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Title: Kuresa & Sri Sthavam--4.2(Final Part)

Dear Members of the Prapatti group:

We will focus now on the verses 6 to 11 of Sri Stavam.

Verse 6 of SrI Sthavam:
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Eiswaryam mahadhEva vAalpmaTavaa dhrusyathE pumsAm hi yath
tallakshmyA: samudheekshaNAth Tava yatha: sArvathrikam vartatE
tEnaitEna na vismayEmahi JagannATOapi NaarAyaNa:
dhanyam manyatha eekshaNAth Tava yatha: svAthmAnamAthmEswara:
 
Oh Ranganayaki! It is said that wealth is of two kinds.
One is that , which is experienced here on earth (Eihikam) and the other
experienced in Sri Vaikuntam by Mukthas and Nitya Suris(Aamushmikam).
Both these types of wealth are enjoyed by a fortunate few as a result of
the anugraham of your merciful glances falling on them.
The beneficial  impact of those glances do not surprise us one bit !
The reason for our belief is that we know already that Your Lord ,who is
His Own Master ,considers Himself Kruthaarthan (one , who achieved
the purpose of his mission) ,when your glances fall on Him. Kuresa
summarizes the special blessed atatus of Sriman Narayana this way:

" JAGANNATHA: ATMESWARA: NARAYANOPI
TAVA EEKSHANAATH SVAATMAANAM DHANYAM MANYATEH "

Verse 7of SrI Sthavam :
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Eiswaryam yadhasEshapumsi yadhidham soundarya-lAvaNyayO:
roopam yasccha hi mangaLam kimapi yallOkE sadhithyuchyatE
tath sarvam ThvadheenamEva yadhata: SrerithyabhEdhEna vaa
yadhvaa SrImadhitheedhrusEna vachasA Devi ! praTAmasnuthE
 
Oh Consort of Ranganatha! Whatever blessings  a Chetana possesses
as Wealth, Beauty ,goodness and auspiciousness in this world , ALL  of these
result from You. It is Your (Lakshmi ) sambhandam that makes them qualified
in the above manner. Some of them become auspicious by SAAKSHAAT Lakshmi
Vachaka Sabdham and the others by Lakshmi VISISHTA  Vaachaka Sabdham.
Kuresa refers in this verse to two types of auspiciousness thru association with

SRI SABDHAM. One is " SRIRITI ABHEDHENA PRATAAM ASNUTEH ". By the
very attachment of the Sabdham "SRI" , they attain auspiciousness. Thiru Pathi,
Thiru Mangai, Thiru MaaLikai , Thiru ViLakku, Sri Kuresa  are examples
of the Sakshaath Sabdham. Visishta Vaachaka Sabdhams are  illustrated by
Srimad Bhagavatam,Srimad Ramaayanam , Srimad Anantha Saras et al.

Verse 8 of SrI Sthavam :
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Devi ThvanmahimAvathi na: HariNA nApi ThvayA jn~AyathE
yadhyapyEvam aTApi naiva yuvayO: Sarvaj~nathA heeyathE
yannAsthyEva tadhaj~nathAmanuguNaam sarvaj~nathAyA vidhu:
vyOmaAmbhOjam idhantayA kila vidhan bhrAnthOayamithyuchyathE
 
Devi ! Even Your Lord does not comprehend fully the limits of your
Kalyana Gunaas. For that matter, You Yourself do not know the full extent of
Your own auspicious qualities. This lack of awareness does not in any way
cause harm to Your title as SARVAJNAI or as the one, who understands every
aspect of knowledge. The reason for my view is as follows: Some think that one
is a Sarvajnan ,when one possesses knowledge about nonexisting things
(e.g) horn of a hare,  Lotus growing in the sky, mirage in the desert .
One , who prides themselves about  knowledge of those nonreal things
would be at the head of a group of deluded ones. In Your case, however ,
the limit to Your Mahima is an unreal thing (i-e), there is no such limit.
It is understandable therefore that You do not know about   an unreal,
nonexisting thing. Hence , there is no dispute on Your Sarvajnatvam.
Your "unawareness (Ajnanam)" Is Yataartha Jnanaparaaya Ajnanam and is not
a Sarvatvabanjaka Ajnanam. The essence of this verse is that Maha Lakshmi"s
auspicious qualities do not have any limit (i-e) they are limitless.

Verse 9 & 10 of SrI Sthavam :
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lOkE vanaspathy Bruhaspaty tAratamyam
yasyA: prasAdha-pariNAmam udhAharanthy
Saa Bharathee Bhagavathee thu yadheeyadhAsee
ThAmm Deva-dEva Mahisheem Sriyam aasrayAma: (9)
 
YasyA: kaDAksha-mrudhu-veekshaNa-dheekshaNEna
sadhya: Samullasitha pallavam ullalaasa
viswam viparyaya samuttha viparyayam prAk
ThAmm DEvadEva mahisheem Sriyam AasrayAma: (10)
 
These two slokas end with the Saranagati statement:" Devadeva
Mahishim SRIYAM Aasrayaama: ". In the ninth verse, Kuresa states that those,who
offer Saranagati at the lotus feet of Maha Lakshmi will be blessed with great
scholarship or Vak Samrutti. Kuresa explains that by pointing out that the
Goddess of Learning, Saraswati is a Kinkari (Servant ) Of Maha Lakshmi .
Therefore, She will bless the Prapannas of Her Mistress with her own blessings .
In the tenth  verse , Kuresa refers to a happening at the time of the Universal
Deluge(Pralayam ). At that time , there is no Lakshmi Kataksham on this world.
Hence, all chetanas and achetanas are anemic and  famished and are in a state
resembling death.When Maha Lakshmi took pity on the state of the Universe
and thought about casting Her glance at the suffering Universe, that very thought
of Her gave new life to the chetanas and achetanas .  They became invigourated
with energy and strength. Life came back all over. Kuresa sought refuge
at Her holy feet , which is the embodiment of Compassion.

Verse 11 of SrI Sthavam :
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YasyA: KaDAksha veekshA-kshaNa-lakshyam lakshithA mahEsA: syu:
SrirangarAja Mahishee Saa mAmapi veekshathAm Lakshmee: (11
 
Kuresa concludes the Sri Sthavam by describing the power of that
merciful glance of Ranganayaki. He begs Her to enrich him by casting
Her glance on him. In this verse, he reveals that even a second's rest of
Her glance on one will result in the acquisition of riches of the kind
that have no comparison . That Eiswaryam blessed by Ranganayaki
is not the ordinary wealth that disappears with time. It is the
unalloyed bliss of Moksham and residence in Sri Vaikuntam 
as a Muktha Jivan in the company of Divya Dampathis and
the Nitya Suris. Kuresa prays for  the wealth of Kainkarya-
Sampath from Sri Devi in this Sthavam.

Swami Desikan elaborated on the brief prayer of Kuresa in his SRI STHUTI .
There are 25 verses in Swami Desikan"s Sthuti. The first 12 and the last 12 of
them pay tribute to Sri Devi"s Kalyana Gunaas and reveal the Saastric truths
about Her YEKASESHITVAM . In the epicenter of this sthuti , in the 13th verse,
Swami Desikan celebrates the Pattabhishekam of  Maha Lakshmi ,
when She appeared out of the milky ocean during the time of its churning
and became the consort of Maha Vishnu and thereby gave Him the title of
Sriya: Pathi.

Swami Desikan like Kuresa recognized Her as "Mangalaanaanam Mangalam"
and "Sreyo Murthi: ". He reveals that She is the auspiciousness behind all
auspiciousness and that She is the embodiment of Benevolence . He points out
that in the Yajna of  Prapatti , the Jeevan , the property of the Divya dampathis 
has to be presented as Havis to them  in recognition of their role as YEKASESHIS.
Swami salutes the divine  couple , who are inseperable this way: " Dampathee
Yuvaanam Na: Daivatham ". SWamy  DEsikan salutes them as equals in the spirit of
the Vedas. He adds that the Atman has to be presented as Havis to both of them
to conclude one's Prapatti and to receive thereafter the fruit of Moksham through
that offering to the Divine Couple. Swami says that the blessed -ones are single-
minded about getting Sevaadhikaaram to the Divine Couple practising yEkaseshitva
Yogam. Such Prapannas according to Swami Desikan treat the other riches of
the world as worthless as the blades of Grass. 

AdiyEn will conclude this posting on Sri Sthavam with the Dhyana Slokam of the Sri
Sthuti of Swami Desikan, who drew his inspiration from the PoorvAchAryAs .
Here Swami Desikan sums up the Kalyana Gunaas of Maha Lakshmi in the manner
celebrated by Alawandhar in Chatussloki, Ramanuja in Sriranga Gadhyam,
Kuresa in Sri Sthavam and Parasara Bhattar in Guna Ratna Kosam . The Dhyana Slokam
is as follows:

KALYANAANAAM AVIKALA NIDIHI: KAAPI KAARUNYASEEMAA
NITYAAMODHAA NIGAMAVACHASAAM MOWLIMANDAARA MAALAA  I
SAMPAT DIVYAA MADHUVIJAINA: SAMNIDATTAAM SADHAA MEH
SYSHAA DEVI SAKALA BHUVANA PRAARTHANAA  KAMADHENU:  II

Here, Swami Desikan recognizes Maha Lakshmi as the Auspiciousness (Mangalam )
behind ALL auspicious objects and Tattvaas. He understands Her as the
boundary of Mercy .He sees Her as  a Mandaara garland adorning the head of
the fragrant Veda Mantraas .He salutes Her as the most precious wealth
of the Lord. He points out to us that She is the boon-granting , wish-yielding
Kamadhenu for all the worlds. Swami Desikan prays that Maha Lakshmi of such
attributes should always reside in his mind. Kuresa prayed for the glances of
Maha Lakshmi to fall on him and thereby sanctify him. 

adiyEn conclude this posting with a prayer to Maha Lakshmi to bless  us all
and enhance our Kaimkarya SrI .
 
SrI KooranATa SrIvathsachinhamisra Virachitha : SrIsthava: SampoorNa:

Aazhwaar, Aachaaryaal ThiruvadigaLE Saranam,

DaasOham , Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan 
    


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