3.6 Lakshmi are you living near Emperuman's chest to prevent him from getting angry with us?

Sloka 6

भगवतः प्रतिघो हृदि मा स्म भूत्

समुदयदवृजिनेषु जनेष्विति

अवहिता जगदम्ब हिताय नः

हृदयमेव हरेरधितिष्ठसि

bhagavataḥ pratigho hṛdi mā sma bhūūt

samudayadavṛjineṣu janeṣviti

avahitā jagadamba hitāya naḥ

hṛdayameva hareradhitiṣṭhasi

ப₄க₃வத: ப்ரதிகோ₄ ஹ்ருதி₃ மா ஸ்ம பூ₄த்

ஸமுத₃யத₃வ்ருஜிநேஷு ஜநேஷ்விதி

அவஹிதா ஜக₃த₃ம்ப₃ ஹிதாய ந:

ஹ்ருத₃யமேவ ஹரேரதி₄திஷ்டஸி

Meaning:

Mother of the Universe! Are you remaining vigilantly near Hari’s heart  wishing that anger should not occur in Bhagavan’s heart towards people like me who have loads of sin?

உலகத்தாயே! பாபப் குவியலை உடைய என்போன்றோரிடத்தில் பகவான் மனத்தில் கோபம் எழக்கூடாது என்று எண்ணி நீ எங்களுடைய நன்மைக்காக ஹரியின் மனதுக்கருகில் விழிப்புடன் எப்பொழுதும் வசிக்கிறாயா என்ன?

Commentary:

Sriman NArAyaNan is our Father and SrI MahA Lakshmi is our Mother. Swami 

Desikan puts this in a very beautiful way in his SrI stuti that He is our Father 

because She is our Mother. The role of a Mother is to shower unconditional love 

(priyam) while the father imparts right knowledge (hitham). In this process, the 

father may have to correct the child sometimes by harsh means so that he will not 

resort to previous sins. In such a situation the Mother interferes and mitigates 

the punishment. Not only that, she mollifies His anger by telling many good things 

about the child. Thus the Mother has to be watchful always lest the child gets 

severely punished. 

PirAtti is also present near EmperumAn’s chest so that His anger will never occur 

at all. Only if EmperumAn gets angry She has to alleviate it. If it does not even 

occur thanks to Her cool glances and purushAkaram She does not have to worry 

about even a small punishment meted out to Her children.