Fw: Saranagathi Tributes to MahA Lakshmi : Part II

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Friday, October 14, 2005 1:46 AM

Re: Saranagathi Tributes to MahA Lakshmi : Part II

 

 

 

I was in receipt of this mail indicating manthrams. Wherein it is different

from some familiar verses to my know ledge. I am indicating the same . Pl inform

the correctness such that the correct one may be memerised.........

SrI : Dear Sri Devi BhakthAs : SrI Sooktham , Sri Nanjeeyar's BhAshyam for it

, Swamy Desikan's BhAshyamfor ChathusslOki ,ShraddhA Sooktham , Adhithi Sooktham

are other PramANamsfor understanding the Vaibhavam of SrI Devi celebrated in

Swamy Desikan'sSrI Sthuthi , which arose in front of MahA Laskhmi at

Kaanchipuram or Srirangamare additional references for understanding MahA

Lakshmi Tatthvam . Let us focus on Adhithi Sooktham , Vaag Sooktham and

NaacchiyAr SambhAvanAManthrams today in this context . 1. Adhithi

Sooktham**************************Adhidhi Sooktham is in celebration of Adhdhi

Devi , who is none other thanMahA Lakshmi . One version of the Adhidhi Sooktham

is housed in AruNamPrachnam 1-13.4 . The other versions are at TaitthirIya

Upanishad , the First KaaNDamof Samhithai . They all salute MahA Lakshmi or Her

VibhUthi , BhUmi Devi .Vaag Sooktham is about VaaNi , who is the dharma Pathnee

of Lord HayagrIvanin SrI HayagrIvAvathAram . Sriamthy Subha Venkatesan of

Thiruvenkatam list sent us recentlythe Tamil translations from an out of print

Text of Adhithi , SraddhA ,Vaag Sookthams as well as commentary in Tamil on

the individualnames of Sri Lakshmi AshtOttharam . adiyEn will draw from them

tocomment on Swamy Desikan's SrI Sthuthi .

>>>>>>

"Adhithi-dhyour-anthariksham , Adhidhir-MaathA sa PithA sa Puthra: ,

to be as "Adhithi-dhyour-Adhithiranthariksham , Adhidhir-MaathA sa PithA sa

PuthraHa: ,

>>>> VisvEdEvAAdhithi: panchajanA: , Adhithir-jAthamadhithirjanithvam "to be

as VisvEdEvA Adhithi: panchajanAHa: , Adhithir-jAthamadhithirjanithvam "

The above is the Text of Adhithi Sooktham about MahA Lakshmi . (Meaning):

Adhithi is Svarga lokam as well as anthariksha lOkam( that between heaven and

Earth ). She is SarvAthmikai ( present inall forms ) as Mother , Father and Son

..The Five kinds of people orJnan~Endhriyams are manifestations ( VibhUthis) of

Her . Nanjeeyaridentifies the Pancha Janams as the five Jn~Endhriyams and

SaayanArelates the Pancha JanAs to the five kinds of Jaathis : Brahmin

,Kshathriya , Vaisya , Soodhra and NishAdha Jaathi people . She isof the form of

all that has been created and those to be created yet.

>>>> Bhatta bAskara says different pancha janA I suppose. Any one can point

out if possible.

2. NaacchiyAr SambhAvanA

Manthram*************************************************gruNAhi gruthavathee

SavitharAdhipatyai: payasvathee ranthirASA nO asthudhruvA diSAm

VishNupathnyagOrAasthyESAnA

tsahasO yaa manOthA BruhaspathirmAthariSvOtha Vaayu: sandhuvAnA vAthA abhi nO

gruNanthuvishDambhO dhivO dharuNa: pruTivyA asyEsAnA JagathO VishNupathnee (

Meaning ) : Oh JyOthi who is fundamental to all chEtanAchEtanams !May Your

grace bless us to be abundant with Milk, ghee etc in whicheverdirection we look

; May those Iswaryams grow and grant us the capabilityto nourish and protect our

Bandhus and Friends ! Periya PirAtti , who blesses uswith freedom from fear is

the One who also grants the power of forbearancethrough Her graceful

rememberance of us . May She stay firmly rooted everywhere !May the AchAryan

for the DevAs and Mukhya PrANan along with the otherPrANans be empowered by that

grace to create auspicousness for us !That Mahaa Lakshmi is aadharam (base) for

both heaven and Earth .She isthe SahadharmiNi for the all pervasive VishNu . She

has the rights to commandthe entire Universe . 3. Vaag

Sooktham************************This is housed in 2nd ashtakam , 8th PraSnam ,

8th anuvAkam . ananthA manthAdhapi nirmathAm maheem

 

>>>> to be as ananthA manthAdhadhi nirmithAm maheem

 

 

YasyAm dEvA adhadhurbhOjanAniyEkaksharam dhvishadhou shadpadhAm cha

 

>>>> to be as yEkaksharam dhvipadAgum shadpadhAm cha

 

Vaacham dEvA upajeevanthy visvE

>>> to be repeated twice.

Vaacham GandharvA: paSavO manushyA:

VaacheemA visvA bhuvanAnyarpithASaa nO havam

jushathAm-indhrapathniVaagaksharam praTamAruthasya

>>>> to be as praTamajA mrutasya.

vEdhAnAm mAthAmruthasya nAbhi:Saa nO jushANopayaj~namAgaathavantheedEvee

suhavA mE asthuyaamrushayO mantrakruthO maneeshiNa:anvaicchan dEvathAstapasA

SramENa

>>>> to be as dEvAstapasa

Thaamm dEveem Vaachagum havishA yajAmahESaa nO dhadhAthu sukruthasya lOkE

Nanjeeyar's comments on the specific Manthra

BhAgams*************************************************************************\

In his SrI Sooktha BhAshyam , Nanjeeyar comments on the keywords of the Vaag

Sooktham to reveal the identity of Vaag Devi asMahA Lakshmi ( wife of Lord

HayagrIvan in that avathAram of Her Lord ). Najeeyar intreprets "ananthAm " to

mean that SrI Devi is not limited byDesam , Kaalam and Vasthu . He intreprets "

VaachAm dEvA: " asthe One Iswari Tatthvam to be worshipped by all chEtanams

includingthe DevAs . The word " YaamrushyA: " in this manthram also refers toHer

being the fit object of worship by all ." Vaachee mE VisvA: " isunderstood as

the basis for all the Universe . " Amruthasya Naabhi:"according to Nanjeeyar

means that She is Sarva Rakshakai . By the salutation ,"Indhra Pathnee" , She is

recognized as the Supremely rich VishNu Pathni . Meaning of the Vaag Sooktham

according to SaayanaachArya

:*******************************************************************************\

*The dEvAs thrive through the Vaak " Indhraaya SvAhA ". They earntheir food (

bhOjanam) through food offered in the homam invokingthe mantram : "IndhrAya

SvAhaa". The reason(factor) behind their food isVaak . Therefore , the havis

offering consecrated with this manthrambecomes the life-sustaining cause for the

dEvAs . There is no kaala-dEsa-Vasthu limitations to that Vaak (Vaag Devi). The

utterer isDeva Guru Brahaspathy ; the listener is Indhran , the king of

DevAs.Thousand deva ayanam is the time for reciting Vedams and yet dEvAsdo not

reach the end of the time for adhyayanam ( Vedic recitation ) .It is bigger than

ParamEswaran .That Vaak is of PraNava Svaroopam .It is of two kinds :

samskrutham and apasabdham and is united withsix languages : PrAkrutham ,

PaisAsam et al . Therefore , it is very big.As mentioned before , all the dEvAs

sustain themselves with the Vaakinvoked at the time of AahUthi. GandharvAs also

sustain themselveswith that Vaak. The animals also sustain themselves with that

HambhAravaroopa Vaak. Therefore all chEtanams carry on with ther sustenanceand

existence through the grace and power of that Vaak (Vaag Devi) . May that Vaag

Devi, the protectress of IndhrA accept our Havis !Vaak is the imperishable

Brahmam . She is the Mother of Vedams .She is the cause for attaining the status

of DevAs . May She arrive atour Yaj~nam with affection ! May She become my

protectress andrespond to my call to arrive here and protect me ! May She be

ofeasy of approach and rspond readily to my call ! The intelligent sages

likeVasishtA and other rishis (Mantra sampradhAya PravartakAs )use with effort

the power of their fierce penance to attain Her .We offer our worship to that

Sri DEvi of such eminence . May She blessus and place us in the lOkam , which is

filled with PuNyams . We will study SraddhA Sooktham ( 2 Versions ) next and

then plunge in tothe anubhavam of Swamy Desikan's SrI Sthuthi next .

>>> Bhatta bhaskara bhashyam will be more relevant.

Vasu vadhyar or any body can pl enlighten me.