Padhuka Sahasram-65

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

>Swamin:

>

>65. DhruvamindriyanAgashrunKhalA vA nirayadhvAranivAraNArgaLA vA

> anapAyapadhADhirOhiNI vA mama rangEshavihArapAdhukE thvam

>

>Oh Paaduka,

>You serve for Ranganatha's sport,

>You serve as the chains binding the elephants which my sense organs are;

>You function as the bolt-rod for the door of the hell-we would not get

>in there!

>You also remain as the ladder for us to ascend to the Perennial Abode,

>Vaikunta.

>

>Namo Narayana,

>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S):

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(1)Srimadh Andavan anubhavam:

Oh Sri RanganAtha PaadhukhE helping your Lord

to enjoy His travels in pursuit of His pleasurable

duties! You are the most merciful ! You help me in three

ways. You serve as a chain to control my IndriyAs ,

which are like a rogue elephant ready to cause damage .

You act as a bolt to the entrance door of Narakam so that

adiyEn does not stumble in there . You serve further as

the ladder for the eternal Sri VaikunTam .

 

The inner meaning is that for those , who have

AzhwAr's katAksham , their IndriyAs do not go near

the inauspicious paths. They do not enter Narakam .

Parama Padham is within their easy reach .

 

(2)Swami says here that the PaadhukhAs are

the chain that restrains the rouge elephant of the

ten IndriyAs ( mama Indhriya Naaga SrungalA ).

The PaadhukhAs serve as the inner bolt for

the entry door of Narakams( Niraya dhvAra nivAraNa

argaLA ).

 

What a beautiful rhyme: SrungalA and argaLA !

One is a restraining chain and the other is a

restraining bolt .

 

The PaadhukhAs ultimately serve as

the parama Padha sOpANam/ladder

(anapAya padha adhirOhiNi)...V.S

 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan