Sharanagati Deepika - 17

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Sri:Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

Shriman Nigamanta Mahadeshikai: anugrihitam

Sharanagati Deepika

 

Shloka 17:

nAnAvidhai: akapaTai: ajahatsvabhAvai: aprAkR^itai: nijavihAravashena siddhai: |AtmIya rakshaNa vipaksha vinAshana arthai: samsthApayasi anagha! janmabhi: Adyadharmam ||

 

Meaning:

he anagha - O blemishless Lord!janmabhi: - With the divine avataras,nAnAvidhai: - that are of many type,akapaTai: - that are truthful,ajahatsvabhAvai: - that do not give up Your nature,aprAkR^itai: - that are not made of this world,siddhai: - that are madenija vihAravashena - by Your act,AtmIya rakshaNa - to protect Your devotees andvinAshana arthai: - to destroyvipaksha - the enemies,samsthApayasi - You well establishAdya dharmam - the timeless sanatana dharma.

 

Vyakhyana Saram:

In the previous shloka, Swami Desikan spoke of His protecting the samsaris. In this shloka, he talks about that protectionthat He gives during His avataras. The meaning of the Gita shloka "paritrANAya sAdhUnAm" is the second part of thisshloka.Vedanta Desikan shows the six qualities of the avataras thatHe takes. These follow the Bhagavad Gita shlokas in the fourthadhyaya that are described as Avatara Adhyaya. These sixqualities are:

1.Whenever adharma raises its head in this world, He takes many types of avataras (nAnAvidhai:).2. These avataras are not false (akapaTai: satyai:). This rejects those who claim that avataras are 'indrajAladivat mityA'.3. During an avatara, He does not lose His natural qualities. He appears with all those qualities (ajahatsvabhAvai:). Azhvar said the same in "Adhiyam sOdhi uruvai angu vaiththu ingu piRandha".4. In His avatara, His divine form is not made of anything of this world, like the other beings are (aprAkR^itai:).5. He is not born in these avataras due to karmas, but because of His divine wish (nija vihAravashena siddhai:).6. His avataras are not meant to experience karmas; they are for the protection of His devotees and to remove their obstacles (AtmIya rakshaNa vipaksha vinAshana arthai:).

Vedanta Desikan Thiruvadigale Sharanam

 

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