Padhuka Sahasram-62

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

>Swamin:

>

>62. Samuthkshipathi chethasi sThiranivEshithA thAvakI

> MukundamaNipAdhukE! MuhurupAsanAvAsanA

> udharkaparikarkashAnupariparvaNA KharvitAn

> anarThashathagarBhithAnamashamBhaLIviBhramAn

>

>Oh Mukunda-Paaduka! When the mind places firm concentration on You and

>as a consequence of the sweetness of that association, the taste for the

>contemplation causes repeated Upasana on You, a disdain for the

>pleasures of divine damsels dominates, such pleasures being pregnant with

>hundreds of bad consequences; and such thoughts are totally rooted out.

>

>Namo Narayana,

>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN(V.S)

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Oh Mukhundha PaadhukhE!

AdiyEn does not want any fruits of my auspicous deeds(PuNyam)

arising from my steady and sincere meditation on You .

AdiyEn does not want the pleasures associated with

the enjoyment of the beautiful ApsarassthrIs or

their place of rsidence (Svargam ).AdiyEn wishes

only to have the boon of Moksham as a result of

unceasing dhyAnam about You , since You are

the protector of the holy feet of Mukhundan or

Moksha DhAyakan .

 

(2) Srimadh Andavan's anubhavam : When one succeeds

in retaining the dhyAnam of the Lord's Paadhukhais

firmly in one's mind, then the pleasures of sporting

with the Apsaras shrIs in Svargam have no hold on them.

They are disgusted by such thoughts. Pleasures which

appear to be enjoyable at the outset and yet yield

only miseries later will disappear form their minds .

 

(3) Swami Desikan refers here to the benefits of

AbhyAsam of uninterrupted PaadhukhA dhyAnam ( NammAzhwAr

DhyAnam ).Such steady dhyAnam creates a VaasanA

(Pazhakkam ), which banishes thoughts about perishable

pleasures such as sthrI BhOgams ( SiRRibham)...V.S

 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Oppiliappan Koil varadAchAri Sadagopan