Padhuka Sahasram-449

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

449. mugDhasya hantha BhavathIm sthuvathO mamaIthA

nyAkarNya nUnamayaThAyaThajalpithAni

itTham vadha thvamithi shikshayithum praNAdhAn

manjUnudhIrayasi mADhavapAdhukE! thvam

 

Oh Paaduka! The artless person that I am, composed these works in a

disarranged manner which, You heard and felt worthwhile to applaud

and correct, here and there, by saying "Do it in this manner",-which

actually is the sound coming from You.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! Just as You make

the Vedic scholars think about Vedic passages as a result of

listening to Your naadham , You seem to instruct me on how to improve

my feeble but well-meant attempt to praise You through this effort of

mine". Here , Swamy Desikan points out humbly that he is not

qualified to engage in composing the verses in praise of the

magnificient glory of the PaadhukAs and yet he persists because of

his intense desire to offer homage to Them. He says that the Naadham

emanating from the PaadhukA appears like helpful instructions on how

to construct the verses without any mistakes.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! Listening to Your

dhivya Naadham , it appears that you hear my sthOthram full of errors

and then say "do it this way , do n't do it this way" and instruct me

about corrections that need to be made. The inner meaning is that any

one , who recites ThiruvAimozhi with full knowledge of the meanings

of the paasurams will gain understanding of how one should reflect on

the Lord and how one should praise him .

 

(3) Oh PaadhukE ! You hear this fool's prattlings about Your glories

( BhavathIm sthuvatha: mugdhasya mama yEthAni ayaTAyaTa jalpithAni

aakarNya ) and correct me with Your sweet naadham by pointing out : "

Please do not do this way , but do this way ".