Sri:
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
Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org
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