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Srimate rAmAnujAya nama:

Srimath Varavara MunayE nama:

Text 3

yathpANipadmadhrtha kAnchana vEtraavallee - 

spandhas surEndhrabhaya bhanjanalampatAthmA | 

vaikuNTasUriparishathprabhUrathra Sarma

sO-ayam vikAsayathu sUtravathIpathirme

Meaning: 

yathpANipadma - In whose lotus-like hands; dhrtha kAnchana vEtraavallee - very 
slender golden-colored bamboo cane; spandha: - the motion; surEndhra bhaya 
bhanjana lampata AthmA - which possesses the heart (mind) to drive away all 
fears of Lord Indra; vaikuNTa sUri parishath prabhU - the leaders of the 
NithyasUris of VaikuNTa; sUtravathI pathi:s: - who is also famously known as 
the husband of sUtravathi; ayam - this sEnai mudaliAr (VishwakshEnar); athra - 
in this (material) world; mE - upon me; Sarma - happiness; vikAsayathu - let 
Him help blossom.

Commentary: 

VishwakshEnar, just by his mere shaking of the bamboo cane in his hand, scares 
away all the asurAs who threaten the deVas (demigods). That quality of 
VishwakshEnar is mentioned here by Swami Desikan. In his thiruvaimozhi (3.3.2), 
nammAzhwAr refers to the nithyasUris as "vAnavar" and VishwakshEnar as 
"vAnavarkOn". The wife of VishwakshEnar is called sUtravathI.

AzhwAr emperumanAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE Saranam

Dasan,

Kidambi Soundararajan.



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