Chithra paddhathi : 936th slOkam -Part 3

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

We will include the word by word translation

and the deeper meanings of this slOkam here .

 

As indicated in the first posting in this series ,

the divisions of the padhams and their meanings

are as follows according to the PeriyAsrama upadEsam :

 

yaayaayaa (1), aaya(2), aayaaya (3),

 

ayaaya (4), ayaaya(5), ayaaya (6),

 

ayaaya(7), ayaayaa (8), yaayaaya (9),

 

aayaayaaya(10), ayaayaa(11), yaa(12),

 

yaa(13), yaa(14), yaa(15), yaa(16),

 

yaa(17), yaa(18), yaa(19)

 

Meaning of the above 19 padhams :

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yaa(12th)= yaathoru Paadhuhai aanathu ,

That One paadhukhA

 

aayaaya(3)=which strives for the benefit of

both its Master , the Lord and those associated

with Him

 

yaa(13)=That one PaadhukhA

 

ayaaya(4)= which confers subham and adhrushtam

to those , who take refuge in it

 

yaa(14)=That one PaadhukhA

 

ayaaya(5)=which blesses one , who surrenders

to it with Jn~Anam

 

yaa(15) = That one paadhukhA or the PaadhukhA of

that description/glory /mahimai

 

ayaaya(6)=That which becomes desirable as

the paradEvathA for the purposes of worship by

the aasrithAs

 

yaa(16)=That One Glorious PaadhukhA

 

ayaaya(7)= that which destroys all the internal

and the external enemies of those , who seek

its protection

 

ayaayaa= a-yaayaa(8)= That which is affiliated with the

charaNams (sacred feet ) of the Lord

 

yaa(17) That extraordinary PaadhukhA of great glory

 

yaayaaya(9) = that which becomes useful during

the sanchArams( movements)of the Lord outside His aasthAnam

 

yaa(18) That sacred PaadhukhA

 

aayaayaaya(10)= That which is responsible to bring

the Lord to the side of aasrithAs for their protection

 

yaa(19)= That supremely auspicious paadhukhA

 

aayaayaa(11)=That which earns for the aasrithAs ,

the stage(fruit) of mOksham

 

yaayaa(1)= That which makes the aasrithAs

reach sadhgathi thru realization of Parama-

purushArtham

 

(saa) aaya(2)= That paadhukhA conferring all

these SoubhAgyams to the AasrithAs remains

forever the sesha bhUtham for its master,

Sri RanganAthan .

 

Extended Meaning:

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Because of the vaathsalyam (deep affection ) that

the PaadhukhA has for the asrithars (sEshAs=samsAris )

and the Sarva sEshi (BhagavAn) , it serves as a cause

of great wealth for both the Sarva seshan and the sEshis .

It provides the gain for the samsAris by blessing

them with the attainment of the Lord( Bhagaavth PrApthi)

and makes its Lord rich by reuniting the lost samsAris

to His fold ( JeevarAsi Prapthi for the Lord ).

 

The samsAris are exposed to subhams and asubhams

through their karmAs .The PaadhukhA through its

dayA removes the inauspiciousness and blesses

the aasrithAs for svalpa vyAjams ( meager efforts

of approaching it ) and blesses them profoundly .

It gives them the Tattva JN~Anam that is the root

cause of sarva KshEmams.

 

The PaadhukhA reminds the svatha: sarvaj~nan

( One by very nature is all comprehending )

out of its great compassion about the need

to come to the rescue of the aasrithan .It

also helps the aasrithan not to have the

affiliation with the devathAntharams in

the spirit of "dhEvu maRRaRiyEN ).

 

The PaadhukhA chases away the external enemies

as well as the internal ones ( Kaamam , KrOdham et al)

and is forever vigilant in this regard.It is ready

to produce joy for the samsAris by bringing the Lord

on its back to the raaja veedhis of Srirangam during

the various uthsavams .

 

It stands by to rush the Lord to the side of one,

who cries out in times of danger or at times

when the prapannan can not bear the pangs of aarthi.

It waits to bless the aasrithAs with the MOkshAnugraham

through its closeness to the Lord and stays for this

reason forever as the Sesha bhUtham of Bhagavaan.

It pleases the Lord through its sushrUshais

and keeps the good realtionship with the Lord

to save us through His intercession . This is

the nithya yOgam ( inseparable union ) of the PaadhukhA .

For our sake ,it enhances its friendship with the Lord

through nithya kaimkaryam and gains His grace.

 

SadhAchAryAs like the PaadhukhA cause paraspara

praapthi and paraspara laabham between the Seshis

and the seshan .The seshis are like puthran to

them and the Lord is like father to them . These

sadAchAryAs unite their puthrans with their PithA .

They thus create great auspiciousness through

tattva Jn~Ana upadEsam . They create the clear

knowledge and AchArya Bhakthi . They perform

uthsavams for the Lord for loka kshEmA purposes.

When the prapannAs long for the Lord's sevai ,

they pray to the Lord and make it possible for

the prapannA to have that soubhAgyam .They help

through their intercession with the Lord to make

the samsAris gain mokshAnugraham . They accept

the prapatthi and plead to the Lord for the conferral

of Moksham .For retaining this power , they do tapas

and ArAdhanam to the Lord to retain His closeness

and grace . They (SadAchAryAs ) perform profound

kaimkaryams to the divya dampathis and attain

the status of nithya Yogam like the Lord's paadhukhA .

 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan