Padhuka Sahasram-500

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

500. rathnapraBhApatalachakramanOharA thvam

padhmAruNam padhamidham thvayi rangaBharthu:

manyE thadhEthadhuBhayam maNipAdharakshE!

chakrAbjamaNdalamakinchanarakshaNArham

 

Oh Manipaaduka! You describe a circle of lustrous halo of supreme

charm. The Lord's Feet present a picture of lotuses of red hue. The

circle and lotus constitute, to my mind, a Chakrabja mandala, for the

technique of securing Your protection by one ill-equipped for

disciplined Bhakti yoga!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

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

 

Slokam 500:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy `s anubhavam: Oh Gem-bedecked PaadhukE ! The rays

associated with Your gems encircle the Lord's feet in the form of a

disc(chakra). Your Lord's feet inside the circle is like a lotus

(abhjam ) that has just blossomed. When the disc and the lotus inside

are seen together , it makes one think of "ChakrAbhja MaNDalam "

used in the Paancharaathra Aagam by those , who wish to obtain the

boon of Moksham without practising bhakthi Yogam. Swamy Desikan

reminds us of a route adopted by some, who can not observe the

rigorous bhakthi Yogam for Moksha Siddhi. Such people offer their

worship to a Yanthram(geometric pattern) consisting of a lotus inside

a disc(ChakrAbhja MaNDalam ). The worship of that maNDalam in temples

according to PaancharAthra aagamam rules has been recommended as an

easy route to gain Moksham .

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is that when one

worships Swamy NammAzhwAr, the creator of the gem-like paasurams ,

known for their uniterrupted devotion to the Lord, those bhAgyasAlis

become qualified to enjoy Sriya: pathi.

 

3)Oh PaadhukE! You are beautiful to behold with the circle of radiant

rays (Thvam rathna PrabhA chakra paDala manOharA ). Your brilliant

rays cover Your Lord's feet and redden them to remind one of the hue

of the fully blossomed lotus . The entire image looks like the

ChakrAbhja maNDalam with the union of Yourself with Your Lord

(Ubhayam chakrAbhja MaNDalam manyE ). Why this imagery of ChakrAbhja

MaNdalam ? The presence of Lotus inside the chakra maNdalam is

intended for the protection of those , who do not have the full

soubhAgyam to perform aarAdhanam to the Lord as established by

SaasthrAs ( Akinchana RakshaNArham ChakrAbhja ManDalam manyE )…

(V.S).