Padhuka Sahasram-175

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

175 purushArThachathuShtyArThinInAm

pariShath thE mahithA vasiShTamuKhyaI:

krayavikrayapattaNam prajAnAm

aBhavath kAnchanapAdhukE! thadhAnIm

 

Oh Paaduka! During Your reign, Your court had,

as its members, sages like Vasishta. That higly

valued court was the market-place, so to say,

for anyone to 'sell or purchase' any goods.

People who seek the four goals of life would serve

You and secure their aspiration from You.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here Swami Desikan

points out that the Lord's Paadhukais are able to confer

Dharma (righteousness), arthA (wealth) , KaamA ( objects

of desire) and mOkshA (salvation ) on its worshippers ,

just as its Lord. Swami Says: " Oh Golden PaadhukAs of

Sri RaamA ! When You were ordained to rule over Kosalaa

kingdom as the representative of RaamA , Sage VasishtA

and other holy men blessed You along with RaamA so that

You could confer on the citizens of Your kingdom all

the four purushArthams ( life's four goals) as desired

by them. Your boon-granting power in this regard equals

that of Your Lord Himself " .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam : Swami Desikan suggests that

the PaadhukA sevakAs bought and sold the four purushArthams

in the court of the Paadhukai . It was like the shoppers

coming to a city bring their goods and exchange them

for other things that they wish to have. The inner meaning is

that SadAchAryAs absorb (learn ) auspicious things from

great AchAryAs and bless their sishyAs with those upadEsams .

 

(3) Swamy Desikan uses the word " tadhAnIm " to bring

before our mind's eye a happening that took place

earlier at Chithrakootam during the occasion

of the PaadhukA's acceptance of ruling the kingdom

as the representative of its Lord .The kula purOhithar,

Sage VasishTA and his peers were there and blessed

simaltaneously Both RaamA and His Paadhukais .

The power of those blessings empowered the court of

the Paadhukais to become a market place for buying and

selling (kraya-vikraya pattaNam ) by the visitors to

the court , who desired to acquire the four

desired-for goals of Life ( PurushArtha -

chathushtyArthineenAm ) ...V.S