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SrI:
 
Dear Sriman Krishnamacahri Swamy :
 
Hearty congratulations on the completion of
the extraordinary Kaimkaryam during the past
ten years to provide the most comprehensive
summary of the many commentaries on
SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamam .  
 
Your commentary has now been included as archives
of Sriman Mandayam Krishnaswamy's web site
( http://home.comcast.net/~chinnamma/sahasra
and Sundarasimham web sites as three volumes
( http://www.sundarasimham.org ) :
E-Books 97, 98 and 99 consisting of 525 pages .
Beautiful images have been added there ; we will
incorporate audio files soon at the Sundara Simham web site
for Sri VishNu Sahasra Naamam e-books and embellish it
further in 2007 .
 
May the dhivya Dampathys bless you with excellent health
to continue with the Kaimakryams such as Taathparya RathnAvaLi !
 
NamO NaarAyaNAya ,
V.Sadagopan
  
----- Original Message -----
From: champakam
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:25 AM
Subject: [RamanujaMission] SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - phala Sruti - Conclusion.

SrI vishNU sahasra nAma - phala Sruti - Conclusion.

This posting formally concludes this project on SrI vishNu sahasra
nAma that adiyEn started on May 7, 1997. Little did aDiyEn expect at
that time that it would take close to 10 years to complete. Whatever
little adiyEn knows about our sampradAyam, is completely owed to this
effort over a period of 10 years. It was of immense benefit to me in
taking me a tiny bit closer to the life's ultimate goal. In our
sampradAyam, our AcAryan is our Lord in real life. Today is the
SatamAna utsavam (centenary celebration) of our great AcAryan SrImad
tirukuDanthai ANDavan, and aDiyEn is delighted to present this
concluding write-up with the sweet memories of the few moments in my
life when aDiyEn was blessed with his kaTAksham, and place this work
at the Lotus feet of asmad AcAryan SrI ra'nga rAmAnuja mahA deSikan.
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imam stavam bhagavato vishNor-vyAsena kIrtitam |
paThed-ya-icchet purushah Sreyah prAptum sukhAni ca || (21)

"That person, who desires to obtain supreme bliss and the pleasures
of the world, should read this stotra of bhagavAn vishNu sung by the
great sage vyAsa".

SrI bhaTTar's comment can be summarized thus: "This stotra sings the
praise of Lord vishNu, possessed of unlimited greatness. The one who
praises him through this stotra is none other than Sage veda vyAsa,
who has drunk this greatness in full, and who has no shortness of
words to describe that greatness. This gem of a Hymn has the
greatness of the One who is praised as well as the one who is
praising Him. This world that is filled with destitution, is
eminently qualified to benefit by the chanting of this Hymn, which is
capable of redeeming this world from its destitution. Thus,
everything is perfect about this hymn ? the person who is sung, the
person who sings, and the beneficiary who is qualified to benefit by
singing His praise. Therefore, any person desirous of supreme Bliss
or material pleasures, whoever he may be, can resort to it". Some
of the original words used by SrI bhaTTar in giving his summary above
are: `stava ratnam' to describe the vishNu sahasra nAma
stotram, `mahA dAridRyam idam jagat' to describe the deplorable state
of this world which is straying away from dharma, `nirviSa'nkah
sevatAm' ? the benefits will be attained without any doubt. The
Sloka itself declares that both Sreyas (denoting moksham), and the
lesser pleasures (sukhAni ca) are attained by the chanting of this
Hymn.

SrI Sa'nkara provides the following commentary for the Sloka: "imam
stavam ityAdinA sahasra SakhAj~nena sarvaj~nena bhagavatA
kRshNadvaipAyanena sAkshAt nArAyaNena kRtam iti sarvaireva arthibhih
sAdaram paThitavyam sarva phala siddhaya iti darSayati" ? By the
verse beginning with `imam stavam', bhIshma indicates that this hymn
is composed by the revered kRsh dvaipAyana, the omniscient, the
knower of the thousand branches of veda, who is nArAyaNa Himself, and
hence this hymn is to be recited by all with faith, in order to
achieve all the ends.

viSveSvaram ajam devam jagatah prabhavApyayam |
bhajanti ye pushkarAksham ne te yAnti parAbhavam || (22)

"The Lotus-eyed bhagavAn is the birthless Supreme Deity, the Ruler of
the Universe, and the Cause of the creation and destruction of the
Universe. Those who sing His praise will never meet with disrespect
or discomfiture of any kind".

We will first look at SrI Sa'nkara's commentary for this last Slokam,
and conclude with SrI bhaTTar's words of conclusion.

SrI Sa'nkara stresses the importance of worshiping Hari for the
fulfillment of all that is desired, for the removal of all
deficiencies in all karma-s performed with benefit as the objective,
etc. He then points out that worship of Hari will bestow moksham
itself ? release from the bondage of samsAra. He concludes by
dedicating his bhAshyam at the Lotus Feet of Hari.

He gives the following Sloka-s in support of his vyAkhyAnam:

pramAdAt kurvatAm karma pracyavetAdhvareshu yat |
smaraNAdeva tad-vishNoh sampUrNam syAt iti Srutih || (garu.
PurA. 230.50)

"The Sruti-s say that any acts that have been carelessly performed,
such as irregular procedures in sacrifices etc., are rendered perfect
by meditating on vishNu". (Note the Slokam ? "kAyena vAcA manasA ?
nArAyaNayeti samarpayAmi" .that is always chanted at the conclusion
of any karma by the followers of any sampradAyam of the Hindu faith).

SrI Sa'nkara quotes another Slokam from vyAsa:

AdareNa yathA stauti dhanavantam dhanecchayA |
tathA ced-viSvakartAram ko na mucyeta bandhanAt ||

"If one praises the Creator of the Universe with the same ardor with
which one praises a rich man to get wealth from him, would not one be
relieved from the bonds of samsAra?"

SrI Sa'nkara concludes his vishNu sahasra nAma bhAshyam with the
following Sloka of his own:

sahasra nAma sambandhi vyAkhyA sarva sukhAvahA |
Sruti smRti nyAya mUlA racitA hari-pAdayoH ||

"This commentary of sahasra nAma which brings happiness to all, and
which was written consistent with the Sruti, smRti and nyAya, is
dedicated to Hari (laid at His Feet)".

SrI bhaTTar's vyAkhyAnam is: "evam svabhAvata eva samasta-dvandva-
pratidvandvi ?sakala kalyANa guNAkaram, prapanna pArijAtam,
puNDarIkAksham, lakshmI-patim, bhagavantam bhajamAnAnAm sa eva
sarvasvam iti, tad-sampado vAcAm agocarAh | kutah sAmsArika-
paribhava-prasa'ngah iti paryAptayati ? visveSvaram iti || "

bhagavan nArAyaNa, the Consort of lakshmI and the Lotus-eyed Lord, is
by nature opposed to all kinds of unwelcome things (like happiness
and sorrow, good and evil), and is the mine of all auspicious
qualities. He is like the celestial pArijAta tree for those who have
resorted to Him. They consider that He alone is their wealth.
Therefore the riches and well being of those people are beyond
words. This being the case, where is there any occasion for them for
dishonor or disgrace?

Sage vyAsa concludes the Hymn with the oath repeated twice:

"na te yAnti parAbhavam ?.. na te yAnti parAbhavam"

"NEVER DO THEY MEET WITH ANY DISRESPECT?.
NEVER DO THEY MEET WITH ANY DISRESPECT".

SrI bhaTTar concludes his bhagavad guNa darpaNam with the following

asmAkam atra ca paratra'nca sarva duhkham
unmIlya sampadam aSesha vidhAm vidhAya |
SrI ra'ngarAja mahishI sa ca vaishNavAnAm
sa'ngAt sukham saha jayena sadA kriyAstAm ||

"May both SrI ra'nganAyaki, the Queen Consort of SrI ra'ngarAja,
along with SrI ra'ngarAja, root out all the distress here and
hereafter, confer wealth of all kinds on us, and always bless us with
the company of the devoted SrI vaishNava-s, happiness and victory.".

SrI kRshNArpaNamastu ? Dedicated in all humility to Lord kRshNa.

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

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