Sri Lakshmi Sahsram : 17.11

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of MahA Lakshmi:

 

In this slOkam , Sri VenkatAdhri Kavi shares with us his experinces

about the power of MahA Lakshmi's names , which banish every kind of

Fatigue associated with the SamsAric life :

 

AmBhA LakshmIr-amruthasahabhUr-aBdhi-rAjanya- kanyA

PadhmA Viswambhara-sahacharee Padhma-sadhmA ramEthi

yO namaivam piBathy bhavathee nAma-nAmAmruthougam

TasyaivAhur-janani sulabhAm samsruthy SrAnthi Saanthim

 

(Meaning) : Oh Jananee ( Oh Mother of all the beings) ! Lakshmee ( Oh Possessor of all MangaLams ) !

amrutha-sahabhU: ( Oh one born from the Milky ocean along with the Nectar ) ! abdhi-rajanya-

kanyE ( Oh daughter of the Samudhra Raajan) , PadhmA-sadhmA ( Oh the One having the lotus

flower as Your abode) , ViSwambhara sahachari ( Oh the divine consort of the Lord bearing

the Universe) , PadhmA ( Oh the One with the Lotus soft eyes and feet ), Ramaa( Ramaa Devi) !

It is said that those who drink from the blissful nectarine flood of Your divine NAmAs

( bhavathee nAma , nAmAmrutha Ogam piBathy ) , for them alone the fatigue , tiresomeness ,

asubhams and amangaLams arising from the samsAric way of life are banished .

 

( Key Words): " yO nAma bhavathee nAma amrutha Ogam piBathy , tasya yEva samsruthy

SrAnthy Saanthy sulabhaam Aahu: ".

 

In one of the SrI Sthuthi slOkams , Swamy Desikan instructed us : " Those who repeatedly recite

Your nAmAs -- LakshmI , PadhmA , Jaladhi tanayA , IndhirA and VishNu Pathnee-- do not get swirled

around the wheel of samsAram ". Sri VenkatAdhri Kavi follows this line of thought in this 11th slOkam .

 

The many sufferings and the consequent fatigue assoicated with samsAric life are removed by

the aavrutthi ( repetition) of Your divine NAmAs. Only those , who engage in Your nAma sankeerthanam

with longing and blissful experience (rasAnubhavam) gain this relief . For these frotunate ones , You

banish the life in this sorrowful world and grant them Moksham ( freedom from the tiring cycles of

births and deaths ). Consistent with Your name as "Ramaa" , You delight the hearts of such devotees .

 

She is the Mother of all . She is the Creatrix. She generates new energy in us when we recite Her nAmAs

and that leads to the removal of the sufferings connected to hunger , thirst, poverty , bodily ills , viraha

taapam , restlessness, mental worries and every other suffering.

 

As Lakshmi , She removes all alakshmi ( asubhams) , when we perform sankeertanam of Her sacred

nAmAs. SrI sookta mantram instructs us thus on the power of Her nAmAs .Her relationship with us

is beyond one janmam . Her relationship with us as our Mother is indestructible. She has a rich set

of relations Herself . Her Lord is the One , who bears the Universe effortlessly . Her Father is the King

of the Oceans. She Herself is " Ramayathy ithi Ramaa " ( One who enchants and delights us and thereby

chases away our multiple fatigues , avalams and AayAsams .

Sri PadhmAvathy SamEtha Sri SrinivAsa ParabrahmaNE nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan