : Sofar , BhagavAn's six guNamds ( Jn~Anam , Balam ,
Sakthi , Iswaryam , tEjas et al ) were saluted to provide meaning for
Bhagavath sabdham . Now , KurEsar shifts to the celebration of His
generosity ( OudhAryam ) . His UdhArthvam ( VadhAnyathvam) is saluted .
All the other gods do not have the capabilities to match the boon granting
power of the Lord accompanied by MahA Lakshmi ( "pENilum varam tara
midukilla Devar " according to one AzhwAr ) .ThoNDardippodi AzhwAr
gives us upadEsam on this matter and instructs us about the folly of
seeking other gods for boons , while the Lord riding on Garudan is
waiting to grant all that one seeks ( kEtteerE NampimeerkAL
Garuda Vaahananaum niRka , sEttai tann madi ahatthuc-chelvam
pArtthirikinReerAe ) . Our Lord is one Supreme benefactor , who
has the power and riches to grant you any boon that you seek
( " koLLak- kuRaivilan  , vENDiRellAm taru, kOthil VaLLal " ) .
He never runs out of Iswaryam to bless us .

SlOkam 58
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PapairAr-anAdhibhava sambhava vaasanOthTai :
     dukkhEshu ya: khalu mimankshathy hantha ! janthu:
tamm kEvalam nu krupayaiva samuddharishyan
     taddh-dhushkruthasya nanu nishkruthim-AtthTa sAsthrai:

( Meaning) : Oh Bhagavann ! Your KaaruNyam is matchless
and fills us with awe . ChEtanan is immersed in the timeless
SamsAra sAgaram and is about to drown buffetted by the waves of
sorrow , cycles of birth and death , old age and narakam. Out of
Your KaaruNya guNam , you take pity on such suffering Jeevans
and decide to bring them to the opposite shores of the fearsome ocean of
SamsAram and instruct them on the PrAyascchitthams to destroy
their paapams and save them.

(Commentary ) : From here on through seven slOkams , KurEsar engages
in the celebration of the incomparable KaaruNya GuNam of the Lord .
KuResar criticihose , who declare that BhagavAn is NirguNan (
attributeless).

Until now , KurEsar was engaged in eulogizing dhiyAthma guNams ; now ,
he shifts to the celebration of dhivya mangaLa vigraha guNams . Here , he
starts with KrupA-Vaathsalya-Kshamaa guNams , which assist the bhaktha
 janams not to go away from Him . If there was no KrupA and KaaruNyam ,
bhakthAs will be overwhelmed by His powers and will fear to approach Him .
They will reason : How great He is and How small I am ( AmmAn AazhippirAn !
Avan yevvidatthAn ?yaann aar ? " ) and run away from Him .

To understand His KaaruNyam (Dayaa, KrupA ) , we have to visualize the five
wheels that swirl around us and catch us and propel us from one to other
in a ceaseless manner from ancient times . These five wheels , where we get
swirled around are : avidhyai , Karmaa , Vaasanai , ruchi , Prakruthi
sambhandham . AvidhyA (nescience)   makes us engage in KarmAs .
Such engagement in KarmAs creeate residual effect ( vaasanai) ;
that Vaasanai leads on to the taste(ruchi) to redo them . That ruchi
establishes the association with Prakruthi and we go through
the ceaseless cycles of births and deaths . To break this awesome
cycle , BhagavAn out of His dayA (sahEthuka krupA ) instructs us
to practise Prapatthi as an excuse (VyAjam) to gain His grace and
be freed from Prakruthi .  He is Omniscient ( Sarvaj~nan) ,
Powerful Lord of the Universe (SarvEsan ) and most merciful always
( Sadhaa KaruNeekan) . Even with all that , He expects a request
from the Karma-bound jeevan to gain freedom from the terrors of SamsAric
afflictions( Sarvaj~nOapi  hi VisvEsa: sadhaa KaaruNeekOapi sann , SamsAra-
tanthravAhithvAth RAKSHAAPEKSHAAM PRATHEEKSHATHE " ) . The incomparable
KaruNai of Mukundhan (apAra KaruNaa)  and the deep vaathsalyam for His
bhakthAs is saluted by Swamy Desikan followign KurEsar later : " Mukundha
KaruNAm vandhE MudhEshvadhika vathsalAm , svaroopasamsthavou
yasyA: nirhEthuka-sahEthukou ".

Our performance of Prapatthi is a simple act compared to the mighty act of
response from the most merciful Lord . He grants us His unfailing protection
and MOksha Phalan ( kEvalam nu krupayaiva Samuddharishyan ) . AchArya
RaamAnuja defines the GuNam of DayA this way : " DayA hi naama
SvArTa-nirapEkshA , Para dukkha asahishNuthA " ( One that does not think of
any gain for itself but is incapable of watching others suffer ) . That is
the nature of
the Lord's DayA . He is avAptha samastha Kaaman ( He is totally fulfilled
and does not need any thing from anyone ) ; yet , his heart melts over
the suffering of the Karmaa-bound Jeevans and waits to rush to their
rescue . When that Jeevan sorrows over the mighty sins committed and
how it can hope to overcome their power , the Most merciful Lord ordains
PrAyascchitthams to destroy all sins totally ( anupAdhuparamAth
prAyasccchitthOnmukhathvatha: , tathpooraNAth chAparAdhA:
sarvE nasyanthi paadhasa: Quote from aparAdha ParihAra adhikAram of
SrImath Rahsya Thraya Saaram ) . SaraNAgathy is the remover of all
Paapams ( Sarva pApmAnaam sishDam hyAthmApahArasya nishkruthi:
SvabharArpaNam ) . PrAyschittha Prapatthi performed to destroy
any sins accumulated after Prapatthi takes care of their destructon .
All of this is made possible thru the KaaruNyam of the Lord .

SlOkam 59
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 Saasthrair-anAdhi  nidhanai: smruthibhis-Thvadheeya-
      dhivyAvathAra charithai: subhayA cha dhrushtyA
nissrEyasam yadhupakalpayasi prajAnAm
      Saa ThvathkrupA jaladhi tallaja valkitha SrI :

(Meaning): This slOkam also celebrates BhagavAn's KaaruNya
guNam . With Your ancient and eternal Vedams and Saasthrams ,
with the Smruthis blessed by Sages Manu , Athri  , Haareethar  ,
with the happenings during Your avathAra kaalams and with Your
auspicious glances ,You bless the people with all mangaLams
all the way upto Moksham .   Your blessings are the waves of
Your Dayaa saagaram ( Ocean of Mercy ) .

(Commentary ) : The Jn~Anam / Buddhi to discriminate the auspicious from
the inauspicious is provided by the Most Merciful Lord through His anaadhi
Vedams , Smruthis linked to Sage Manu and Others , His kaDAksham . These are
all Dayaa Kaaryams for gaining the Phalans all the way upto Moksham (
dadhAmi Bhuddhi yOgam tamm  yEna YaamupAyAnthi tE ) . AvathAra Kaala
charithrams are enacted for the same purpose nad arise out of His Dayaa
to help the Jeevans.

SlOkam 60
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hai hantha ! janthushu niranthara-santhathAthmA
    pApmA hi nAma vadha kOyam achinthya-sakthi:
ya: Thvath krupAjaladhim api athivElakhElam
    ullangayathyakrutha bhAsura bhAgadhEyAn

(Meaning) : Oh Lord ! You must explain the nature of this powerful
and countless assembly of Paapams that is pervasively present among
the chEtanams . What a power these pApams hold  over those unfortunate
ones , who do not practise the UpAyam of SaraNAgathy revealed by You !
It makes them ( the non-practioners of SaraNAgathy ) stay outside
the domain of Your incomparable Dayaa  .

(Commentary ) : Inspite of the availability of our Lord's KaaruNyam ,
some do not take advantage of it .These are the unfortunates from
birth ( KaruvilE ThiruvilAthAr ) . The timeless Paapams are the reasons
that stand in the way between them and the most merciful Lord .
BhaagavathApachAram is one such Paapam that interferes with
the gaining of the Lord's KaaruNyam . The ways to overcome this
handicap are described at length in the Utthara KruthyAdhikAram
of SrImath Rahasya Thraya Saaram .

SlOkma 61
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yadh Brahmakalpa niyuthAnubhavE api anAsyam
     tath kilBisham srujathy janthuriha kshaNArdhE
yEvam sadhA sakala-janmasu sAparAdham
     kshAmyasyahO ! tadhabhisandhi virAma mAthrAth

(Meaning) : Oh Bhagavann ! In this karma bhUmi , a jeevan accumulates
in a fraction of a second fierce paapams that can not be destroyed
even during the very long life of Brahma dEvan . You bear with this
chEtanam, who tirelessly accumulates such Paapams in all his births
by taking account only of the times in which that jeevan does not
engage in committing such paapams .

(Commentary ) : BrahmA's day is made up of the combination of
thousand chathur yugams . Hundred days and nights of this length
constitute the life of one Brahma Devan . It is terrifying to visualize
such gigantic time spans . In one fraction of a second , the Jevan
committs mighty sins that will not be removed even during the huge
interval of time represented by the life of one Brahma dEvan . Once
that Jeevan practises prapatthi and vows that it will not engage in
Karmaas that will displease the ThiruvuLLam of the Lord , then
the Most Merciful Lord takes over and destroys these fierce
and long-enduring Paapams and grants the Jevan His protection .

Swamy KurEsar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:







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