Padhuka Sahasram-34

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin

>

>34. Pratyakshayanti ParishuDdhaDhiyO YaThAvat

> RAmAyaNE RaGhupurandara PAdharakshE!

> shAshvatprapanchitamidam parayaIva vruttyA

> SankshEpavistaradashAsu TavAnuBhavam

>

>Oh Rama-Paaduka! Clean-minded people are able to see your greatness

>exactly as it is, being palpably presented in Srimad Ramayana, sometimes

>briefly but at other times, in good detail also, but with a clear intent

>on such emphasis (of the Paaduka's greatness).

>

>Namo Narayana,

>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN(V.S):

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(1) UttamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Clear-minded people

( parisuddha Buddha dhiya:) understand exactly

the prabhAvam and the power of Lord Ramachandra

PaadhukhAs . Indeed for fourteen years, they stood

in place of Lord RamachandrA and conducted the affairs

of the State.Those who lived under that PaadhukhA

rAjyam experienced their Prabhavam and the power

directly. Srimath RaamAyanam describes the auspicious

attributes of the Lord's PaadhukhAs often. At some places ,

Srimath RaamAyaNam describes the glories of the PadhukhAs

briefly and at other times in great length .

 

(2) Andavan anubhavam: Srimath RaamAyanam salutes

the PrabhAvam of the Lord's Paadhukhais ( the BhakthALs

of the Lord) .Those of pure mind comprehend the glory of

the Paadhukais( Bhagavath BhakthALs ) readily , just as

seeing that glory with their own eyes.The grantham know as

SamkshEpa (condensed) RaamAyaNam salutes the prabhAvam

of the paadhukhais of Lord RaghunAthan briefly; Srimath

RaamAyanam of Sage ValmIki salutes their prabhAvam at great

length.The minds (dhiya:) of the majority of the people of

this world are not marked by purity (parisuddham).They can be

decribed as aparisuddha dhiya: Swami Desikan has stated that

one is blessed with parisuddha Buddhi through three blessings:

" Thirumuhap Paasuramum , SadhAchArya anugrahamum ,

sadhsampradhAyamum " . Thirumuhap Paasuram is ThiruvAimozhi ,

that arose from Swami NammAzhwAr . Through these three anugrahams ,

one develops naicchAnusandhAnam and sadhAchAram and becomes

blessed with parisuddha Buddhi and parama kshEmam.

 

(3) In this PaadhukhA prabhAva slOkam , Swami Desikan salutes

the Lord's Paadhukhais as " Raghupurandhara Paadha RakshAis "

( the Paadhukhais of the King of Raghuvamsam ).Swami Desikan's

chillarai rahasyam named SampradhAya Suddhi is a celebration

of " Parisuddha dhiya: " . There Swami states that " adhyAthma sAsthra

artha visEsha nirNayam " ( the establishment of the true meanings

of the VedAntha Saasthram ) can be achieved only through AchArya

anugraham (upadEsath Harim BuddhvA )and UpadEsam from

the AchAryan alone. Otherwise , Swami states that artha

nirNayam is " dhushkaram " ( most difficult to accomplish).

Swami Deikan goes further and points out that in the previous

yugams , sages like VaalmIki illustrated Sath-sampradhAyam and

in our Kali Yugam , it was left to NammAzhwAr through his

ThiruvAimozhi to reinforce Sath-sampradhAyam . That is why

his prabhAvam is saluted for his mahOpakAram as the SampradhAya-

pravarthakar .That is why Swami NammAzhwAr is fourth in

our AchArya paramparai just below PerumAL ,ThAyAr and

VishvaksEnar . No other AzhwAr has been accorded this

exalted sthAnam in our AchArya Pankthi (lineage). That indeed

is the glorious prabhAvam of SatAri(Swami NammAzhwAr,

the Paadhukais of KasthUri Rangan ).

 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE saraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan