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dhairyAMkuSena niBRutaM

raBasAdAkRuShya Bak^tiSrRuMkhalayA |

purahara charaNAlAne

hRudaya-madeBaM badhAna chidyantrai: || 96 ||

 

Oh Lord who destroyed three cities, Please pull fast the rutting elephant of

my mind, controlled by the goad of courage with the chain of bhakti and tie

it to the loom of your holy feet with the fetter of intellect.

 

*Commentary*

 

*hE purahara *= Hey! the destroyer of the Tripura!

*hrudhayamadhEbham* = my mind called the crazy elephant;

*dhairyaankusEna* = with courage called ankusam;

*rabhasaath* = swiftly;

*aakrushya* = make it your swaadheenam;

*bhakthisrungalayaa* = with the bakthi as the chain;

*charaNaalaanE* = in your lotus feet as the pillar;

*chidhyanthrai:* = with Brahma Gnaanam as the yanthra;

*nibhrutha* = without any ability to move;

*badhaana *= tie it!

 

Hey! ParamEswara! You should not get the idea that my mind is saadhu. You

should know it as a crazy elephant running amok. I cannot carry on with my

life even for one single moment. This mind will make my precious janma

vipalam in a very short time. This elephant of my mind is always roaming in

this impermanent world.

 

Therefore, Hey! ParamEswara! With the angusam called courage you should make

this mad elephant of my mind to your swaadheenam. You should tie this

elephant of my mind in the permanent sthaaNu (pillar) of your lotus feet

with the chain called bhakthi. With the brahma gnaanam as the yanthra you

should lock it so it cannot stir at all. When this happens my janma will

get its chaapalyam. Please do this arul for me.

 

AachaaryaaL emphasises that only through ParamEswara's anugraham can one

attain brahma gnaanam. To attain the purushaartha called mOksham

manOnigraham is the antharanga saadhanam.

 

Aum Namasivaaya!