PaadhukhA Sahasram : PrabhAva Paddhathi --Slokam 100

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NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S):

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(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukhE ! On Your lower side ,

You are resting on the heads of the fortunate , who worship You ;

on Your upper side , Sri RanganAthA's holy feet are present .

Therefore , the distance for Parama Padaham or Lord's abode

is made very short by You for Your BhakthAs. They reach

VishNu Padham or Sri Vaikuntam very quickly through

the shortest of all the routes .

 

(2)Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: When one wears the Paadhukhai of

the Lord with Bhakthi , One can easily reach the sacred feet

of the Lord . The path of Moksham has Swami NammAzhwAr (Satari)

on one end and the Lord's feet on the other end . The inner

meaning here is that the sishyan of a SadAchAryan is united with

PerumAL in His Parama Padham , when he or she takes refuge

at the SadAchAryan's feet through Prapatthi .

 

(3) Here Swami Desikan dwells on the unique status of

the Lord's Paadhukhais . Swami points out what is under

the SatAri and what is above it .He says: " adhasthAm SathAm

(santha:)moordhnA sangaDithAm , upari VishNO: padhEna sangaDithAm " .

Below one finds the heads of the Mumukshu: and prapannAs: and

above one finds the Lord's sacred feet united to the SATari.

 

In the second paadham of this concluding slOkam of PrabhAva

Paddhathi, Swami Desikan succinctly describes the shortest

route to Moksham : " Bhavatheem VimukthE: adhaveeyaseem

padhaveem avayanthi " (The great ones recognize You as

the shortest route to Moksham ). The essence of Srimath

Bhagavath GitA is summarized here. After teaching ArjunA

about the difficult-to-practise Bhakthi and JnAna Yogams ,

Lord KrishNA removes the despair of ArjunA at the end

of His GitOpadEsam and teaches his Sishyan about the easy

route of Prapatthi Yogam to reach Him and Him alone

(MaamEkam Sharanam vraja)and assures ArjunA not to

sorrow over his state anymore(Maa Sucha:). Prapatthi

through a SadAchArya ( ukthi Nishtai , AchArya Nishtai )

is pointed out by Swami Desikan as the shortest

route to Moksham and delivereance form the cycles of

Births and Deaths....V.S

 

(4)The hundred slOkams of PrabhAva Paddhathi group fall

under three categories :(a)the First 20 slOkams, where

Swami Desikan described the immensity of the glories

of the PaadhukhAs of the Lord as celebrated by Vedams

and purANams (b) the next 10 slOkams , where Swami dwelt

on the reasons for the name of " SatakOpan " for

the Lord's Paadhukhais.©the remaining 70 slOkams , where

Swami Desikan paid his own tribute to the sacred Paadhukhais

and their role in blessing us with Moksha Siddhi .....V.S

 

SrimathE NigamAntha MahA DesikAya nama:

Sri RanganAtha PaadhukhA SahasrE PrabhAva Paddhathi sampUrNam.

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan