Sri Vilakkoli Perumal, Thoopul/ThirutthaNkA dhivya dEsam: NithyAradhana Kaimkaryam : Part 52 , SlOkam 48

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Today , adiyEn will cover the Fourty Eighth slOkam

of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan

prays to Lord DhIpa PrakAsan to use His matchless

sakthi(Omnipotency) to destroy the assembly of

his sins , which stand tall like a mighty mountain :

 

BrahmANDa Laksha satha kODi gaNAn-ananthAn

yEka-kshaNE viparivarthya vilajjamAnam

math-pApa-raasi maTanE Madhu-darpa-hanthrIm

SAKTHIM niyunkshva SaraNAgatha Vathsala Thvam

 

SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 48

 

Meaning:

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Oh ViLakkoLi PerumALE ! Your matchless power (Sakthi)

destroyed the hauteur of the asuran named Madhu. During

the time of the ultimate deluge ( MahA PraLayam ), that

same Sakthi turns upside down crores and crores of

mighty universes (BrahmANDam) and destroys them in

a second.After having performed these unimaginable ,

mighty deeds, that Sakthi of Yours feels shy that

it has only performed an insignificant deed compared

to what it could possibly do beacause of its mighty power.

Oh Lord ! adiyEn has a suggestion to You regarding

a gigantic task that will match the prowess of Your

Sakthi guNam. Please direct it to destroy the gigantic

mountain of sins of adiyEn . Those accumulated sins of

adiyEn are bigger than many universes .When Your Sakthi

destroys adiyEn's vast assembly of sins , its shyness

and doubt about its power will disappear. It would have

met its challenge.Oh Lord who is very fond of SaraNAgathAs!

Please destroy adiyEn's huge bundles of sins in Your

role as SaraNAgatha Vathsalan !

 

Additional Comments

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Swamy Desikan addresses the Lord of ThirutthaNkA tellingly

as " SaraNAgatha Vathsala " . He salutes the Lord as the One ,

who is devoted to the well being of those , who performed

SaraNAgathi/Prapatthi to Him .

 

The sixth adhyAyam of the second amsam of SrI VishNu PurANam

lists all types of Narakams (naanavidha NarakangaL) and

the sins that land the Jeevan in these different narakams .

These narakmas are : Rouravam , Sookaram, RhOdham , Taalam ,

Vichasanam , MahA JwAlam , taptha Kumbham , LavaNam ,

VilOhitham , RudhirAmbas, VaitaraNi , Krumisam ,

Krumi-bhOjanam , Asibathravadhanam , KrushNam , LaalA Paksham ,

BhUyavaham , Agni JwAlam , Adhas siras , Sathamsam ,

KrishNa-soothram , Tamas , aveechi , SvabhOjanam ,

Aprathishtam et al.

 

Those who give false evidence end up in Rourvam ,

where they are torn apart by beasts named Ruru

controlled by the servants of Yama dharma Raajan.

Those who sell or buy Vedam through teaching it for a fee ,

those who demean Vedam , those who forget Vedam after

full course of adhyayanam under an AchAryan , all of them

end up in a narakam called LavaNam , where they are punished

through other painful ways.The one, who accepts dAnam from

an ayOgyan , the one who conducts Yaagam for the unfit ,

the one who deals with astrology without truly knowing

JyOthisha saasthram (Nakshathra Soochakan) end up

in a narakam knaown as adhOmukham , where he hangs

upside down over roaring flames. The enormity of

sins that one commits in a life time piles up to HimAlayan

heights and makes one qualiifed for suffering in different

kinds of narakams. Although Swamy Desikan did not have all

these paapams , he has us in mind , when he prays to the Lord

of ThirutthaNkA to destroy our many sins through His

unique and unfailing sakthi through acceptance of our

SaraNAgathi in His role as SaraNAgatha Vathsala Saarva-

bhouman.

 

NamO NamO SrI VedAntha DesikAya ,

SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,

RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan