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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

After Sriman Narayanan, Goddess Mahalakshmi is our
Acharya. Sri Mahalakshmi is equal to the Lord in all
aspects. 

In the PancharAtra smahitA, SrI Maha Vishnu explains
to his senior disciple VishvaksenA, the nature and
attributes of His consort, Sri Mahalakshmi. He states
that She is the resting place of all Gurus, ruler of
all worlds, eternal and imperishable. He elaborates
further on their relationship: Just as the Universe is
pervaded by me both in essence and quality, all this
is pervaded by Her also . Therefore, She is the
disposer and ruler of all.... She is pervaded by me
and similarly, I, the Lord, am also pervaded by Her.
The difference between me and Her is that She, who is
the ruler of all is subservient to me on Her own
accord being sahadharmachaarinI.. To Her as well as
the Universe that I am the Lord, is well known in
Vedas.

Swami Desikan in his 2nd verse of YathirAja saptathi: 

sahadharmachareem saurEh sammantritha jagadhitham |
anugrahamayeem vandhE nithyam anjnAtha nigraham ||

I now pay obeisance to the Spouse of the Lord,
MahAlakshmi, who is never ever separated from the
Lord; who is incapable and also unaware of any
punitive action / treatment whatsoever and who is the
embodiment of gracious benediction, and who always
exchanges plans with the Lord for the good of the
Universe and beings.

Let me prostrate at the unparalleled pair of Lotus
Feet of Goddess Mahalakshmi ? who is the embodiment of
benign compassion, who does not punish anyone at all
[she does not know any nigraham at all], who showers
Her blessings on the whole of humanity, who is the
inseparable consort of God MahavishNu [Saurih ? son of
Sura or Vasudeva and who is the Presiding Deity i.e.
Lord of KaNNapuram in His archA form. ] 

About the works [granthas] as handed down to us from
the preceptor Goddess Mahalakshmi, are the
Thiruppaavai and Naachiyaar Thirumozhi are unqiue
because GodhA PiraaTTi is none other than Goddess
Mahalskhmi Hersefl. [saakshaath kshamaam? ]

She along with PerumAL is the Parathvam and the Eka
sEshi for us. Eka Seshitvam refers to both Sri Devi
and Bhagawan together as the means and the goal
(upAyam and UpEyam ). 

SitA PiraaTTi says: [to Anjaneya when AnjanEya wants
to kill those raakshashis who were torturing her
earlier]

paapaanaam vaa ...na kaschin na aparaadhyathi || 

Oh AnjanEya! Whether good or bad, one should be very
cautions in coming to a final decision. A wise,
learned, compassionate, merciful discerning man must
first of all truly magnanimous and full of sympathy
with regard to erring humans; for non one here is
perfectly free of faults.. Being a righteous and noble
personality, you should sympathize with these innocent
ogresses. ? Who has not committed apacharams? 

Goddess Sita PiraaTTi points out the Srivaishnava mode
of utterly merciful attitude, showing the importance
of utterly merciful attitude, and forgiving the erring
individual. 

ajnAtha nirgraham- is KEY word. She DOES NOT know
punishment at all. She does not even know how to
scold. All that she know is ONLY dayA, dayA and dayA.
Forgiveness is her breath. 

Sri Mahalakshmi is forever united with the Lord Vishnu
[sahadharmachariNeem] ? 
Recall the famous statement of King Janaka [from
Srimad Vaalmeeki Ramayana]: iyam seetha mama suthA
sahadharmacharee thava | 

In the VishNu puraaNa ? it is told- nithyaivaishA
jaganmAthA vishNO: SrIranapaayinee .

Goddess Mahalakshmi appeals to her Lord to be
considerate to the Jivas; The famous Thaniyan of
Parasarabhatta on Thiruppaavai 

nILA tungasta nagiri taTI sUptam udbOdhya kRshNam
 pArArthyam svam sRti Sata Siras siddham adhyApayantI|
  svOccishTAyAm sraji nigaLitam yA balAtkRtya bhunktE
 gOdA tasyai nama idamidam bhUya EvAstu bhUyah ||  

The simple meaning of the taniyan is "KaNNan is
sleeping blissfully with His head on nIlA devi's tiru
mArbu.  GodA  wakes Him up from His sleep to share
with Him through the 30 pAsuram-s of tiruppAvai, what
has been stated in hundreds of vedAnta vAkya-s
(declarations in the vedAnta-s) - that we are all
subservient to Him, that we belong to Him, that our
sole duty in life is to do kaimkaryam to Him, that the
jIva is related to the paramAtmA as it?s ananyArha
Sesha bhUtan.  She bound Him (enslaved Him) by her
devotional outpouring through the 30 pASurams, and
enjoyed Him as she willed, and gave Him to us as well.
This tiruppAvai is the remnant of the
outpouring from her mouth (ucchisTham) which is
available for our
enjoyment".  
 
Sri CG Balaji Swami writes [in his translation of His
Holiness Srimad PaRavakkOttai Andavan Swami?s
YathirAja Saptathi?s divine Tamil commentary: ] 

Swamy Deshikan in this verse celebrates the glories of
Periya Piratti, the consort of Lord Srimannarayana.
The Lord is adored as ?kamalAgruhamEdhinam?, one who
enshrines Periya Piratti in His chest. A mother always
has more love and affection towards her children than
the father. Periya Piraatti also comes in the line of
upadesha paramparai as an acharya and so Swamy
Deshikan has praised her virtues in a separate verse.
?After the great dissociation (maha pralayam), in
order to uplift the Jeevatmas who were totally
helpless without any knowledge of the Supreme Being,
Chaturmukha Brahma was created and through him the
Jeevatmas were provided the physical bodies with its
characteristic attributes and Vedas were being taught
to them. 

It was my intention to see that they understand the
purport of the Vedas and adopt the means of bhakti and
prapatti yogams described in them and finally attain
salvation from the samsaric world and come to our holy
abode here. But due to inappropriate and misleading
company, they have interpreted the Vedas incorrectly
to mean that maya or illusion is the truth, shoonyam
is the tatvam, Brahman is true but the Jeevatmas and
the world (jagat) are untrue. The result of this is
that the Jeevatmas are suffering in the samsaric world
without authentic knowledge of the means to attain
salvation. How do we mend their ways and uplift them??
So did the Lord discuss the welfare of the Jeevatmas
with Periya Piratti.

?At this time, Maran Shathakopan has incarnated at
Thirukkurugur. He is a parama saatvika. We shall go
together and teach him all the truths and through him
we shall enlighten the rest of the Jeevatmas?? said
the Lord. To this Piratti said ?Oh Lord! If we go in
person and tell them that we are the Supreme beings
and the cause of this world, we are the praapyam and
the prapakam, we are the Veda and Vedyargal, then they
will not believe us. 

Just as an elephant is controlled and subdued using
another elephant, let us have a Jivan to mend the ways
of other Jivas and teach them the truths?. To this
said the Lord ?Our Senapathy (army commander),
Vishwaksena is a superlative Jivan?. To this Piratti
says, ?Yes, you teach him all the tatva, hita and
purusharthas and ordain him to go to Maran and teach
him all the esoteric truths?.

?Devi! You are the one who instructs all our subjects
regarding the kainkaryams suitable to their status.
So, please initiate Senapathy Azhwan, the commander of
our army, to all the truths and ordain him to impart
these to MaaRan and thereby effect the spiritual
upliftment of all the other Jivas through
MaaRan?s teachings? said Lord Srimannarayana.

Thus, Piratti is one who along with Perumal, brings
about the upliftment of the Jivas and looks after
their welfare. Moreover she has anugraham (blessings)
and karunai (compassion) only as her innate qualities
and pondering on how to do good to the subjects comes
as a natural responsibility to her.

The Lord is ?dandadharan?, that is one who punishes
and mends the ways of Jivas. But Piratti on the other
hand doesn?t even know what indignation (nigraham) is.
She therefore is totally incapable of inflicting any
afflictions on the Jivas.

?One who surrenders at my feet and performs
sharanagati, whoever it might be, that Jivan shall be
protected, I give my word on this?, promised the Lord.
Piratti stays with the Lord all the time and ensures
that this ?sharanagatha samrakshana dharmam?, the
policy of protecting the surrendered is always
effected. She also makes sure that the Lord?s tendency
to punish and mend the ways of Jivan doesn?t dominate
and so stays with Him without separation even for a
second.

asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm

Regards
Namo Narayana
dasan

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