Guest guest Posted May 27, 2003 Report Share Posted May 27, 2003 Swamy Deshikan Thiruvadigale Sharanam !!! Following is a solitary verse in English on our Swamy Deshika. The idea has been borrowed from one of the great Sanskrit poets of yester centuries. In the Sanskrit original the poet is extolling Sriman Narayana, while this English version of it extols His ghanta avatharam. He whose eyes shine like the Sun and the Moon Adorn him we do, on the preceptoral lotus throne At his divine lotus feet, while we supplicate Pray we for nothing, but, a glance with his eye on left The two beautiful eyes of our Swamy are compared to the Sun and the Moon. They are indeed bright and shine forth with lustre due to his immense Brahma jnanam. His eyes are indeed powerful as they have the capacity to free one of all his sins and to make him adopt the path of self-surrender. One benevolent glance with his eyes stand no match even for glances with three eyes of Rudra, eight eyes of Brahma or even a thousand eyes of Indra (Ref. Subhashitaneevi of Swamy Deshika). We indeed adorn this great an acharya of ours on the preceptoral lotus throne. We now enjoy his beautiful posture with his fingers on the right hand adorning the jnanamudra while his left hand enshrines the Srikosham. After enjoying this beautiful panorama, we supplicate at his divine lotus feet in an act of self-surrender. Doing so, we pray for nothing but just one benevolent glance with his left eye. The first three lines convey quite a beautiful intent but the charm of the verse lies in the last line. The original poet's imagination is indeed most beautiful. Our Swamy's eyes here are compared to the Sun and the Moon. He is here imagined to be seated on a beautiful lotus. A glance with the left eye would mean that the moon's cool glances are being shed upon the Lotus. A lotus blooms with the rays of Sun falling upon it and at the same time closes itself with the rays of the Moon falling upon it. This way, it is intended that while we are imploring at his divine feet, the lotus should close in and make us eternal prisoners at his lotus feet, so much so that even if one wishes to come out of it, it should not be possible to do so. vAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!! vedAnthasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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