Thuppul PiLLai- 49- SrI Sthuthi

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SrI:

SrImathE Nigamantha Mahadesikaya namah:

SrImAn venkatanAthAryaH kavitArkika kesarI |

vedAntAcArya-varyo me sannidhattAm sadA hRdi ||

 

May the glorious Venkatanatha, the greatest of teachers of Vedanta, and the

lion among poets and debaters, reside forever in my heart.

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

Let us continue to enjoy the sthOthra granthas of Swamy Desikan [in

alphabetical order]

Sri Stuti- Praising MahalakshmI- Vishnu patnI

 

Sri Stuti in twenty-five slokas is in praise of Lakshmi, the Supreme

Goddess, presiding over wealth and prosperity, success and auspiciousness.

She is the consort of Bhagavan Narayana and Her greatness is beyond

description. Lakshmi and Bhagavan are the Divya-Dampati(the Divine couple)

who create, protect and bless the world. As creators They are known as

Divya-Dampati, as Saviours as Saranya-Dampati and as Rulers as

Seshi-Dampati. Lakshmi is worshipped in three forms of Kaamya-arcaa,

Bhoga-arcaa and Laya-arcaa. In the form of Kaamya-arcaa she is installed in

an idol form in separate shrine in the temple when people worship Her and

get all their desires fulfilled here and hereafter. In the Bhoga-arcaa form

She is by the side of Bhagavan for His delectation and sport in the main

shrine for the protection of the world. In the form of Laya-arcaa, Lakshmi

adorns the right side of the brosd chest of Bhagavan’s body itself as

compassion-incarnate and prevails upon Him to have tolerance and forgiveness

towards the erring Jivas. A mere glance of Hers is enough to make persons

rich, virtuous and pious. Like Bhagavan himself, She is omnipresent,

omni-scient and omni-potent and takes birth with Him in all His incarnations

assuming suitable forms.

 

Such is the greatness of Lakshmi portrayed by Swami Desika in Sri Stuti.

The first ten slokas describe the greatness of the Svaroopa of Lakshmi;

slokas eleven to fourteen refer to Her vigrahas; fifteen to nineteen present

Her as the bestower of all purusharthas, and the last six deal with the way

of surrender at Her feet. Sloka thirteen gives a beautiful description of

the coronation of Lakshmi as the Supreme Deity. Sri Desika concludes the

Stotra with the phala-sruti that a mere reading of it will dispel all the

evils of Kali-yuga and make persons sovereigns of all auspicious things.

 

[from the book - Life and works of Sri Nigamantha Mahadesikan- by Prof Sri A

Srinivasaraghavan]

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

kavi-tArkika-simhAya kalyANa-guNa-SAline |

Srimate venkateSAya vedAntagurave namaH ||

 

Salutations to Sri Venkatesa, in whom all perfections reside, who is the

teacher of Vedanta and the lion among poets and debaters

 

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SRI:

SrImathE Nigamantha Mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest srivaishnavas

Sri Muralidhar has shared his great anubhavams on Sri sthuthi and thanks to

him for granting permission to post this to public

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

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" Madhavakkannan V " <srivaishnavan

Re: Thuppul PiLLai- 49- SrI Sthuthi

Mon, 17 Nov 2003 16:01:08 -0000

 

Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

Dearest Sriman Madhavakkannan Swamin,

 

Thanks a lot for your wonderful but brief tribute to Our Supreme

Mother from the most beautiful Stotram of Swami Desikan. It is

important to note that Swami Desikan is very careful even in his

choice of the number of verses used in a given Stotram. For example

Our Acharyan uses 25 verses in the Sri Stuthi. This is due to the

fact that mA is the EkAksharam for Thayar. On account of the fact

that the Lord is never separated from Thayar, he begets the name

Madhavan. Now mA is the 25th aksharam of the Devanagari alphabet.

Also, the dvaya mantram, which has 25 aksharams advocates the

principle of unconditional total surrender to the Lotus Feet of Lord

Narayana, never separated from Sri.

 

Swami Desikan mirrors a number of vedic truths in this consummate

description of Thayar's glories. For example, in the verse " asyEshAna

thvamasi jagata:... " Swami Desikan brings out the important tribute

from the nILA sooktham " pruthivyA asyE shAna jagathO vishNu pathni " .

In verse 23, Swami Desikan employs the prayOgam " thath thvam asi "

from the ChAndogya Upanishad to describe thayar.

 

In short, Swami Desikan brings out with consummate effect the six

meanings underlying the term Sri in this exquisite Stuthi. Thanks

again for your beautiful post.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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