SrI:
Dear BhakthAs of MahA Lakshmi:
In the 27th SlOkam , Sri VenkatAdhri Kavi instructs us that
MahA Lakshmi's nAmAs grant all desired things like the Deva lOka
KaamadhEnu . She is the VaanchithArTa phala pradhAyini and hence
Her nAmAs have such abundant wish granting power:
svapdhanyasanEna chAruvarNA
sura-varghOshDa-viSuddha-hEthu-bhUthA
KamalE mama kAnkshithAni dhugdhE
stavanAhaam Tava nAmakAmadhEnu:
The key words here are : " stavanAhAm Tava nAma KaamadhEnu:
mama kAnkshithAni dhugdhE " .
(Meaning ) : Oh Divine One having as Your abode , the Lotus flower !
The most praise worthy nAmAs of Yours are like the celestial Cow,
KaamadhEnu in granting all my desired wishes . Your nAmAs are
a veritable KaamdhEnu.
The poet reveals 5 points of similarity ( sAdhrusyam ) between the nAmAs of
MahA Lakshmi and the Celestial cow , KaamadhEnu in the matter of their
wish granting power :
1) Both have beautiful colors ( varNaa ; VarNaa also means aksharams of the
nAmAs ).
2) Both have the power to consecrate the places , where their paadham(foot)
is placed or padham (nAmam) is heard ( sva-padha-nyasanEna visuddhi
hEthu bhUthaa ).
3) Both Mahaa Lakshmi and KaamadhEnu have" suravAghOshtathva viSuddhi ".
In the case of MahA Lakshmi , the lips and the tongue of DevAs are purified
by
the power of recitation of Her nAmAs ( sura-vaak-oshDa-viSuddhi hEthu
bhUthaa).
Those nAmAs are the cause for imparting purity to the organs of DEvAs
associated with
the chanting of Her nAmAs. In the case of the KaamadhEnu , the split is : "
su-ravaa-
ghOshDa-viSuddhi-hEthu bhUthaa " . In the case of KaamadhEnu, "
sura-vaak-OshDa
ViSuddhi " becomes " su-ravaa-ghOshDa visuddhi" . In the case of MahA
Lakshmi ,
Her nAmAs purify the speech associated organs . In the case of the
celestial cow ,
it is the purity imparted to the cow sheds (gO sAlAs) through its placement
of its feet .
4) Both of them grant what all one prays for.
5) MahA lakshmi's nAmAs are praise worthy ; same with KaamdhEnu.
The poet suggests that reciting the nAmAvaLis of MahA Lakshmi has the same
phalan as asking KaamadhEnu for the fulfilment of one's wishes . She is the
dhivya
KaamdhEnu in form . Lakshmi nAma Sankeethanam and prArTanai to KaamadhEnu
yield the same results. The blemishes of the lips and the tongue resulting from
telling lies , uttering harsh words and empty chatter are purified by Lakshmi
nAma sankeerthanam ( Visuddhi hEthu).
Sri KaNNan Swamy's summary of this slOkam in Tamil takes this form:
Padhmai pEr KaamadhEnup-
pasu yenRu paharhinROm
padham pattAl parisuddhi
phalan yellAm peRRiDalAm
(meaning): We declare that one name of MahA Lakshmi is KaamadhEnu.
Purity and consecration results , wherever Her paadham is placed. One can
gain all what one desires by reciting Her dhivya nAmAs.
Sri PadhmAvathy SamEtha Sri SrinivAsa ParabrahmaNE nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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