Sri Lakshmi Sahsram : 17.27

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of MahA Lakshmi:

 

In the 27th SlOkam , Sri VenkatAdhri Kavi instructs us that

MahA Lakshmi's nAmAs grant all desired things like the Deva lOka

KaamadhEnu . She is the VaanchithArTa phala pradhAyini and hence

Her nAmAs have such abundant wish granting power:

 

svapdhanyasanEna chAruvarNA

sura-varghOshDa-viSuddha-hEthu-bhUthA

KamalE mama kAnkshithAni dhugdhE

stavanAhaam Tava nAmakAmadhEnu:

 

The key words here are : " stavanAhAm Tava nAma KaamadhEnu:

mama kAnkshithAni dhugdhE " .

 

(Meaning ) : Oh Divine One having as Your abode , the Lotus flower !

The most praise worthy nAmAs of Yours are like the celestial Cow,

KaamadhEnu in granting all my desired wishes . Your nAmAs are

a veritable KaamdhEnu.

 

The poet reveals 5 points of similarity ( sAdhrusyam ) between the nAmAs of

MahA Lakshmi and the Celestial cow , KaamadhEnu in the matter of their

wish granting power :

 

1) Both have beautiful colors ( varNaa ; VarNaa also means aksharams of the nAmAs ).

 

2) Both have the power to consecrate the places , where their paadham(foot)

is placed or padham (nAmam) is heard ( sva-padha-nyasanEna visuddhi

hEthu bhUthaa ).

 

3) Both Mahaa Lakshmi and KaamadhEnu have" suravAghOshtathva viSuddhi ".

In the case of MahA Lakshmi , the lips and the tongue of DevAs are purified by

the power of recitation of Her nAmAs ( sura-vaak-oshDa-viSuddhi hEthu bhUthaa).

Those nAmAs are the cause for imparting purity to the organs of DEvAs associated with

the chanting of Her nAmAs. In the case of the KaamadhEnu , the split is : " su-ravaa-

ghOshDa-viSuddhi-hEthu bhUthaa " . In the case of KaamadhEnu, " sura-vaak-OshDa

ViSuddhi " becomes " su-ravaa-ghOshDa visuddhi" . In the case of MahA Lakshmi ,

Her nAmAs purify the speech associated organs . In the case of the celestial cow ,

it is the purity imparted to the cow sheds (gO sAlAs) through its placement of its feet .

 

4) Both of them grant what all one prays for.

 

5) MahA lakshmi's nAmAs are praise worthy ; same with KaamdhEnu.

 

The poet suggests that reciting the nAmAvaLis of MahA Lakshmi has the same

phalan as asking KaamadhEnu for the fulfilment of one's wishes . She is the dhivya

KaamdhEnu in form . Lakshmi nAma Sankeethanam and prArTanai to KaamadhEnu

yield the same results. The blemishes of the lips and the tongue resulting from

telling lies , uttering harsh words and empty chatter are purified by Lakshmi

nAma sankeerthanam ( Visuddhi hEthu).

 

Sri KaNNan Swamy's summary of this slOkam in Tamil takes this form:

 

Padhmai pEr KaamadhEnup-

pasu yenRu paharhinROm

padham pattAl parisuddhi

phalan yellAm peRRiDalAm

 

(meaning): We declare that one name of MahA Lakshmi is KaamadhEnu.

Purity and consecration results , wherever Her paadham is placed. One can

gain all what one desires by reciting Her dhivya nAmAs.

 

Sri PadhmAvathy SamEtha Sri SrinivAsa ParabrahmaNE nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan