Sri NaarayaNIyam : 99th Dasakam -3rd SlOkam

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Dear KrishNa BhakthAs :

 

In this slOkam , Sri Bhattdhiri appeals to

the poets of this world to compose eulogies of

the Lord and asks others to engage in sankIrthanam

of those eulogies . This slOkam is the essence of

the follwing Rg Veda manthram :

 

tam u sthOthAra :; pUrvyam yathA vidha

ruthasya garbham janushA piparthana I

aasya jAnanthO naama cidh vivakthna

mahas tE VishNO sumathim BhajaamahE II

--Rg Vedam :I.156.3

 

(Meaning ) : O Singers ! May you all

propitiate and celebrate of your own

accord (svath sankalpam =without being

goaded by any one else , spontaneously )

that Self inside the Sun ( AntharyAmi

Brahmam inside the Sun(Soorya mandala

Madhyathan , Sriman NaarAyaNan ). He is

anadhi(primeval) and is at the center of

all this vast and orderly creation .

O Sun's power ! cognizant of Your greatness ,

May we be blessed to celebrate Your name and

seek refuge at Your feet .

 

(comments ): The key words are " Ruthasya Garbham "

and "JanushA pipartana ".Rutham is a complex Vedic

term connoting the eteranl truth , righteousness .

Our Lord is recognized as the essence or nucleus or

empowering principle behind it(rutham ) .

 

"janusha pipartana " means some thing attained

thru enlightenment arising from the Lord's anugraham .

This is the spontaneous outbursts as poems due to

that blessing or soubhAgyam .

 

Let us come back to this Veda Manthram

containing these key words :

 

tam u STOTHAARAA pUrvyam yatha vidhA

ruthasya garbham JANUSHAA PIPARTHANA I

aasya JAANANTHO naama chidh vivaktana

MAHAS thE VISHNO sumathim BHAJAAMAHE II

 

Sri NaarAyaNa Bhattadhiri's 3rd slOkam of

the 99th Dasakam the sacred Vedic words

inside it are noted ABOVE in Capitals :

 

hEy STHOTHAARA:kavindhrAsthamiha

kalu yathA chEthayadhvE tathaiva

vyaktham Vedasya saaram praNuvatha

jananOpAttha leelAkathAbhi:I

JAANANTHASCCHaSYA naamAnyakhila

sukhakakarANIthi sankIrthayadhvam

hEy VISHNO keerthanAdhaistava kalu

MAHASTATATTVA bhOdham BHAJEYAM II

 

Thus the slOkam is Veda Saaram .

 

(Meaning ): Oh srEshta Kavis known

for your eulogy of the Lord ! May you

all eulogize Him as you know Him as

the essence of the VedAs (as VedAs

salute Him ) ! May you all praise

Him ealaborately as comprehended by you

from your enjoyment of His leelAs

associated with His sacred avathArams !

O wise ones! Please perform sankIrthanam

of Sriman NaarAyaNan's names only ,

who confers all auspiciousness .

OH VishNu SvarUpi GuruvAyUrappA !

May I attain the true svarUpa Jn~Anam

of Yours and grow my Bhakthi to You

through sankIrthanam of Your divya Naamams .

 

After hearing this prayer , Lord GuruvAyUrappan

nodded His head and assured Sri NaarAyaNa

Bhattadhiri that he will be so blessed .

 

NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa !

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan