Padhuka Sahasram-351

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

351. pAnthu: va: padhmanABhasya pAdhukAkELipAmsava:

ahalyAdEha nirmANaparyAyaparamANava:

 

May the dust of the Paaduka's movement protect You all, the dust which

perhaps proved to be the atoms to generate the body of Ahalya.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Thirteenth Paddhathi Of Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram

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This Paddhathi is known as ParAg Paddhathi . The word " ParAg "

means the pollen of a flower or a speck of dust. Swamy Desikan

composed thirty verses in this section to celebrate the mystery

and the holiness of the specks of dusts associated with

the Lord's Paadhukais.

 

Special notes by V.SatakOpan (V.S):Slokam 351

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(1) Sri Utthamur Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan says:

" May the specks of dust assoicated with PadmanAbhA protect us!

They were the ones responsible for reconstructing AhalyA's

body from its stony existence into her original human form " .

When RaamA travelled on His novel journey to SiddhAsramam with

Sage ViswAmithrA ,the dust specksfrom His PaadhukAs subdivided

into atomic particles and reconstructed AhalyA's body into

that of the wife of Sage Gautama. Her curse was removed by

the power of the holy dust assoicated with the Raama PaadhukAs.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Swamy's prayer is : " Oh Lord's

PaadhukE! Just as You brought back to life AhalyA from her stony form

into physical form , may You bless us to have a dhivya sarIram

fit for Your Lord's Kaimkaryam ! " .

 

(3) Swamy Desikan suggests some type of reconstructive

surgery ( dEha nirmAnam ) done by the sub-atomic particles

( ParyAya paramANava:)of dust genearated from the movement

of the Padhukais. " ParyAya " means approaching or coming near.

Swamy Desikan seems to indicate that even before they came into

contact with the stony form of AhalyA , the potency of the sub-atomic

dust particles had their benovolent effect...(V.S)