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Sri: 
Srimate rAmAnujAya nama:
Sri Vara Vara munaye nama:

Text No. 1

kAverI pulinAntarALa lahari kallOla mAlA
lasat paryangIkrta pannagEshvaratanau nidrA nibaddhA dharam |
kastUri tilakAncitam kamalajEnArADhitam SrisaKam
vastu svIkrta kaustuBam dhishathuna: svAsti prashastam svata:

Meaning:

kAverI pulinAntarALa - In the midst of the shores of Kaveri; lahari kallOla 
mAlA lasat - which appears as small and large waves; paryangIkrta - made as a 
bed; pannagEshvara tanau - on the beautiful body of AdisheshA, the leader of 
the snakes; nidrA nibaddha Adharam - has liking to lie on and sleep; kastUri 
tilakAncitam - which is bedecked with the Kasturi Tilaka; svIkrta kaustuBam - 
that has the beautiful Kaustubha gem on its chest; kamalajEna - by the 
four-headed Brahma; ArADhitam - being worshipped; svata: prashastham - which 
stands the very best on its own; SrisaKam - which has Lakshmi as its consort; 
vastu - the original object; na: - upon us; svasti dishathu - shower all 
auspiciousness

Commentary:

kallOla mAlA lasat vastu - The milky white waves of the kaveri are flowing on 
the front and rear of the beautiful Lord who is the original person, whose 
complexion resembles the dark monsoon cloud. When two objects of opposite 
colours are placed next to each other, it is called "parApagam", which is 
"pagaiththodai" in tamil. Although the word "vastu" refers to any object, here 
the mentioning of the key words such as AdiSesha, the bed, kastUri tilakam, 
kaustubham, Lakshmi (his consort) and the fact that it is being worshipped by 
Brahma, makes us infer that the object refers to Lord Sri RanganAthA himself. 

This Lord RanganAthA was earlier worshipped by Brahma (ArAdhanA) in Sathya 
lOkA. Once Lord Brahma handed Him (the Lord) to ikshvAku, the Lord of the sUrya 
vamsa, He was worshipped by his descendants since then, till Lord rAmA gifted 
Him to vibheeshanA, who in turn consecrated Him on the island in the middle of 
the Kaveri. This is the famous history of Sri RanganAthA.

Let such a Lord shower the highest of auspiciousness on us : Swami Desikan thus 
offers mangalAsAsanams in the first verse. Starting from the next verse till 
the 10th Shloka, Swami Desikan offers prayers to 2) Sri RanganAchiAr, 3) Senai 
Mudaliar (Vishvakshenar), 4) NammAzhwAr, 5) emperumAnAr (rAmAnujA), 6) 
KooraththAzhwAr, embAr, Bhattar, nanjeeyar, 7) nampiLLai, 8) vadakku 
thiruveedhip piLLai, 9 &10) piLLAi lOkAchAryar, azhagiya manavALap perumAL 
nAyanAr, after which he then moves on to offer prayers to Swami piLLAi 
lOkAchAryar.

In the first 8 shlOkAs, Desikar salutes the Guruparampara which starts with the 
phrase "lakshmInAtha samArambhAm", thereby offering his prayers to Lord Sriman 
nArAyaNA, his consort Lakshmi, VikshvakshEnar, Aazhwar, emperumAnAr, in that 
order and in the ninth shlOkA, he meditates on PiLLai lOkAchAryar and his 
brother nAyanAr and goes on introducing them.

Sri piLLAi lOkAchAryar thiruvadigaLe saranam.

Sri VEdAnta dEsikar thiruvadigaLe saranam.

AzhwAr emperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLe saranam.

dAsan,

Kidambi Soundararajan.



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