SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaisnavas, After having bowed down to Acharya Sriman nAthamuni and also the Sage Paraasarar, SrI NammAzhwAr, obtaining their Blessings, Sri Alavandhar begins his sthOthrams. Vedaantha artthams [Upanishadic truths] are to be housed in these verses. yan moordhni mE sruthi sirassu cha bhaati yasmin asman manOratha patha: sakalas samEti: sthOshyAmi na: kuladhanam kuladaivatham tat paadhaaravindham aravindha vilOchanasya The lotus Feet- which is on my head; and on the head of Vedas; at which pair, all our desires, thoughts in our mind congregate; - to that lotus feet of the Lord- who is the greatest treasures of our lineage; who is Kula deivam [the Lord of our Kulam]- I commence my praise and offer my sthOthras to those Lotus feet hereby. By bowing down to the acharyas, sages, azhwArs, studying, analysing and realising along with recitation of Vedas and Upanishads (which were better understood with the AzhwAr, Acharya SrI Sookthis], I am blessed to find that I am eternally a sEsha bhUthan to the red lotus eyed Lord Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan and thus bow down to His Lotus feet. Having considered Him thus as sEshi [Master] at all times, I have adorned my head with His Lotus Feet to declare my sEshathvam to Him; Alavandhar enjoys: aahaaa.. what a sowlabhyam! [stooping down so low to adorn my head] as His Lotus Feet are the object of the highest Truths- Upanishads and Vedas; His Feet are there in those greatest Vedas and Unpaishads and also are on my head; This is similar to ?namakkum poovin misai nangaikkum inban ? by nammAzhwAr.. Thus my siras [head] is equal to Vedas and Upanishads; He was found in Vedas; stood clearly first in Upanishads only to come to my head and stand; Thus my head is even better than Upanishads- SrI UttamUr Swamu enjoys. Because I had learnt the Upanishadic truths along with the AzhwAr, Acharya srI sookthis and UpabrahmaNams.. And hence grander; also who is my head; My Acharya and hence it is definitely greater; Vedas can utter and mention; But can not enjoy Him; my head can not only adorn His feet; it can enjoy the glories and beauty of Lotus feet. Now after having come to my feet, I am able to enjoy Him and His lotus feet.. where all the thoughts went before, in what all directions; now all of them have converged due to the blessings of Sriman nAThamuni and of my mAtha, pithaa? the feet of NammAzhwAr. Hence, all my desires now have been fulfilled and Now I am blessed to have all my thoughts converged into the lotus feet of the Lord. Now my thoughts would not jump anywhere else; Not only for me; for everyone [after being blessed by NammAzhwAr]; Thus to get to these Lotus Feet- the wealth, what is the way? What is the means? The Lotus Feet themselves; It is the treasure for our Kulam; Sriman Narayanan alone is the Kula dhanam for us; He is the Kula deivam; the Lord of our Kulam [Vaishnava kulam]; Hence He is the upAyam; One who has wealth enjoys; We are blessed with the greatest treasure and thus we always enjoy; one can get anything from wealth; But to get to Paramadham, one needs to pray to Deivam [the Lord]; Even that Lord is He; Thus He is the dhanam as well as the Deivam; He has been our Lord for the entire kulam of ours. He grants Himself to us; thannitthandha kaRpakam; He is the bhOgyam; Parama bhOgyam; Beuacse He is aravidham; He is the forest of all lotus flowers; His eyes are lotus; His face is lotus ; His hands [palms] are lotus; His navel is lotus; His feet are lotus; The bees hum and reach Him thinking that He is the lotus pond. The moment my words of praise reach His Feet, His red lotus eyes should bloom slowly like a fresh flower; I am going to fill the sthOthras with all proof and pramANams; I am placing His Feet on my head ? and as a prapannan I am composing these sthOthraas; I had sang PiraaTTi sthothram [chathuslokI] ? prapanna ithi cha sthOshyaami?. Similarly here, I perform Saranagathi at His Feet, keeping His feet on my head- in order to complete this sthOthras which I am commencing. He needs to accept the same gracefully. Why I am not worhsipping Him and instead praying to His Feet?- one may wonder. It is identical to AzhwAr?s declaring in the very first verse- thuyar aRu sudar adi thozhudhu yezhu? [The feet that would remove the affliction- bow down to Them ? the pair of feet] Paramanadi paadi? He is Swami; we are His dAsars; Thus starting the sthOthras at His Feet; Though I am going to describe and enjoy Him fully in this sthOthra, this sthOthra is to His Feet as He is my Swami? Alavandhar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo Narayana dAsan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! 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