Sri:
Dear BhakthAs of Sri Lakshmi
Nrusimhan :
Today , we wil focus
on Four more Lakshmi Sahasra SlOkams
from Abheethi Sthapakam
that celebrate Her
Naama Vaibhavam
in removing THIRTY
Kinds
of fears that
human beings are exposed to .
May the power of those
Naamams shower Kanaka Varsham (rain)
for Srimath Azhagiya Singar's
Thirunakshathra Uthsavam and remove
our fears that we will not be
able to celebrate adequately His
Thiru Nakshathram
!
Abheethi
Sthapakam
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There are 30 SlOkams in this
Sthapakam . It is about Dhairya Lakshmi
and deals with the subject
matter of how MahA Lakshmi removes our
different kinds of fears and
provides Courage (Dhairyam) . Her abhaya
hastham assures us freedom
from fear (abhayam) . The thirty kinds of
fears that get banished are
:
1) Fear
about disease (2) Fear about accidents (3) Fear from strong
and
powerful
people , who trouble us (4) Fear about PerumAL's fierce form
(5) Fear
from being helpless (ananya gathi) , (6) Fear about the fruits of one's
sins
(7) Fear
from absence of sath sangam (8) Fear from uncertainities in
one's
career positions (9) Fear about ParalOkam (10) Fear about the cage
of
one's
body (11) fear of being a coward in attempting any thing (12) Fear
about
Obstacles
(13) Fear about births and deaths (14) Fear about terrible
narakams
(15) Fear
about the inauspicous guNams
( 16)
Fear about deficencies in Bhakthi (17) Fear about grass as a
result of attacking
PirAtti /
KaakAsuran's fear (18) Fear about revolving in SamsAram
due to trespasses of
BhagavAn's commands (19) Fear about the DEvAthi Devan , of whom the devAs
are
afraid of (20) Fear out of struggling in the SamsAric Ocean (21) Fear
about death
(22) Fear
about the servants of Yaman (23) Fear about sufferings in
narakam
(24) Fear
from inauspicious activities due to changes in desams and
kaalams /time
and place (25) Engagement in acts due
to loss of control over oneself
(26)Fear
arising from the awareness of even austere ones undergoing
sufferings
(27) Fear
of the Supreme Being as the Punisher for one's trespasses (28) Fear
over
the
bundles of sins accumulated (29) Fear over the ruthless muslim
invaders
(
ThurukkarhaL) and (30) fear over the wicked .
It is
very interesting that the Kavi mentions expicitly the foreigners' invasions
.
Even
great temples like Srirangam were looted and destroyed by the
invading
masses
with no original roots in India . The damages caused and the
dislocations
are well
recorded in history . Great Acharyaas had to flee or were killed during
these
deplorable aggressions of Muslims . Swamy Desikan's abheethi
sthavam was born
under
these circumstances . Hence freedom from such fears arise from
prayers to
MahA
Lakshmi .
Sri VenkatAdhri Kavi covers
in the 30 slOkams of Abheethi Sthapakam the ways in
which
MahA
Lakshmi chases away the above 30 kinds of Bheethi/Fear
.
(1) She accepts our
Kaimkaryams and blesses us with appropriate phalans .
(2) She commands DevAs
to engage in chasing the fears of Her bhakthAs.
(3) She stops those who cause
trouble to Her devotees .
(4) She speaks sweetly
to Her Lord over our troubles and seeks His intervention .
(5) She removes the fears and
sufferings with Her nectarine glances alone
(6) She appeals to Her Lord
on our behalf .
(7) She facilitates the
company of pious ones and removes our anxieties.
(8) She confers fortunes on
those , who meditate on Her.
(9) She firms up
the positions ( Padhavis) of worshippers .
(10) She grants the
auspicious phalans in this and the other world .
(11) She becomes the friend
of the meek , who pray to Her.
(12) She removes the
obstacles , the moment one wishes to recieve Her KatAkshams
.
(13) She becomes the
supporting staff for Her worshippers & helps them.
(14) She showers Her
Vaathsalyam (Affection ) on them .
(15) She becomes elated
over Her anugraham of removing one's fears.
(16) She confers all
MangaLams .
(17) She changes the very
nature of the one , who is frightened .
(18) She takes on the role of
AchAryai and performs UpadEsams .
(19) She facilitates
Prapatthi .
(20) She removes the fears of
chEtanams in approaching Her Lord .
(21) She grants big boons for
little effort (kaimkaryam).
(22) She presents Herself
before us with Her radiant form .
(23) She becomes the most
merciful Mother to remove our fears.
(24) She commands the DevAs
with the slight movement of her galances .
(25) She looks at us with Her
compassionate glances .
(26) She accepts our
SaraNAgathis .
(27) She blesses us with Her
soft , Dayaa-filled heart .
(28) She resides with
Her Lord without ever leaving Him for our sake .
(29)She relates to us as Her
dear children .
(30) She blesses even the
crow that offended Her & shines as the Supreme One.
Let us the first 4 slOkams of
Abheethi Sthapakam today to remove
adiyEn's fear about inability
to fulfill AchAryan's command in being
successful in the duties
assigned to me by my revered AchAryan , MalOla
PadhukA Sevaka Sri NaarAyaNa
YathIndhra MahA Desikan . Please join
in the support for the
celebration of the 79th Thirunakshathra Uthsavam
as SishyAs and abhimAnis of
Sri Matam . Please contact me for
information
on the
ways in which you can participate in this kaimkaryam
.
SlOkam 1 : The Mother who blesses us
with both bhayam and abhayam
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abhayam bhayamithyEthath
ubhayam sarvadEhinAm
yathsEvAthadhabhAvAbhyAm Thaamaham
SriyamAsrayE
The fear is removed for those
who worship MahA Lakshmi . When they
do not worship Her , they are
filled with fear about all the amangaLams
that confront them .This
status is common to all ( Humans and DevAs) .
AdiyEn seeks the protection
of MahA Lakshmi of such auspicious guNams .
"Thaam aham aaSrayE
" --- is the declaration of the Poet on our behalf
.
The people are of two kinds :
One who has Her sEvA and others , who
are not blessed to have Her
sEvA ( Yath sEvA , Tath abhAvaa) . For those
who have Her sevA , She
removes their fears of ManushyAs and the celestials
( abhayam sarva dEhinAm) and
fear/anxieties for those who do not have
the blessings of Her darsanam
and dhyAnam ( bhayam sarav dEhinAm) .
Thus She causes fearlessness
and fear for all ( abhayam bhayam ithi yEthath
ubhayam sarva dEhinAm) . That
two states come from approaching Her and
not approaching Her with
reverence (
Yath sEvAth tath abhavAbhyAm ).
adiyEn seeks Her rakshaNam
.
The poet uses the three bhayam-based
words -- Bhayam - abhayam-ubhayam --
deftly in this slOkam to bring about their
relationship to SrI Devi .
2. In this slOkam , the focus
is on removal of fear from fire and dushtAs (
TheeyOr) :
bhajAmi Thaam ThvAm
bhavarhOga bheethim
payOdhi
kanyE pariharthukAma:
vahnEr bhayam VaayubhuvO
yayaiva
nyavAri
tasmAccha niSAchareeNAm
(Meaning): adiyEn has
developed fear from the disease of SamsAram
( Bhava rhOga bhayam) . Oh
Daughter of the Ocean ! adiyn worships You
for the removal of this fear
. adiyEn is familiar with the episode in Sundara
KaaNDam of Srimath RaamAyaNam
. Sage Vaalmiki states that the fire on
the tail of HanumAn lit
by the raakshasAs of Lanka was cool to HanumAn .
How did that happen ? How did
the blazing fire not harm the tail of HanumAn ?
Even HanumAn wondered about
that mystery . It is because You , SithA PirAtti
commanded Agni dEvan to be
cool to HanumAn , the messenger from Your Lord .
You said : " SeethO bhava
HanUmatha: " . Agni obeyed Your command .
MahA Lakshmi removes the
fears of those who have erred . After burning
down the city of Lanka ,
HanumAn returned to AsOka Vanam and asked for
permission to destroy the
raakshasis , who harmed SithA PirAtti . Out of Her
infinite mercy , Sitaa
Piratti dissuaded HanumAn from his vengeful intentions
and saved even those who had
committed trespasses against Her .
3. The One who removed the world free from
the fear of Narasimhan
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PrahlAdhasya bhayam vinEthum
achirAth yEkasya SOkaspruSO
lOkasyaiva bhayankaram Tava prathirjagrAha saimham vapu:
TharailOkyAmbha tadheeya kOpa
dahana jwAlAsthu vEladhigA:
chADUkthairmruthairnivArya bhavathee chakrE jagannirbhayam
( Meaning): Oh Mother of the
Three worlds ! Your Lord took on the fearsome
form of Narasimhan quickly to
remove the fear of PrahlAdhan , who was
touched by grief over his
father's act . After the destruction of HiraNyan ,
Oh Mother , You quenched the
flames of rage of Your Lord with Your nectarine
words and made the world free
from its fear .
Here the reference is to the
Lord , who removed the fear of Bhaktha PrahlAdhan
by taking on the Jwaalaa
Nrusimha avatharam , which frightened the world.
MahA Lakshmi in turn removed
the fear of the world by using Her charm
and nectarine speech
to persuade Her Lord to transform from the Ugra Narasimha
Roopam in to
Soumya Narasimha
(Azhagiya Singar) Roopam .
4. The One who makes Her Lord bear with the
trespasses of those without rakshaNam
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aSaraNa jana klEsAlOka
kshaNOpanathOdhgathE :
sa
Tava hrudhaya-glAnEr-bheethO Jagathpathir-IndhirE
ahaha vihitham
kshAmyanngas-sahasramapi
abhayamubhayOrArAtthEbhya: prayacchathy lOkayO:
(Meaning) :Oh Maha Lakshmi !
It is a wonder . Your Lord forgives the thousands of
continuing trespasses of
chEtanams and removes their fears in the two kinds of worlds
.
This He does out
of fear over your depressions caused by the sorrows of the
chEtanams,
who have no refuge
.
MahA Laskshmi is dheena
Bhandhu. She is sorrow-stricken over Her children's
samsAric sufferings . Her
heart is overcome with sorrow. Her Lord is very sad
over His DEvi's sufferings .
To chase away His Devi's mental agonies , Our Lord
helps the helpless and
forgives their continuing offenses . He removes their
fears
in this and the other world.
Our Lord's Parama prEmai for His Devi propels Him
to forgive even the repeated
offenders and grants them abhayam in the other
world.
Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE
SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
Sadagopan
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