Challenge 3.09. FROM TREPIDATION TO INTREPIDITY!

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SwAmi VEdAnta DEsika's " NaichyAnusanthAnam " and

" SAtvika AhamkAram "

(As gleaned from his StOtras.) -

Part 3 - SWAMI CHALLENGES!

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Dear Bhagavatas

Kindly refer to " Part 3 - SWAMI CHALLENGES! An Introductory Note " - posted on

10th October 99. I am leaving out this to avoid repetition You may read that

to appreciate this posting in the proper perspective.

Dasoham

Anbil Ramaswamy

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Challenge 3.09. " FROM TREPIDATION TO INTREPIDITY! "

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jAnan anAdhi vihithAn aparAdha varghAn

swAmin bhayAth kimapi vakthum aham na sakthah: /

avyAja vatsala thathApi nirankusam mAm

vAtsalyamEva bhavathO mukharee karOthi //

(Sri VaradarAja PanchAsat SlOkam 3)

 

Meaning

" Oh! VaradarAja!

I now realize (jAnan) that due to my enormous sins committed from

beginningless time (anAdhi vihithAn aparAdha varghAn), I stand as a great

offender. I am scared with trepidation (bhayAth) to face you even for

extolling you with a word or two (kimapi vakthum)

 

But, how come, I have taken bold to face you now?

Where does my courage come from?

 

Your love for Jeevas is impulsive, natural and not dependent on merits

('nirhEthuka' and 'avyAja vatsala') which help you to ignore faults of those

who surrender at your feet.

 

It is this natural disposition of your compassion that has bestowed

intrepidity on me who is otherwise incorrigible (nirankusam mAm) and made me

compose a few words "

 

Comment:

In GOdha Sthuthi, SwAmi said that his silence was shattered by GOdha's guNAs.

Here, he says that it is Lord's natural unconditional parental affection that

had emboldened him to commence this StOtra.

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(To Continue) Challenge 3.10. " IF YOU ARE REALLY VARADA, PROVE IT NOW! "

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