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SrI :
 
Dear BhakthAs of SrI Lakshmi Nrusimhan :
 
This slOkam is recited to get freedom from SamsAric Sorrows :
 
AapannArtthi prasamana vidhau bhaddha-dheekshasya VishNO:
    Aachakyus ThvAm priya-sahachareem aikamatyOpapannAm
PrAthurbhAvair-api sama tanu: PrAdhvam anveeyasE Thvam
    dhUrOthkshipthair-iva madhurathA dhugdharsEs-tarangai:
 
( Meaning according to Dr. M.NarasimhAchAry ):
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You are One with Lord VishNu in thought and action .You follow
Him in all His manifestations assuming identical forms.This is like
sweetness that is inseperably present in the waves of the milky ocean .  
 
(Meaning according to Vaikunta Vaasi Villivalam NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy ) :
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The knowledgable ones describe You as the dearest friend and co-worker of
EmperumAn , who has taken a vow to banish the sorrows of those buffeted by
the SamsAric sorrows . It is because of this assistance to the Lord ,You
take an appropriate form and accompany Your Lord in every one of
His avathArams. In this matter , You are like the waves of the Milky Ocean ,
which retain their sweetness independent of the distance they travel to reach
the shore . 
 
(Expanded meaning according to Vaikunta Vaasi Sri V.N.SrIrAma DesikAchAr ) : 
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Oh MahA Devi ! Your Lord has taken a vow (Vratha dheekshai) , (i-e) .,
to quench the sorrow of anyone , who experiences the SamsAric sorrows .
For Him , this act is like a Yaagam , where a dheekshai is taken . It is required that
one who performs any Yag~nam has to have his wife (SahadharmachAriNi)
next to him during the performance of that Yag~nam . As the dearest consort of
Your Lord and as One , who has taken the sankalpam with Him to remove
the sorrows of the ChEthanams , You contribute immensely to the successful
completion of this Yag~nam . If You were not next to Him , Your Lord could not
perform this Yag~nam . VedAs reveal this tatthvam .
 
Your Lord takes on the avathArams of Raama and KrishNa et al . At all  those times ,
You accompany Your Lord as SithA , RukmaNi et al . You assist Your Lord to perform
His duties of protection ( dharma samrakshaNam) . You never ever leave His side .
The waves of the Milky Ocean travel a long distance to the shore , where DEvAs
stay and pray . Independent of the huge distance these waves travel , the sweetness
associated with those waves does not leave them and is always present . Similarly ,
When Your Lord leaves the distant Sri Vaikuntham to descend to this Karma BhUmi
to carry out His missions of any  particular avathAram , You take on an appropriate
avathAram and assist Him with an identical mind set . The sweetness will not stand
disassociated from the Milky ocean under any circumstance .
 
Additional Observations on the passages of the 10th slOkam of SrI Sthuthi
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1) "VishNu: Aapanna Aarthi prasamana vidhou bhaddha dheeksha:"
Your Lord VishNu has taken a vow to quench  the heat of sorrows 
( Prasamana vidhi)  for those who experience danger (Aapath)
which in turn leads to suffering ( Aarthi)  . His vow is " Aapanna Aarthi
Prasamanam " ( Coming to the rescue of those bhakthAs , who are in
distress due to the dangers to which they are exposed like GajEndhran) . 
 
2) VishNO: ThvAm iykamathya upapannAm Priya-sahachareem Aachakyu: The VedAs
reveal that the Lord recognizes You as the dear dharma Pathni ( fellow observer of
Dharmam as His divine consort )   and as One who has identical views on Bhaktha
rakshaNam . " Ikamathya upapannAm means " with unison of thought  . 
 
3) Thvam dhUra uthkshiptha dhugdharASE: tarangai : madhurathA iva (asi ):
Oh Sri DEvi ! You are like the persisting sweetness of the waves of the milky
Ocean , which started from a very long distance to reach the shore . During all
that long passage to the shore , the waves of the milky ocean never got
disassociated from their intrinsic sweetness . 
 
4) " Thvam PrAthurbhAvai: api  sama tanu: prAdhvam anveeyasE " :
Oh SrI DEvi ! You follow Your Lord in all His avathArams with an appropriate
form ( " Bhagavan NaarAyaNa abhimatha roopa guNa vibhava aiswarya
SeelAdhi  anavadhikAthisaya asankyEya KalyANa gunA ghaNAm
PadhmAvanAlayAm Bhagavatheem " in AchArya RaamAnujA's words).
 
(5) She is anugrahamayee in Her own rights . She is dhurgathi nAsinyai .
She is SarvArthi  samudhra pariSOshiNyai ( One who dries up the ocean of
dukkhams ) . She is SrEyasAm nidhi ( Ocean of all MangaLams) . She is
bhava bhanga apahariNee ( destroyer of the bheethi of samsAram ).
She is dhrushtAdhrushta phala pradhai ( One who grants seen and unseen
boons ). She is Aasritha mAnadhai . She and Her Lord share these attributes
and hence are of unified thought ( ikamathyam) .
 
6) The 24th slOkam of Sri Lakshmi Sahasram reveals Sri DEvi's unique
contribution for " AapannArthi prasamanam " ( Quenching the sorrows of
those in dangerous situations) . The meaning of this slOkam as given by
Sri NavalpAkkam KaNNan Swamy is : " Externally , the sound , light ,
taste , fragrance and similar vishayams land us in danger . Internally ,
desire , anger  and others expose us to additional dangers . BrahmA and other
DevathAs can not come to our rescue against these dangers . PerumAl can save
us but He can not be accessed by sinners like us through His AarAdhanam 
requiring niyamam. For those of us exposed to many such dangers and suffer ,
Oh Lakshmi , You alone are our refuge . Through Your katAksham
(glances) alone , You quench the heat of SamsAric sufferings ".         
 
SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan   


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