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M.N.Ramanuja • Thu Mar 28 2002 - 03:34:44 PST 


                   Prathama JitantA Stotram. Vol 2


6*    naiva kinchit parOksham tE pratyakshOsi na kasyachit

        naiva kinchid asiddham tE na cha siddhOsi kasyachit.


        There is nothing that is not visible  to You or out of Your sight. 
You can see everything all the time. cf  anavarata vidita nikhila bhUta 
jAta yAthAtmya.  But You are not directly visible to any one.  Cf. na 
sandrishE tishthati rUpamasya na chakShuShA pashyati kaschanainam. hridA 
manIShA manasAbhikluptA  ya Enam viduramritAstE bhavanti.  There is 
nothing that has not been achieved by You. Just by willing You achieve 
your wish.  You are avApta samasta kAma , satyakAma, satyasankalpa. But 
You have not been achieved by anybody. nAyamAtmA pravachanEna labhyO na 
mEdhayA na bahunA shrutEna. YamEvaiSha vriNutE tEna labhya:. 	


7*    kAryANAm kAraNam pUrvam vachasAm vAchyam uttamam

        yOgAnAm paramAm siddhim paramam tE padam vidu: .


      Your   divine feet   is understood to be the  original cause of all 
effects. It is the greatest and best goal  of  all  words. All prayers 
become blessed by being directed at You. It is the greatest achievement 
and fruition of all the Yogas. Cf  AmnAyAbhyasananyaraNya ruditam  
vedavratAnyanvaham  of  Mukunda mAla. Vedaischa sarvairahamEva vEdya:. 
sarvE vEdA yatpadam Amananti ,  namO namO vAngmanasAtibhUmayE, namO namO 
vAng manasaikabhUmayE and so on.


8*    aham bhItOsmi dEvEsha samsArEsmin bhayAvahE

        pAhi mAm pundarIkAkSha na jAne sharaNam param.


        Oh, Master of dEvas, I have become terrified in this Samsara which 
scares me out of my wits. Oh lotus-eyed one,  protect and save me. I do 
not know of a better refuge than you.  ( Yielding to myriads of 
temptations, I am not able to elevate myself . I slip often in my progress 
towards You. As in the case of Viswamitra,  who had to rededicate himself 
several times after slipping  before reaching his goal,  many many births 
are simply wasted in sensual indulgence. That is why I am afraid of the 
Samsara.)       


9*    kAlEShvapi cha sarvEShu dikShu sarvAsu chAchyuta

        sharIrE cha gatou chApi vartatE mE mahad bhayam.


        In all times  good and bad,  auspicious and inauspicious, in all 
directions and from all directions,  Oh Achyuta,  I have reason  for  
great fear.  Even in my own body and  in my livelihood and occupation.  
Fear of risk to physical life, though existing in all these quarters, is 
not meant here, for grievance. It is the perils to the ideal spiritual 
wellbeing and progress in reaching the Lord, that are the cause for worry

.   

10*  tvat pAda kamalAd anyan na mE janmAntarEShvapi

        nimittam kushalasyAsti  yena gachchAmi sadgatim.

 

        Even after countless births, I will not find any other opportunity 
for my spiritual welfare than Your lotus like foot, which can assure me 
sure passage to sadgati or Vaikuntham and liberation  from Samsara. I  
have realised after suffering countless births and perditions, that other 
yogas like karmayoga and jnanayoga etc cannot deplete my load of sins and 
secure liberation. I have realised that only sharaNagati at Your feet and 
Your Mercy alone can redeem me and transport me to You. Cf  ' Vishaya 
vishadhara vraja vyAkule,janana maraNa nakra chakrAspade, agatir asharaNO 
bhavAbdhou luThan, Varada sharaNam ityaham tvAm vriNE.' and 'akrita 
sukritaka:...' in Varadarajastavam of Kureshar. "...eikAntikAtyantika 
tatpAdAmbuja paricharyaika manOratha: tatprAptayE cha tatpAdAmbuja dvaya 
prapattE: anyanna mE kalpakOti sahasrENApi sadhanam asti iti manvAna:" of 
sri Vaikuntha gadyam.

   

To be continued

Adiyen Ramanuja dasan




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