Padhuka Sahasram-993

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

993. charamanigamagIthE sapthathanthoU samApthE

nijasadhanasamIpE prApyiShyan vihAram

jvalanamiva BhavathyO: samyagArOpayEnmAm

praThamavaraNavashya: pAdhukE! RanganATha:

 

Oh Twin-Paaduka! When I first uttered the appeal to the Lord, "You

will please act as my protector", in Prapatti, the Lord Ranganatha

became won over by me. When my life ends, a yajna He was performing

by utilizing me in His services through the whole post-prapatti

period becomes completed. Hence, He will have to place the Fire

(that is my jeevatma) in His sandals, Yourselves, (a replica of

Arani wood) to place me in His Abode. May He do it!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 993

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: In the previous verse, Swamy Desikan

described the approaching of the Paadhukais during his last moments

on this earth. Here, he describes how they take him to the Supreme

abode of the Lord. He says: " Oh PaadhukE! RanganAtha empathizes

with Your role as my protector and at the time of my death, He acts

as the priest at the Yaagams known as adhvaryu to bring me over to

His sanctum in SrI Vaikuntam. He brings me over as an adhvaryu

priest would bring the sacred fire from the place of the sacred

ritual and unite it with the sacred fire at home at the conclusion

of such Yag~nams. He places me as the Agni between You both (the

Paadhukais) serving as the fire producing sticks".

 

At the end of the SomaYaagAs, the Master of the Yaaga (YajamAna)

requests the adhvaryu priest to bring the sacred Agni of the Yaaga

back to his house to unite it with the Agni at home used for

sacrificial rites of the house. RanganAtha acts here as the adhvaryu

priest and brings the aathmA of Swamy Desikan (Agni) to His sanctum

out of respect for the PaadhukAs' role as the protector. He places

that Agni between the two Paadhukais serving as the two aaraNi

Kattai (fire generating sticks ) used for kindling the fire.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Lord RanganAthA at he end of the

life of PrapannAs in His leelA VIbhUthi removes His property (the

aathmA inside my physical body) and places it in Your hand for

assistance in its travel to His permanent abode. That act of the

Lord is equivalent to the Adhvaryu priest being given the

responsibility for transporting the DhAryAgni from the Yaaga SaalA

to be united with the Gaarhapathya Agni for use in the daily

(Nithya, naimmitthika ) Karamas at the end of the avabrutha snAnam

relating to the completion of the Soma Yaagam by the YajamAnan.

The DhAryAgni is invoked in the two special fire kindling

sticks /araNi KattaikaL ( Utthara araNi and athara araNi). That

Parama purushArTam (Not only being protected in LeelA VIbhUthi but

also being transportred to SrI Vaikuntam with the guidance of

AadhivAhikAs ) is going to come my way through Your benovolence. The

Lord is going to entrust His property (my aathmA) to You.

 

3) Oh PaadhukE ! adiyEn is PraTama varaNa vasyan ( SaraNAgathan ,

who has been inducted in to the nYAsa yajnam at the outset itself).

Lord RanganAthan is the adhvaryu in that NyAsa Yaj~nam. He grants me

permanent residence at His SrI Vaikuntam at the end of my life as

a Prapannan here as revealed in the Upanishads ( RanganATa :

Charama nigama geethE sapthatanthou samApthE sathi , nija sadhana

sameepE vihAram prApayishyan) . During that occasion , He is going to

entrust adiyEn's aathmA , His property , to You like the adhvaryu

priest entrusts Yaaga Kunta Agni to the two araNikkattaikaL for

transport to home for link with the household agni ( Maam

jwalanamiva BhavathyO: samyak aarOpayEth) ... (V.S).