Sri VenkatEsa Prapatthi--Part III

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(11) PaarthAya tathsadrusa sAraThinA thvayayaiva

yau darsithou svacharaNou saraNam vrajEthi I

bhUyOpi mahyamiha thE karadarsithou thau

Sri VenkatEsa charaNou saraNam prapadhyE II

 

(Meaning): Oh Lord SrinivAsA ! In Your incarnation as

Sri KrishNA , You revealed the secret of Your holy feet

as the indispensable means for attaining salvation

through the statement " maamEkam SaraNam vraja" .

On the top of ThiruvEnkatam hills , You gesture

to Your feet with Your right hand and give us

the same message that You gave to ArjunA as his

charioteer in KurushEthrA battle field.

 

(12) manmUrdhni KaaLiyaphaNE vikaDADavIshu

Sri VenkaDAdhri sikharE sirasi sruthinAm I

chitthEpyananya manasAmsamamAhithou thE

Sri VenkatEsa charaNou SaraNam prapadhyE II

 

(Meaning ): Oh VenkatEsa! Your holy feet danced on

the hoods of the serpent KaaLiyA during Your incarnation

as Sri KrishNA ; they also roamed in the forest such as

DanDakA and BrindhAvanam in Your two different incarnations.

Now, they rest on the top of ThiruvEnkatam hills

as well as on the heads of the VedAs and sanctify

both of them. Your holy feet rest also on the heart

lotuses of Your devotees and on my head. AdiyEn

considers those sacred feet as my refuge to overcome

the ills of SamsArA. Hence , adiyEn offers my

SaraNAgathi to Your holy feet .

 

(13) amlAna hrushya dhavaneetala keerNa pushpou

Sri VenkaDAdhri sikharaabharaNaayamAnou I

aanandhidaakhila manO nayanou tavaithou

SrivEnkatEsa charaNou saraNam prapadhyE II

 

(Meaning ): The dEvAs and Your devotees from this earth

shower Your feet with innumerable fragrant flowers during

their daily archanAs. These piles of flowers reach up to

Your ankles and then spill over and form a flower bed

around Your feet .Because of their association with Your

divine feet, these flowers never lose their fragrance

or fade. They shine brilliantly forever and serve as

decorations around Your divine feet. Your devotees

witness this miracle and understand the transforming

power of Your holy feet. AdiyEn surrenders unto those

wish-fulfilling holy feet .

 

(14) prAya: prapanna janathA prathamAvagAhyou

maathu: sthanAnAniva sisO; amruthAyamanou

prApthou paraspara thulA mathulAntharou thE

Sri VenkatEsa charanou SaraNam prapadhyE

 

(Meaning): Oh Sri VenkatEsA ! Your holy feet serve

as a deep ocean of Mercy to the swarm of devotees ,

who have offered Prapatthi to You. Your acceptance of

their Prapatthi is similar to the nectar of milk

offered by the caring Mother from her breasts to

her hungry child. Your feet are matchless in their

power to drive away the sorrows of this world and

offer refuge in the other world. AdiyEn prostrates

before them and offer my SaraNAgathi unto them .

 

(15) satthvOttharais satata sEvya paadhAmbhujEna

samsAra taaraka dayArdhra dhruganjalEna

soumyOpayanthru muninA mama darsithou thE

Sri VenkatEsa charaNou SaraNam prapadhyE

 

(Meaning): Sri MaNavALa MaamunigaL is worshipped by

people of pure heart. He is a great ocean of compassion .

He pointed out Your holy feet and revealed to me that

they are the sole means for attaining lasting happiness

in this world and to gain eternal residence in Sri VaikunTam.

AdiyEn has followed the path shown by my illustrious

AchAryA and as a result , adiyEn performs my SaraNAgathi

at Your holy feet.

 

(16) Srisa SriyA gatikayA thvadhupAyabhAvE

prApyE thvayi svayamupEyatayA spuranthyA

nithyAsrithAya niravdhyaguNAya thubhyam

kinkarO vrushagirIsa na jaathu mahyam

 

Oh Lord of ThiruvEnkatam hills ! Oh Consort of

MahA Lakshmi! You are indeed the integrated

essence of all auspicious qualities . Your

consort makes us worthy of the object of Your

mercy. When we obtain Your blessings through

Her intercession , She also presents Herself

with You as the inseparable , divine couple ;

at that time , both of You become the object of

our adorations .We will serve both of You with

pure hearts . We shall never be detatched from

You even for a moment in thought or deed.We will

never consider ourself as svatantra purushAs .

We are indeed blessed to receive the benefits of

SaraNAgathi performed according to the way

taught by our AchAryAs to secure Your blessings.

 

SrimathE VenkatEsAya namO nama:

AdiyEn , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan