Padhuka Sahasram-358

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

358. shuDdhasatthvavapuShaIva BhavathyA

pAdhukE! virajasoU haripAdhoU

asthu kim punaridham rajasA thE

shuDdhasathvamayathA manujAnAm

 

Oh Paaduka! You are made of pure sattva-without rajas or tamas. That

You keep the Lord's feet free of dust, free of rajas is

understandable. But how does it happen that Your dust (rajas) creates

for men, who bear it, a character of pure unalloyed sattva?

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.SatakOpan (V.S): SlOkam 358

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(1)UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan hints here

that BrahmA and others are purified by wearing the dust

specks from the Lord's paadukai and the Lord's feet are

proteced from dust by wearing the Paadhukais. The word

" Rajas " has two meanings.When we refer to guNAs ,

it relates to passionate nature and at other instances ,

it means dust particle.Using theirdouble meanings,

Swamy Desikan says: " Oh paadhukE! You are beyond three

guNAs like Your Lord. Hence You also do not have

relation to prakruti (viz), You are of aprAkruthA

form .That is why Your Lord's feet are virajas

(devoid of rajO guNA).You also protect His feet from

the dust (rajas). It is also understandable that dust

emanting from You makes human beings virajas (devoid of

rajO guNA) , when they wear Your dust on their heads .

They become of the form of Suddha Sattva and transcend

the three guNAs and attain immortality.

 

(2)Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: During the uthsava kaalams ,

those who follow the Lord get their rajO guNam removed from

the sambhandham of the rajas (dust specks) from the Paadhukais

of the Lord.They become fileld with Sathtva gunam.

 

(3)Swamy addresses a question to Paadhukai :Oh PaadhukE!

Lord wears You with Suddha Satthava svaroopam and His feet

becomes free of dust ( Suddha satthva vapushA yEva BhavathyA

Hari-Paadhou Virajasou). Let it be ! How come the dust specks

associated with You make the people receiving them free of

RajO gunam (thE rajasA manujAnAm suddha satthvamayathA

asthi). Please explain how that transformation came to be?

(idham puna: kim?)..V.S