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Table of Contents:
Introduction to Sri Laksmi Sahasram 4 - 6

Naama Vaibhava Sthabkam
17th Chapter of Sri Lakshmi Sahasram

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Sri Perundevi ThAyAr

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PadhmE yEshAm ucchabhAvO na nithya:
yE sarvEapi sTAnabhEdhEna theekshNA:
yashtusthushDir-nagrahAmsthAnatasthvAm
nithyounnathyAm noumi sarvathra mrudhveem

Oh PadhmAsani! AdiyEn will not salute the nava grahams (na noumi). adiyEn will
prostrate only before You. The reasons are twofold. They have two major
blemishes:

(1) They are in ascendance (Uccha sTAnam) only for a limited time (Uccha
bhAvE na nithya:). Sooryan is recognized to be uccham (ascendant) in mEsha
rAsi; Chandran in Vrushabha rAsi. Once they move from these exalted and be-
nevolent positions of theirs, every one of the nava grahams lose their boon
granting capabilities and MangaLathvam. Why should adiyEn pay attention to
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(2) Further, their svabhAvams change once they come down from their Uccha
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nothing steady in their svabhAvams. They have mood swings, When adiyEn com-
pares them with you, adiyEn is overwhelmed by your unquestioned superiority
over the nava grahams. Your loftiness is forever and intrinsic (svabhAvikam).
It does not change with time, place or dEsam. Your permanence in loftiness and
undiminished capacity to grant the desired boons at all times is not shared by
the nava grahams. adiyEn can only worship You with unchanging oudhAryam
(generosity).

Secondly, there are those who change their guNams from place to place and
from moment to moment. They behave kindly with a few and display anger at
others. There is no steady stream of Dayaa that can be expected from them.
You on the other hand is an undimished pravAham of Dayaa. You are forever
lofty and superior to all of the nava grahams in your display of compassion to
the suffering chEtanams. You are “NithYonnathai” and “Sarvathra

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Mrudhvee". That is why adiyEn salutes only you and do not go near the nava
grahams for anything.

SrImathyai MahA Devyai Nama:
Daasan, V.Sadagopan

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NAAMA VAIBHAVA STABAKAM
17 C S L S
TH HAPTER OF RI AKSHMI AHASRAM

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Sri Ranganayaki ThAyAr

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dhAmnA dhruSyEya rAjeeva dhAmnA tEna dayALunA
AamnAnam jAthuchith yasya nAmnAm Jn~Anair yunakthy na:

Meaning: The splendorous luster (tEjas) of MahA Lashmi is recognized as being
rooted in the lotus flower. That tEjas has all soubhAgyams to bless us. The
very mention of her many nAmAs even occasionally will bless us with Jn~Anam
(Superior knowledge about the three tatthvams). May the glances of this em-
bodiment of Dayaa fall on adiyEn!

The superior power of Lakshmi Naama sankeerthanam (nAmnAm AamnAnam) is
referred to here. That sankeerthanam need not be done every day. Even occa-
sional recitation (Jaathuchith/kadhAchith) of her nAmAs will confer the ex-
traordinary boon of uniting us with blemish-free Jn~Anam (nAmnAm

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She is the embodiment of Dayaa (DayALu). Her lustre (dhAmnA) has its home
in the auspicious lotus flower (rAjeevadhAmnA dhAmnA). May adiyEn be the
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object of the mangaLa dhrushti of that luster (tEna dhAmnA dhrusyEya).

MahA Lakshmi is identified with tEjas based on the SrI Sooktha salutations.
As ”Jwalantheem”, "ChandrAm” and "SooryAm". She is “JyOthirmayee",
“JyOthi SvarUpiNi”.

The sukhAnubhavam of the usage of similar sounding words that lilt is
adhbhutham: “yasya dhAmnA Raajeeva dhAmnA dhAmnA dhruSyEya! ".
Our ThAyAr is ParamdhAmavathi, Raajeeva lOchanai, PuNDareeka valli and
aravindha dalAyathAkshi. The power of Her MangaLa dhrushti has been cele-
brated by Swamy Desikan elaborately Sri Sookthi e-book in http://
www.sundarasimham.org. Sankeerthnam of Her dhivya NaamAs will give us
many kinds of boons, the chief among them is the acquisition of Sadh s
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Jn~Anam. Parama Bhakthi about Her sacred feet is the end result, which pro-
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recitation is sure to confer the supreme boons on the reciter. Such is Her oud-
hAryam and Dayaa Svaroopam celebrared by Swamy Desikan in His Dayaa
Sathakam (http://www.sundarasimham.org).

The poet prays here for the dhivya KaDAkshams of the MahA PrabhAvasAli,
SriKoMaLavalli ThAyAr, who restored his eye sight with her JyOthirmaya Ka-
dAksha veekshaNyam.

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