Laskhmi kalyanam

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It is not possible to do justice to any of the writings of our

Purvacharyas and many of them are kavyams and this includes the

writings of KavitArkikasimhan

Swamy Desikan.

All of us know that Kavi Venkatadhvari, an ardent devotee of Shri

Vedanta Desikan has sung of The Divine Mother in his Lakshmi Sahasram,

filling every shlokam with alankarams and play of words and sounds.

Below is a translation from his Lakshmi Sahasram. This is an attempt

to portray the author's Pradurbhava stabakam where he describes

Thayar's avataram. He addresses Alarmel Mangai and thinks about her

appearance as the daughter of the King of Milky Ocean and speaks to

her as such. He starts with Ksheerabdi –

 

Lakshmi Kalyana Vaibhogam

 

Obeisance to the King of Ksheerabdi, who produced two gems to adorn

Hari's chest – of which one is hard (Kaustubham) and the other one is

soft (Lakshmi)!

Devi! Two bright lights (Kausthubam and Chandran) appeared in the

Ocean with you - one adorned Hari's bosom and the other became an

ornament of Shiva.

The King of the Ocean undertook a vratam - of giving you to

Purushottaman (Vishnu); so he started by giving away precious things

to good people - he gave Kamadhenu to the Devas as godhanam) even

though her milk is as sweet as divine nectar; and he gave

Uchaishravas and Kalpavriksha to Devendran.. And the Devas accepted

Amritham as well, but Shri Hari alone did not take anything - since

He is an expert in looking for the real essence, and so he waited

and took You, who is Auspiciousness herself!

You know, there is a belief in the world that the qualities of

siblings can be seen as unmistakable resemblance in each person - and

this is so true: because Your countenance is as pleasing as your

brother Chandras'; the qualities of Kalpavriksha's soft leaves can be

seen in Your hands and feet (they have the same quality of giving

everyone whatever they need and want); and the sweetness of Amritham

can be experienced in Your speech!

Let Amritham, Kalpavriksha, etc. be! They do not really matter – as

far as parenthood goes, Your Father was known as a parent only because

of You (and not because of the others). For instance even if a King

has many good qualities like bravery and so on, he gets the fame as a

great King only if he has the quality of generosity and this quality

makes him a Gunavan!

Due to churning the Ocean, tiny droplets arose due to the disturbance

of the Vasuki's breathing and fell as pushpanjali and this was

accompanied by the `dhum dhum' sound of the Manthara mountain.

Samudrarajan worshipped Madhavan with these droplets as flowers to

this sound and Oh! He got You as the result of his pooja– the best

among maidens!

To be concluded…….

shreemathe naaraayanaaya namaha

 

shubha