Padhuka Sahasram-171

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:

 

171. mahIkshithAm rAGhavapAdharakshE

BhadhrAsanasThAm BhavathIm sprushantha:

pUrvam thaThAthvE niyathE api BhUya:

kalyANathAmAnashirE kirItA:

 

Oh Paaduka! As kings' crowns all assembled and

crowded around You,touching the golden ones

acquired, in an additional sense,

'Kalyanatwa' (=goldness and auspiciousness)

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here, Swamy

Desikan plays with the double meaning ofthe word

" KalyANA " . This word can mean either " auspicious

or Golden " . Swamy Says: " Oh Raaghava PpadhukE !

When the golden crowns of the prostrating kings touched

You duirng their prostrations , they became auspicious

once more.Before coming into contact with You ,

they were merely golden (kalyANA) ; after making contact

with You , they became auspicious (kalyANA). They were

thus doubly blessed by offering worship to You .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam : The PaadhukA sambhandham

made the golden crowns of the prostrating Kings auspicious.

The inner meaning is that even the virtuous ones

(puNyasAlis) attain auspiciousness (KshEmam)

after AchArya Sambhandham .

 

(3) Swamy describes the poorva (before ) and

the utthara states of the Crowns as the kings

prostrated before the sacred PaadhukAs

of the Lord seated on the BhadhrAsanam ( throne).

Prior to coming into contact with the Paadhukais ,

the crowns had kalyANathvam ( the nature of being Gold );

after the sparsam (touch ) of the Paadhukai , the crowns

went beyond being just golden and attained the greatest

state of auspiciousness ( KalyANathvam)..V.S

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

Dear Sriman Sadagopan Swamin,

 

Thank you very much for your illuminating summaries from the Anubhavams

of

Uttamoor Swamin and from the Anubhavams of Acharyas from Periya Andavan

Ashramam. Adiyen has a couple of questions in this regard.

 

Is there a specific reason for the use of Bhadrasanam in the context of

the

throne for the Padhukas? Furthermore, is this related to the Vedic

tribute

of Bhadram from the Sama Vedam Rk " Bhadram KarNe.. " ? Does Bhadrasanam

relate

to the protection afforded by together by the Divine Couple, i.e., the

act of

granting SharaNagati to a Prapanna? Does this point to the Margam of

Prapatti

established by Swami Nammazhwar which is being continued to this day by

an

unbroken chain of Acharyas in his line?

 

Adiyen observed the " Bhadrasanam " usage in a couple of earlier Shlokams

of

the RPS as well and was thus intrigued by it. Why not Simhasanam or

Rajasanam

instead?

 

Adiyen welcomes the inputs of other learned scholars of this forum.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan