Sri Rama's assurance to us about His protection.
The Lord has declared in three occassions, His vratham of saving His devotees under ANY and ALL cricumstances, they are stated in the following verses as
Sri Krishna Charama Shloka (BG 18.66)
sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja
aham tvam sarva-papebhyo mokshayisyami ma sucah
Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear.
Sri Rama Charama Shloka
Sakrudeva Prapannaya Tavaasmeeti cha Yachate
Abhayam Sarva Bhutebhyo Dadaami Etat Vratam Mama.
"If a person once surrenders and takes refuge in me saying, I am yours (thavaasmi), I will protect him from all others. This is my vow."
Sri Varaha Charama Shlokam
sthithE manasi susvasthE sarIrE sathi yO nara:
dhAthusAmyE sthithE smarthA visvarUpam cha maamajam (1)
tathastham mriyamANam thu kAshtA paashaNa sannibham
aham smarAmi madh bhaktham nayAmi paramAm gathim (2)
Oh Bhumi Devi ! The entire universe is my body (sarIram ) . I do not have births or deaths .
When my bhakthAs with mahA visvAsam surrender to me, while they are still in a state of tranquil mind and healthy body and reflect about Me as as SarvAdharan ( root cause
of all) , NiyanthA ( one who commands from within ) sarva sEshi ( the ultimate ), aasrayaNeeyan ( one who is fit to be worshipped ) , Sarva VyApthan (all-
pervasive ) and Nithya sannihithan ( One who is always near ) , THEN I think of them at their last moments, when they are totally unconscious like a log or a stone
and lead them by archirAdhi maargam to My parama padham and bless them to have nithya kaimkarya bhAgyam to Me there . (By Dr. V. Sadagopan)
http://www.ahobilav alli.org/ varaha_puranam. pdf
The Sri Krishna Charam shlokam is perhaps the most famous and Sri Varaha Charama shlokam the least known, but in my opinion it is the most reassuring statement of our Lord's vatsalyam. It is declared by Sri Varahaswamy after rescuing Bhumi devi from Hiranyakshan, giving Her His assurance to save all His devotees, if they sincerely surrender to His feet during their life time.
According to this shlokam, we need not wait till we get old and are on our death bed to call out and surrender to God to attain moksham. We neither know if we will be able to do that in our final moments as life/death are highly unpredictable. So in His vast compassion, the Lord says that even when we are young, healthy and full of life, if we sincerely surrender to Him and try to live like a Sharanagathaa, He will definitely rescue us at the end of our lives.
(Now what more assurance do we need form God??)
These shlokams are very important in the Sharangathi margam for all Vaishnavas. The sharangathi margam as opposed to the Bhakti margam, directly puts the burden of us attaining Bhagavan on Bhagavan Himself, thus making it the most easiest, pratical way for all the badhha jivas trapped in this Kali Yugam where the rigors of Bhakti margam cannot be performed by all.
It is a wonderful to recite all these three charam shlokas in the morning daily before the Lord, to always assure us that He is waiting for us at Sri Vaikuntham, all He requires is that we sincerely let of our ego, pride and perform sharangathi to Him.
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