Padhuka Sahasram-290

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

290. sampadhyathE samuchitham kramamAshrayanthyA

sadhvarthmanA BhagavathOpi gathirBhavathyA

IShtE padhAvani! puna: ka ivEtharEShAm

vyAvarthanasya viShamAdhapaThaprachArAth

 

Oh Paaduka! The passage on the right path, even for the Lord, becomes

possible, only by Your appropriate placement of the steps. Who, then,

is competent to guide ordinary men, to redeem them from treading on

evil tracks? Except You?

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

1) Abhinava Desika UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PadhukE!

Oh PaadhukE ! You are responsible for the properness of the gait

That the Lord takes. He depends on You for it. Once You choose

the appropriate gait , His task of rushing to the help of

appropriate

devotees is made easier. You transport quickly Your Lord to the place

where His devotees are and thanks to Your special efforts , the

devotees benefit from Sri RanganAthA's blessings. Swami Desikan hints

here that there is no doubt about the BhakthAs attaining pre-eminent

status, since the PaadhukAs have the power to make even RanganAthA

reach His supreme goal of being recognized as the protector of those

,

who seek refuge in Him unconditionally.

 

2) Srimath PeriyANdavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! You control the good

Path that even the Lord takes during His sanchArams. In view of this

,

who else but You can save people from going in wrong ways ?

 

3) Swamy Desikan respectfully addresses the Lord's Paadukai as

" BhavathyA " instead of " ThvayA " because of its power to actualize

" sadhvarthamAnam " ( selecting safe and auspicious paths) even for the

Lord during His sanchArams. This the Paadhukai does by taking the

proper step ( samuchitham kramam aasrayanthyA BhavathyA ) and leading

the way . If that were to be so, Swamy Desikan wonders as to who is

more capable than the Paadhukais to turn deluded people away from the

harmful paths ( VishamAth apaTa prachArAth vyavarthanasya ka iva

eeshtE ?)…V.S