Sri Lakshmi Sahsram : 17.34/The NaamAs that bless you with all soubhAgyams .

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of MahA Lakshmi:

 

In the 34th slOkam of Naama Vaibhavam , Sri VenkatAdhri

Kavi states that MahA Lakshmi's names bring to perfection

our bhAgyams ( blessings):

 

KshamAnidhE yamyadhipAbhidhEyam

vachOvidhEyam Tava nAmadhEyam

PadhmAlayE yasya guNOdhadhEyam

pachELimam vindhathy bhAgadhEyam

 

( Meaning): Oh the Treasure house of Forbearance(KshamA nidhE) !

Oh Mother who has the abode of the Lotus flower ( PadhmAlayE)!

Oh Ocean of all auspicious attributes ( GuNodhadhE)!

Your nAmAs are recited by and reflected upon by the kings

of SanyAsis (Yami adhipa: ) because of their sacredness .

Any one whose Vaak is under the control of Your nAmAs

harvests the fully ripened bhAgyams here and hereafter.

 

(Key Words): " Tava nAmadhEyam yasya vAchOvidhEyam ,

ayam pachELimam bhAgadhEyam vidhanthy ".

 

One whose speech is under the control of Your nAmAs

(vAchOvidhEyam) is blessed with all perfected bhAgyams

( pachELitham bhAgadhEyam) . As a result , He becomes

a Parama BhAgyasAli. Your nAmAs thus empower him .

Your sacred nAmAs are the ones recited by the great Yathis

(Tava nAmadhEyam yami adhipa abhidhEyam) .

 

(Comments) :

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1) The king of Yathis referred to here is Sage SanathkumArar ,

the author of Lakshmi Sahasra Naamam . He is a great SanyAsi

and is revered as leader among nivrutthi margam seekers.

Those who have mastery over his Lakshmi Sahasra nAmams

will attain all soubhAgyams. At the Phala Sruthi section of

His Lakshmi sahasra nAmam , Sanath KumArar points out that

the phalan of recitation is the attainment of parama BhAgadhEyams .

Our Kavi bases this slOkam on that revelation .

 

2) Sri VenkatAdhri kavi takes off from the word BhAga-dhEyam

and uses the word dhEyam six times in this slOkam : nAma dhEyam ,

bhAga dhEyam , vidhEyam and in other dhEyam forming words

as a result of PadhAntha anuprAsams. Swamy Desikan used

the word dhanam in one slOkam of VairAgya Panchakam eleven

times .

 

3. Yami adhipa: This Yamyadhipar could also be Swamy NaaTa

Muni saluted as : " NaaTAya NaaTamunayE yaminAm varAya " .

As a result of the upadEsam of the Dhvaya mantram by Swamy

NammAzhwAr , NaaTa Muni became yamyadhipar . "Tava nAmA:

yamyadhipEna abhidhEyam ". Through dhvyArTAnusandhAnam ,

NaaTa Muni was blessed with parama bhAgadhEyams.

 

4. The grandson of Swamy NaaTa Muni is Swamy AaLavanthAr .

He is the one , who composed the first sthuthi on MahA Lakshmi

among our AchAryAs ( Chathus-slOki) . Hence , he can also be

considered as Yamyadhipar ( YameenAm adhipa:). He addressed

MahA Lakshmi as " Bhagavathy , lOkaikEswari, Aravindha nivAsini,

Varadha VallabhA " and saluted Her as SrI ( SrIrithyEva cha nAma tE )

in his path setting ChathuslOki .

 

5. Bhagavath RaamAnujar saluted as YathirAjar is another Yamyadhipar.

His abhidhEyams of MahA Lakshmi's nAmAs as Yamyadhipa in his

Gadhyam are " Bhagavathy , Sri Devi and Akhila JaganmAthA " .

Muni Thraya SampradhAyam hails the three Munis : Naatha Muni,

Yaamuna Muni and RaamAnuja Muni. This slOkam in this context

is considerd as a tribute to Munithraya sampradhAyam.

 

6. Lakshmi is "KshamA nidhi". She is the peak of forbearance.

She forgives therefore our shortcomings and blesses us with

the fruits of Her Naama Sankeerthanam.

 

7. She is "GuNOdhadhi" . She is the ocean of auspicious guNams.

Therefore , She uses our sankeerthanam of Her nAmAs as a vyAjam

and blesseses us whole heartedly .

 

8. Even great sages recite Her nAmAs and get blessed with bhAgyams.

 

9 . "PachELimam" : There is no guarantee that the accumulated puNyams

will instantly bear fruit . We do not control their kramam ( which among

the puNya-Paapams will yield fruit first etc) . Their sequence of deliverey is

beyond our control. When one recites the dhivya NaamAs of Lakshmi ,

then the unripened puNyams get ripened and leads to all kinds of

SoubhAgyams . The puNyams reach the ParibhAga state ( pachELimam)

and yield their fruit to the reciter .

Sri PadhmAvathy SamEtha Sri SrinivAsa ParabrahmaNE nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan