Padhuka Sahasram-996

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

996. thilakayasi shirO mE shoUripAdhAvani! Thvam

Bhajasi manasi nithyam BhUmikAm BhavanAKhyAm

Vachasi cha vaIBhavaI:svaIrvyakthimitTham prayAthA

Thadhiha pariNatham mE thAdhrusham BhAgaDhEyam

 

Oh Paaduka of the Lord! You sit on my head, even as an ornament to

be cherished. You are in my heart, by my constant meditation,

through which I envision You. You havenow established a contact with

my tongue through this work in Your praise. I have thus secured a

great privilege to hover around You in all three ways-physical,

mental or verbal.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 996

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Lord's PaadhukE! You adorn my

head. You are forever enshrined in my heart. You sanctify my speech

with recitation of Your glories. You are thus worshipped by me at

the three levels: Bodily ( KaayikA ), mental ( Maanasa) and speech (

VaachikA ). As a result of this total devotion to You, I have

attained a status here at Srirangam equal to that of BharathA ,

Valmiki and the eternal residents of Srivaikuntam.

 

2) SrImath Andaban's anubhavam: Here Swamy Desikan celebrates his

good fortune conferred on him by the Padhukais to enjoy them with

his thrikaraNams(Body, mind and speech). This was realized through

the Prapatthi to Your Lord that You motivated. These auspicious

samruddhis resulted from that powerful poorNa prapatthi engineed by

You.

 

3) Oh Souri PaadhAvani ! You are adorning my head ( mE sira:

tilakayasi). You achieve a distinct and permanent presence in my

mind (mE manasi nithyam bhAvanAkhyAm bhUmikAm bhajasi). You shine in

my walk through these thousand slOkams celebrating You ( mE vachasi

cha svai: vibhavai: ittham vyakthim prayAthA asi). Thus in the

matter of Yourself , my prapatthi has been fulfilled in a trimodal

way (tath iha mE thAdhrusam bhAgadhEyam pariNatham)...(V.S).