From the Bhakti List Archives
Mani Varadarajan
• Fri Aug 14 1998 - 16:00:03 PDT
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?" ]
