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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