Thoopul Acharyan Sri Vedanta Desikan's Sri Stuti

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0:49:41 a10/p1010/15/2008 Thoopul Acharyan Swami Desikan's SRI-STUTI [b][blue]Sriman Venkatanadharya Kavitarkika Kesari.!.

[u]Vedantachrya Varyome Sannidhattam Sadahridi!![/u][/b][/blue] [P] There are many sthothrams in praise of Goddess Lakshmi the mother of all chetanas & achetanas..[blue] Swami Nikamanta Maha Desikan has given us SRI-STUTI, BHUSTUTI, & NEELA STUTI singing & praising the3 prartigals of our perumal Lord Sriman.Narayana.!![/blue] [P] My prarkridam Acharyan says that People like I who never follows Acharam anushtanam etc,are not eligible to perform Agnihotram & Chant [red]SRI SUKTHAM[/red]. therefore For people like I to worship[b][i] SriDevi, our Divine mother[/b][/i] who gives prosperity to the chetanas in this birth & Nonperishable /immortal ness in the Next , Swami Desikan Gave us This [b][blue]SRISTUTI[/b][/blue] [P] By chanting this slokam everyday we may get all the prosperity[blue][i] (Vanchhitanam Vasunam –slokam #16).[/blue][/i] During the life period of our Acharyan swami Desikan Once a Brahmachari Approached our Acharya vallal & requesting His help to get wealth & money so that he(that Brahmachari) may follow the Grihastasramam. {In ancient days just like today if the bridegroom don’t have paddy fields, cows etc no body will give him their daughters hand in marriage, and a brahmachari’s not permitted perform all rituals

That's why this brahmachari requested

our acharya vallal's Help.} He took the Brahmachari to Lords abode and start chanting this slokam in the Perundevi thayar’s sannidi. On hearing the chanting(esp slokam 15& 16) from HER favorite son the divine mother showered gold coins . our achryan asked the brahmachari to collect all the coins for his marriage/life saying He needs none of it. such a parama vairAgyasaali our Acharya vallal Ji. With the Permission of My Acharyans & elders AND YOU ALL let us study[red][i]SRI-STUTI from next posting. [/red][/i]

[B][u]Slokam NO(1)[/u]

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मानाथीथा

िक: पीठीम

पिथता

ििभािं

मधिुिजििनो

भुशािांथीम

पथिकनुर:साििका -मििमा [u]शि े ो

मुिथम ि सि ृ म [blue]

मंगलम

मंगलानाम

सिकंथि

पितििथनीनाम

असराना : तिं सरनिाम

पजनाम

पपधिे[/u]

Maanatheetha Prathita Vibhavam Mangalam Mangalanaam

Vaksha: Peetheem Madhuvijayino Bhushayantheem Svakanthya Prathyakshan:Sravika-Mahima Prartithineenam Prajanam [u] Sreyo Murthim Sriyam Asarana: Thvam Saranyam Prapadhye[u][/blue]. LINE#(1)

1. [red][u]Maanaateta…[/red][/u] 2. [red][u]Prathita…[/red][/u] 3. [red][u]vibhavaam

limitless maana (means limit )

.

Wellknown

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fame

4. [red][u]Mangalam.. [/red][/u]

Auspiciousness

5. [red][u]Mangalaanaam.. [/red][/u]

One Because of whom all

auspicious things get their auspiciousness.( both

4 & 5) means It

LINE#(2) 1 [red][u]Vaksha:… [/red][/u] 2. [red][u]Peetheem

…….

Chest

[/red][/u]

seat..Asanam

3 [red][u]Madhuvijayino[/red][/u]

… One who vanquished the Rakshashas

named madhu. 4[red][u] Bhushayantheem. [/red][/u]

.

5. [red][u]Svakanthya….[/red][/u]

one who illuminate by adorning By virtue of self bright ness.

LINE#(3) 1. [red][u]Prathyakshan:Sravika[/red][/u]

…

Now & future ( present Birth &

life ) 2 [red][u]Mahima…[/red][/u]

.

3[red][u]Prajaanam…[/red][/u] 4 [red][u]Prartineenam

Here it means wealth. …..

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people or bakhthas what ever they wish for

LINE#(4) 1 [red][u]Sreyo Murthim[/red][/u] virtue ness.

…….. One who’s full of auspiciousness or g

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0:49:41 a10/p1010/15/2008 2 [red][u]Sriyam[/red][/u]

one who is called as “Sri”

3[red][u].Asarana : [/red][/u] 4 [red][u]Tvam

one who has no other go.

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You ( consider this you as Respectfu

word just like Hindi “AAP” 5. [red][u]Saranyam[/red][/u] 6 [red][u]Prapadhye[/red][/u]

saranagati. .

Seeking saranagati.

Prarti because you only all the things get their auspiciousness. By your Glory (jyoti) you glorify yourself as well as by adorning HIS Vakshshthalam you glorify HIS Vakshshthalam. When lord Hayagrivar Vanquished rakshas Madhu [red][u]SRIDEVI adorned his Vakshshthalam & HE’s knownas Lakshmi Hayagrivar. [/red][/u] Every body seeking all the woldly prosperity from you & some of them seek salvation from this world. You being the divine mother grant all their wishes by accepting their saranagati proposal. Becoz of this you get The Thirunamam “sri” No name is better than this Sri Thirunamam. I who don’t have any other go prostrate before you seeking saranagati. The term “Sri” has 6 meanings. [red][u]The Six definitions of Sri Devi's names: [/red][/u] The Sreyas (Mangalams) that She confers come under six broad categories as indicated by Her name: Sri Devi (Sriyam: One who has the name of Sri). These Six are [blue] 1. She is attained by those who wish to be redeemed and uplifted. 2. She approaches Her Lord Herself for that purpose. She pleads with Him. 3. She out of Her compassion listens to the appeal by chetanams to protect them. 4. She invites the attention of Her Lord about the plight of the Jeevas and appeals to Him to overlook their multitudinous trespasses. 5. She chases away the the things(which prevents attaining salvation) that stand in the way of the fulfilment of Sarana gathy. 6. She brings to perfection the aathma gunams of those, who seek Her rakshaNam.[/blue]

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0:49:41 a10/p1010/15/2008 SLOKAM #(2) आििभा ि ि : कल स-जल धा अधि रे िापी िसिा सथान ं िसिा :सरिस जिानाम

ििषण ु िक :सथ लं िा

भू मा िसिा : भुिानाम ििल म द ेिी िधविपद म

िा

सतोका -पगज नैर : अनििध गुना सथ ु िास े सा कथ ं ति ं [b][blue]Aavirbhava: Kalasa-jaladha Adhvare Vaapi Yasya Sthanam Yasya:Sarasijavanam Vishnu vaksha:sthalam vaa Bhuma Yasya: Bhuvanamakhilam Devi Dhivyam Padham vaa [u]

Sthoka-praj~nai: Anavadhi Guna SthuyaseSaa Katham

ThvAm[/b][/blue][/u] LINE#(1) 1 [red][u] [b]Aavirbhava [/b] [/red][/u]

appearance(means

Avataram) 2 [red][u] [b] Kalasa-jaladhou[/b] …[/red][/u]

.Shira saharam(

Paarkadal) 3 [red][u] [b]Adhvare Vaapi

[/b] [/red][/u]

Yagna salai

4 [red][u] [b]Yasya. [/b] [/red][/u]

whose ( Sanskrit

pronoun) LINE#(2) 1 [red][u] [b]Sthanam: [/b] [/red][/u]

…….

Place. Of living./seat

2. [red][u] [b]Yasya [/b] [/red][/u]

whose

3 [red][u] [b]Sarasijavanam [/b] [/red][/u]

…

Lotus field/ forest.

4[red][u] [b]Vishnu. [/b] [/red][/u]

Perumal.sreeyapati

5. [red][u] [b]vaksha:sthalam vaa …[/b].[/red][/u]

HIS Chest..

LINE#(3) 1. [red][u] [b]Bhuma[/b] [/red][/u] 2 [red][u] [b]Yasya…[/b] [/red][/u]

Prosperity( wealth) .

3[red][u] [b]Bhuvanamakhilam [/b] …[/red][/u] 4 [red][u] [b]Devi

[/b] [/red][/u]

whose. ….entire world/universe Prarti.Maha Lakshmi

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0:49:41 a10/p1010/15/2008 5 [red][u] [b] Dhivyam Padham [/b]

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Means sri Vaikuntham

……..Contd…. LINE#(4) 1 [red][u] [b]Sthoka-praj~nai [/b] [/red][/u]

…….. One who’s.having little

knowledge/ Gnanam. 2 [red][u] [b] Anavadhi [/b] [/red][/u]

boundryless

3[red][u]. [b] Guna: [/b] [/red][/u]

Gunangal ..quality

4 [red][u] [b]Sthuyase [/b] [/red][/u]

Praised by all.

5. [red][u] [b]katham[/b] [/red][/u] 6 [red][u] [b]SaaTvam[/b] [/red][/u]

how .

such a person like you

SLOKAM#(2) Contd . Oh divine mother how a person with little KNOWLEDGE can start chanting Praising you. Your place of living are HIS Vakshsthalam & lotus field. You came out of Parkadal (SHIRA SAHARAM) & as SeethaG you came out of Yagna salai. Thus un like My Lord Sriman Narayanan you never under gone womb living(GARBA VASAM) and you appeared(avataram) in this world. If we look /notice your greatness & Keerti I just don’t understand How a a person with little knowledge(STHOKA PRAGJNAN) can start chanting Praising you? Oh Perum Devi! I engage in praising You. Is it proper for me to evaluate Your vaibhavams? How lofty is Your place of birth How loftyi s Your chosen places of residence? How immense is the magnitude of Your wealth?How great are Your auspicious Gunams? How can adiyen think of coming to termswith them all and venture to sing in praise of Your unlimited Vaibhavam? (BHUMA)You took Your avatharam first in the Milky Ocean and then appeared (AAVIRBHAVAM)in the Yaaga Saalai of King Janaka at Mitilapuri. In both these manifestations,You were self-manifest and did not have to endure garbha Vaasam like Your husbandin Raama-Krishna avatharams Contd . One place of your residence, the Lotus pond Known for its natural fragrance and purity. The other place of residence of yours isthe sacred chest of Your Lord. There is no one who can claim to have those lofty stanams (places of residence). All the wealths of this world (LEELA VIBHUTI)and the Supreme abode (Nithya Vibhuti / Sri Vaikuntam) are under Your rulership. …. Your anantha Kalynaa gunams are beyond anyanyone's grasp. Each of these many gunams is difficult to comprehend and describe. Thus in every aspect, You’r matchLess. Swamy Vedanta Desikan identifies himself as a sthoka Prajgnan” or a person of limited intellect. Sthoka means little or small. Prajgna means intuitive wisdom It is customary for great Acharyans to acknowledge their disqualifications when they engage in sthuthis about Bhagavan and His Devi, Maha Lakshmi. .

SLOKAM #(3)

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[blue][i]सथो थाव िति ं िद सती भिती द े ििभी : सथुिामाना

थमेिाति ं अ िनिथरािगत : सथोत ु म आस ं सामना : िसदारमभ : सकल भ ुिन स लागान ीिो भि ेिम [u]सेिाप ेका त ि चरनाि ो: सेिास े

कसि

नसिाथ

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[blue][b]Sthothavyathvam Disaty Bhavatee Dehibhi: Sthuyamana Thameva Thvam Anithiragaty : Sthothum aasam Samana: Siddharambha : Sakala Bhuvana Slaganeeyo Bhaveyam [u]Seva peksha Tava Charanayo: Sreyase Kasya Nasyath .[/u][/blue][/b] LINE#1 To be praised by others

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[red][u] [b] Sthothavyathvam [/b]

2 3 4 5

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LINE#2 [red][u] [b] Thvameva [/b] [/red][/u] (Tham eva) .. you [red][u] [b] Tham [/b] [/red][/u] Such a [red][u] [b] Anithiragaty [/b] One who has no other go

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[/red][/u] [red][u] [b] Sthothum [/b] [/red][/u [red][u] [b] aasam Samana:. [/b]

Disaty [/b] [/red][/u] Bhavatee [/red][/u] Dehibhi:. [/red][/u Sthuyamana. [/red][/u]

Giving (to them ) You(respectable way of addressing ) Chetana/Achetanas (living & non living things) You being praised by others

To praise Like to try

[/red][/u] LINE#3 I’m trying toattain the goal of chanting / praising you

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[red][u] [b] Siddharambha [/b]

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[/red][/u] [red][u] [b] Sakala + Bhuvana [/b]

(siddhi means Goal Ref VSN Stanza#27) Entire universe

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[/red][/u] [red][u] [b] Slaganeeyo [/b]

Here means praising or praised by

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[/red][/u] [red][u] [b] Bhaveyam. [/b] [/red][/u

I’ll become

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[red][u] [b] Seva(a)peksha [/b]

LINE #4 Want to perform this kainkaryam( tamizhil “thondu

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[/red][/u] [red][u] [b] Tava Charanayo: [/b]

seidal} On your thiruvadi( holy feet)

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[/red][/u] [red][u] [b] Sreyase [/b] [/red][/u] [red][u] [b] Kasya.. [/b] [/red][/u [red][u] [b] Nasyath.. [/b] [/red][/u]

To achieve goodness/name fame etc who Why can’t they Don’t want want it?

Maha Lakshmi when chetanas ( people /living things with awareness about supreme reality) achetanas with profound devotion starts chanting praise( stuti) {to attain all the better things }this world start noticing their effort & acknowledge their bakthi and start praising them. These things happen because of you, their bakthi towards you Devi. Although I a person with limited intellect having any other go except you thiruvadi Devi , trying to the job of chanting slokams upon you, it ‘s an impossible/uphill task ; I’m still trying I certainly believe you will make me do the job of praising you by your benign grace . The world will take notice about this & I will be celebrated for this effort. There is no doubt about this. Who don’t want to prostrate on your Thiruvadi(feet) ( charanagati) , to perform this kainkaryam( devoted duty) and seek all the better things?like wise I’m also trying to this. Although I don’t have the ability to sthothram(chanting praise) you but the desire* to do so will see through it and I will get all the better things. [blue]*[u]Compare[/u] In His Vishnu sahasranama Vyakyanam Varadhachari sadagopan swami ( sadagopan .org)mentions about a little kid goes to his mother & demands to have an Orange. The baby miss pronounce Orange as [b]‘Ange[/b]”,but the mother understands what her baby wants & give him the[i] orange [/i]ignoring the pronunciation mistake. Like wise Divine Mother, just see through the sincere effort put by us & not the mistakes in chanting /sthothram by us.[/blue] {This is what our Acharyan swami Vedanta Desikan implies here} --{ …slokams….#3}---