Guest guest Posted August 27, 1999 Report Share Posted August 27, 1999 SrI: Shrimate Shri Lakshmi Nrusimha Parabrahmane Namaha: Shrimate Shri Seetha Ramachandra Parabrahmane Namaha: Shrimate Shri Ramanujaya Namaha: Shrimate Nigamantha Maha Desikaya Namaha: Shrimate Shrivan Satagopa Shri Narayana Yateendra Mahadesikaya Namaha: " SrimAn VenaktanAthArya: kavithArkika kEsarI! VedAnthAchArya varyO mE sannidhatthAM sadhA hrudhi " !! Paadukasahasram is a stotra kAvyam prostrating not just Lords Paadukas but also to Alvars who had contacts with Lords feet and to Acharyas too! The Paadukas are an amsam of Nithya soori Adisheshan! This is evident from " sEndral kudiyAm ..nindrAl maravadiyAm " . " nindral maravadiyan " refers to Adisesha serving as the Paaduka when Lord stands. In Srimad Ramayana we see the Paadukas being a representative of the Lord and accepting the burden of the kingdom. Do Paadukas have the capability to govern a kingdom? As a reply to this, Swami Desika states that the Paadukas are superior to the Lord Himself and goes on to explain the role of Paadukas in Srimad Ramayanam. Swami says that the Paadukas bore the burden of the kingdom for 14 years till Lord rAma returned. Lord rAma then received the responsibility of ruling, but still stands on the Paaduka. So, the PAddukas now bear the old burden with rAmA added! Paaduka sahasram deals with many topics like parastAva paddathi, samarpani paddathi etc. It has thousand slokas and has kAvya Lakshnam too! So, paaduka sahasram is considered as a kAvyam. Swami's poetic talents is well known. This is more evident in the chitra Paddathi. chitra Paddathi emphasises a suitable fitting matrix of artistry - a specialty of oriental poetry. Here the letter, the sound, the syllable are more important than the meaning. But even in these slokas Swami Desika's meaning make us think deep. Swami Desika has given us slokas with just one base alphabet, has framed slokas with one word and even with just one alphabet!!! Being Swami Desikas stotrams even these contained vast meanings!!! Let us have a look at the following Sloka for instance.. " tatAtattAtitattEtA tAtatItEtitAtitut ! tattattattAtatitatA tatEtAtEtatAtutA !! " " The itinery of the Paaduka is vast. It excels the Lord Himself in its enjoyability and in its status of being kept as the goal of life. It will destroy with a great fury all the unhappy visitations (such as excessive rain, drought, pestilence, foreign invasion etc.) called 'Eeti' pain. The Paaduka has ordained all things with their respective characteristics to be subservient to it. This kind of affluence of the paaduka has a vast extent, all available to the devotee at the will of the Paaduka. It showers a bliss of experience by virtue of melodies as from the Veena. That Paaduka which has joined the father of Manmatha, is like a father to us all - sharing in our mirth and grief. " (Translation by Shri V.N. Vedanta Desikan). It is extremely interesting to note that one word has so many meanings. We have had a flavour of it in vairagya panchakam by the usage of the word dhanam five times. But here, the repetition of the word results in the Sloka! " pAdapApAdapApAdapApAdapA pAdapApAdapA pAdapA pAdapA! pAdapApAdapA pAdapApAdapA pAdapA pAdapA pAdapA pAdapA!! " In the above Sloka the whole Sloka is made up of a single world => pAdapA !!! more ....tomorrow !!! " Kavi Taarkika Simhaaya Kalyaana guna SaalinE! SrimatE VenkateshAya VedAnta Gurave nama !! " ....To be continued! dEsikan tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Praveena nAmni Ramanuja dasi 27th Aug 1999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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