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

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Sri:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Sri Lakshmi Nrusimhan :

 

Today , we wil focus on two more Lakshmi Sahasra SlOkams

that celebrate Her Naama Vaibhavam .

 

May the power of those Naamams shower Kanaka DhArA

for Srimath Azhagiya Singar's Thirunakshathra Uthsavam !

 

Power of SrI Naamam : Ishta Kaamya Siddhi granting Names

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yO vakthi Devi padham yEkam-api Thvadheeyam

sarvANi tasya hrudhi bhAnthi sadhA padhAni

nithyOnnathO nrupathirEva vaSeekruthascchEth

kimkurvathE purajanA: ithi ka: prayathna:

 

Special Observations

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(1) Oh DEvi ! For any one , who utters even one of Your Names

( Ya: Thvadheeyam padham yEkam api vakthi) , all words/speech

will always manifest themselves in his mind ( Tasya hrudhi sarvANi

padhAni sadhaa bhAnthy).

 

(2) When all these right words appear on a cue thru the utterance of

even one of Your limitless names , then the utterer has the power

to become an Aasu kavi ( a poet , who composes poems instantaneously) .

Once one masters the recitation of even one of Your sacred names ,

all speech (Vaak ) will come under his power (aadheenam) .

 

(3) For power over words , for mastery as a speaker or efficacy as

an illustrious kavi , SrI Naamams will empower one .When SrI Naamams

are mastered , then every other word will respond with alacrity and fall

in line , one after the other .

 

(4) Padham means Naamam ( soll ) . Padham also means Padhavi or position

( sTAnam) . In the latter intrepretaion , Brahma Padham , Indhra Padham

or even Parama Padham will come the way of One , who recites even

one name of SrI Devi .

 

(5) The poet gives an example to show how that disproportionate

reward happens :

" NithyOnnatha: Nrupathi: yEva vaSeekrutha: chEth , purajanA: kimkurvathE

ithi ka: prayathna? " . Here , the poet asks a rhetorical question , which has its

own answer . There is a king , who has always an exalted status ( NithyOnnatha:

Nrupathi asthi) . When one gets that exalted king himself under one's control ,

the citizens of that king become automatically one's vidhEyars / servants .

"NrupathrEva vaSeekrutha: chEth , PurajanA: ( Citizens) kimkurvathe (serve)

ithi ka: prayathna:(Special effort ) ? When the Master (King) is under one's control ,

why worry about taking any special effort to make the citizens obey one ?

No prayathnam (effort) is needed then . PurajanAms will follow the lead of

the Nrupathi . Similarly the Mastery of one of the names of the SarvalOkEswari

will bring under one's influence all the other servants of Hers .

 

The NaamAs of MahA Lakshmi ripening one's good fortunes

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In this slOkam , VenkatAdhri Kavi states that the utterance of Lakshmi's

NaamAs result in the perfection of one's bhAgyams :

 

KshamA-nidhE ! yamyadhipa-abhidhEyam

vachO-vidhEyam Tava NaamdhEyam

PadmAlayE Yasya guNOdhadhEyam

pachELimam vindhathi bhAgadhEyam

 

Special Comments :

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A. In this beautiful slOkam , the word dhEyam is woven in six times

either as a self-standing word or as a sandhi :

 

(1) NaamadhEyam = Name or Peyar in Tamil

(2) bhAgadhEyam = Good Fortune or adhrushtam

(3) (VachO) VidhEyam = One who has Your name as Mukhastham

or has one of Your name under the influence of his speech

(4)( Yami-adhipa) abhidhEyam = fit for the king of SanyAsis to utter

(5) GuNaO-dhadhEyam = this Ocean of KalyANa guNams

(6) KshamAnidhE-yami can be split in to Kshamaa nidhEyam

 

B. The Musical effect of reciting this slOkam is beautiful as in the case of

one of the VairAgya Panchaka slOkams , where Swamy Desikan uses

the word " dhanam " melliflously many times in the same slOkam .

 

C. In this slOkam , the Kavi addresses MahA Lakshmi as " KashamA NidhE "

and "GuNOdhadhE " . She is the treasure (nidhi) of Kshamaa ( Forbearance).

She is also (kalyANa) GuNOdhadhi ( Ocean of GuNams) .

 

D. She is saluted as well as " PadhmAlayE " ( One who has Her abode in the Lotus).

 

E. Kavi points out that Her auspicious names are appropriate / fit for utterances by

the highest among the Yathis ( Yami adhipa abhidhEyam Tava

nAmadhEyam) .

 

F. Kavi reveals that for one who has Her NaamadhEyam under the control of

his tongue (Yasya vachOvidhEyam ) gains the ripe (PachELimam)

good fortunes

(BhAgadhEyam ) of every kind ( ayam pachELimam bhAgadhEyam

vindhathi).

 

G. Such is the power of Japam of MahA Lakshmi's NaamAs !

 

H. Yami adhibha or the Leader among the Yathis can refer to Maharishi SanathkumArar

or Swamy AlavanthAr or YathirAjar (Udayavar) . Swamy AlavanthAr

was the first

among AchAryAs , who composed ChathusslOki , the poem

celebrating the power of

Lakshmi's NaamAs . YathirAjar performed SrI DEvi SaraNAgathy in

His Gadhyam

by addressing Her as " Akhila JaganmAtharam , asman Maatharam ,

Bhagavathy

et al .

 

J. PachELimam: Our PuNyams reach a ParibhAga nilai ( ripened state) /pachELima

state , when we utter the sacred names of MahA Lakshmi and blesses us with

all kinds of good fortunes ( BhAgadhEyams).

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan