Vadanya stabakam (20 Slokams). By DR. (smt) Geetha Anand, vaikuntha vasi. Koil, Sabdam, Vangeepuram, veerapuram Sri sathakopacchar Svami. Introduction by Sri. V. Sadagopan

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vadAnya stabakam (20 Slokams)

by Dr. (Smt) Geetha Anand, VaikuNTha vAsi

Koil, Sabdam, Vangeepuram, VeerApuram SrI SaThakOpAcchAr Svami

and “Sri nrusimha sEvA rasikan”

Oppliappan Koil Dr. VaradhAchAri SaThakopan

INTRODUCTION BY SRI. V. SADAGOPAN

There are twenty Slokams in this stabakam. Out of Her vAtsalyam and compassion for us, the suffering samsAris, MahA Lakshmi grants what all we, Her children, ask for and gives more. “vadAnyan” has been defined as One who blesses a shy seeker of boons and encourages him/her to ask for additional things they wish, makes them feel at ease and then gives away joyously much more than they asked originally: “vada anyat iti ya: ASrita sakASe prshTvA dadAti sa: vadAnya:” In Tamil, they are recognized as vAri vAri vazhankum vaLLalkaL”. PirATTi’s “Parivu” (compassion) is such that She reacts most generously to all of our requests. She is abhIshTa varadai (abhIshTa phala pradai). There is no one to match or exceed Her generosity. It is only the fools go begging at the doors of hard hearted rich men and get spurned and chased away.

Speaking about the misers at whose doors, the poets and scholars stand seeking handouts, Swamy Desikan describes these tight fisted “vadAnyA-s” very well in the Slokams of SrI vairAgya pancakam: “bhajanti vibudhA mudhA hyahaha kukshita: kukshita:”. Alas! The great scholars stand at the doors of the kings and praise them without gaining any thing for filling their stomachs. Their efforts are in vain. What a pity? As a Parama vairAgysAli, Swamy Desikan says “vayam vAcA mahISvarAn trNamapi na yAcAmahe”. He says: even if the fire in my stomach (jATharAgni) makes me suffer with pangs of unbearable hunger, we will not use our speech to ask even for a blade of grass from these kings. Swamy Desikan points out that he has the immense wealth of the Lord, who sat in front of the chariot of ArjunA and therefore he will not stand at the house front of haughty and insignificant kings (durISvarA-s) with anjali mudrA seeking favours from them. Swamy Desikan performs upadesam for us about what is the true wealth that one should seek and from whom in the fifth Slokam of SrI vairAgya pancakam:

dhananjaya vivardhanam dhanamudUDha govardhanam
susAdhanam abAdhanam sumanasAm samArAdhanam ||

That true and imperishable wealth to be sought according to nigamAnta MahA Desikan is the One, who showed the true path for ujjIvanam, who lifted the Govardhana Giri, pleases the minds of bhAgavatAs and is useful as a sAdhnam for gaining all kinds of fruits.

Speaking of the flood of generosity that runs over the banks of the river Cauvery at Srirangam, Swamy Desikan salutes the apAra audAryam of SrI RanganAthan in his SrI nyAsa tilakam Slokam 29:

tvayi sati rangadhurya SaraNAgata kAmadughe
nirupadhika pravAha karuNA pariNAhavati |
parimita deSa-kAla-phaladAn phaladAkrtikAn
kathamadhikurmahe vidhi-Siva-pramukhAn amukAn ||

Oh RanganAtha! While You are there with limitless flow of audAryam blessing all SaraNAgatAs what ever they ask for with great compassion, why would we seek others like Brahma devan, Sivan and others, who act like they can grant us all kinds of boons. Their boons are of limited use and are insignificant (alpam).

SrI VenkaTAdhvari Kavi was inspired by all these upadesams of Swamy Desikan and went one step further and stated that Periya PirATTi’s audhAryam far exceeds that of Her Lord. She does not wait for the devotees to come to Her like Her Lord but blesses them from far.

The futility of the effort to knock on the wrong doors for boons is covered by SrI VenkaTAdhvari Kavi with a beautiful example in the 16th Slokam of this stabakam:

When one has in his garden a Mango tree holding delicious fruits, why would anyone approach a SAkoTaka tree without any fruits and covered with fierce thorns?

Srimat Azhagiya Singar tiruvDigaLE SaraNam

dAsan,

Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan

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