Sri HayagrIva SthOthram : Part XXXIV-- Part 2: SlOkams 30 & 31

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

We will start with the study of the deeper

meanings of the two slOkams now.

 

SlOkam 30: Sva-Yogya kathanam

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naanAvidhAnAm agathi: kalAnAm

na chApi theerthEshu kruthAvathAra:

dhruvam tavAnAta ParigrahAyA:

navam navam paathramaham dayAyA:

 

(Meaning) : Oh Lord HayagrIvA! adiyEn has not

devoted any time to learn the various kalais

(SaamAnya and VisEsha VidhyAs) that are prevalent

in the world.AdiyEn has not accumulated puNyam by

bathing in the sacred waters (theerthams). AdiyEn

has not performed intense susrUshai (kaimkaryam ) to

AchAryans to qualify for their blessings.Your grace

receives with open arms " the helpless and

the hapless " .adiyEn is the most qualified

candidate to be the object of Your Parama DayA

due to my limitless deficiencies.

 

Swamy Desikan has eulogized Lord HayagrIvan's

DayA ( DayA Nidhim dEvam HayagrIvam ) in earlier

slOkams of this sthOthram .Here , he proposes to

the Lord in front of him that no one is more qualified

than him to receive the anukampA of the Lord because

he is so hapless and helpless.

 

Swamy Desikan follows here the path shown by

PoorvAchAryAs like Swamy AlavandhAr in

his sthOthra Rathnam and Thruvarangatthu

AmudanAr in RaamAnuja NooRRandhAthi .

 

Swamy AlavandhAr in his moving appeal

to Moksha-DhAyaka Mukundhan enlists

his deficencies and on that basis makes

a case to the Lord that he is the most qualified

one to receive the Lord's anugraham :

 

" na dharma nishtOsmi NachAthma Vedhi

na BhakthimAn Tvadh SaraNAravindhE

akinchanOnyagathi: SaraNya !

Tvath paadhamoolam SaraNam PrapathyE "

--SthOthra rathna SlOakm : 22

 

This slOkam of Swamy AlavandhAr is used

by us in Bhagavath SannidhAnam to introduce

ourselves as akinchanan and ananya gathi

(hapless and helpless) seeking SaraNAgathi

at the Lord's feet .

 

mE dayisyasE tatha: dhayaneeyas

Tava Naatha Dhurlabha:

--SthOthra rathnam : SlOkam 50

 

(meaning): Oh Lord AchyuthA ! " mey ninRu

kEttaruLAi adiyEN ViNNappam " . If You do

not recognize my highest qualifications as

a paathram for Your grace , You will not ever

get One , who is so fit for Your grace.

 

tadham tvath ruthE naNaathavAn

math ruthE thvam dayaneeyavAn na cha

Vithi nirmitham yEtham anvayam

Bhagavan paalaya maasma jeehabha:

--SthOthra Rathnam : SlOkam 51

 

(meaning): Oh AchyuthA , who never lets go

of any one , who seeks Your DayA ! adiyEn

has none other than You as my SwAmi. You

do not have anyone more fit than me to

become the object of Your compassion .

Please do not lose this opportunity

that has come Your way providentially.

 

Swamy Desikan also is reminded of

Thiruvarangatthu AmudanAr Sri Sookthi

( RaamAnuja NooRRandhAthi : Paasuram 48)

according to Sri D.Raamaswamy Iyengar,

when he appeals to the Lord HayagrIvan

with the words: " aham agathi: , anAta

parigrahAyaa tava DayayA (aham) navam

navam paathram " .AmudaNar appeals to

EmperumAnAr in the 48th slOkam this way:

" When both would benefit from Your grace

towards me , why go apart ? " .

 

Swamy Desikan states thus his Sva-Yogyathai

for Lord HayagrIvan's DayA and points out

that no one is more qualified than himself

to the anukampA ( KaruNai) of the DayA nidhi.

 

SlOkam 31: Fruits of Sri HayagrIvan's anugraham

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akampaneeyAnyapaneethi bhEdhai:

alankrusheeran hrudhayam madhIyam

sankkA kaLankA pagamOj-jvalAni

tatthvAni samyanchi tava prasAdhAth

 

(Meaning): Oh Lord HayagrIva! When adiyEn

receives Your anugraham , all the doubts

in my mind about our SiddhAntham will be

erased. The true meanings will dawn majestically

and take permanent residence there .The para matha

scholars engaged in debate with adiyEn can not

assail these true tatthvams rooted in adiyEn's

mind even by an iota.Therefore Your anugraham is

vital to commence adiyEn's kaimkaryams in support

of our sampradhAyam.Please bless me.

 

Sri D.Raamaswamy Iyengar summarizes the meaning

of this slOkam this way: " Oh Lord ! By Thy

benevolence , May the excellent real and true

meanings (about Tatthva thrayam) ever adorn my

heart, unshaken and unshakable by varied and various

faultless forms of logic , and brightly disclosing

truth removing all traces of doubts and similar blots " .

 

Lord HayagrIvan as DayA nidhi responded most

heartily to His GhaNtAvathAran and blessed him

to go forth into the world as NigamAntha

MahA Desikan to carry out the duties that

He assigned him .

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE saraNam,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan