Desikasthothramala- Sristhuthi

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Sri

sthuthi

 

This

sthothrawas also composed in Srirangam when a brhmachari came to Cdesika and

expressed his inabilty to get enough money for getting married. Desika took him

to the sannidhi of Sriranganayaki and composed this sthothra then and there and

there was a shower of gold coins which he gave to the brahmachari. This is a

similar incident as in the life of Sankara who produced the shower of gold nellikkais

(emblic myrabolans) to help a poor brahmin lady who felt sad that she did not

have anything to give him for bhisha except a rotten nellikkai.It shows the

power of saint devotees.

 

1. maanaatheethapraThitha

vibhavaam mangalam

Mangalaanaam

vakshaHpeeTeem maDhuvijayinaH

bhooshayantheem

svakaanthyaa

prathyakshaanuSravikamahimaa praarThineenam

janaanaam

Sreyomoorthim Sriyam asaranaH thvaam SaraNyaam

 

Prapadhye

 

I, who has no other refuge,

surrender to you, Sreedevi, of glorious form,who is proclaimed of immeasurable greatness,the

auspiciousness of the auspicious,who illuminates the chest of Lord Naryana with

her lustre and who is the resort of those

who wish for glory in this world and the next.

 

aSaranaH- having no other refuge

 

prapadhye- I surrender to

 

thvam – you

 

Sriyam- Sreedevi

 

maanaatheethapraThitha

vibhavaam- whose greatness,

vibhava, is procalimed, praThitha, to be immeasurable, maanaatheetha

 

mangalam- who is the auspiciousness

 

mangalaanaam- of the auspicious

 

bhooshayantheem- who embellishes

 

vakshaHpeeTeem- the chest

 

maDhuvijayinaH of the destroyer of Madhu

 

 

Saranyam-and who is the resort of all

Sreyomoorthim- the embodiment of good fortune

 

 

Janaanaam- for those

 

praarThineenam- who pray for

 

prathyakshaanuSravika mahimaa-glory in thisworld, prathyaksha, and the next,

aanusravika.