[sv-poetry] Re JitantA Stotram (part 4)
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• April 15, 2002
Dear BhakthAs: Dr. M.N.Ramunuja is doing outstanding kaimkaryam in translating and commenting on the profound sthOthram of JitantA . It is appearing in Oppiliappan and Venugopal Lists .His insights and quotation of pramANaams are most enjoyable. I have always been interested in this extraordinary sthOthrams quoted by our AchAryAs. I wanted to bring it to your attention. V.Sadagopan Dear Bhagavatas, We will continue with the fourth and concluding part of the First JitantA stotram. srimate ramanujaya nama: vandE guruparamparAm sri pAncharAtrE jitantA stotrE prathamajitantA (part 4) 16* yachchAparAdham kritavAn ajnAnAt purushottama tatsarvam kShamyatAm dEva nArAyaNa namOstu tE. Hey Purushottama, dEva, Narayana, whatever offence I have committed, by virtue of my ignorance, or unawares or unconsciously, I request You to bear with all that. Let my obeisances be to You. Notes: In Saranagati Gadyam Ramanuja prays *manO vAkkAyai: anAdi kAla pravritta ananta akritya karaNa kritya akaraNa* to bear with all types of offences past present and future against God and bhAgavatas and some intolerable offences. In Sri Venkatesa stotram *ajnAninA mayA doshAn aseShAn vihitAn hare. kshamasva tvam kshamasva tvam sesha saila shikhAmaNe*. 17* sOham tE dEva dEvEsha nArchanAdau stutau na cha. sAmarthyavAn kripA mAtra manOvritti: prasIda mE. I for one, oh ruler of the lords of lords, have the capacity neither to worship etc., nor to extoll you by prayers. My only moral strength is Your mercy. Please turn favourable to me. Notes: Sri Kureshar said *tvat kIrtana stuti namaskriti vedaneshu shraddhA na bhaktirapi shakti: athO nachechchA. naivAnutApamati: EshvakriteShu kintu bhUyAnahO parikara: pratikUlapakShe* where he said that there is no sincerity nor bhakti nor shakti nor desire to devote to You and on top of that there is no repentance on not devoting to You and there is an army of obstacles preventing from devotion to You. 18* ahankArArtha kAmEShu prItiradyaiva nashyatu tvAm prapannasya mE dEva vardhatAm shrImati tvayi. Let my self-conceit and love for wealth and desires be eradicated today itself. But, by virtue of my having surrendered to You, oh Lord, let my love for You together with Your consort, Shri, grow strong. Notes: In SriVishnupurana of Parasara bhagavan, Prahlada said *yA prIti: avivekAnAm viShayeshvanapAyinI. tvAm anusmarata: sA mE hridayAt mApasarpatu* meaning, what unabated love, the indiscrete people have for material objects of senses, let that love, in my case, for incessantly thinking of You, never leave my heart. 19* kvAham atyanta durbuddhi:: kva chAtma hitavIkShaNam yaddhitam mama dEvEsha tadAjnApaya mAdhava. Where am I with my absolutely wicked intellect and where is the self-supervision of my spiritual welfare ? Oh lord of lords, Madhava, command me with what is beneficial to me. Notes: KoushItaki Brahmana says* na sAdhunA karmaNA bhUyAn nO Eva asAdhunA karmaNA kanIyAn . ESha hi Evainam sAdhu karma kArayati tam yamEbhyo lokebhya: unninIShate. ESha u Evainam asAdhu karma kArayati tam yamadho ninIShate* one is not greater by pious deeds nor lower by impious deeds. The God makes him do virtuous deeds whom He plans to uplift from these worlds, The God makes him do dark deeds whom He wishes to push down under. Duryodhana says *jAnAmi dharmam nacha me pravritti:, jAnAmyadharmam na cha me nivritti:, kEnApi devena hridi sthitena yathA pradishTosmi tathA karomi* I know the right but have no urge to do it, I know the wrong but I cannot desist from it. I do as I am guided by some god in my heart. Krishna says in BhagavadGeeta *teShAm satata yuktAnAm bhajatAm prIti pUrvakam. dadAmi buddhi yogam tam yena mAm upayAnti tE* To them who affectionately pray to me, I give the right mental skill by which they will attain Me. Erumbiappa in his devotional Varavaramuni satakam, uses the same words *kvAham kshudra: kulishahridaya: durmati: kvAtma chintA. trayyantAnAm asulabhataram tatparam kvAtmatatvam. ittham bhUtE varavaramunE yatpuna: svAtma tatvam, draShTum tattatsamaya sadrisham dehi me buddhiyOgam.* Where am I, a mean fellow with hard heart and wicked mind, where is contemplation on the paramatma. And where is that Paramatma which is not understood by vedanta also. Such being the case, oh Varavaramuni, please give the right mental skill by which i can see and understand Yourself. 20* upachArApadEshEna kritAn aharahar mayA apachArAnimAn sarvAn kShamasva purushOttama.. Under the intention of doing the various upachAras (worship procedures) during Your worship everyday, I have committed numerous apachAras (offences and faults of omissions and commissions) to You. Oh Purushottama, please tolerate all of these and bear with me. Notes: What I take for granted as shOdashOpacharas in Your worship are actually fraught with so many apacharas as seen from *mantrahInam kriyAhInam bhakti hInam tava prabhO, vihitam yanmayA deva paripUrnam tadastu tE.* my worship consists of some defective mantras some inappropriate kriyas and false bhakti. Oh Lord , let that worship be accepted as complete by Your grace. Sri Parasara Bhattar said *AstAm tE guna rAshivad gunaparIvAhAtmanAm janmanAm, sankhyA bhowma nikEtanEShvapi kutI kunjEShu rangEshvara, archya: sarvasahiShNu: archaka parAdhInA akhilAtma sthiti: prINIShE hridayAlubhi: tava tata: shIlAt jadIbhUyate* RangEshvara, even though You have taken as many incarnations as You have kalyanagunas in so many places, You have incarnated as Idol (archAvatAra) in which You have totally subordinated Yourself and Your requirements to the whims and fancies of the archaka or worshipper. You totally get propitiated with what little defective worshipful insult he does to you out of Your great character. I am awestruck by You. Cf * tamarukandadu evvuruvam avvuruvam tAnE.......pirandavArum valarndavArum.....ettiram uralinOdu...* etc. iti prathama JitantA sampUrNA (End of First JitantA) contd.. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/k6cvND/n97DAA/ySSFAA/7RdplB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: sv-poetry-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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