Padhuka Sahasram-971

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

971. upAKhyAtham thaThAthvEna vasiShTAdhyaIrmaharShiBhi:

upAyaPhalayO: kAShTAmupAsE rAmapAdhukAM

 

I worship the Paaduka, which has rightly been conceded the greatness

of being acclaimed as the ultimate end, as upaya (Means) and as upaya

(fruit), by competent seers like Vasishta and Valmiki.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

 

Introduction to the Phala Paddhathi( 32nd & Final Paddhathi) :

 

In the Nirveda Paddhathi , the despair of Swamy Desikan

from the indifference of the Lord's Paadhukais over his request

for anugraham to be rid of SamsAric Sufferings was the theme .

In the last slOkam of NirvEda Paddhathi , the DayA Moorthy ,

the Paadhukais responded most favorably to the moving plea for

rescue by Swamy Desikan and freed Swamy Desikan from his

erstwhile worries and Swamy began to celebrate the glorious modes of

the Lord's Paadhukais as the matchless purushArTam joyously

as a fititng finale . Every one of the remaining 38 slOkams of

the final chapter of Sri RanganAtha PadhukA Sahasram (Phala

Paddhathi ) has to be intrepreted in the context of the Parama Phala

Roopam of the Lord's Paadhukais according to our PoorvAchAryAs .

 

SlOkam 971

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: adiyEn approaches Lord Raamachandra"s

Paadhukais , which have been described by Sage Vasishta and others

as the supreme means to gain the fruit of Moksham . It serves both

as the Means (UpAyam ) and Fruit (Phalan) .

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Sage VasishtA and other Maha Rishis

have pointed out that the Lord's Paadhukais are powerful to confer

Yogam (standing as UpAyam to gain hitherto unattained blessings and

removing all obstacles in such attainments) and Kshemam ( protection

of those soubhAgyams after attaining them ). Swamy DEsikan

meditates on the powerful Paadhukais of the Lord, which responded to

his plea and revealed that they are the limits of Phalan ( MOksha

SUkham ).

 

3) The Paadhukais have been described by Sage VasishtA and

his peers ( VasishtAdhyai: ) that the Lord's Padhukais are the most

superior upAyam among UpAyams for Bhagavath PrApthi and the best

among Phalans (taTAthvEna upAkhyAtham ) . This they have declared in

SrImath RaamAyaNam and other Prabhandhams. I meditate on those noble

Paadhukais , which are the limit among all desired UpAyams and

Phalans( UpAya PhalayO: KaashtAm Raama PaadhukAm upAsE )...(V.S).