Padhuka Sahasram-290

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:

 

290. sampadhyathE samuchitham kramamAshrayanthyA

sadhvarthmanA BhagavathOpi gathirBhavathyA

IShtE padhAvani! puna: ka ivEtharEShAm

vyAvarthanasya viShamAdhapaThaprachArAth

 

Oh Paaduka! The passage on the right path, even for the

Lord, becomes

possible, only by Your appropriate placement of the

steps. Who, then,

is competent to guide ordinary men, to redeem them from

treading on

evil tracks? Except You?

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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Special Notes by V.Satakopan (V.S) :

 

1) Abhinava Desika UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh

PadhukE!

Oh PaadhukE ! You are responsible for the properness of

the gait

That the Lord takes. He depends on You for it. Once You

choose

the appropriate gait , His task of rushing to the help

of

appropriate

devotees is made easier. You transport quickly Your

Lord

to the place

where His devotees are and thanks to Your special

efforts , the

devotees benefit from Sri RanganAthA's blessings. Swami

Desikan hints

here that there is no doubt about the BhakthAs

attaining

pre-eminent

status, since the PaadhukAs have the power to make even

RanganAthA

reach His supreme goal of being recognized as the

protector of those

,

who seek refuge in Him unconditionally.

 

2) Srimath PeriyANdavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! You

control the good

Path that even the Lord takes during His sanchArams. In

view of this

,

who else but You can save people from going in wrong

ways ?

 

3) Swamy Desikan respectfully addresses the Lord's

Paadukai as

"BhavathyA" instead of " ThvayA " because of its power

to actualize

"sadhvarthamAnam "( selecting safe and auspicious

paths)

even for the

Lord during His sanchArams. This the Paadhukai does by

taking the

proper step ( samuchitham kramam aasrayanthyA BhavathyA

) and leading

the way . If that were to be so, Swamy Desikan wonders

as to who is

more capable than the Paadhukais to turn deluded people

away from the

harmful paths ( VishamAth apaTa prachArAth

vyavarthanasya ka iva

eeshtE ?)…V.S