Padhuka Sahasram-287

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

287. mAtha:! thrayImayathayA charaNapramANE

dhvE vikramEShu viviDhEShu sahAyaBhUthE

nAthasya sAdhuparirakshaNakarmaNi thvam

duShkrudhvinAshanadashAsu vihangarAja:

 

Oh Mother! Garuda and Yourself are Vedamaya, Veda in concrete form;

both decide the Lord's transit; like the Vedas, both of you are

guides

for our conduct also; Garuda takes Him where the going is desired;

You

fit the size of the foot. Both assist the Lord, the yadunatha,

Ranganatha, as well in a variety of His activities, including the one

of protecting the good people.

 

There is a difference; You help specially in helping and regaling the

sadhus (such as Ahalya,Sabari etc.) whereas Garuda helps in

destroying

enemies (such as Bana, Naraka, Malyavan, crocodile, etc).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

(1) Oh PaadhukE! There are two , who provide intimate service to

Lord RanganAthA in an uninterrupted manner. Both of them are in

the form of the VedAs. Both of them are " CharaNa PramANams " .

Both of them know, where the Lord wishes to go and take Him there.

Both of them provide unmatched companionship to Him. One of them

is Garudan , who takes the Lord on His back to chase the enemies of

the BhakthAs of the Lord. The other is You on whom the Lord takes

enjoyable rides to protect those , who are dear to Him.

 

2) Srimath PeriyANdavan's anubhavam: Oh Mother PaadhukE!

PerumAL has two duties: bhaktha rakshaNam and Dhushta Nigraham . He

mounts On Garudan to engage in punishing the wicked. He adorns You to

protect His BhakthAs. Garudan is Veda SvarUpi. You are hailed by the

VedAs in the sense That VedAs help to condemn kudhrushti and Veda

Baahya Mathams. Azhwar's ThiruvAimozhi(Tamizh maRai) helps us to

enjoy the vaibhavam of PerumAL .

 

3) Swamy Desikan identifies both Garudan and SatAri as ThrayImayam (

Veda SvarUpam). He points out also that both of them are " CharaNa

PramANam " or befitting the Thiruvadi of the Lord . " CharaNa PramANam

" also means the two , which are instrumental in helping the Lord

with

His sanchArams to perform His sworn duties . They are " SahAya

BhUthars " ( involved helpers)in these sanchArams dealing with either

Bhaktha rakshanam or Dhushta nigraham ..V.S