Padhuka Sahasram-995

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

995. bahuviDhapuruShArThagrAmasImAntharEvAm

haricharaNasarOjanyAsaDhanyAmananya:

BharathasamayasiDdhAm pAdhukE! BhavayamsthvAm

Shathamiha sharadhasthE shrAvayEyam samruDdhim

 

May I ever live-may be hundreds of years-in this Srirangam, singing

Your praise, ever meditating on You without any other thought,

realizing that this cult of Bharata is most potent, this worship

being regarded as the ultimate in the human goals. Your continuous

contact with the Lord's Feet being the cause of such elevated status.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 995

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukA DEvi! There is nothing

more to obtain besides You .Even then , from the example set by

Bharatha, I realize that you can not be seperated form the Lord's

feet. Therefore, I want to sing about Your glories throughout

the earth during my alloted life span of one hundred years. I will

spread the story of your glory among the people of Srirangam among

the villages and cities around and among the rest of the earth

through the verses of SrI RanganAtha PadhukA Sahasram.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The descriptions/salutations of the

PaadhukAs in this slOkam can be intrepreted either with focus on the

BhUmi or the SadAchAryAs. The commonality is that the samrutthi (

Iswaryam/Prosperity ) of a floursihing nation and the vaibhavam of

the auspicious PaadhukAs. Swamy Desikan prays here to the

Paadhukais to be blessed with long and happy life as a PaadhukA

sEvakan at Srirangam worshipping the Paadhukais and singing about

the glories of the Paadhukais. Swamy Desikan wants all the others

to have the same aanandha anubhavam that he has in enjoying the

Paadhukais and for that purpose, he wants to stay at Srirangam for a

long time and sing about the unique glories of the Paadhukais.

 

3) Oh PaadhukE ! May I be fortunate to live at Srirangam for many

years meditating on You and propagating Your limitless glories

revealed in Bharatha SiddhAntham (Bharatha samaya siddhAm ThvAm

ananya: iha tE samruddhi, satham saradha: srAvayEyam )! What are

three of these Samruddhis or auspicious features ? They are: (a) The

Paadhukais are the limits of the four kinds of PurushArTams (

Dharma, arTa, Kaamam and Moksham) and their subdivisions (Bahuvidha

PurushArTa grAma seema antharEkhAm), (b) Blessings to have the

association with the lotus feet of the Lord (Hari CharaNa sarOja

nyAsa dhanyAm), © establishment by Bharathan that the AarAdhanam

of the Lord's Paadhukais are as sacred as that performed for the

Lord Himself ( Bharatha samaya siddhAm ThvAm bhAvayan tE samruddhim

srAvayEyam) ....(V.S).