Yathiraja Vimsathi - Sloka 13

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YATHIRAJA VIMSATI

 

Author: Sri S.Satyamurthi Iyengar

Yatiraja vimsati

Sloka 13

tApatrayIjanitaduHkhanipAtinopi *

dehasthitau mama rucistu na tannivR^ittau |

etasya kAraNamaho mama

pApameva * nAtha!

tvameva hara tadyatirAja! shIghram

||

(13)

Sloka 13

Oh, Yatiraja, my Master! Pray deliver me very soon

>From my Sins which tempt me to tend with loving care,

This body, albeit the home of miseries charged with the triad of

pain,

Instead of seeking means of extrication from this snare

 

Notes:

“Tapatrayee”- The three categories of pain to which we, in this

world, are exposed, are:

a. Adhyatmika

Sufferings, both physical and mental, the source of which is to be found

within ourselves (intra-organic)

b. Adhi-bhautika

Pain, the source of which lies outside of us (extra-organic), such as

sufferings caused by birds, beasts, devils, fellow-beings, atmospheric

changes of extreme heat and extreme cold, radioactive fall-outs etc.

c. Adhi-Deivika

Sufferings due to causes beyond human control, like cataclysmic forces of

nature, volcanic eruption, earthquake, etc.

The release from all these sources of sufferings is either consciously or

unconsciously sought after by every individual, for relief from pain is

one of the major activities of mankind. And yet, the poet says here

that he does not fall in with the normal trend, as above, because of his

massive sins which make him hang on to this body, willy-nilly, with

stupid tenacity. It, therefore, behooves the Great master, Ramanuja

to extricate the hymnographer from this unenviable mesh.

 

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Retyped from the book by Sri Kesavan Srinivasan of Chicago

(The Grandson of Sri U.Ve. Satyamurthi Iyyengar.)

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