Sri Vaikunta Stavam series : SlOkams 76-85

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SlOkam 76

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ThvAm sEvithum jalaja chakra gadhAasi saarngai:

thArkshyENa sainyapatinAanucharais-taTAnyai:

dEvyA SriyA saha lasantham ananathabhOgE

bhunjeeya saanjalir-asankuchithAkshi pakshmA

 

(Meaning ) : Oh Bhagavann ! May adiyEn be blessed with the soubhAgyam

of enjoying Your darsanam with my hands folded in reverence and unclosed

eyes ,

while You are recieving the kaimkaryam from Your aayudhams-- Conch ,

Disc , Mace , Sword , bow -- and nithya Sooris ( VishvaksEnar , Garudan

et al) ? May adiyEn have the good fortune to have the darsana soubhAgyam of

Yourself being seated on Your bed of AadhisEshan with Your divine consort ,

MahA Lakshmi ?

 

(Commentary ) : SrI PaancharAthra Saasthrams describe the SEvai of

Sri Vaikunta NaaTan at His supreme abode with His weapons , aabharaNams ,

Parijanams ( MukthAs and Nithya Sooris) and His DEvis .This slOkam

visualizes that dhivya darsanam .

 

SlOkam 77

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kaimkarya nithya nirathai: bhavadhEka-bhOgai:

nithyairanukshaNa naveena rasArdhra bhAvai:

nithyAbhivAnchitha paraspara neecha-bhAvai:

maddhaivathai: parijanaistava sangaseeya

 

(Meaning) : Oh Bhagavann! May adiyEn be blessed to be always

in the auspicous sath sangam of Your BhAgavathAs /nithya Sooris ,

who are forever engaged in performing kaimkaryam to You ; their

minds are softened through the ceaseless love for You ; they wish to be

the servants of each other in their role as Your BhAgavathAs ; they

sustain themselves by invoking You as their Kula dhaivam . May adiyEn

be blessed to live in the company of these dear parijanams and AchAryAs

of Yours forever !

 

(Commentary) : In our darsanam , Bhagavatha sEshathvam ( being the servants

of BhAgavathAs ) is more important than even serving the Lord (Bhagavath

Kaimkaryam). This slOkam was blessed to us by KurEsar to remind us of

this tatthvam . AzhwAr's support for this tradition is seen in : " Tala

sayanatthu

uRaivARaik-koNDAdum nenjudayAr YengaL Kula dhaivamE " . Swamy Desikan

has elaborated on this topic in the PurushArTakAshtAdhikAram of SrImath

Rahasya Thraya Saaram . Even in the state of Mukthi (at Sri Vaikuntam) ,

Nithya Sooris , MukthAs and our PoorvAchAryAs stay as mutual servants of

each other in a state of Bhagavatha sEshathvam .

 

SlOkam 78

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yath kinjidhujjvalamidham yadhupAkhyayAaahu:

soundharyam ruddhirithi yannmahimAmsalEsa:

naamnaiva yaam sriyamusanthy yadheeyadhAma

ThvAmAmananthy , yathamaa yathamAna Siddhi:

 

(Meaning ) : Oh Bhagavann! May adiyEn be granted the boon of

becoming the bonded servant of Yourself and Your divine consort ,

who lends Her name of "Sri " to all radiant objects in this world ; She

is behind all beauty and wealth through a tiny portion of Her glory ;

She has taken on the name of "SrI " because of Her unparalleled

auspiciousness ; She has chosen Your chest as Her permanent abode

and She is the Mother of the Universe ; She shines as Mosha Lakshmi

( the ultimate phalan of Yoga siddhi) !

 

(Commentary ) : We recognize all auspicious things in the universe as

LakshmIkaram . When Her glance does not fall on them , they lose

their Lakshmikaram . Sri BhAshyakArar celebrated her Mahimai

as : " anavadhika mahimaa Mahishee ". She has every Iswaryam that

Her Lord has . She destroys all sins like Her Lord ( " vEri MaaRAtha

PoomEl iruppAL vinai theerkkumE ". The other quotations for Her

incomparable mahimai are denoted by Her sacred names : " Vimukthi

Phala dhAyini , Sarva kaama pradhA , SamsArArNava TaariNee ,

SarvArthi Samudhra ParisOshinee " . Here , She is saluted as the grantor of

Moksham , fulfiller of all desires , One who gets us across the ocean of

SamsAram and as the One who dries up the ocean of all miseries .

 

SlOkam 79

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yaa vai thvayAapyudhadhi manTana yathna labhyA

yaa antharhitEthi jadhunmaTaOdhyathOabhU:

yaa cha prathikshaNam apoorvarasAnuBandhai:

bhAvai: bhavantham abhinandhayathE sadhaiva

 

(Meaning) : May adiyEn be blessed with the soubhAgyam of

serving Your divine consort , who was attained by You through

Your efforts to churn the Milky ocean ; She started You on that effort

through Her act of disappearance from Sri Vaikuntam and She enhances

Your love for Her with Her many playful relationships with You

in an ever delectable manner !

 

(Commentary ) : The churning of the Milky Ocean was done by the Lord to

gain MahA Lakshmi ( "ViNNavar amudhuNa , amudhil varum PeNNamudhuNDa

EmperumAnE" - -Thirumangai AzhwAr about ThiruviNNagarappan ). That She

enhances His love for Her through many rasa bhAvams is revealed by :

" apoorvavadh vismayamAdhadhAnayA , guNEna roopENa vilAsa chEshtithai:

SadhA tavaivOchithayA Tava SriyA " . Her palyful acts are never the same

(apooravm) , produce wonders ( vismayam aadhadhAnaa) ; these playful

acts ( VilAsa cheshtais) match exactly with Her Lord's roopam and guNam .

 

SlOkam 80

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roopAsriyA guNaganar-vibhavEna dhAmnA

bhAvairudhAra madhurai:chathurai: charithrai:

nithyam tavaiva sadhruseem sriyam Iswareem thAmm

ThvAm chAnjitha: paricharEyam udheerNa bhAva:

 

(Meaning) : Oh Bhagavann ! Please bless adiyEn with the soubhAgyam

of performing blemishless kaimkaryam to You and to Your dear consort ,

who matches You in every one of Your anantha kalyANa guNams ,

ThirumEni soundharyam , VisEsha avathAra mahimai , Supreme tEjas

and ceaseless generosity and compassionate thoughts towards

our KshEmam .

 

(Commentary) : Swamy KurEsar has used three slOkams including this one

to praise the Mahimai of MahA L:akshmi as saluted earlier by Swamy

AlavanthAr , AchArya RaamAnuja , SrI Sookthi , AzhwAr aruL vaakku

and Sri VishNu PurANam . He prayed for the bhAgyam of serving the Lord

along with His divine consort , who matches Him in every aspect

( Tulya SeelA ) . KurEsar seems to indicate that Kaimkaryam for PirAtti is

his aim and PerumAL Kaimkaryam is incidental to that Kaimkaryam

to MahA Lakshmi . She blesses us with worldly Iswaryam , Moksham

and residence in Sri Vaikuntam ( Iswaryam akshara-gathim Paramam

padham vaa) . Vedam salutes the Divine consort of the Lord as :

" Iswareegum sarvabhUthAnAm asyEsaanaa JagathO VishNupathnee " .

KurEsar seems to suggest that his goal is Kaimkaryam to MahA Lakshmi

and seems to request Her dear Lord to be present at that time and accept

his Kaimkaryams as a dhivya MiTunam (Divine Couple) .

 

Swamy KurEsar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

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