Padhuka Sahasram-914

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

914. padhmEva mangaLasarithpAram samsArasanthathE:

dhurithakshEpikA BhUyAth pAdhukA rangaBhUpathE:

 

May the Paaduka-which is like Mahalakshmi, in rendering a stream of

auspices continuous, in terminating the continuous samsara cycle and

in extirpating all sins-be ever for us, for our good!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S)

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SlOkma 914: This slOkam is set in a chithra pattern known as

" GooDa chathurTam ". Here all the letters of the fourth line

( " PaadhukA Ranga BhUpathE: ) are scattered and hidden

across the previous three lines of the SlOkam :

 

PadhmEva Mangala--sarith

Paaram samsAra--santhathE:

dhuritha--kshEpikA bhooyAth

PAADHUKAA RANGABHOOPATHE:

 

The fourth line consists of 8 letters : Paa, dhu , Kaa

( Paadhukaa) , ra, nga , bhU , pa and tE: ( Ranga BhUpathE:).

 

Let us locate now these 8 letters in the other lines sequentially.

 

The Letter "Paa" is found in the second line beginning

in the word " Paa-ram). The letter " dhu" is found in the third

line starting with " dhu-ri-tha--" . Thus the three letters

constituting

the first word "Paa-dhu-kaa" are accounted for in the other lines.

 

The rest of the five letters of the 4th Paadham are found in the

following

word: "Ra-nga-bhU-pa-tE: " The first letter "ra" is found in the

middle of

the word in the second line :" Sam-sa-RA ". The second letter "nga"

of the fourth line is found in the first line of the slOkam amidst

the word " Ma-NGA--La ". The third letter "bhU" is found in the third

line of the slOkam, where one comes across"bhU-ya-th ".

The fourth letter of the last line is "pa" . This letter is found in

the second line in the first lime : " Pa-dh-mE-va". The fifth letter

of the fourth line (Chathurtham ), "tE: " is hidden at the end of

second

line in the word : " Sam-ta-tE: "

 

Thus Swamy Desikan created this slOkam with GooDa ChathurTa

Chithram to salute the Lord's Paadhukais.There are also Chithrams

like GooDa Prathamam , where the letters found in the first line

are scattered hidden in the other three lines of the slOkam .

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan says here that

the PaadhukAs of Lord RanganAtha share all auspicious attributes

of SrI RanganAyaki , the consort of the Lord . These shared attributes

are: (1) Removal of all sins instantaneously (2) Putting an end to

the cycles of births and deaths and (3) being the NECTARINE flood of

all auspiciousness for its devotees.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Paadhukais of the Lord resembles

MahA Lakshmi ( Sri RanganAyaki) in (1) granting its aasrithAs ( those

who seek refuge) l the flood of auspiciousness breaking both the

banks

(2) being the end of samsAra pravAham ( it protects aasrithAs

from the fierce flood of SamsAram) and (3) by removing all of our

sins.

 

The inner meaning is that we should pray to SrI RanganAyaki ,

SadAchAryAs and the Paadhukais for gaining the fruits of the first

three PurushArTams ( Thrivarga Phalan ) like Dharmam , arTam

and Kaamam as well as "apavargaphalan" of Moksham . All the sins

standing in the way of attaining these two kinds of Phalans are

removed by worshipping SrI RanganAyaki, SadAchAryAs and

the Paadhukais of the Lord .

 

3) The prayer is : May the PaadhukAs of the Lord of Srirangam

be like MahA Lakshmi/SrI RanganAyaki ( Ranga BhUpathE:

PaadhukA PadhmEva BhUyAth ). Which way should the PaadhukAs

resemble SrI RanganAyaki ? They should destroy our sins quickly

like Her ( Dhuritha kshEpikA bhUyAth ). They should be like the flood

of

auspiciousness like Her ( MangaLa sarith bhUyAth). They should be like

Her in being the end for the recurring cycles of births and deaths

( SamsAra santhathE: Paaram)...(V.S).