Swamy Desikan-18- Paadhuka sahasram through Seva Swamy's enjoyment- first part

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SrI:

SrImathe Ramanujaya namah:

SrImathe Nigamantha mahadesikaya namah:

 

SrImAn venkatanAthAryaH kavitArkika kesarI |

vedAntAcArya-varyome sannidhattAm sadA hRdi ||

 

May the glorious Sri Venkatanatha, the greatest of teachers of Vedanta, and

the lion among poets and debaters, reside forever in my heart.

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

I am continuing on my appeal and posts on Swamy Desikan and appeal for

Thuppul maNdapam kaimkaryam. URL:

http://www.geocities.com/lsriniva/thoopulappeal.html

 

It is my humble request to please contribute your mite towards this

kaimkaryam, as remembering Acharyan, and talking alone will not suffice. In

another 2 posts, I will conclude this series hopefully. Let us enjoy PadhukA

sahasram furthermore. This is an extract from Sri Sevaa Swamy’s article on

Padhuka sahasram. (only few paragraphs are written):

 

The most wonderful creation of the most wonderful AchAryan is PadhukA

sahasram. There can be hundreds of poets born in the world or yet to be

born. None would have created such a poem. No one can deny that this

(PadhukA sahasram) is the creation with wonders. The pAdhukAs, which do not

have any thing in them for being talked about even, have been sung in such

great glories and praises, discovered by Swamy Desikan in PadhukAs. It

caught the entire gamut of Poets spellbound. Even VishwakarmA gets stunned

at the way it is created in one yaamam of night (yaamam- three hours).

Creation is adhbutham; the way it is created is adbhutham;

 

In Naadha paddhathi, Swamy does not hide from us a Rahasyam (secret). Latter

part of the night, Swamy with Bhagawath niyamanam (at the command of the

Lord) takes pledge (sankalpam) and performs saathvIka thyAgam to start

Paadhuka sahasram. He starts: santha:… jayanthi… The Divya Dampathi, who are

having Their “kaLLa” nithrA (Yoga nithrA) wake up.. They wonder as to what

and how it is going to happen. They are curious. The Sarvasakthan; Sarvagnan

Lord Ranganathan Himself is taken aback. “ThUppul PiLLai was sleeping;

Suddenly, he has started off now. How is he going to finish 1008..? Feels it

may be difficult (even for Rangan).

 

The way the poems sprung out of Swamy, the pAdhukAs are excited and start

their beat to take count of slOkAs- Why? (asks Swamy Desikan). That beat-

Swamy listens and composes that also in a slOkA. Nithrayaa dhUramuktha: (How

can They and paadhukAs get sleep?) It is similar to parents being unable to

sleep the night before the son’s most difficult competitive exam.. These

parensts are maathaa dEvi thvamasi Bhagawaan VaasudEva: pithA mE.. jaathas

sOham janani yuvayO: Eka lakshyam.. Swamy himself had written in SrISthuthi.

 

Even pAdhukAs think- How is he going to praise me that can not be praised by

anyone.. So, when Swamy started with a grand gala opening Santha: it strated

counting with excitement and happiness. Padhyaarambhaan gaNayasi.. If

someone is asked to count, they may slip and hence paadhukAs do not want to

take risk. .. swair ninaadhai: What a BEAUTY!

 

ANNan Swamy (Sri Prathivaathi bhayankaram ANNan Swamy) in his Sapthathi

rathnamaalikA refers to paadhukA sahasram as “PaadhukA sthuthi sahasram”.

Meaning, in each slokam, it is thousand praises for paadhukAs - says ANNAn

Swamy proudly. For Ranganathan, there are few hundered slOkas. For His

paadhukAs, have 1000 soThrAs, each one with thousands of meanings. What

AchArya bhakthi! PaadhukA sthuthi sahasram ajasram..

 

Swamy Desikan always likes the simili of sugar and milk.. kshIram sarkara

yEva..yaapirabruthak bhUtha: prabhUthai guNai:.. In Dasaavathaara sthothram,

Swamy says, KrsihNan and Balaraaman are like sugar and milk – more tasty

when combined. Here, in PaadhukA sahasram, Swamy says: the Thiruvadi (Lotus

Feet) of the Lord and His Sandals (PadhukAs) are like Sugar and milk.

Together, they are tastier for our eyes..

 

rangEswarasya yadhidham maNi paadharakshE!

paadhaaravindha yugaLam bhavathIsamEtham

pumsaamupOshithAvilOchana paaraNArham

kshIram thadhEthadhiha sarkarayaa samEtham.. (984)

 

Swamy desikan calls himself mandha buddhi (dull headed) (sloka 1002) after

singing paadhuka sahasram.. similar to VedhAntha dEsika padhE vinivEsya

baalam (in daya sathakam). What can we say about this! In hundred, there was

saahasam; in thousand, here is saahasam. In both, he calls himself humbly as

mandha buddhE and baalam.. (child).

 

One can sing about pAdhukAs in thousands (like Swamy Desikan did). One can

never sing in praise of Swamy’s paadhukA sahasra sthOthram..

 

SrI Sevaa swamy writes: likyEtha paadhukA prabhAva: na likyEtha paadhukA

sahasra prabhAva:

 

Let us see how SrI sevaa Swamy further enjoys in our next week post..

 

On this Greatest AchAryasaarvabhouman, isn’t it right and most appropriate

for us to pay our humble samarpaNams to Swamy Desikan by contributing our

mite towards the construction of ThUppul maNdapam for Swamy Desikan? LET US

PLEDGE NOW..

 

URL: http://www.geocities.com/lsriniva/thoopulappeal.html

 

Please donate according to your shakthi. The money can be sent to "Thuppul

Trust" and the address is:

 

Thuppul Trust

Old No.20, New No.24, Thiruvengadam Street

West Mambalam, Chennai-600033, India

Phone No: 91-44-4741559 / 91-44-3715771

 

Please contact Sri. V.K. Sudharshan at vksudarsh or Sri Lakshmi N

Srinivasa lsriniva (He can collect and send it as single amount

in USA).

 

The address:

 

Lakshminarasimhan Srinivasa

3 Old Towne Road, #212

Ayer, MA-01432

 

For those in the South East Asia, please contact me at

srivaishnavan . Please pass on this kaimkaryam to as many people

as possible in order to complete the same.

 

kavi-tArkika-simhAya kalyANa-guNa-SAline |

Srimate venkateSAya vedAntagurave namaH ||

 

Salutations to Sri Venkatesa, in whom all perfection resides, who is the

teacher of Vedanta and the lion among poets and debaters!

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Narayana Narayana

NarayaNa dAsan madhavakkannan

 

 

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