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Sri:
 
Dear BhakthAs :
 
AdiyEn would like to start with the prayer ( 20th slOkam
of Sri Kanaka Taaraa Sthothram) to seek MahA Lakshmi's
blessings to raise the funds needed for completing the Priest
Quarter's construction project :
 
Kanaka TaarA SthOthram
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Let us start with Adhi SankarA's Kanaka TaarA thOthra
SlOkam that He sang in praise of SrI DEvi at Klaadi:
 
KamalE ! KamalAksha VallabhE !Thvam
karuNApoora-tarangithair--apAngai:
avalOkaya maam  akinchanAnAm
praTamam paathram akruthrimam DayAyA:
 
( Meaning): Oh MahA Lakshmi ! the Divine consort
of the Lord with power to influence Him ! May Thou
cast Your mercy-laden side glances on this leader
among the helpless ones as the fit object for Your
unblemished Dayaa !
 
Adhi Sankara the great devotee of MahA Lakshmi
sought Her anugraham in this moving manner in his
Kanaka tArA sthOthram and She responded with alacrity :
 
Sarasija-nilayE ! SarOja hasthE !
  dhavalatamAmsuka-gandha-maalya sObhE !
Bhagavathi ! HarivallabhE ! ManOj~nE!
  thribhuvana-bhUthikari! praseedha mahyam
 
( Meaning )Oh the Lady with the red lotus in your hands!
Oh the Empress with the six auspicous attributes
befitting Your  name as Bhagavathi ! Oh Mother
who has Her abode on a red lotus ! Oh Beautiful
one resplendent with white robe , fragrances and 
garland ! Oh Supreme One delighting the hearts of
Your devotees ! Oh powerful One , who can grant
the three worlds to Your bhakthAs ! Please confer 
the soubhAgyams on me ! )
 
Swamy  Desikan & Sri Sthuthi at Kaanchi
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Four Centuires later , Swamy  Desikan stood before Sri PerumdEvi
ThAyAr at Kaanchipuram and prayed to Her to remove the poverty of
a BrahmachAri. Our ThAyAr showered a rain of golden coins as She
responded to the appeal of Swamy  Desikan .  
 
Swamy AlavanthAr's ChathusslOki
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The power of the Goddess of all Iswaryams , Sri MahA Lakshmi
is limitless . Let us start this NavarAthri series with
Swamy  AlavanthAr's ChathusslOki , which as the name 
implies has four slOkams to celebrate the Vaibhavam of
MahA Lakshmi . Both PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai and Swamy
Desikan have written extensive commentaries for this
great SthOthram .
 
The Taniyan for ChathusslOki
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The Taniyan for this Sri Sookthi extolls Swamy AlavanthAr's
sacred feet , whose dhyAnam will remove all blemishes from
one's  mind:
 
yath-padhAmbhOruha-dhyAnavidhvasthAsEsha kalmasha:
vasthuthAmupayAthOham YaamunEyam namaami tamm
 
The Text & purport of the four slOkams of ChathusslOki 
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THE FIRST SLOKAM
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KaanthastE PurushOtthama:phaNipathi: sayyAsanam vAhanam
vEdAthmA vihagEswarO yavanikA maayA jaganmOhini
BrahmEsAdhi suravraja: sadayitha ; Thvad-dAsa-dAsigaNa:
SrIrithyEva cha nAma tE Bhagavathi! bhruma: kaTam ThvAm vayam
 
The First slOkam salutes the Parathvam (Supermacy ) of
MahA Lakshmi as a result of Sriman NaarAyaNa Sambhandha
niBhandhanam ( Relationship with Her Lord as the Divine Couple
exhibiting yEka sEshithvam).
 
The Utthama Purushan among all is Your husband
( PurushOtthama:tE kaantha:). AdhisEshan is Your bed and
throne/seat( PhaNipati: sayyA aasanam) .The embodiment of
Vedam , Garudan, is Your transport ( VedAthmA VihagEswara:
tE vaahanam).The world enchanter, Moola Prakruthi/Maaya 
is Your curtain ( JaganmOhinI maayA yavanikA). Brahma , RudrA ,
the other devathAs  and their respective consorts serve as Your
dAsAs and dAsis ( Sadayitha: BrahmEdAthi suravraja : Thvath
daasa daaseegaNa:). Your Name afterall is  SrI: ( SreerithyEva
cha naama ithyEva). How can we dare to eulogize You of
such gorious Vaibhavam ( ThvAm vayam kaTam BhrUma: ) ?
 
THE SECOND SLOKAM
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The Second slOkam describes the PurushakArathvam of
MahA Lakshmi , enjoying the Parathvam  with Her Lord is saluted.
 
YasyAstE mahimAnamAthmana iva Thavad-vallabhOpi: Prabhu:
nAlam mAthumiyatthayA niravadhim nithyAnukoolam svatha:
ThAmm ThvAm dhAsa ithi prapanna ithi cha sthOshyAmyaham nirbhaya:
lOkaikEswari lOkanATa dayithE ! dhAntE dayAmtE vidhan
 
Oh the Mistress of the Universe ( LOkaikEswari) ! Oh the consort of
the Lord of the Universe ( LOkanATa DayithE ) ! Your omnipotent Lord
is unable to assess exactly the limits of Your intrinsic capabilities to
be compassionate to the suffering jeevans  just as He is unable to know
the extent of His own powers ( YasyA: tE niravdhim svatha: nithyAnukoolam
mahimAnam iyatthayA mAthum ThvadvallabhOpi aathmana: mahimAnam
maathumiva naalam ). Your Lord is unable to quantify it . adiyEn is going to
eulogize You with such limitless kalyANa guNams now without fear
( ThAmm ThvAmm nirbhaya: sthOshyAmi). adiyEn is emboldened
in this effort by the knowledge that You have compassion towards
me the unfit one on the grounds of myself approaching You as
Your daasan and as one , who has performed Prapatthi to You
(dhAntE mayi tE dayAm vidhan sann daasa ithi , prapanna ithi cha 
mathva sthOshyAmi).  
 
THIRD SLOKAM
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The third slOkam sings the praise of MahA Lakshmi with Soulabhya,
Dayaa GuNams and hints that She has share in Jagath KaaraNathvam
as well .
 
Eeshath thvath KsruNA nirIkshaNa sudhA andhukshaNAd rakshyathE
nashDam prAk tadhalAbhats-thribhuvanam samprathyananthOdhayam
srEyO nahyaravindha lOchanamana:kAnthAprasAdhAdhruthE
samsruthyakshara VaishNavAdhvasu nruNAm sambhAvyathE karhichith
 
Swamy AlavanthAr reminds us that the world is protected by a small
fragment of the nectarine side glances of MahA Lakshmi ( Eeshath Thvath
akruNA nirIkshaNa sudhaasandhukshaNAth Thribhuvanam rakshyathE).
Prior to the falling of those mercy-laden glances , the worlds were in a state of
inauspiciouness and poverty ( prAk tadh alaabadha : nashtam samparthi ) .
Once those glances fall on the world , matchless resurgence of 
riches results ( anantha udhayam sambhavathy). For the chEtanams ,
enjoyement in this world , Kaivalya bhOgam (aathma saakshAthkAram) 
or Parama padha bhOgam ( Vaikunta vaasam & ParipoorNa BrahmAnandham)
will never happen without the anugraham of  the divine consort
dear to the lotus-eyed Lord  ( KaruNAm samssruthy akshara vaishNavaadhvasu
aravindhalOchana mana: kAnthA prasAdhAdhAtruthE karhichith na
sambhAvyathE hi ). 
     
 
FOURTH SLOKAM
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The fourth slOkam deals with the Svaroopam ( intrinsic nature) of
the fruits (Phalan) arising from seeking Her as UpAyam :
 
SaanthAnandha-mAhAvibhUthi paramam yadhbrahma roopam HarE:
moortham Brahma tathOapitathpriyataram roopam yadhatyadhbhutham
yAnyanyAni yaTAsukham viharathO roopANi sarvANi taani
aahu: svairanuroopavibhavair-gADOpagUDAni tE 
 
This slOkam states that in every one of His (Lord's) avathAram ,
PirAtti has avicchinna samslEsham ( indissoluble links ) to Her Lord .   
Her Lord has two aakArams (attributes/manifestatons) : UpAyathvam
( being the Means) and upEyathvam ( Being the Goal of that upAya
anushtAnam ). PirAtti pleads for the ering jeevans ( PurushakAra
kruthyam )during the UpAya dasai of Her Lord and never leaves Him .
During the UpEya dasai , She overpowers Him with Her beauty and
affection and accepts the havis of the surrendered soul with Her Lord.
The yEka sEshithvam of this matchless Divine Couple ( Dhivya miTunam)
is saluted here. In all places , times and states , She does not stay away
from Him even for a fraction of a second.
 
The first Quarter of this fourth slOkam refers to the dhivyAthma 
svaroopam of the Lord .The second paadham of this slOkam 
salutes the dhivya mangaLa vigraham of Her Lord . The third
paadham covers the VyUha-vibhava avathAra forms of the Lord.
The fourth paadham connects all the three paadhams with PirAtti
by emphasizing that PirAtti and Her Lord are indissoluably
linked together such as the fragrance and the flower as well as
the lustre and the gem through anuroopa guNa visEshams
resulting in niranthara samslishtam ( state of inseperable union).
 
adiyEn will cover next the detailed commentaries by PeriyavAcchAn
PiLlai and Swamy  Desikan on the individual words and phrases of
the four extraordinary slOkams of Swamy AlavanthAr on MahA Lakshmi.
 
Periya PirAttiyAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
         
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 

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