79th Thirunakshathram of Srimath Azhagiya Singar : Dec 10 , 2005 at Bangalore , SrI sthuthi SlOkam 9 : Part XIII

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SrI :

 

Dear BhakthAs of SrI Lakshmi Nrusimhan :

 

This slOkam is recited to gain Keerthi in this world & to thrive .

 

ThvAmEvAhu: kathichith aparE Thvath-Priyam LokanATam

kim thair-antha: kalaha-malinai: kimchith utterya magnai:

Thvath Sampreetyai viharathy Harau sammukheenAm SrutheenAm

bhAvArUDhau Bhagavathy ! YuvAm Dampathee dhaivatham na:

 

( Meaning according to Dr. M.NarasimhAchAry ):

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Some speak of You alone as the Supreme Power , while some others

speak of Your beloved exclusively as the Supreme . But our firm conviction

is that You the couple , constitute the Godhead .

 

(Meaning according to Vaikunta Vaasi Villivalam NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy ) :

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Bhagavathy ! Some say that You are the Supreme ( PradhAnam) . Others say

Your Lord is the PradhAnam. Let these people with such diametrically opposite

views quarrel like those who climb and fall . Let these little men , who quarrel

between among themselves after they arrive at an auspicious matter , do what

they please ! Indeed , Your Lord engages in the sport of Creation of the Universe

etc for Your delight . When He does all these for Your pleasure , both of You

residing at the center of Sruthis as the Divine Couple , are our Para Devathi .

 

(Expanded meaning according to Vaikunta Vaasi Sri V.N.SrIrAma DesikAchAr ) :

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Oh MahA Devi ! There are many mathams and they have different

views about Your Tattvam . Some say that You are the Empress

of this universe. Using this view as their central belief , they intrepret

this view in different ways. One group states that You and NaarAyaNan

are only one AathmA but have two seperate bodies . Another group

believes that EmperumAn is called as Lakshmi and there is no

seperate form for Lakshmi . Yet another group advocates that

NaarAyaNan creates You for enjoying pleasure just as He took on

Mohini Roopam during the churning for amrutham to bewitch

the AsurAs . Few others say that NaarAyaNan has taken the female

form and has the name of Lakshmi to unite with Her permanently .

A select few believe that You are the Supreme most being over

and above the three tatvams of ChEtanam , achEtanam and Iswaran.

Thus all of these groups accept You , Bhagavathy , as SarvEswari

and yet argue with each other along the above lines .

 

Opposing this view that Lakshmi is SarvEswari , a group denies

Your SarvEswarathvam and insist that NaarAyaNan is the Lord of

the entire universe (SarvEswaran) and that You (Lakshmi ) has no

claim to be called Iswari . They claim that you are a visEsha Jeevan .

 

These two groups that insist and reject Iswarathvam for Lakshmi argue

vehemently for their points of view and become exhausted . These people

declare that their views are backed by SaasthrAs and are unable to establish

their points of views (i-e) they come forward to accept that Lakshmi is

a seperate Tatthvam and accept Her Vaibhavam but they fall apart by not accepting

the Iswarathvam ( nature of Being Iswari) of Lakshmi .

 

Oh Devi with all auspicous attributes ! Our SiddhAntham is quite different .

We believe that Your Lord engages in acts such as Creation of the beings of

the world for Your pleasure (amusement ) . The VedAs appear to be talking

about Him alone , when looked superficially . If one studies the Vedams

deeply , it becomes clear that the inner meaning of the VedAs is about

revering You both as equal . VedAs have also explicitly stated the above views .

Therefore , We consider Both of You as Para Devathai . During the performance of

Prapatthi , One has to accept both of You as UpAyam (means) for the offering of

the AathmA . In some Yaj~nams , SaasthrAs point out that one has to combine

two dEvathAs in to One and offer the Havis to that united DEvathai. Therefore ,

One has to have BOTH OF YOU as the target to offer the AathmA as the Havis

and THUS conclude the Prapatthi Yaj~nam successfully . As a fruit of that offering ,

the Muktha Jeevan should perform Nithya Kaimkaryam to BOTH OF YOU

at Your Supreme abode. Both of You together shine as upAyam

and phalan .

 

Additional Observations on the passages of the 7th slOkam of SrI Sthuthi

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1) " Bhagavathy ! kathichith ThvAm yEva aahu: " ( Some aver that You alone

are the Iswari / Supreme Being and the Empress of the World) .

 

2) " aparE Thvath Priyam LokanATam aahu: " ( Others insist that it is Your

dear husband , who is the SarvEswaran).

 

3) These opposing groups dispute each other and get up and fall down

( antha: kalaha malinai: kinchith uttheerya magnai: ) .

 

4) What is the use of these disputants ? ( kim Thai: ? ) .

 

5) Your dear husband performs all the Leelais ( Srushti , RakshaNam

and SamhAram ) to gladden Your heart ( Thvath sampreethyai: Viharathy

Hari : ).

 

6) The VedAs focusing on Hari have the core conviction that You as

the Couple ( Husband and Wife) are our Para DEvathai ( Harou SammukeenAm

srutheenAm bhAva aarUdau , Dampathy YUVAAM na: DHAIVATHAM ).

 

SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan