Padhuka Sahasram-483

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

483. mukundhapAdhAvani! maDhyanAdyA mUrDhnyayA niShpathathO mumukshO:

AbrahmalOkAdhavalambanArTham rathnAni thE rashmigaNam srujanthi

 

Oh Paaduka! The streaks of light from the gems extend so much in

height that I imagine them to be the veritable ropes with which a

Moksha-seeker can ascend to Srivaikunta, once the soul has come out

of the vital nerve called Moordhanya-Nadi to go upwards.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 483:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Paadhukais of the One , who

grants moksham ! The brilliant rays of Your external gems help

the liberated soul , which is starting its journey to Sri Vaikuntam ,

the supreme abode of Your Lord. The jeevan reaches the top of

the SushumnA naadi center and then ascends therefrom to Sri Vaikuntam

by transporting itself through the brilliant rays of the external

gems. The Upanishads state that the jeevan ascends to Sri Vaikuntam

with the help of the rays of the Sun. Swami Desikan hints that the

rays of the Sun can only transport the jeevan over part of the

distance to Sri Vaikuntam. The rays originating from the gems

decorating the outside of the PaadhukAs can transport however the

jeevan all the way to the Lord's sacred feet, a place of its own

residence .

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner mening is that those who

Study and believe in the meanings of Swamy NammAzhwAr's divine

Paasurams reach Parama Padham without fail.

 

3) Since the subject of this slOkam is about Moksham , Swamy Desikan

addresses the Lord's Paadhukais as "Mukundha PaadhAvani " here.

The Mukundha sabdham is invoked , when Moksha pradathvam of

the Lord is referred to. Swamy visualizes the assembly of rays

emanating out of the gems on top of the Paadukais as ropes (rope

ladders) reaching out to Brahma lOkam. He views them as the ropes

made out of rays (rasmi gaNam) and serving as a Parama Padha sOpAnam

(ladder to Sri Vaikuntam ). For the one seeking mOksham (mumukshu) ,

the jeevan climbs out of the central naadi (moordhanya naadi) , exits

out of the Brahma randhram (the subtle hole in the head ) and grabs

the rays arising from the gems on the surface of the Lord's

Paadhukais and travels onto Sri Vaikuntam via Brahma lOkam with

ease .