Padhuka Sahasram-918

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

918. charyAna: shoUripAdhu! thvam prAyaschithEShvanutthamA

nivEshyasE thatha: sadBhi: prAyaschitthEShvanutthamA

 

Oh Lord's Paaduka! You are unexcelled in moving the Lord to bestow

grace on us. We are committing sins continuously and the unexcelled

procedure of atonement and expiation for sins is a contemplation on

You. Hence Sadhus probably always keep You in their hearts, You of

undiminished Sri! (The interpretations of anuttama are included in

the above gist).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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SlOkam 918 : Paadha vritthi Yamakam Chithra formation

 

Yamakam refers to the repetiton in the same slOkma of words

or syllables similar in sound but different in meaning , a kind of

rhyme. The two paadhams have similar endings with the cluster of

words " PrAscchitthEshvanutthamA ":

 

CharyA na: SouripAdhu thvam prAyascchitthEshvanutthamA

nivEsyasE tatha: sadhbhi: prAyascchitthEshvanutthamA (918)

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhaavam: Oh Paadhukais of the Lord !

You are treasured in the hearts of righteous people since You are

the best of religious acts of atonement ( prAyascchittham) for

sins committed. You are the best in invoking Your Lord to banish

our sins and thus become the best of atonements".

 

Swamy Desikan suggests that the PaadhukAs , which have

the power of appealing to Lord and bring Him before the devotees

are even more effective than Sri Devi in pleading the cases of

sinners . The word "anutthamA " appearing twice in this slOkam

has different meanings in conformity with the PaadhAvritthi yamakam

pattern of this chithra style. The word "anutthamA " refers to the

Lord denoted by the letter "A" in the PraNavam in the first Paadham ;

in the second paadham, the same word means the One ( PaadhukA),

whose glory is unexcelled.

 

2) The inner meaning is that PerumAL , ThAyAr and PaadhukAs of

the Lord (SadAchAryAs) are inseperable from each other . In our

reflections (anusmaraNam ) , all the three of them have to be

included.

When one thinks of the Paadhukais of the Lord , it becomes the most

celebrated and powerful PrAyascchittham for all of our sins.Paadhukai

becomes the Utthama and PrAdhAna angam for all KarmAs.Reflections

on them at the end of the prescribed karmAs move the karmAs

to the succesful Poorthy stage.They serve as the adhvidheeya upAyam

for the growth of SrEyas and Kaimkarya Poorthy ..

 

3) Oh PerumAL's PaadhukE ( Souri Paadhu) ! Thou art the top most

among PrAyascchitthams , when it comes to removing our sins ( Thvam

Na:

prAyscchitthEshu anutthamA ). People performing karmAs experience

deficiencies ( lObham ) in ManthrAs , TanthrAs , KriyA , dhravyam and

niyamam

( Manthra lObham , Tanthra lObham et al) . As a result , the KarmAs

do not

reach completion stage. The SmaraNam and dhyAnam of Paadhukais by

the righteous ones fills these deficiencies and completes the KarmAs

(Tata: Sadhbhi: chitthEshu nivEsyasE ) . The charyA ( Observed rites)

becomes as a result superior ( anutthamA).