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yasmAt lakshmyamSa sambhUtAh Saktayo viSvagAh sadA |
kAraNyatvena tishThanti jagatyasmin tadAj~nayA ||
tasmAt prItA jaganmAtA SrIh yasya acyuta-vallabhA |
suprItAh Saktayah tasya siddhim ishTAm diSanti ca ||
“All the Saktis that have emanated from Lakshmi are always pervading the
entire Universe. They remain, under the command of SrI, as the cause.
Therefore, when Lakshmi, the Mother of the Universe and the beloved consort
of Bhagavan Acyuta is pleased with someone, these Saktis themselves highly
pleased, bestow prosperity which one desires.”
After this detailed description of Lakshmi’s qualities, SrI BhaTTar points out
that this subject is more fully dealt with in vaishNava smRti and other dharma
SAstra-s.
rAmAyaNa also declares the greatness of Lakshmi in the Sloka in bAla
kANDam(4.7):- kAvyam rAmAyaNam kRtsnam sItAyAh caritam mahat – "The
entire epic poem of rAmAyaNa is but the glorious story of sItA”.
SrI BhaTTar concludes his vyAkhyAnam for the nAma mAdhava in its first
occurrence in Slokam 8 (nAma 73), by elaborately dwelling on the qualities of
Lakshmi, and then ending with one line for mA-dahva, where he attributes the
greatness of mAdhava to His association with SrI: “SraddhayA devo
devatvamaSnute – Lord VishNu gets His Lordship because of His association
with Lakshmi. This is the secret about the true nature of SrI”.
Under nAma-s 169 and 741, SrI BhaTTar gives alternate explanations for the
nAma mA-dhavah, but these a couple of sentences each in length, compared to
the very elaborate description above that he has given for the first
occurrence of the nAma in Slokam 8 (nAma 73). It is clear that SrI BhaTTar’s
thoughts are about our Mother SrI in his anubhavam of the nAma mA-dhava
for the Lord.
b) The Bestower of Knowledge (mA – The vidyA or knowledge of Hari; dhava–
Lord, Preceptor, Propounder) For the nAma mA-dhava in Slokam 18 (nAma 169),
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