Padhuka Sahasram-96

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

>Swamin:

>

>96. DhanyA Mukundhasya padhAnuShangAth DhanIyathA yEna samarchithA thvam

> vAsasthadhIyO maNipAdharakshE! lakshmyALakAmapyaDharIkarOthi

>

>Oh Paaduka! You are previleged to have the association with the

>Lord's feet. Whosoever pays homage to You in a desire to secure riches,

>his residence becomes blessed with wealth to such a degree that even

>Kubera's city would be inferior in affluence.

>

>Namo Narayana,Adiyen,

>SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN(V.S)

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

MukundhA's lotus feet never leave You. Due to that

powerful assoication , You have attained great prowess.

When You are worshipped by some , who seek earthly

wealth , You confer on them the riches that are superior

to those of KubErA , the Lord of wealth .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning of this

slOkam is: PerumAL is under the influence of the AchAryAs.

Hence, when some one worships the AchAryAs with devotion for

the sake of gaining earthly riches, those people succeed

in getting immense wealth through their (AchAryan's) grace

and sambhnadham with the GitAchAryan .

 

(3)Swami plays with the words " DhanyA " and " dhanIyathA "

in this slOkam . First , he states that the Paadhukhai

is blessed because of its sambhandham with MukundhA's

sacred feet ( Mukhundhasya Padha-anushangAth DHANYAA thvam).

 

Next he focuses on those , who are not such dhanyAs , but

are " dhanIyathA " (desirous of becoming wealthy ).Swami

points out that the houses of those desiring dhanam

are filled with riches far greater in value than those

found in the mansion of the Lord of Wealth , KubEran at

his city of ALakApuri .Swami Desikan lays a condition

for such boon to come the way of the arthArthi ( one who

prays for wealth).Swami emphasizes that the arthArthi

has to worship his/her AchAryan with great bhakthi

(DhanIyathA yEna samarchithA , tadhiya: Vaasa: LakshmyA

ALakAmapi adhikarOthi).That worship of the AchAryan

with sraddhA is however a prerequisite....V.S

 

(4) Lord KrishNA describes in one of the GitA slOkams

(Chapter 7.16) the four kinds of virtuous men , who

worship Him -the distressed (Aartha:), the wealth seekers

(arthArthi), the seekers after knowledge(Jigyn~Asu) and

the men of true knowledge( Jn~Ani). In this slOkam ,

Swami Desikan refers to the wealth seekers and their

approach of AchAryAs with devotion .The wealth seekers

can be of two types:(a) the distressed one (Aarthi) , who

has lost his position in life and his wealth

(b)the other one, who aspires for wealth(arthArthi )

and has not yet attained it prior to reaching the sacred feet

of the sadAchAryan to get his wish fulfilled .Between

these two categories of people seeking wealth , there is

not much of a difference. When these people seeking

wealth worship their AchAryan with sraddhA , then

even their limited wishes come true and they attain

wealth of an extraordinary kind that exceeds the wealth

of KubErA (Dhanapathi gruhAth -- vaanchithAnAm vasUnAm

dhArA: adhikam adhikam niryAnthi -- Sri Sthuthi ,slOkam :16).

Such outpouring of wealth arises from the Lakshmi

KatAksham facilitated by the AchAryAs ( YasyAm YasyAm

dhisi viharathE Devi dhrishtis thvadhIyA ,tasyAm tasyAm

ahamamahamikAm tanvathE sampadhOgA:--Sri Sthuthi: slOkam 15).

Swami Desikan in his own life demonstrated his power

as a great AchAryan through his appeal to PerumdEvi ThAyAr

at Kanchi , when a poor BrahmachAri begged for wealth

to get married .A shower of golden coins resulted as a

result of Swami Desikan's prayer on behalf of the poor

BrahmachAri seeking relief from his poverty ...V.S