Sri Sadagoban swamikal anubavam..
AlavandhAr condensed the meanings of the manthra Rathnam (Dhvayam) to create the slOkams of SR.
* Among the 65 slOkams , the first 5 are those, who opened his spiritual eyes ;
the sthothram commences with the 6th slOkam .
* the 7th deals with the awesome Parathvam of the Lord , which can be intimidating and
in slOkams 8-9 describes the Lord’s soulabhyam , which removes all fears about His accessibility .
* From 10 to 21 , AlavandhAr dealt with the many meanings of NaarAyaNa sabdham .
* In the 22nd SlOkam , AlavandhAr performed Prapatthi.
* From 23-27, he expressed his qualifications (adhikAram) for Prapatthi at the sacred feet of the Lord .
* From 28-29 , he explained that great fruits come out of the easy observance of prapatthi.
* From 30 to 46 , AlavandhAr revealed the inner meanings of the uttara KHANDam of Dhvayam.
The slOkams from 32-46 describes parama Padha Vaibhavam , which formed the basis of Sri VaikuNta Gadhyam .
* In slOkam 47 , he expressed his nirvEdham over nonperformance of the upAyam to redeem him .
* From 48-51 , he showed us that Prapatthi alone will give the fruits of Moksham .
* From 52-53 , he dealt with Bhara samarpaNa Tattvam.
SlOkma 52 is important in that it was used by ThirukkOttiyUr Nampi to teach RaamAnujA that
Seshathvam is SvarUpa NirUpakam to a Jeevan .
SlOkma 53 is an echo of NammAzhwAr’s ThiruvAimozhi2.3.4: ” YenathAvi YaaryaanAr tantha nee koNDAkkinayE “.
* From 54-57 , he begged for the Lord’s anugraham to lead the life of prapannA until dehAvasAnam.
He celebrated the glory of Bhaagavatha Sangham in SlOkam 55.
* From 58-63 , AlavandhAr described with example the protective qualiites of the Lord such as
KaaruNyam , Vaatsalyam , Bhandhuthvam et al and sought refuge .
SlOkam 60 is a moving acknowledgement of the Sarva Vidha Bhanthuthvam of the Lord in the context of Bhara SamarpaNam.
ParAsara Bhattar recited the 62nd slOkam of SR before Sri RanganAthA and described himself as ” amaryAtha: Kshudhra:”
* In the 64th slOkam , AlavandhAr reminded the Lord of his saraNAgathi Vratham.
This is the Abhaya PradhAna SlOkam and became the basis of Swami Desikan’s Abaya PradhAna Saaram and NishEpa Rakshai.
* In the final 65th slOkam , he celebrated the glory of AchAryAnugraham and AchArya sambhandham and
prayed for the Lord’s grace atleast for the sake of his grandsire, Sri Naathamuni , the great AchAryA..
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