{"id":13279,"date":"2017-01-05T23:14:32","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T23:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/?p=13279"},"modified":"2017-01-05T23:14:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T23:14:32","slug":"sthothra-rathnam-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/sthothra-rathnam-23\/","title":{"rendered":"sthOthra rathnam &#8211; 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama:<\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2016\/12\/sthothra-rathnam\/\">Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/sthothra-rathnam-22\/\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/rama-sages.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13281\" src=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/rama-sages.jpg\" alt=\"rama-sages\" width=\"272\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/rama-sages.jpg 387w, https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/rama-sages-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Introduction<\/h3>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/12\/thathva-thrayam-iswara-who-is-god\/\">bhagavAn<\/a> opines &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry that you don&#8217;t have anything favourable towards me; as long as you don&#8217;t have prohibited practices which will destroy the qualifications you may have earned, I will create virtues in you and will bestow the goal too&#8221;, <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/alavandhar\/\">ALavandhAr<\/a> says &#8220;I am complete with unfavourable aspects&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><em>na nindhitham karma thadhasthi lOkE<\/em><br \/>\n<em>sahasraSO yanna mayA vyadhAyi |<\/em><br \/>\n<em>SO&#8217;ham vipAkAvasarE mukundha!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>krandhAmi samprathyagathis thavAgrE ||<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Word by word meaning<\/h3>\n<p>mukundha &#8211; Oh lord who bestows liberation!<br \/>\nyath nindhitham karma &#8211; those prohibited\u00a0 actions<br \/>\nmayA &#8211; by me<br \/>\nsahasraSa: &#8211; thousands of times<br \/>\nna vyadhAyi &#8211; not performed<br \/>\nthath &#8211; such evil actions<br \/>\nlOkE &#8211; in SAsthram [world indicates SAsthram which conducts the world]<br \/>\nna asthi &#8211; not present;<br \/>\nsa: aham &#8211; I, who is of such nature,<br \/>\nvipAka avasarE samprathi &#8211; right now, when [such actions] culminate into results<br \/>\nagathi: &#8211; due to having no other refuge<br \/>\nthava agrE &#8211; in front of your highness<br \/>\nkrandhAmi &#8211; crying<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Simple Translation<\/h3>\n<p>Oh lord who bestows liberation! Those prohibited actions which were not performed by me thousands of times, are not present in SAsthram [world indicates SAsthram which conducts the world]; right now, when [such actions] culminate into results, I am crying in front of your highness, due to having no other refuge.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">vyAkyAnam (Commentary)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em>sahasraSO yanna mayA vyadhAyi, nindhitham karma that lOkE nAsthi<\/em> &#8211; Forbidden actions which are done by me thousands of times, athipAthaka (very cruel), mahApAthaka (greatly cruel) actions. They are not even highlighted in SAsthram. SAsthram may prohibit several actions, but a person need not engage in all such actions [I engage in all such prohibited actions].<\/li>\n<li><em>sOham<\/em> &#8211; [such I] After engaging in such prohibited actions, I neither engage in atonement nor I have remorse for having done such actions.<\/li>\n<li><em>vipAkAvasarE<\/em> &#8211; At that stage, when such actions reap their results which can only be experienced to have them exhausted.<\/li>\n<li><em>mukundha!<\/em> &#8211; <em>mukthi bhUmi pradha<\/em> (Oh bestower of the land of liberation)! [Calling emperumAn by this name] After having realised that &#8220;your highness is the only means to uplift one who is such difficult state&#8221;. sAthvatha samhithA 16.23 &#8220;<em>dhurAchArO&#8217;pi sarvASI kruthagnO nAsthika: &#8230;<\/em>&#8221; (Even if one is engaged in forbidden activities, eats anything, ungrateful and atheist since time immemorial, if only he surrenders unto <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/12\/thathva-thrayam-iswara-who-is-god\/\">bhagavAn<\/a> with full faith, consider him to be faultless by the greatness of <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/12\/thathva-thrayam-iswara-who-is-god\/\">bhagavAn<\/a>); SrI rAmAyaNam yudhdha kANdam 18.3 &#8220;<em>&#8230; dhOshO yadhyapi thasya syAth sathAmEthadhagarhitham ||<\/em>&#8221; (I will never abandon this vibhIshaNa who approached me in a friendly manner. Whether he has faults or not, virtuous people will not condemn acceptance of him); SrI rAmAyaNam sundhara kANdam 38.35 &#8220;<em>&#8230; vadhArham api kAkuthstha: krupayA paryapAlayath ||<\/em>&#8221; (Though kAkAsura was qualified to be killed, SrI rAma, who is the apt refuge, saved kAkAsura by his own grace); yajur vEdham kANdam 6.5 &#8220;&#8230; <em>thasmAdhapi vadhyam prapannam na prathiprayachchanthi<\/em>&#8221; (Thus, one who takes shelter, even if he is a murderer, he cannot be exposed); ahirbudhnya samhithA 37.33 and 37.34 &#8220;<em>anEnaiva prapannasya bhagavantham sanAthanam | thasyAnubandhA: pApmAnas sarvE naSyanthi thath kshaNAth || kruthAnyEna sarvANi thapAmsi thapathAm vara | sarvE thIrthAs sarvayagyAs sarvadhAnAni thath kshaNath || kruthAnyEthEna mOkshaScha thasya hasthE na samSaya: ||<\/em>&#8221; (For the one who surrenders unto that ancient <a href=\"https:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\/2013\/03\/12\/thathva-thrayam-iswara-who-is-god\/\">bhagavAn<\/a> with this manthram, all sins are destroyed at once. Oh best among sages! he has performed all austerities, visited all holy rivers\/abodes, performed all sacrifices and charities at once. mOksham (liberation) too is readily available for him. There is no doubt about this).<\/li>\n<li><em>agathi:<\/em> &#8211; Other than your highness&#8217;s simplicity, considering my lack of refuge as the only reason [you have to protect me].<\/li>\n<li><em>samprathi krandhAmi<\/em> &#8211; Like those who have pursued difficult means, [without doing any of that] I am crying so loud so that you cannot conceal yourself from me and others will blame you with lack of good qualities [for not helping me].<\/li>\n<li><em>thavAgrE<\/em> &#8211; in front of your highness, who said [as <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\/index.php\/sriman-narayanan\/\">SrI rAma<\/a>] in SrI rAmAyaNam AraNya kANdam 10.9 &#8220;<em>&#8230; hrIrEshA hi mamAthulA | &#8230;<\/em>&#8221; (Oh sages! Let you all kindly be happy. Since I have been attained by you who are well qualified, I am feeling more embarassment than before).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the next article we will enjoy the next SlOkam.<\/p>\n<p>adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan<\/p>\n<p>archived in <a href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\">https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>pramEyam (goal) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/koyil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramANam (scriptures) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org\">http:\/\/granthams.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\npramAthA (preceptors) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org\">http:\/\/acharyas.koyil.org<\/a><br \/>\nSrIvaishNava education\/kids portal \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/pillai.koyil.org\/\">http:\/\/pillai.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series &lt;&lt; Previous Introduction When bhagavAn opines &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry that you don&#8217;t have anything favourable towards me; as long as you don&#8217;t have prohibited practices which will destroy the qualifications you may have earned, I will create virtues in you and will bestow the &#8230; <a title=\"sthOthra rathnam &#8211; 23\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/sthothra-rathnam-23\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about sthOthra rathnam &#8211; 23\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","category-sthothra-rathnam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}