Sri PVP vyakhyanam of Prathama Jitante stotram shlokam 14.conclusion

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Sri PVP vyakhyanam of Prathama Jitante stotram shlokam 14.

 

Srimate Ramanujaya Nama:

Sri PeriyaVachchan Pillai tiruvadigaLE sharaNam

 

shrImat kriShNa samAhvAya namO yAmunasUnavE ;

yatkaTAkShaika lakShyANAm sulabha: shrIdhara: sadA.

 

**14. ityEvamanayA stutyA stutvA dEvam dinE dinE.

kimkarO(a)smIti chAtmAnam dEvAyaivam nivEdayEt. **

 

Meaning::-- --iti Evam-- In this way. --anayA stutyA-- by way of this

stotram. --dEvam-- the God. --dinE dinE-- everyday. --stutvA-- having

prayed. --kimkara: asmi iti cha-- that I should be your server. --dEvAya--

To the master. --Evam-- thus. --nivEdayEt-- one should offer his soul (to

the Lord).

 

Introduction::-- (ityEvam etc) A person who has no understanding and

thinking of what was described in the shlokams stated hitherto, should

recite these shlokams everyday and solicit for service to the Lord and

offer his soul to the Lord.

 

VyAkhyAnam::-- "iti " and "Evam" indicate the characteristics of the words

and the meanings respectively. By this is indicated the superiority of

this Jitante from among other Jitante stotrams (there are in all, five

Jitante stotrams).

 

(anayA stutyA) As cited in "jitanta iti mantrENa" this was proclaimed as a

mantram in other regions. In our region, it has been denoted as a stotram.

What is the reason? Well, as in "mantAram trAyata iti mantra:" , it

uplifts one who utters it as a mantra. If the Lord who is a "stavya" and

"stavapriya" (eulogisable and lover of eulogy), listens to it, His face

will bloom with gladness and hence it is called stotram.

(dEvam) As in "sAkShAd deva: purANO(a)sau" He is an eternal God.

 

(dinE dinE) For a person who has comprehended the spirit of these

shlokams, some infrequent recitation may be adequate. For others, this

stotram should be recited everyday.

 

(kimkara: asmi etc) With a prayer that he would be a server and slave to

the Lord, he will totally offer his soul at His feet. What is the purpose

of such an action? If such a stotram which has been recited by

distinguished persons, is recited even by ordinary mortals (who are

priding of their body as the soul), then the Lord will think of the latter

as the former and equating them He will accept the latter too as He would

the former. How come? A cow which has delivered a calf, can be first

milked by keeping the real calf near her. Later, even if the real calf is

taken away and a stuffed calf (thORkanRu) is placed by her side, she,

still thinking of her real calf, yields and streams milk even to the

stuffed calf. In the same vein, undeserving people also get the grace of

God by reciting these shlokams which were recited by great people.

 

 

The commentary of Jitante stotram written by Sri PVP is concluded.

 

Periya vAchchan pillai tiruvadigaLE sharaNam.

 

 

dasan

Ramanuja