Padhuka Sahasram-264

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

264. rajasA thamasA cha dhuShtasathvE

gahanE chEthasi mAmakE mukundha:

uchitham mrugayAvihAramichChan

BhavathImAdhrutha pAdhukE! padhAbhyAm

 

Oh Paaduka! Rightly did the Lord wear You, when He proposed to sport

in the forest that my heart is; this heart is clouded with dust (rajo

guna also) and darkness (tamo guna also); this heart is of a

villainous nature (also sattva tainted with rajo and tamo gunas). In

such a forest the Lord can tread on only with You on, Oh Paaduka!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

Special Notes By V.Satakopan (V.S):

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(1) Sri UthtamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE !

Lord RanganAthA travels on You and enters my mind

for hunting down the ill attributes (GuNAs ) of passion

(Rajas) and darkness/ignorance (Tamas), which

together destroy the Quality of goodness (Satthvam) ,

the noblest among the three guNAs. You transport

the Lord to the difficult terrain (jungle) of my mind ,

where the winds of paasion howl in utter darkness and

enable RanganAthA to destroy the three GuNAs and thus

prepare me for Moksham . Oh PadhukE ! In the dusty and

dark interior of my mind , You become the key weapon for

the Lord to hunt down the wild beasts roaming there.

 

(2)Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE !PerumAL

wears You to free my mind of RajO and TamO guNams , which

prevent me from thinking about Him. The inner meaning

is that PerumAL orders the incarnation of Nithya Sooris

as AzhwArs and AchAryAs for helping even MahA Paapis

(Great sinners) to think about Him. Even the greatest of

sinners begin to think about the Lord through

the anugraham of SadAchAryALs.

 

(3)As in the previous slOkam , Swami Desikan addresses

RanganAthan as Mukhundhan , the Moksham grantor .

He says: My mind is wicked because of the dominance of

RajO and TamO guNams. Therefore my mind is unable

to have satthva guNam and thus is unable to think

about the Lord ( satthvE gahanE maamakE chEthasi).

What does RanganAthA do ? He seeks Your help to

go on a hunt inside my mind to destroy the Tamo

and RajO guNams and helps me to think about Him

( maamakE chEthasi uchitham mrugayA vihAram icchan

Bhavatheem padhAbhyAm aadhrutha)..V.S