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

----Original Message Follows----
From: "rangaswamy_m" <rangaswamy_m@...>
To: "Madhavakkannan V" <srivaishnavan@...>
Subject: Re: Thuppul PiLLai- 49- SrI Sthuthi
Date: 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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Sriman Madhavakannan,
I am a silent reader of your postings.
Could you please let me know where can I purchase a copy of the following book in India.
[from the book - Life and works of Sri Nigamantha Mahadesikan- by Prof Sri A. Srinivasaraghavan]
Thanks and Regards,
Jayakrishna.

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02:36:45 +0000 > >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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