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nimnonnatAni nikhilAni padAni gAdham majjanti te mahima sAgara shIkareShu | nIrandhram Ashrayasi nIchajanAn tathApi shIlena hanta! shishiropavaneshvara! tvam ||
Meaning:
shishira upavan Ishvara - O! Lord of Thiruththanka. shIkareShu - Within the small droplets te mahima sAgara - of Your ocean like majesty nikhilAni padAni - all places, nimna unnatAni - small and great, gAdham - are well majjanti - submerged; tathA api - Even so, tvam - with Your shIlena - divine saushIlya quality, nIrandhram - without distinction Ashrayasi - You mix freely nIcha janAn - with even the lowliest beings; hanta! - Ah! (how amazing).
Vyakhyana Saram:
Previously, Swami Desikan spoke of His quality of protection.
Appropriate to this quality is the quality of saushIlya -
shIla and saushIlya are synonyms. This quality is defined as
"mahato mantais saha nIrandhreNa samslesha:". A great person
mixing with a lowly person is the quality of shIlam. Such a
person having that association without even being aware of
that in his heart is the quality of saushIlyam.
Such a greatness of the Lord is vast like an ocean. Nammazhvar too called this quality as "kadal puraiyum sIlam". The wealth of Brahma, Rudra, the Dikbalas and the Devas are all within a few droplets of this ocean. To show the variegated nature of all these beings, Vedanta Desikan uses the phrase 'nimna unnatAni'.
In spite of being so great, He freely mixes with the lowliest of beings - such as a hunter, a monkey, Sabari, Kushela, et al. This is the quality of shIlam described in this shloka.
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