Sri Lakshmi Sahsram : 17.38/Why VaajapEyam , when one has access to Your dhivya nAmAs ?

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of MahA Lakshmi:

 

In the 38th SlOkam , Sri Venkatadhvari Kavi states that

after drinking the nectar of MahA Lakshmi's naamAs ,

he is not disposed to performing Yaagams and Yaj~nams

anymore :

 

DayAdhadhE yaa Tava nAmadhEyA

bhidhA sudhEyam yadhi thAmm dhayEyam

na VaajabhEyam KamalE yajEyam

na vaa japEyam mahathOapi mantrAn

 

(Meaning): Oh KamalA ! Oh Ocean of Mercy ! If adiyEn has

the bhAgyam of drinking Your nectarine nAmAs , adiyEn

need not engage either in the performance of grand Yaagams like

VaajapEyam or the recitation of big mantrams to gain the same

Phalan anymore . They are superfluous .

 

( Key words): KamalE ! Tava nAmadhEya abhidhA yadhi

dhayEyam , (atha: param ), VaajapEyam na yajEyam , mahatha:

mantram na japEyam .

 

Comments:

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1) DhayAdadhE : She is the Ocean of Mercy . It is that DhayA

of Hers which is behind the Phalans gained from the performance of

MahA Yaj~nams like VaajapEyam and the recitation of MahA

Mantrams. Her KaruNai grants the same phalans from

the sankeertanam of Her nAmAs.

 

2) SudhA: Her nAmAs are present as the nectar on one's tongue .

It is therefore an easy upAyam for recieving Her mahA anugrahams.

 

3) People perform difficult to execute Yaj~nams like VaajapEyam

to recieve the phalan equivalent to drinking nectar . When one can

attain the same phalan thru the easy route of recitation of Mother

Lakshmi's nAmAs , there is no need for following hard routes like

conducting Yaagams and theevra mantra japam over extended times.

 

4) Sri VenkatAdhvari Kavi is known for performing Yaj~nams like

VaajapEyam , Satthram et al. His Lakshmi Bhakthi could be a direct

consequence of such performances . As an accomplished

anushtAthA of such big Saama Yaagams , the Kavi instructs us

that one can get the same phalan and that too easily by

performing nAma sankerthanam of MahA Lakshmi's nAmAs.

 

5) He evokes the word VaajapEyam at two places here .

In the fourth Paadham , he brings it out like this:

" na vaa japEyam in the fourht paadham and

" na VaajapEyam "in the third paadham .

 

6) The sound "yamm " is heard six times in this slOkam

to reveal PrAsa Pushti .

 

Sri Lakshmi HaygrIva ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan