Ananda-sAgara-stavaH - verse 13

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aakarNaya tvamimamabhyupagamyavaadaM

jaanaatu ko.api yadi vaa hR^idayaM shrutiinaam.h |

tasyaapyasaMkhyabhavabandhashataarjito.ayaM

dvaitabhramo galatu janmashataiH kiyadbhiH || 13 ||

 

 

In a split form:

 

aakarNaya tvaM imaM abhi upagamya vaadaM

jaanaatu ko.api yadi vaa hR^idayaM shrutiinaam.h |

tasya api asaMkhya bhava bandha shataarjitaH ayaM

dvaita bhramo galatu janma shataiH kiyadbhiH || 13 ||

 

O Divine mother, Please listen (aakarNaya tvaM) this (imam) argument

accepting the following(abhi upagamya vaadaM). Let assume some how (

ko.api yadi vaa) one learns (jaanaatu) the central purport of the

vedas (shrutiinaam.h hR^idayaM). This itself is a tough, and an almost

impossible task. Even then (tasya api), when the countless ((asaMkhya)

bonds of saMsara (bhava bandha) accumulated (arjita) over hundreds

(shata) of births sticking(galatu) to him(ayam), how will the the

illusion of duality (dvaita bhramo) go away even at the end of hundred

births (kiyabdhiH janma shataiH).

 

 

The mere intellectual understanding of the vedic lore will not

translate into advaita-anubhava when the durvaasana-s accumulated over

many many births are still active and the illusion of duality is

sticking fast to the person. In the previous verses, shrI diikshita

higlighted how difficult indeed it is understand the veda-s. Which the

reader will not hesitate to understand as the different schools of

vedanta fight over its essence till today and which will continue till

praLayam. The point here is agony of the soul seeking liberation

looking the at unsurmountable task of jnAna mArga.

 

 

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In the subsequent verses shrI diikShita will dismiss the inefficacy of

karma and bhakti marga-s and end after establishing his kaarpaNyam

(helplessness) and take sharaNaagati (at verse 32) to ambaaL and

establish, SHE can dismiss his prArabdha by HER grace. Around the

verses 32 -40, some important aspects of sharaNagati will be

highlighted and also the poet will emphasize of the six anga-s of

sharaNagati, only mahaa vishvAsam is the most important. Roughly from

the 54 verse, the he start describe the glory of ambaaL from feet to

head.

 

When time permits, we will post the shrImukham to this text by kAnchi

periyaava shrii shrii chandrasekharendra sarasvatii.

 

Swami Vishwarupananda and Ravi