Padhuka Sahasram-953

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

953. parivarthayithA pithAmahAdhIn

thvamivAnanthamasoU vahathyanEhA

aGhunApi na shoUripAdhukE! thvAm

anaGhAlambanamaBhyupaIthi chittham

 

Oh Lord's Paaduka! Infinite Time has passed from immemorial

beginning, many Brahma-incumbents have come and gone and time goes

on,-as You go on bearing the Lord! But I remain just like this. Oh

Alas! I have not yet learnt to perfect my heart for a meditation,

clinging to You as a good auspicious prop!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

Slokam 953

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan dwells on

the timeless service that the PaadhukAs do for the Lord such as

supporting the Lord , taking Him on His rounds. He calls those

services Ananta vAhanam in contrast to vahanam , which means

passage of time of specific duration . He says: " Oh Lord's PaadhukE !

Time rolls on and ends the reign of BrahmAs , even if they rule for a

very, very long time. Even their reigns have a finite time elements

built into them. Your rule in contrast has no time boundary . You

perform Your endless service to the Lord without any interruption

across the time scale. May I be blessed with the type of eternal

service that You do from now on, even if my mind has not reached out

to You so far as my blemish-free companion?

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukaE with MahA Vaathsalyam

towards bhaddha Jeevans ! Over countless aeons (Brahma Kalpams ) ,

You create innumerable jeevans ( give new bodies to them after

PraLayam, when they were in a sookshma state) and wait patiently to

see if those embodied Jeevans will now comprehend Your and Iswara

Tatthvams to become liberated from their bound states ( Bhaddha

dasai to Muktha Dasai ). For fulfilling that goal, You carry Your

Lord on Your back so that the embodied Jeevans can have

His darsanam and get uplifted to perform SaraNAgathy at

His sacred feet . Alas ! these Jeevans due to their load of

sins do not take advantage of Your krupA and go round and round

in the whirlpool of SamsAram and Time ( Kaala PravAham) .

They miss to recognize You and are lost in SamsAric afflictions.

 

I am aslo one of those Paapis , who has been immersed in

the terror-striking waters of SamsAric ocean and have lost you

until now. Now I recognize that You have blessed me as

an excuse for a small good deed that I might have done

regarding Bhagavath-BhAgavatha Kaimkaryams and given me

the intellect to enjoy You ( BhOgyathA Buddhi) and thereby long for

a status , where I can completely cast aside the ruchi for transient

SamsAric pleasures and be immersed in uninterrupted dhyAnam

about Your roopam , Svaroopam and GuNams. Alas ! My mind

however does not stay put in such dhyAnams due to the burden

of my Paapa Raasis . What a Pity ?

 

3) Oh Souri PaadhukE ! The time cycle of that great grandfather ,

Brahma Devan creating innumerable embodied souls is almost

endless . Your time of service to Your Lord however is endless

( PitAmahAdheen parivarthayithA asou anEhA Thvamiva anantham

vahathi). Even after all these times , my poor mind does not stay

firm in meditating on Your glories to gain salvation ( adhunA api

chittham anaga aalamBanam ThvAm na abhyupaithi) ...(V.S)