Padhuka Sahasram-966

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

966. yadhi kimapi samIhE karma karthum yaThAvath

prathipadhamupajAthaI: prathyavEyAm nimitthaI:

avaDhirasi yadhi thvam thathra naImitthikAnAm

sharaNamiha na kim mE shoUripAdhAvani! SyA:

 

Oh Lord's Paaduka! In whatever act or ritual, prescribed by the

scriptures that we perform, there is always bound to be some gap,

some shortfall, somewhere. For the act to bear fruit in spite of

this imperfection, remedial steps of expiatory nature are a must. If

shortcomings pertain to them as well, where is the end? Indeed You

are the ultimate remedy.* In that case, why not You become, at the

very outset, a refuge to me, an object of surrender! That would be a

deft arrangement!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

 

SlOkam 966

 

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

When I try to perform a ritual according to SaasthrAs , I run into

the need to carry out atonements because of lapses in knowledge ,

pronunciation of the manthtrAs in accurate manner , materials for

aarAdhanam , physical strength etc. Therefore , I do not get the

full benefit of the rituals and thereby accumulate additional (new )

sins. At these times , I realize that meditation on Your Lord (

KrishNAnusmaraNam ) is the one and only atonement to destroy every

sin . Meditating on Your Lord and meditating on You , who supports

His lotus feet are therefore the most powerful means to bypass all

the lapses in rituals and the attendant atonements . My mind is

clear now . I surrender unto You fully to get the full benefits that

Your Lord confers on those , who take refuge in You .

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh Paadhukais with great affection

for those who seek Your refuge ! On one side , the Paapams create

SamsAra Ruchi through the karmAs associated with Svaroopa Viruddhams

( that are against maintaining one's svaroopam as the Seshan of

the Sarva Seshi , SrIman NarayaNan ). On the other side , there are

interferences to perform Nithya (SandhyA Vandhanam et al) ,

Naimmittikam ( SrArdhams , TarpaNams et al) and Kaamyam

( Support for temples , BhaagavathAs , KarmAs performed to

enhance Bhakthi and Jn~Anam ). When the Manthra lObham ,

Dravya lObham , Tantra lObham , KriyA lObham and SraddhA

lObham interfere with proper performance of Sath KarmAs ,

we perform PrAyascchitthams for removal of sins acquired from

conscious or unintended mistakes . There is no end to these sins

and performances of atonements (PrAyascchitthams) . All of these

endless sins are due to my poorva janma vaasanAs . Oh PadhukE !

One thing is clear to me . Performance of SaraNAgathy to You

results in Kaimkarya Poorthy free of any kind of lObhams (

insufficencies). If this were to be so , how come You did not bless

me to remove all deficencies , which interfered with the performance

of KarmAs in the Saasthraic way ? My paapams must be the reason for

Your indifference to banish my Sathkarma VirOdhis . You are by

nature aasritha Vathsalai . My pApams must be standing in the way of

obtaining Your grace.

 

3). Oh Soori PaadhAvani ! I long to perform Nitya , Naimithika and

Kamaya kArmAs as ordained by Bhagavath Saasthrams ( kimapi

karma yaTAvath karthum sameehE ). While doing them , the various

insufficencies of mine create Paapams at every step ( karthum

sameehE yadhi prathipadham nimitthai: prathyavEyAm). In the cases of

those dhOshams , You are the limit of all PrAyascchitthams ( Tathra

naimitthikAnAm Thvam avadhee: ). When that is so , why is it that

You do not come to my rescue ( Thvam naimitthikAnAm avadhee:

asi yadhi , mE saraNam kim na syaa: ? ) . . . (V.S).