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Dear SrI Ranganatha BhakthAs :
 
Today , we will study the last three SlOkams of the First Jitante .
 
SlOkam 18
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kvaaham athyantha dhurbuddhi:
kvacha-athmahitha-veekshaNam ?
yadhitham  mama DevEsa
tadhAjn~Apaya Maadhava !
 
Meaning : Oh God of Gods ! I am a lowly one .
How can me , who is wicked by nature ever think of
what is hitham ( favorable and comfortable) for me
on my own ? Therefore , Oh Lord of Mahaa lakshmi !
Please bless me with wahtever is good for me and
command me to follow Your order !
 
Commentary: Oh Lord of Lakshmi !  Who am I before
You to stand and pretend that I know what is mangalakaram
for me . I am a Jn~Ana soonyan and is driven wild by my
most wcked svabhAvam . I am accumulating bundles and
bundles of intractable sins because of my ahankAram
and MamakAram . Oh Lord ! Please save me from myself
and my harming karmAs . How can I ever pretend that  
I am clearminded about Tatthvams , Hitham and
PurushArTams . I am confused and wallowing in the sea of 
samsAric ills . Please take pity on me and command me to 
engage in activities that are concordant with Your Saathrams
and which will serve as hitham for adiyEn to travel on
the road to attain the highest purushArTam ! I am helpless
and do not know the road to take to overcome my ajn~Anam
( nescience) . I am an ajn~an and You are a Sarvajn~an .
Please direct me to take the road away from the dukkha 
SamUham linked to AadhyAthmikam , Aadhidhaivatham 
and Aadhi Bhoudhikam .
 
Oh Lord ! Thou art the emperor of both Prakruithi and 
Jeevan (PradhAna-KshEthrajn~a Pathi: ) . You have been
saluted by SvEthasvatAra Upanishad as the Lord of all
Lords: SarvEswaran ( TameesvarANAm Paramam 
MahEswaram --) .We are Your servants ( DaasabhUthAs) .
You can not let us go astray . You are SaasthA (Commander) 
as per Yajur  AraNyaka Veda BhAgam : " antha: pravishta:
SaasthA JanAnAm SarvAthmaa --" .adiyEn is a Bhaddha 
Jeevan , who is desirous of the practising the Hitham  of
SaraNAgathy at Your sacred feet to gain the PurushArTam 
of Mukthi ( Moksham ). Please shout at me to disengage 
from acts that are Praathikoolyam to Your Saasthrams 
and develop in me the Mahaa ViswAsam for You and 
identify me one of Your SadAchAryans to perform 
Bhara NyAsam ! Oh My Lord! I am the lowly one 
and Thou art the Mighty and Wise one , who knows 
what is Hitham for me . Please concede Your grace 
on adiyEn ! 
 
SlOkam 19
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sOaham tE dEva-dEvEsa nArchanAdhou sthuthou na cha
sAmarTayavAn krupAmAthra-manOVruthti: praseedha mE 
 
(Meaning ) : Oh DEvAthidEva! I am totally unskilled at performing
AarAdhanam for you ; I am also incompetent in singing Your praise 
through stuthis addressed to You . Therefore , Oh Dayaa NidhE ! 
KrupA MoorthE ! Out of Your infinite compassion for us , the incompetent 
ones , You must overlook our omissions and commissions in 
performing Your SaasthrOktha AarAdhanams , naama
Sankeerthanams and forgive us . 
 
(Commentary) : In the previous slOkam , the bhaddha Jeevan 
with true aakinchanyam invited the Lord to its ananyagathithvam . 
The troubled jeevan lamented about its insignificance to stand
before the mighty Lord ( Maadhava ! kvaaham athyantha dhurbuddhi:?). 
Our Lord of unparalled compassion responded and revealed His
SvAbhAvika KalyANa GuNathvam and blissful svaroopam . The Jeevan
is utterly overcome now with the extraordinary grace that descended
on it and cries out in wonder : Who am I to deserve this immense grace 
and in  amood of nirvEdham points out its insufficencies to thank the Lord 
through the  performance of AarAdhanams and Naama Sankeerthanams .
adiyEn is not adept at presenting you the six Aasanams associated
with Your AarAdhanam . Inspite of my inadequacies , Oh Lord of
infinite compassion , Please bear with adiyEn's ineptitude ! " Deva !
PrapannArTihara ! PrasAdham kuru Kesava ! " is my prayer !
Even if adiyEn is unable to break forth and salute Your kalyANa
guNams in the manner of Vedams ( yEthAvAnasya Mahimaa ) 
Upanishads ( Sarvasya vasee , SarvESAna: SarvasyAdhipathi) ,
adiyEn has recognized You as my Sarva Swami , Sriman NarayaNan 
and surrendered at Your sacred feet . Hence , Please overlook
all of my deficiencies and concede to me Your total grace !
 
SlOkam 20 :
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UpachAra-apadEsEna kruthAn-aharahar-mayaa
apachaRaan-imAn sarvAn kshamasva PurushOtthama
 
(Meaning ) : Oh PurushOtthama ! adiyEn has committed
countless transgressions every day during Your worships .
under the pretext (vyAjam) of extending shOdasOpachArams
( sixteen kinds of welcome and hospitality) , adiyEn has
committed a lot of transgressions ( aparAdhams) .
AdiyEn has incurred major Bhagavath and BhAgavatha
apachArtams knowingly as well as unknowingly .
Oh Dayaa MoorthE ! Please forgive all of these
apachArAms of adiyEn committed in the name of
UoachArams to You !
 
(Comments) : With this aparAdha kshAmaNa slOkam , the first
JitantE concludes in a moving manner . This entire set of twenty 
slOkams dwells on lofty VaishNavite doctrines of ananhArya-
sEshathvam and ananya gathithvam of the Jeevan and Sarva
Vidha Swaamithvam of the Lord , the UpAyam for surrender 
(SaraNAgathy with its ancilaries ) , the conductance of one's 
life as a Prapannan after performing SaraNAgathy and resting
the protection of the Self with the Super-Self , the ParamAthmA .
The importance of Kaimkarya Vrutthi as a natural way of
life for the Jeevan and the importance of Bhagavath-
BhAgavatha-AchArya Kaimkaryams all through one's 
life on earth is emphasized .
 
NamO SrI VaasudEvAya ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan         
 
 
           
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