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NAMO NARAYANA
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- sri:
- srimate ramanujaya
namah:
- sri padmavati
sametha sri srinivasa parabrahmane namah:
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- by
- Sri U.Ve.Varadachari
Sadagopan
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- Sri Vendanta
Desika
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- Sriman Venkata NathArya:
KavitArkika Kesari |
- VedantAcharya VaryOmE
sannidhatthAm SadA Hrudi ||
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- This stotram celebrates
the auspicious Quality (Kalyana Guna ) of Mercy (Dhayaa) of the
Lord of Thiruvenkatam. Of All the Kalyana Gunaas of
Venkataadhri Sekhara Vibhu , His Dhayaa is the most important
one for the uplift of the Chetanaas.The concept of Prapatti and
Thiruvenkatamudayaan"s
Dhayaa to realize the fruits of that Prapatti is the subject
of Venkatanatha Kavi in this "Satakam". The structure
of this stotram containing 108 slokas (one for each of the Divya
Desa Archaa Murthys of Sriman Narayana perhaps ) is extraordinarily
impressive even by Swami Desikan's standards of poetic excellence
. Our Acharya has
used ten plus different meters to compose the ten groups of slokas
, each of which house " ten" slokas. The numbers of
slokas and their poetic meters are as follows:
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 Slokaas 1-10 : Anushtup meter
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- Slokaas 11-20 : Aryaa meter
Slokaas 21-30 : Oupacchandhasikam
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- Slokaas 31-40 : Maalini
Slokaas 41-50 : Mandhaakraanthaa
Slokaas 51-60: Nathkutakam
Slokaas 61-70: SikariNi
Slokaas 71-80 : HariNi
Slokaas 81-90: Pruthvee
Slokaas 91-104: Vasantha Tilakaa
Slokaas 105& 106 : Maalini
again
Slokaas 107& 108 : Sardhoola
Vikriditham
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- In the tradition of
my Maanaseeka Acharya , each set of the ten slokaas have the
essence of the ten Patthus of Thiruvaimozhi of Nammazhwaar. According
to this tradition , every set of ten reveals a particular meaning,
which together covers the Ananatha KalyaaNa GuNaas of the Lord
of Thiruvenkatam.
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- The ten meanings associated
with the ten sets of ten slokas have been summarized by my Manaseeka
Acharya , Srirama Desikaacchaar Swamy
- this way:
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- 1. The
Lord of Thiruvenkatam is the one , who can give
- Mokshaanugraham
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- 2. He
comprehends everything and He is capable of carrying out
- whatever
He chooses to do.
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- 3. He
destroys the enemies of those, who surrender unto Him and
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seek His help.
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- 4. He
is the means for attaining ALL worthwhile goals.
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- 5. He
is the fruit of ALL worthwhile endeavours.
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- 6. He
can be reached easily thru the glorious means
of Prapatti.
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- 7. He
will rush to the help of the lowest and the highest with
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speed, when they appeal to Him sincerely for help.
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- 8. He
is the Supreme principle standing on top of Thiruvenkatam.
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- 9. He
is the one, who took the incarnations of Rama and Krishna.
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- 10.
He is the one, who can offer the happiness associated with Moksha
right here on this earth.
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- Swami Desikan goes on
to describe in detail the Anantha Kalyana Gunaas of Sriman Narayana
in his Taatparya RatnaavaLi and Dramidopanishad Saaram . He is
thus paying his tribute to Nammazhwaar"s Thiruvaimozhi in
all of these three works .We will illustrate the ten essential
meanings of Daya Satakam in the subsequent sections as revealed
by Srirama Desikaacchaar Swamy in the tradition of his Achaarya,
Navaneetham Krishnamaacchaar Swamy of Oppiliappan Koil.
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