Padhuka Sahasram-761

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

761. prapadhyE pAdhukArUpam praNavasya kalAdhvayam

Otham mithamidham yasminnananthasyApi thathpadham

 

I pay obeisance to the twin Padhukas, which together represent the

pranava composed of the infinite Paramatma and the limited Jivatma

(represented by A and M respectively); the Lord's foot (of infinite

course in Trivikrama form) and the Lord of infinite nature are also

intertwined.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

Introduction: In this Dhvandhva paddhathi (Twenty Fourth)

Chapter, Swamy Desikan starts to describe the PadhukAs of

the Lord as a pair and compares this pair to many other

objects and attributes seen in pair . There are twenty

slOkams in this Chapter.

 

SlOkam 761

 

1) UtthamUr Sawmy's anubhavam: Here, Swamy Desikan describes

the two letters of PraNavam associated with the Lord and His consort

as the pair of PaadhukAs. Swamy Desikan says: " I salute

the Pranavam (Om) made up of the two letters , "O" and "im"

for Odham and Mitam respectively , which have taken the form

of the two PaadhukAs.Those two letters constituting the PraNavam

represent the auspicious attributes of the Lord and His consort.

I surrender unto this pair of PaadhukAs of the Lord. It is

in those PaadhukAs , the limitless attributes of the Lord are

housed and becomes defined. The two letters of Pranavam

denote the Lord and His consort. Those are the PaadhukAs.

I salute them".

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:The pair of PaadhukAs

remind us of the letter "O" constituted by the joining of

of letters "A" and "U". I place my trsut in this pair.

 

PerumAl has a name called Ananthan (i.e), the One who is

not calibrated by place, kaalam and vasthu. This limitless

Thiruvadi of the Lord is calibrated by the Paadhukais.Just

as the "O" made up of letters "A" and "U" does not seperate

from the latter pair, the Tatthvam behind "A" (PerumAl) and

"U" (ThAyAr) never seaprate from each other even for a fraction

of a second.Similarly , the Paadhukais do not ever separate

themselves from each other. They never disassociate themselves

from the sacred feet of the Lord in their mission to protect

the world.Therefore , it is said that the One who has gotten

hold of the Padhukais(AchAryan) has gotten hold of the sacred

feet of the Lord Himself.The PerumAl and ThAyAr ( represented by

the Letter "O" ) is linked to the Jeevan (letter "im") to

form the full praNavam.

 

3)I take refuge in Pranavam , which is of the form of

PaadhukAs ( PaadhukA roopam PraNavasya Otham kalAdhvayam

( "A" +"U") prapadhyE).In these two Paadhukais , the feet

of the immeasurable PerumAl is measured ( Yasmin AnanathasyApi

tath idham padham mitham)