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Re: Dasaavataara Sannidhi

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Mani Varadarajan • August 14, 1998 


Sriman Jaganath wrote:
> Finally, as Srimad Azhagiya Singar Himself has said, "tvayi rakshati
> rakshakaih: kim anyaih: tvayi chA rakshati rakshakaih: kim anyaih: I" 

SrImad azhagiya singar may have incorporated this
line into a discourse or stotram, but the original
is from v.8 of SrI dEsikan's "kAmAsika-ashTakam".
The second pAda should read (this is not clear in
Jaganath's excerpt above, and it is very important):

   tvayi cha arakshati rakshakai: kim anyai:
         ^^^^^^   

Mani

[ The meaning -- "If You protect me, of what use are other
                  protectors? 
                  And if You don't protect me, of what use
                  are other protectors?" ]