Devanayaka Pancasat (Part 2) - Ibiblio

mind is filled with joy (Bhaktha anuranjanam thvadheeyam DakshiNa PaaNi
Padmam). That powerful hand of Yours offering protection to all janthus shines
in my heart, which is afraid of the daily trespasses to Your saasthrEic
injunctions.
That Abhaya Hastham (outstretched Palm) appears to say halt; that gesture
suggesting stopping indicates that it is enough to perform SaraNAgathy to the
Lord only once and there is no need to repeat that performance of
SaraNAgathy to be assured of His protection. He seems to say through His
abhaya hastham, “alam” (pOthum /enough). He is easily satisfied with that one
time SaraNAgathy through AchAryAs and does not need any more persuasion
to protect the Jeevan after that act of Prapatthi (UpAya anushtAnam).
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PerumAL has a title as SaraNAgatha Samrakshakan and that He demonstrates
through His abhaya hastham. It is the manifestation of His DayA Kaaryam.
Swamy Desikan salutes the Lord’s inner hand
(abhaya hastham) as having the hue of a red coral.
To comprehend the origin of the redness of His
Abhaya Hastham pointed towards the
SaraNagatha Janams, one has to refer to the SrI
VardarAja Sthava slOkam of KurEsar (46 th
SlOkam). Here kUresar gives three reasons for
the Lord’s palms having a tender red color (like
Coral or the tip of a creeper). The AchAryan
wonders whether that coral like color was
acquired during KrishNAvathAram, where He had
to crawl on His knees and hands as an infant at the
houses of the Gopis, which led to the reddening of
His palms (Vraja sadana anganEshu rinkhAtha
kim?). He wonders whether another contributing
RatnAngi for gadAhastam
factor for the reddening of the Palms could be
due to the constant handling of the stick (kOl)
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