[sv-poetry] Sri Guna Rathna Kosam : Part 70: slOkam 60

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Sadagopan • May 23, 2002
SrI:

Dear BhakthAs of Sri RanganAyaki ThAyAr:

In the 60th slOkam , Swamy Parasara Bhattar 
continues to dwell on the NaicchAnusandhAnam 
and follows the steps of Swamy NammAzhwAr's
Paasurams on Naichiyam and Swamy AaLavanthAr's
SthOthra Rathna SlOkams expressing deep Naicchiyam.
Swamy Desikan will follow the foot steps of Swamy
ParAsara Bahttar in his sthOthra granthams in 
general and Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA sahasram in
particular(NirvEda Paddhathi). The 60th slOkam of 
SrI GuNa Rathna kOsam takes this form : 

ithyukthi kaitava sathEna viDampayAmi
  ThAnn Ambha ! Satya-vachasa: purushAn purANAn
yadhvA na mE bhuja-Balam Tava Paadha-Padhma--
  laabhE ThvamEva SaraNam vidhitha: kruthAsi

--SlOkam 60 , SrI GuNa Rathna KOsam 

(Meaning according to Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan ):
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Oh Mother RanganAyaki! I said that I am a rogue and am 
unbearable for You. But, then, such confessions copying great 
holy seers--who , however, spoke sincerely and truthfully --
in a fradulent and hypocritical manner, as if I too had 
their heart-felt thoughts, are all pure and simple drama! 
Hundreds of such perjury I am capable of! But, then , I have 
no qualiifcations, no merit to deserve Your grace. However 
I long for Your feet . For achieving this goal , I have no power; 
but You , who have become the natural prop for me , please 
help me and serve as a sure refuge for me to be redeemed !    
 
Additional Comments (V.S):
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The SlOkams of Sri GuNa Rathna kOsam are coming to
a close and Swamy ParAsara Bhattar begs His Mother
RanganAyaki to forgive his hypocritical ways and
protect him .The appeal is earnest and urgent since
the next slOkma will see the completion of this SrI kOsam
on Her GuNa Rathnams.

Thirumalai Nallan Ramakrishna Iyengar Swamy's translation
of this slOkam in Tamil proceeds this way:

thollavar meyyE sollum thUneRi thodaruvEn pOl
yellaillamlijj~nan iyampinan salangalanthO!
allathu ThAyE ? Unn tTann adimalarp-peRaven kaiyyil
vallamai ilai athaRkku Vallai Nee athaRkku vithiyinAnAi

Oh Mother Sriranga Naayaki! There is the procedure of
NaicchAnusandhAnam as referred to in the previous slOkam.
But , my naicchAnusandhAnam imitating great PoorvAchAryAs
and pretending to have their anubhavam through hundreds 
of lies on my part is utter deciet. You surely see through
this vEsham and abhinayam of mine! It is impossible to be
redeemed through these false acts and utterances. I have
no qualiifcations  or  accumulated good deeds . The only
longing that I have is to have the protection of Your sacred
feet. I am unfit otherwise . I do not have the strength or
skills to seek anyother means . You are my object of Surrender
according to SaathrAs . Please accept my SaraNAgathi.

"Thollavar" in the Tamil Paasuram stands for the "Sathya vachasa:
PurANa PurushAn " . It refers to the pious and  ancient 
Sathya Vaaks ( those true of speech) , the AchAryAs and AzhwArs. 
"meyyE sollum " refers to their speech rooted in Sathyam.
Their dharmam is sacred ( " thooneRi" )."Unn adi malar peRa
yenn Kaiyil vallamai illai" . I do not have the strength
and skills of my own to be graced by the anugraham of Your 
sacred feet. "athaRkku Vallai Nee vithi aanAi ". That power
is You alone. 

SrI Vaatsya VeerarAghavAcchAr Swamy in his Vasu Raasi 
commentary on this slOkam says: " Ithi poorvOktha prakArENa
yEthath sajaathIyatayA vaa ukthi kaitava sathEna kapaDa 
Niacchya vachana sahasrENa thAnn ---" . As stated in the previous 
slOkam , imitating as though adiyEn is sajAthIyan ( same group)
as the PoorvAchAryAs and AzhwArs , adiyEn uttered false 
statements and performed abhinayam . adiyEn is not
therefore a PrAmANikan ( straight forward one telling 
the truth and nothing but the truth) .AdiyEn has stated
decietful words on my unfitness and lowliness echoing 
the words of Swamy NammAzhwAr, Thirumangai , Yaamuna Muni
and others ( " ParAnkusa ParakAla Yaamuna YathivarAdheen 
ViDamBayAmi anukarOmi ").Swamy ParAsara  Bhattar expresses 
his longing for Her protection through the utterance of 
PoorvAchAryA's naicchyAnusandhAnam , even if it was not 
true in spirit ("TannaicchyAnukaraNa mAthrENa madhrakshaNam
kaaryam ithyAsaya:"). adiyEn desires Your Paadha-Padhma laabham
( blessings of acquisition of Your Lotus feet for my rakshaNam).
adiyEn does not have the strength or capabiliites to achieve
that goal on my own ( Thvath CharaNAravindha samprApthou mE bhuja
Balam na Math-saamarTyam kimchidhapi naasthi).Therefore , adiyEn
seeks Your protection as a SaraNAgathan as prescribed by 
the SaasthrAs . Please accept my plea for protection ! 
BhattAar pleads for the nirhEthuka KrupA of Sri RanganAyaki
in this slOkam and concludes this plea with the final slOkam
of SrI GuNa Rathna kOsam . adiyEn will conclude this series
tomorrow on Sukra Vaaram (Friday ) sacred to Her .       
 
Sri RanganAyaki ThAyAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan /Sadagopan  



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