Sri Lakshmi Sahsram : 17.26

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of MahA Lakshmi:

 

In this 26th SlOkam , the inspired Kavi reveals that the very

sravaNam (hearing) of MahA Lakshmi's nAmAs will remove all

inauspiciousness :

 

Harisakhi Tava dhUtha-klEsa-bhUmAn-

aharaham-udhyath bhakthir-AkarNyam dhanya:

jahi dhalaya BadhAna cchindhi bhindheethi ghOram

yamabaDa-raDanam tath bhUri dhUreekriyAsam

 

(Meaning): Oh Dear Friend of Hari ! ( ThirumAlin ThOzhiyE !) , adiyEn listened

to Your divine names recited by others . The sufferings borne by adiyEn for many ,

many years left me as a result of that sravaNam of Your nAmAs. adiyEn got

enthused with this positve outcome and made it a daily habit to hear your nAma

sankeerthanam . Bhakthi for You sprouted in my mind. adiyEn continued next with

the listening of Your nAmAs with bhakthi and got elevated to the status of a dhanyan

( Fortunate/Blessed one). As a result of this soubhAgyam , adiyEn has no doubts now

about adiyEn attaining sathgathy. This exalted status is going to free me from

the clutches of the servants of Yamadharma Raajan and spare me from all their

himsais ( beatings , kickings, punchings, tearings , cleavings , pulverizings ,

breakings and other chitravadhais ). May all the descriptions of those punishments

not fall ever on my ears ! May adiyEn push them off to far off distances

(bhUri dhUreekriyAsam) !

 

Oh Lakshmi ! By the entry of the SunAdham of Your nAmAs into adiyEn's ears ,

the harsh words of the Yama kinkaraas became powerless to reach my ears .

The loud and harsh sounds made by the Yama dhUthAs ( Yama baDa raDanam)

such as " hit the sinner ( jahi pApinam) , cut him ( dhalaya) , bind him ( BadhAna) ,

cleave him ( chindhi), crush him ( bhindhi) ". These are harsh words that would curdle

one's blood. The blessings arising from the hearing Your nAmAs have pushed

these harsh words of the servants of Yama dharman far away from me ; I have

now become the daasan of Lakshmidharan , Your Lord . adiyEn is fully protected by

the power of Your sacred nAmAs.

 

Yama Dharman himself counsels his servants this way: " I am not the Lord of

Sri VaishNavAs. Please stay away from them ".

 

The four sAsthrArTam items housed in this slOkam are :

 

1. SravaNam of Her nAmAs is one of the nine kinds of expression of Bhakthi

like Keerthanam , vandhanam , PaadhasEvanam , Aathma nivEdhanam et al .

 

2. When one hears daily Her dhivyanAmAs, Bhakthi will arise ( Udhyath bhakthi) in us .

 

3. SravaNam of Her nAmAs will generate many soubhAgyams ( AakarNya dhanya:) in us .

 

4. Even accidental hearing of Her nAmAs will get release from Naraka Vaasam

( Stay in the narakams). When one goes one step further and listens to Her

nAmAs with intense devotion , these blessings get multiplied .

 

Sri PadhmAvathy SamEtha Sri SrinivAsa ParabrahmaNE nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan