Srimath Azhagiya Singar's 79th Thirunakshathram : Part XXI ( Selected Lakshmi Sahsram SlOkams )

[Guest guest]

Sri:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Sri Lakshmi Nrusimhan :

 

After coverage of the 25 slOkams of Swamy Desikan's Sri Sthuthi ,

adiyEn will linger over specific slOkams of Sri Lakshmi Sahasram

composed by MahA VidwAn ArasANipAlai VenkatAdhvari .

 

The Great Poet and Illustrious Lakshmi Bhakthar from ArasANippAlai

****************************************************************************************

Sri VenkatAdhvari comes from the vamsam of Swamy AppuLLAr ,

Swamy Desikan's maternal uncle . He lived in the 16th century at

ArasANippAlai , a village near Kaanchi populated by Vedic Scholars .

He was a contemproary of Sri Lakshmi KumAra Taatha Desikan linked to

the 6th Pattam Srimath Azhagiya Singar . SvayamAchArya Purusha

and Desika Ratnam "Seva SwamigaL " is a descendant of Sri VenkatAdhri

Kavi and was also profoundly gifted with poetic skills & darsana Jn~Anam.

 

The compositions of Sri VenkatAdhri Kavi

********************************************************

Sri VenkatAdhvari Swamy has left behind monumental sthOthrams

and Kaavyams : (1) Viswa GuNa darsa champu (2) Sri Raaghava Yaadhaveeyam

and (3) Sri Lakshmi Sahasram . Each one of them is a poetic treasure

and deep source book for revelation of his Bhakthi for Sri Padmasani

ThAyAr SamEtha Lord SrinivAsa of Thirumalai and MahA Lakshmi

as well as Sri Ramachandra .

 

Sri Raaghava Yaadhaveeyam demonstrates the extraordinary skills of

Sri VemkatAdhavari Swamy as a poet . The 30 stanzas of this creation

deals on selected topics of Srimath RaamAyaNam and Srimath BhAgavatham.

The slOkAs can be read normally ( from left to right) as well as in reverse

( right to left) to find the same meaning .

 

Viswa GuNa darsa champu is a tribute to the dhivya desams . Two GandharvAs

are the characters in this Kaavyam . One of them praises the vaibhavam of

the dhivya dEsam and its people and the other Gandharva coments on

the deficencies of the dhivya dEsams and its people . It is clever juxtaposition .

 

Laksmi Sahasram:Soon after composing this champu grantham , Sri VenkatAdhwari

Swamy lost his eye sight . He recognized that his unintended offense to the BhagavathAs

in the Champu had caused his loss of eye sight . Swamy prayed to Sri Padmasani ThAyaar

(AlarmEl Mangai of ThirucchAnUr) and composed 1018 beautiful slOkams set in

25 Sthapakams . Due to ThAyAr's KaaruNyam , Swamy regained his lost eye sight .

 

Essays in Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA about Sri Lakshmi Sahasram

************************************************************************************

NavalpAkkam TatAchAr VamsatthArs have extensive knowledge about

the mysteries of the slOkams of Sri Lakshmi Sahasram . Sriman NavalpAkkam

KaNNan Swamy residing now in Hyderabad has been commenting in detail

about the individual slOkams of Sri Lakshmi Sahasram in Sri RanganAtha

PaadhukA for quite some time now . adiyEn has been a keen student of

his postings and insights therein . adiyEn will share with you all some of

these auspicous slOkams in a spirit of supplication to MahA Lakshmi

for success in the fund raising kaimakryam for the 79th Thirunakshathram of

HH Sri NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra MahA Desikan .

 

1) MahA Lakshmi and Padhmam ( Kamalam /Lotus)

******************************************************************

MahA Lakshmi is saluted as " Padhma PriyE Padhmini Padhma HasthE ,

PadhmAlayE PadhmadhaLAyadhAkshee " in Sri Sooktham .

 

In VishNu PurANam , Indhran salutes Her and Her close realtionship

to the Padhmam this way :

 

" PadhmAlayAm Padhma-karAm Padhma-pathra nipEkshaNAm

VandhE Padhma-mukheem Deveem PadhmanAbha-priyAm-aham "

 

At the end of His sthuthi Indhran begs for KamalA's anugraham :

 

" praseedha Devi PadhmAkshi mAsmAmstayAkshee: kadhAchana"

 

Adhi SankarA in his KanakadhArA Sthothram salutes MahA Lakshmi's

close links to the Lotus this way and seeks Her anugraham(Praseedha

mahyam) . Adhi Sankara begs MahA Lakshmi to cast her Dayaa-laden

glances on him , the akinchanan and ananya gathi and performs Prapathti :

 

SarasijanilayE ! SarOja-hasthE ! dhavalatamAmSuka-gandhamAlya SObhE !

Bhagavathy ! Hari VallabhE ! ManOj~nE !

Thribhuvana-bhUthikari ! Prassedha mahyam

 

KamalE ! KamlAkshavallabhE ! Thvam

KaruNApoora-tarangithair-apAngai:

avalOkaya mAmm akinchanAnAm

PraTamam pAthram akruthrimam dayAyA:

 

Kamala Pushpam has thus an exalted status thru its links

to MahA Lakshmi in many ways .

 

Sri VenkatAdhvari Kavi uses 40 slOkams of one chapter of

Sri Lakshmi Sahasram to offer his salutations to the Lotus dear to

MahA Lakshmi . Here is a sample slOkam ( First of the Fourty) .

 

Salutations to the Lotus as the abode of MahA Lakshmi

**********************************************************************

Aravindha-vanam vandhE tadhaham yadhaharnisam

preethi-poorvaka-madhyAsthE PeethAmbhara-kuDumbinee

 

MahA Lakshmi resides in the lotus forest (Aravindha Vanam) .

She is there day and night ( aharnisam) . She resides there with

Joy ( Preethi Poorvakam) . The Padhmam is very dear to Her

and therefore She has the name of Padhma PriyA . She is

the dear consort of PeethAmbharadharan , Sriman NaarAyaNan;

hence She is saluted here by the Kavi as "PeethAmbhara KuDumBinee " .

 

The Poet salutes the whole Lotus forest (Aravindha Vanam vandhE ).

It is like saluting the Giri ( Hasthi Giri or Saptha Giri ) in VaradarAja

Sthavam and DayA Sathakam ) . The poet salutes the Lotus forest

since MahA Lakshmi lives there with great affection .Wherever

Sri Devi resides , those objects / places are worthy of worship (e.g):

the back of a Cow , the lotus flower , The Milky Ocean . That is

the SaasthrArTam .

 

The Beautiful Lotus resembling MahA Laksmi's sacred Feet

****************************************************************************

ThAvakam padham abhikhyayA RamE

vArijam praNigadhanthi Sooraya:

ProuDa SObha nakharAmsu vaibhava

prApthamanjima sadhALi sEvitham ---slOkam 3 of Fourty

 

The poet's skills in using double meaning for the same word is

brought out beautifully here . Four aspects are chosen to show

the resemblence between Her beautiful feet and the Lotus .

 

Oh MahA Lkashmi ! Knowledgable rasikAs (Sooraya:) describe Your sacred

feet as the Lotus . Why So ? There are four reasons (Similarities) :

 

1. Both are Padham for You ; Padham means both the Foot and also the place of

residence ( ThAvakam Padham) . Both are Padham .

 

2. Both became Lotus because of Abhikhyaa ( means beauty or name) :

(ThAvakam Padham abhikhyA ) . Both are abhikhyA : One is abhikhyA

Vaarijam (Lotus) and SrI DEvi is abhikhyA Ramaa (Lakshmi) .

 

3. Both have links to " KharAmsu", the Sooryan . The Lotus blossoms

from the rays of the spreading Sun ( ProuDa sObhana kharAmsu vaibhava

manjima ). In the case of MahA Lakshmi , " Sobhana KharAmsu " is split

in to " Sobha nakhara amsu " : Her padham has the glory of being

beautified by the lustre of the rays emanating from the white nails

( ProuDa Sobha nakhara amsu vaibhava prAptha manjma) .

 

4. Both the Thiruvadi and the Lotus are "SadhALi sEvitham " .

" SadhALi Sevitham " for MahA Lakshmi means worshipped by

rows and rows of puNyasAlees (SadhALi) . In the case of the lotus ,

it is "sadha aLi sEvitham "( surrounded always by honey sucking bees).

 

These are the four reasons to identify MahA Lakshmi's sacred feet

as the Lotus .

 

SrI Devyai Nama: , Sriyaiy Nama:

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Sadagopan Swamy,

 

It is interesting and our bhagyam to read the meanings of Lakshmi sahasram

also as posted by by Navalpakkam Kannan swamy in Sri Ranganatha Paaduka.

 

By the way is it possible to see if Navalpakkam swamy has access to

sanskrit vyakhyanams for Lakshmi sahasram. I also came to know that

Mahamahopadhyaya N C Raghunathacharya from Warangal from Sathsampradaya

sabha publications had published first part of Laksmi Sahasram

Ratnaprakashika vyakhyanam by HH Krishna Brahmatantra parakala swamy in

2000. I will be very grateful if the book or a copy is made available with

their help.

Besides, I hope even these valuable works will be digitised by the

project taken up by the srivaishnava monograph literature /palmleaves

registry project which will immensely benefit sanskrit lovers.

 

By the way, adiyen wish to volunteer for the project as called for by you.

 

With Best regards

Adiyen dasan

Ramanuja

 

 

 

 

On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, sgopan wrote:

 

> Sri:

>

> Dear BhakthAs of Sri Lakshmi Nrusimhan :

>

> After coverage of the 25 slOkams of Swamy Desikan's Sri Sthuthi ,

> adiyEn will linger over specific slOkams of Sri Lakshmi Sahasram

> composed by MahA VidwAn ArasANipAlai VenkatAdhvari .

>

> The Great Poet and Illustrious Lakshmi Bhakthar from ArasANippAlai

>

********************************************************************************\

********

> Sri VenkatAdhvari comes from the vamsam of Swamy AppuLLAr ,

> Swamy Desikan's maternal uncle . He lived in the 16th century at

> ArasANippAlai , a village near Kaanchi populated by Vedic Scholars .

> He was a contemproary of Sri Lakshmi KumAra Taatha Desikan linked to

> the 6th Pattam Srimath Azhagiya Singar . SvayamAchArya Purusha

> and Desika Ratnam "Seva SwamigaL " is a descendant of Sri VenkatAdhri

> Kavi and was also profoundly gifted with poetic skills & darsana Jn~Anam.

>

> The compositions of Sri VenkatAdhri Kavi

> ********************************************************

> Sri VenkatAdhvari Swamy has left behind monumental sthOthrams

> and Kaavyams : (1) Viswa GuNa darsa champu (2) Sri Raaghava Yaadhaveeyam

> and (3) Sri Lakshmi Sahasram . Each one of them is a poetic treasure

> and deep source book for revelation of his Bhakthi for Sri Padmasani

> ThAyAr SamEtha Lord SrinivAsa of Thirumalai and MahA Lakshmi

> as well as Sri Ramachandra .

>

> Sri Raaghava Yaadhaveeyam demonstrates the extraordinary skills of

> Sri VemkatAdhavari Swamy as a poet . The 30 stanzas of this creation

> deals on selected topics of Srimath RaamAyaNam and Srimath BhAgavatham.

> The slOkAs can be read normally ( from left to right) as well as in reverse

> ( right to left) to find the same meaning .

>

> Viswa GuNa darsa champu is a tribute to the dhivya desams . Two GandharvAs

> are the characters in this Kaavyam . One of them praises the vaibhavam of

> the dhivya dEsam and its people and the other Gandharva coments on

> the deficencies of the dhivya dEsams and its people . It is clever

juxtaposition .

>

> Laksmi Sahasram:Soon after composing this champu grantham , Sri VenkatAdhwari

> Swamy lost his eye sight . He recognized that his unintended offense to the

BhagavathAs

> in the Champu had caused his loss of eye sight . Swamy prayed to Sri Padmasani

ThAyaar

> (AlarmEl Mangai of ThirucchAnUr) and composed 1018 beautiful slOkams set in

> 25 Sthapakams . Due to ThAyAr's KaaruNyam , Swamy regained his lost eye sight

..

>

> Essays in Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA about Sri Lakshmi Sahasram

>

********************************************************************************\

****

> NavalpAkkam TatAchAr VamsatthArs have extensive knowledge about

> the mysteries of the slOkams of Sri Lakshmi Sahasram . Sriman NavalpAkkam

> KaNNan Swamy residing now in Hyderabad has been commenting in detail

> about the individual slOkams of Sri Lakshmi Sahasram in Sri RanganAtha

> PaadhukA for quite some time now . adiyEn has been a keen student of

> his postings and insights therein . adiyEn will share with you all some of

> these auspicous slOkams in a spirit of supplication to MahA Lakshmi

> for success in the fund raising kaimakryam for the 79th Thirunakshathram of

> HH Sri NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra MahA Desikan .

>

> 1) MahA Lakshmi and Padhmam ( Kamalam /Lotus)

> ******************************************************************

> MahA Lakshmi is saluted as " Padhma PriyE Padhmini Padhma HasthE ,

> PadhmAlayE PadhmadhaLAyadhAkshee " in Sri Sooktham .

>

> In VishNu PurANam , Indhran salutes Her and Her close realtionship

> to the Padhmam this way :

>

> " PadhmAlayAm Padhma-karAm Padhma-pathra nipEkshaNAm

> VandhE Padhma-mukheem Deveem PadhmanAbha-priyAm-aham "

>

> At the end of His sthuthi Indhran begs for KamalA's anugraham :

>

> " praseedha Devi PadhmAkshi mAsmAmstayAkshee: kadhAchana"

>

> Adhi SankarA in his KanakadhArA Sthothram salutes MahA Lakshmi's

> close links to the Lotus this way and seeks Her anugraham(Praseedha

> mahyam) . Adhi Sankara begs MahA Lakshmi to cast her Dayaa-laden

> glances on him , the akinchanan and ananya gathi and performs Prapathti :

>

> SarasijanilayE ! SarOja-hasthE !

> dhavalatamAmSuka-gandhamAlya SObhE !

> Bhagavathy ! Hari VallabhE ! ManOj~nE !

> Thribhuvana-bhUthikari ! Prassedha mahyam

>

> KamalE ! KamlAkshavallabhE ! Thvam

> KaruNApoora-tarangithair-apAngai:

> avalOkaya mAmm akinchanAnAm

> PraTamam pAthram akruthrimam dayAyA:

>

> Kamala Pushpam has thus an exalted status thru its links

> to MahA Lakshmi in many ways .

>

> Sri VenkatAdhvari Kavi uses 40 slOkams of one chapter of

> Sri Lakshmi Sahasram to offer his salutations to the Lotus dear to

> MahA Lakshmi . Here is a sample slOkam ( First of the Fourty) .

>

> Salutations to the Lotus as the abode of MahA Lakshmi

> **********************************************************************

> Aravindha-vanam vandhE tadhaham yadhaharnisam

> preethi-poorvaka-madhyAsthE PeethAmbhara-kuDumbinee

>

> MahA Lakshmi resides in the lotus forest (Aravindha Vanam) .

> She is there day and night ( aharnisam) . She resides there with

> Joy ( Preethi Poorvakam) . The Padhmam is very dear to Her

> and therefore She has the name of Padhma PriyA . She is

> the dear consort of PeethAmbharadharan , Sriman NaarAyaNan;

> hence She is saluted here by the Kavi as "PeethAmbhara KuDumBinee " .

>

> The Poet salutes the whole Lotus forest (Aravindha Vanam vandhE ).

> It is like saluting the Giri ( Hasthi Giri or Saptha Giri ) in VaradarAja

> Sthavam and DayA Sathakam ) . The poet salutes the Lotus forest

> since MahA Lakshmi lives there with great affection .Wherever

> Sri Devi resides , those objects / places are worthy of worship (e.g):

> the back of a Cow , the lotus flower , The Milky Ocean . That is

> the SaasthrArTam .

>

> The Beautiful Lotus resembling MahA Laksmi's sacred Feet

> ****************************************************************************

> ThAvakam padham abhikhyayA RamE

> vArijam praNigadhanthi Sooraya:

> ProuDa SObha nakharAmsu vaibhava

> prApthamanjima sadhALi sEvitham ---slOkam 3 of Fourty

>

> The poet's skills in using double meaning for the same word is

> brought out beautifully here . Four aspects are chosen to show

> the resemblence between Her beautiful feet and the Lotus .

>

> Oh MahA Lkashmi ! Knowledgable rasikAs (Sooraya:) describe Your sacred

> feet as the Lotus . Why So ? There are four reasons (Similarities) :

>

> 1. Both are Padham for You ; Padham means both the Foot and also the place of

> residence ( ThAvakam Padham) . Both are Padham .

>

> 2. Both became Lotus because of Abhikhyaa ( means beauty or name) :

> (ThAvakam Padham abhikhyA ) . Both are abhikhyA : One is abhikhyA

> Vaarijam (Lotus) and SrI DEvi is abhikhyA Ramaa (Lakshmi) .

>

> 3. Both have links to " KharAmsu", the Sooryan . The Lotus blossoms

> from the rays of the spreading Sun ( ProuDa sObhana kharAmsu vaibhava

> manjima ). In the case of MahA Lakshmi , " Sobhana KharAmsu " is split

> in to " Sobha nakhara amsu " : Her padham has the glory of being

> beautified by the lustre of the rays emanating from the white nails

> ( ProuDa Sobha nakhara amsu vaibhava prAptha manjma) .

>

> 4. Both the Thiruvadi and the Lotus are "SadhALi sEvitham " .

> " SadhALi Sevitham " for MahA Lakshmi means worshipped by

> rows and rows of puNyasAlees (SadhALi) . In the case of the lotus ,

> it is "sadha aLi sEvitham "( surrounded always by honey sucking bees).

>

> These are the four reasons to identify MahA Lakshmi's sacred feet

> as the Lotus .

>

> SrI Devyai Nama: , Sriyaiy Nama:

> Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

> Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

SrI:

 

Dear Dr.Ramanuja :

 

Many thanks for your feedback !

I will focus on selected slokams of

Sri Lakshmi Sahasram .

 

I think Sri Kannan Swamy had KaalkshEpam under

one of the learned Navalpakkam Scholars/AchAryans

on Sri Lakshmi Sahasram .

 

You can be of great help in going thru the many granthams

in Palm leaf or book format at Mysore ParakAla Mutt and with the blessings

of HH Sri ParakAla Matam Jeeyar bring them out in the digitized form

or printed form . The comemntary you mentioned about Sri Lakshmi

Sahasram could be one of them.

 

Many thanks for considering this request ,

V.Sadagopan

 

 

-

"M.N.Ramanuja" <mnr

"Ponnappan" <Oppiliappan>

Wednesday, October 05, 2005 8:27 AM

Re: Srimath Azhagiya Singar's 79th Thirunakshathram :

Part XXI ( Selected Lakshmi Sahsram SlOkams )

 

 

>

> Dear Sri Sadagopan Swamy,

 

>

> By the way is it possible to see if Navalpakkam swamy has access to

> sanskrit vyakhyanams for Lakshmi sahasram. I also came to know that

> Mahamahopadhyaya N C Raghunathacharya from Warangal from Sathsampradaya

> sabha publications had published first part of Laksmi Sahasram

> Ratnaprakashika vyakhyanam by HH Krishna Brahmatantra parakala swamy in

> 2000. I will be very grateful if the book or a copy is made available with

> their help.

> Besides, I hope even these valuable works will be digitised by the

> project taken up by the srivaishnava monograph literature /palmleaves

> registry project which will immensely benefit sanskrit lovers.

>

> By the way, adiyen wish to volunteer for the project as called for by you.

>

> With Best regards

> Adiyen dasan

> Ramanuja

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Sadagopan Swamy,

 

Adiyen is glad to be of squirrel service in bringing out valuable old

religious sanskrit literature. Thanks for taking me as a volunteer in

this area. Now I may need some sort of ID/introduction or authorisation

as connected with the project to approach parakalamatham and take blessings

from HH Parakala jeer. With that it may be easy to begin the mission to

the best of my little knowledge.

 

Best Regards

Dasan

Ramanuja

 

On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, sgopan wrote:

 

> SrI:

>

> Dear Dr.Ramanuja :

>

> Many thanks for your feedback !

> I will focus on selected slokams of

> Sri Lakshmi Sahasram .

>

> I think Sri Kannan Swamy had KaalkshEpam under

> one of the learned Navalpakkam Scholars/AchAryans

> on Sri Lakshmi Sahasram .

>

> You can be of great help in going thru the many granthams

> in Palm leaf or book format at Mysore ParakAla Mutt and with the

> blessings

> of HH Sri ParakAla Matam Jeeyar bring them out in the digitized form

> or printed form . The comemntary you mentioned about Sri Lakshmi

> Sahasram could be one of them.

>

> Many thanks for considering this request ,

> V.Sadagopan

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Sriman Ramanuja :

 

I welcome very much your kind and significant offer of help .

 

HH Sri Parakala Matam Jeeyar is very accessible and

will be happy to help after you make your PrArTanA Poorva

Vij~Apanam .

 

I have also copied the e-lists of ParakAla Matam and

Malleswaram venugopala Temple on this note of mine .

 

It is my hope that one of the members with close conenction to

HH Sri ParakAla Matam Jeeyar can help you with personal

introduction . I have not had the bhAgyam of meeting the revered

Jeeyar in person sofar .

 

Sri ParakAla matam has many source granthams and would in all

probability be intersted in bringging some of these to light

thru the digitalization project for the benefit of the larger (global)

VaishNavA Community .

 

Many thanks in advance for anyone who can porvide the personal

introduction to HH Sri ParakAla Matam Jeeyar on behalf of Dr.Ramanuja

for the digitalization and storage/Printing of rare Sri VaishNava

Sri Sookthis .

 

Namo NaarAyaNAya ,

V.Sadagopan

 

-

"M.N.Ramanuja" <mnr

<Oppiliappan>

Thursday, October 06, 2005 6:42 AM

Re: Srimath Azhagiya Singar's 79th Thirunakshathram :

Part XXI ( Selected Lakshmi Sahsram SlOkams )

 

 

> Dear Sri Sadagopan Swamy,

>

> Adiyen is glad to be of squirrel service in bringing out valuable old

> religious sanskrit literature. Thanks for taking me as a volunteer in

> this area. Now I may need some sort of ID/introduction or authorisation

> as connected with the project to approach parakalamatham and take

> blessings

> from HH Parakala jeer. With that it may be easy to begin the mission to

> the best of my little knowledge.

>

> Best Regards

> Dasan

> Ramanuja

>

> On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, sgopan wrote:

>

>> SrI:

>>

>> Dear Dr.Ramanuja :

>>

>> Many thanks for your feedback !

>> I will focus on selected slokams of

>> Sri Lakshmi Sahasram .

>>

>> I think Sri Kannan Swamy had KaalkshEpam under

>> one of the learned Navalpakkam Scholars/AchAryans

>> on Sri Lakshmi Sahasram .

>>

>> You can be of great help in going thru the many granthams

>> in Palm leaf or book format at Mysore ParakAla Mutt and with the

>> blessings

>> of HH Sri ParakAla Matam Jeeyar bring them out in the digitized form

>> or printed form . The comemntary you mentioned about Sri Lakshmi

>> Sahasram could be one of them.

>>

>> Many thanks for considering this request ,

>> V.Sadagopan

>>

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