Padhuka Sahasram-119

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

>Swamin:

>

>119. yadhBrAthrE BharathAya rangapathinA rAmathvam AthasThuShA

> nithyOpAsya nijAnGri niShkrayathayA nischithya vishrANitham

> yOgakshemavaham samasthajagathAm yadh gIyathE yOgiBhi:

> pAdhathrANamidham mithampacha kaThAmahnAya mE nihnuthAm

>

>May that Paaduka,which was given away to Brother Bharata

>by Ranganatha in His Rama-form as a price, so to say, for

>His feet (to go to the forest),which has been regarded by

>sages as the conferer of wealth and welfare on all

>the worlds quickly eliminate my lowliness!

>

>Namo Narayana,

>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S):

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(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: In this SamarpaNa paddhathi

verse , Swami Desikan prays to the PaadhukhAs worn

by the dispassionate BharathA on his head to sunder

our bonds of attachment to perishable wealth and confer

on us the blessings of uninterrupted worship of RanganAthA,

who incarnated as RaamA. Swami Desikan says: " May the holy

PaadhukhAs placed by RaamA on the head of BharathA as

His representative elevate my mind and bless me with

wealth such as devotion to Lord RanganAthA's sacred feet.

May the holy Paadhukhai identified by Sage VasishTA as

the One inquiring about the Yoga-KshEmam of the worlds

bless us with the boon of freedom from worldly desires

and grant us unceasing rememberance of the Lord's holy feet

to gain the permanent riches of Moksham .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam : Sri RangaAthA incarnated as

Raaman and blessed BharathA with His Paadhukhais in place

of His sacred feet. The learned people say that the world

gains all its blessings(KshEmams) from the holy Paadhukhais.

Swamy Desikan prays for the Paadhukhais to remove his

dhArithriyam (Spiritual poverty). The inner meaning is

that PerumAL blesses us with AchAryAs and BhagavathAls

in place of Himself. The world and its janthus receive

all soubhAgyams from the AchAryAs and BhagavathALs .

Swamy Desikan prays for the benovolent katAkshams of

AchAryAs to eliminate his spiritual deficencies.

Swamy Desikan is having us in mind , when he refers

to his spiritual insufficencies. He had none .He knows

that the foolish one will atleast listen and the half-baked

scholar will not pay heed for sadhupadEsam . Swamy reminds

us that that the blessings of the Lord can only begin to

pour , when one thinks sincerely about one's helplessness

and insignificance (Aakinchanyathvam). That fundamental

concept is described in the UpOdhgAthAdhikAram of Srimath

Rahasya Thraya Saaram by Swami Desikan .There , he points out

that only SdAchArya anugraham can remove our utter spiritual

poverty .

 

(3) Three points are made by Swamy Desikan about the sacred

PaadhukhAs of Sri RaaamachandrA in this slOkam rich

with tattvArthams prior to his moving appeal to them

for all of our spiritual upliftment :(1) " Yath PaadhukhA

Raamathvam aathasThushaa " ( Those Paadhukhais , which attained

the status of RaamA ), (2) " BharathAya nithya upAsya

nishkrayathayA visrANitham " ( Those Paadhukhais , which

were given expressly by Raamaa to BharathA as a substitute

for His sacred feet for the daily AarAdhanam of Bharathan),

(3) " yath Yogibhi: samastha jagathAm yOga KshEma vaham (ithi)

geeyathE " (those Paadhukhais , which are sung by the Yogis as

the conferer of all auspiciousness and protection on

the worlds and their people ). Recognizing the unique

greatness of Raama Paadhukhais ( Swami NammAzhwAr) ,

Swami Desikan prays movingly : " Idham PaadhathrANam

mE mithampacha kathAm ahnAya nihnuthAm " ( May those

Raama PaadhukhAs remove instantly my spiritual

deficiencies through their power ).....V.S