Padhuka Sahasram-282

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

282. sanchArayanthI padhamanvathiShTa: sahAyakruthyam maNipAdharakshE!

mAthasthvamEkA manuvamshagOpthurgOpAyathO goUthamaDharmadhArAn

 

Oh Mother Manipaaduka! When Rama, the great protector

born in the Manu race, walked through and, in the process

saved the wife of Sage Goutama, You alone were His assistant.

(There was none else; the dust from You fell on the stone

and generated life as a Rishi-patni).

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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1) Sri Abhinava Desika UttamUr Swamy's anubhavam:

Oh Mother PaadhukE !You alone removed the curse

on AhalyA , the wife of sage GautamA . A speck of

dust associated with You fell on her and transformed

her from being a stone into the beautiful woman that

she was before the curse of her husband. You helped

RaamachandrA to perform this miracle. You directed

Him to the hermitage of GauthamA and accomplished

this mission all by Yourself.

 

Here, Swami Desikan hints that the merciful acts of

the Lord are prompted by His caring consort.Her goading

may not be transparent , but without Her initiative ,

our Lord will not confer His blessings and complete

His work of protection .Here , Swami Desikan implies

that PadhukA Devi was responsible for liberating

AhalyA from Her state as a stone. His reasoning is

that the speck of dust that performed this miracle

could only have come from the Padhukai , since

the Lord's feet by themselves could not have

generated that speck. Lord's feet are not

in contact with the ground (in the PaadhukA clad

state) to generate the dust particles directly.

 

2) HH Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PadhukE!

It is only Your help that made it possible for

Sri Raaamachandran to reach the place , where

Ahalyai was resting as a stone and to bless

Her to overcome the currse of her husband.

The inner meaning is that without the help

of the AchAryAs , it would be impossible for

PerumAL to take the chEthanams to Parama Padham

as the muktha jeevans.

 

3) Here Raamachandran is saluted as " Manu Vamsa

GopthA " or the protector of the lineage of Manu.

Even that glory is exceeded by the Paadhukais

that assist with the SanchAram of the Lord .

One instance of the display of that glory is

when the dust particle with the sambhandham of

the Sri Raama Paadhukai brought back AhalyA

from her stony(transfixed) state into that of

the beautiful human form as the wife of

Sage GautamA . Swamy Desikan singles out

the MahOpakAram and power of the Paadhukai

this way : " thvam yEkA Gouthama dharmadhArAn

gOpaayatha: " ( You alone saved the dharma pathni

of Sage Gouthamarfrom her helpless state )..V.S