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sadagopan.org inconsistent with the state of archa, this Lord is popularly known as Yathoktakari or, as Desika has put it, bhagavath-bhakthi-mathaam Yathokthakaari (5) -- one who acts as dictated to by His Devotees. Slokas 2 to 4 and 7 refer to the Lord's puranic greatness as Vegaasetu. Slokas 5 and 7 refer to both aspects. Slokas 6 and 8 deal with His subservience to His devotees. SLOKAS - COMMENTARY ïIman! ve»q nawayR> kivtaikRk kesrI, vedaNtacayR vyaeRme siÚxÄa< sda ùid. shrImaan.h ve~NkaTa naathaaryaH kavitaarkika kesarI. vedaantaachaarya varyo me sannidhattaaM sadaa hR^idi. Swami Desikan chose Anushtub metre for the beginning verse of this slOkam. It is traditional to use the short metre of Anushtub for aphoristic statement of theological truth. Saardhoola- vikriditham metre is generally used for elaboration of the theological truth. In view of our Acharyaa's interest to celebrate the Puranic story here and the centrality of one of the Vaishnava principles -- Bhaktha DaakshiNyam of the Lord -- Swami elected not to use too many lengthy metres in this short stotram. He deliberately chose Anushtub for the first verse to point out the UPAAYA --PhALA BHAAVAM -- of the Lord of Thiruvehhaa. This stotram has 10 verses set in seven different poetic meters in accordance with the rules of Alankaara saasthram. Swami Desikan uses anushtub metre for the second and tenth verse as well. The other metres used by Swami with specific purpose in mind are: Aaryaa (verse 3), Upajaathi (verse 4) that is used for imparting Puraanic flavor, Oupacchandasikam (Verse 5), Vasanta Tilakam (Verse 6) for poetic fancy, Maalini (Verses 7 and 8) and Mandaakraanthaa (verse 9). Thus Swami Desikan used 7 metres in a stotram consisting of 10 verses. His skills as a poet are abundantly evident here. 4
VERSE 1 @k< veegvtI mXye hiStzEle c d¨Zyte, %pay )l -aven Svym VyKtm! prm! mh>. 1. Yekam Vegavathee-madhyE HasthiSailE cha dhrusyathE upAya-phala-bhAvEna svayam vyaktham Param maha: In the first verse, he refers to the Svayam vyaktha svarupam of the Lord as “SVAYAM VYAKTHAM PARAM EKAM MAHA:” This mighty effulgence that manifested itself out of His own Sankalpam to neutralize the anger of His daughter in law is saluted here. He states that this Mahaa Tejas at Thiruvehhaa and the other illustrious Tejas that arose from Brahma's sacrificial fire on Hasthi giri have the complimentary relationship of means (Upaayam) and fruit (Palan). One is in the middle of river Vegavathi (Saraswathi) and the other is on the top of the sacred hillock known as Hasthi Giri. 5 sadagopan.org
Page 1 and 2: Swami Desikan’s Vegasetu Stotram
Page 3 and 4: Contents 1 Page Introduction to Veg
Page 5: . ïI>. . ïImte ramanujay nm>. .
Page 9 and 10: Here Swami Desikan describes the Lo
Page 11 and 12: VERSE 4: iv-atu me cetis iv:[u setu
Page 13 and 14: VERSE 6: VASANTHA TILAKAA METRE ïI
Page 15 and 16: 19. ThiruveLLiangudi THE OTHER SAYA
Page 17 and 18: VERSE 8: MAALINI METRE zr[m! %pgtan
Page 19: VERSE 10: ANUSHTUB METRE vegasetaei

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