Padhuka Sahasram-193

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193. hasthApachEyapuruShArThaphalaprasUthEr

mUlam padhAvani! mukundhamahIruhasthvam

ChAyAvishEShamadhishath yadhasoU prajAnAm

AvarjithaIsthvayi shuBhaIraBhiShekathOyaI:

 

Oh Paaduka! You are the root for the tree,

that Lord Mukunda is, from which the goals of

life (Dharma, Artha, etc.) are fruits that can be

plucked with one's hand effortlessly; it could be

well said that this tree absorbs the abolution water

showered on You (the root) so as to confer,

on people, a shade, rather a lustre, of great fruits.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (VS):

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

compares the Paadhukais to the root of Bhagavaan .

He says: " I have to consider You as the root

of the tree known as MukundhA , since You thrive from

the ceremonial waters poured on You and cause the tree

of MukundhA to grow with fruit and provide shade to those

scorched by the taapams of SamsArA " . The four fruits that

grow on this unusual tree are the four purushArthams

( desired objects of human life), viz., dharma , arthA ,

kaamA and mOksham . Swamy hints further that the four kinds of

fruits of the tree of MukundhA are within easy reach for

picking by human beings , thanks to the help of the Paadhukais.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is that

firm bhakthi in SadAchAryAs yields the four purushArthams

from PerumAL effortlessly.

 

(3) The Paadhukai is recognized as " Mukundha

mahIruha moolam " ( the central root of the tree of

Mukundhan/aaNi vEr).the auspicious , consecrated

waters falling on it ( subhai: abhishEka thOyai:

aavarjithai:), produces two things :(1) the growth

of the four fruits of PurushArtham (2) comforting shade

from the tree ( chAyA visEsham). These fruits are

pickable readily by the humans even when they are

lying in the horizontal position under that tree

(i-e), effortlessly ( Hastha apachEya purushArtham).

The Paadhukai is the root of that tree of Mukundhan ,

which produces those four kinds of fruits(Phala

prasUthE: Mukundha MahIruha moolam)...VS