Sri: Dear BhakthAs : In this moving prayer to Lord RanganAthA from ThirunArAyaNapuram , Swamy Desikan appealed for the removal of fear from the unsettling invasion of Srirangam by Muslim invaders and the return of normalcy to continue with the nithyArAdhanam for the Lord . Swamy Desikan used PruTvee metre since PruTvee( BhUmi Devi) is known for Her forbearance against offenses committed by all . She is saluted as Sarvam SahA . Patiently , She clears the problems. SlOkam 3 *********** Yadhadhya mitha-BuddhinA BahuLa-mOha-bhAjA mayA guNa graTitha kaaya vaangh manasa vrutthi vaichiryAtha: atarkitha hithAjitha krama visEshamArabhyathE tadhabhyuchitham archanam parigruhANa RangEswara ! Word by Word Meaning : *************************** RangEswara = Oh Lord of Srirangam ! Mitha BuddhinA = with the limited intellect of mine BahuLa mOha bhAjA mayA = (and) with the huge amout of ignorance (aj~nAnam) possessed by adiyEn guNa graTitha Kaaya-Vaang-manasa vrutthi vaichithrayatha: = ( this worship is being done by ) my body, speech and mind controlled by the many interplays of the three guNams . Yath adhya atarkika hitha ahitha krama visEsaham aarabhyathE = This worship of mine full of blemishes commenced without much thought to the unique auspciousness or otherwise of such AaarAdhAanam of You , my Lord Tadhapi uchitham archanam parigruhANa = ( even this imperfect AarAdhanam ) please accept as appropriate and well meant . ( Extended Meaning ) : Oh Lord of Thiruvarangam ! adiyEn is of limited intellect . adiyEn's lack of discriminative knowledge and nescience cloud my vision and causes problems in comprehending correctly Your MahA Tatthvams , VibhUthis and anantha kalyANa guNams . adiyEn's body , mind and speech are pulled here and there by the three guNams of Prakruthi (Sathva -Rajas and Tamas) and commit me to perform many undesirable acts most of the time and occasionally some desirable acts . One such desirable act is the engagement in saluting You thru this eulogy . Even in this effort moderated by the three guNams , adiyEn does not have the vivEkam to know that acts like this are commendable and that other acts like engagement in material sukham are to be avoided . adiyEn has not commenced this sthuthi about You with that kind of clarity of mind . Even with all these deficencies , Oh Ranga PrabhO , Please display Your Sahaja KaruNA and accept even this offering with dhOshams as adiyEn's ThiruvArAdhanam for You and accept it . SlOkam 4 *********** Maruth TaraNi Paavaka thridaSanATa kaalAdhaya: svakruthyam adhikurvathE ThvadhaparAdhathO Bibhyatha: mahath kimapi vajram udhyathamivEthi yacchrUyathE tarathyanaga Tadhbhayam ya iha ThAvaka: sthAvaka: anvya Kramam ****************** Anaga = Oh One free of any dhOsham ! Thvath aparAdhata: Bibhyatha: = fearing about trespassing Your commands ( Saasthra ullangana bheethi ) and committing apachArams to You Maruth = Vaayu dEvan TaraNi = Soorya dEvan Paavaka ; = Agni dEvan thridaSanATa: = Indhran , the lord of dEvAs Kaala aadhaya: = Yama dharma RaajA and other dEvAs Udhyatham vajram iva (tava) mahath bhayam = with great fear for You , who is like a mighty tall and powerful VajrAyudham sva kruthyam adhikurvathE = they perform their assigned duties . ithi yath kimapi SrUyathE = thus declare the Upanishads about their fears born out of reverence for You . tath Ya: iha thAvaka: sthAvaka: = Any one in this world recognizes and eulogizes this fear of gods for You crosses the bheethi caused by SamsAric sorrows . (Extended Meaning ) : Oh blemishless ( hEya rahitha) Sri RanganAthA ! The beings of this and the other world go about executing their duties assigned by Your SaasthrAs fearing the punishments that would be meted out from the violation of Your commands .Included in this category are Vaayu , Sooryan , Agni , Indhran , Yaman and other celestial servants of Yours . They faithfully and reverentially perform their duties assigned by You . Out of fear about incurring Your displeasure , they strive to do their duties . Their fears arising from any lapse in their duties are described by Upanishads . Any one in this world remembers these fears of DEvAs and salute You with deep devotion thru their sthuthis is not affected by these fears . You direct such lucky ones to SadAchAryAs , who help them perform Prapatthi at Your sacred feet and as a result gain MOksha Sukham . After that , where would be the reason for that SamsAri to have any fear ? One of the Upanishadic passages describing the fear of the DevAs is from the sixth chapter of KatOpanishad : Bhayath Asya Agni: tapathy bhayAth tapathy Soorya: BhayAth Indhrasccha Vaayusccha Mruthyur-dhAvathy panchama: -- KatOpanishad: 6.3 (Meaning) : From Fear of Him fire burns ; the Sun shines from the fear of Him ; Indhra , Vaayu and Death , the fifth run (function ). avyakthAtthu Para: PurushO vyApakOalinga yEva cha yamm Jn~AthvA muchyathE amruthathvam cha gacchathy --- KatOpanishad : 6.8 (Meaning ): The Supreme Self is superior to that of unmanifest . He is the all pervader(VishNu/ VyApakan ) and the uninferrable . Knowing Him (the Parama Purushan) , the creature (SamsAri bound by the three guNams) gets liberated (freed from fear) and attains immortality ( abheethi maya mOksham ) " . The muktha jeevan enjoys nithyAnandham and is freed from any kind of Bheethi . As one overcomes the Bheethi with the anugraham of the Lord , One climbs upwards to the godhead of Truth and Bliss , where the seats of immortality are ( yathRamruthAsa aasathE -- Rg Vedam : IX.15.2) . SlOkam 5 ************ Bhavantham iha Ya: sva-dhee -niyatha chEtanAchEthanam panAyathy namasyathy smarathy vakthi paryEthi vaa guNam kamapi vEtthi vaa Tava GuNEsa gOpAyithu: kadAchana kuthascchana kvachana tasya na syAth bhayam Anvya Kramam and Meaning by Padhams ******************************************** GuNEsa ! = Oh Lord , who is the abode of all KalyANa guNams ! sva-dhee-niyatha chEthana achEthanam Bhavantham = Of You , who holds together the sentients and insentients of Your LeelA VibhUthi with Your mighty sankalpam ya : iha panAyathi = whoever eulogizes You of this Vaibhavam here ( ya: iha) namasyathy samrathi vakthi paryEthi vaa = whoever prostrates before You or meditates about Yout kalyANa guNams or recites Your divine names or performs PradakshiNams at Your divine abodes ya: GopAyithu: Tava kamapi guNam vEtthi vaa = whoever attempts to comprehend even one auspicious guNam of Yours (such as Souseelyam , SouhArtham , Vaathsalyam , Maarjavam ) Tasya kadhAchana bhayam na syAth= for him , there will never ever be any fears . Tasya kudascchana kvachana bhayam na syAth = For Him , there will be no fear from anywhere or at any time . (Extended Meaning) : Oh Lord of Srirangam filled with all auspicious guNams ! This universe filled with ChEtanams and achEtanams are bound together by Your sankalpam and follow Your commands . Any one who prasies You of this infinite majesty and grace with His tongue or prostrates before You with his body or meditates on You with his mind or performs naama sankeethanam of Your thousand names or circumambulates around your temple praakArams or delves in depth about any one of Your KalyANa guNams is blessed indeed ! For such a person performing anyone of the above acts will not experience fear (bheethi) from anywhere at any time . Sri RanganAtha CharaNou SaraNam prapadhyE Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. 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