Padhuka Sahasram-312

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

312. satyAllOkAth sakalamahithAth sThAnathO vA raGhUNAm

shanghE mAtha: samaDhikaguNam saIkatham sahyajAyA:

pUrvam pUrvam chariparichitham pAdhukE! yath thyajanthyA

nIthAm nAthasthadhidhamitharannIyathE na thvayAsoU

 

Oh Mother Paaduka! I think that the Lord prefers, as the dearest one,

sand-banks on the Kaveri, to the Satyaloka (revered by all), and to

Ayodhya, the seat of the Raghu race. Because the Lord has thwarted His

previous residences and He has been brought by You to the river bed

here. And He will not be taken to any other place hereafter. (It is

here that He has inaugurated the sure Moksha path, by bringing up

Gadyatraya emphasizing prapatti technique).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

 

(1) Abhinava Desika UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! You chose

Srirangam , the island on Cauveri,as the most desirable place compared

to Satya lokam(the world of Brahma) or AyOdhyA , which is the site of

Moksham to all of the animate and inanimate beings at the time of

RaamA's ascent to Sri Vaikuntam. You persuaded RanganAthA to halt at

Srirangam permanently because of its unquestioned superiority among

Moksha-conferring sites and stopped Him from continuing His journey to

LankA to fulfil the pledge given by RaamA to VibhishaNA . Srirangam

has now become the foremost site for realizing the blessings of

Moksham for those, who seek refuge at Your Lord's holy feet, which

You adorn. Thanks to Your intervention , RanganAthA is not going to

budge ever from Srirangam . We are indeed saved.

 

(2) Oh Mother PaadhukE ! " ThvayA asou RanganAtha: SahayajA's

saikatham neetha: " ( This RanganAthan has been brought to the island

made by the river CauvEri known as Srirangam ). PerumAL at Your

behest abandoned many places like Sathya Lokam , AyOdhyA and stays

permanently now at Srirangam ( Chira parichitham poorvam poorvam

thyajanthyA RanganAtha: ) since He has accepted that

Srirangam is superior to all the others …V.S