Padhuka Sahasram-97

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

>Swamin:

>

>97. PadhEna VishNO: kimuthEtharEShAm visrujya Sangam samupAsathE thvAm

> karOShi thAn kim thvamapEthakAmAn kAlEna pAdhAvani! sathyakAmAn

>

>Oh Paaduka! Those who have abandoned all attachments-attachment for the

>Lord's Abode and naturally all lesser goals-but meditate on You, are

>destined to become 'true-willed'. You make people, (who have renounced

>all desires this way) firmly placed in a will to achieve whatever is

>wished for!

>

>Namo Narayana,Adiyen,

>SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN(V.S):

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

Those who worship You discard the worldly wealth and

prefer You as their object of worship even over the holy

feet of Your Lord. They consider service to You here on

this earth more important than reaching Sri Vaikuntam .

What do You do to these worshippers of Yours, who have

abandoned every thing for You ? Your grace confers on

them automatically great wealth in this universe and

Moksham at the end of their lives.They did not seek

those blessings , but You make sure that they obtain

those blessings as well without their asking for them .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam :Oh PaadhukhE ! When some

righteous men meditate on You and believe firmly that

they need only You and not even PerumAL , then PerumAL

takes them directly to His paramapadham .For those, who

attain Moksha Siddhi , eighth guNams are automatically

acquired :

 

(1)apahathapAthmA ( No acquisition of paapams)

(2)Vijara:( No Old age/eternal Youth )

(3)Vimruthyu: (No death)

(4)VisOka:(No sorrow)

(5)Vijigathsa:( no appetite/pasi )

(6)apipAsa: ( no thirst )

(7)sathya kaama:( possessor of true love or

one who has firm desires in the way Swami

Desikan jocularly refers here )

(8)sathya sankalpa:( One with true or unfailing resolution)

 

Swami Desikan jocularly observes here that the one who

abandoned all his desires in favor of the paadhukhai is

now loaded the above GuNAs as riches or possessions .

 

(3) Swami Desikan asks the Paadhukhais a question here:

" apEtha KaamAn thaann kaalEna sathya-kaamAn kim karOshi? "

For those , who left their other desires behind

including PerumAL in favor of You , why do You make them

possessors of the enjoyable items (sathya-KaamAn)such as

the eighth guNAs ? ....V.S