Padhuka Sahasram-359

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

359. thadhrajasthava thanOthi pAdhukE! mAnasAnyakaTinAni dhehinAm

prastharasya padhavIgathasya yath vyAchakAra muniDharmadhArathAm

 

Oh Paaduka! That dust from You, which conferred on to a hard stone,

on the way, the life of a wife to a sage, can equally well transform

men's minds soft!

 

(Once the dust transformed stone into a soft and tender lady, Ahalya.

It can as well convert hard-hearted people into soft and gentle ones).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.SatakOpan (V.S):SlOkam 359

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(1)Utthamur Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! The speck of

dust associated with You has the power to soften the minds of

embodied ones. That very same dust speck , when it fell on

the hard stone form of AhalyA transformed her back into that of

soft-limbed wife of Sage GautamA.

 

(2)Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! when the dust

speck associated with you falls even by accident upon

a human being , their sins and fears are removed and they

develop ruchi for serving AcAryAs and the Lord with preethi.

 

(3)Swamy Desikan says that the power of the dust specks

from the Lord's Paadhukais make even hard-hearted men

fear about doing unrighteous acts ( tath tava raja: dEhinAm

maanasAni akatinAni tanOthi). The powerful dust specks seem to

soften the hearts of such people , just as it transformed

a stony AhalyA into asoft-limbed Rishi Pathni (prastharasya

Muni dharmadhArathAm vyAchakAra)...V.S

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Sri:

SrimatE Srivan SatakOpa Sri Naarayana YatIndra Mahadesikaya Namaha

 

Dear Sriman U.Ve.Muralidhar Swamin,

 

Adiyen has a small doubt in this slokam:

 

> 359. thadhrajasthava thanOthi pAdhukE! mAnasAnyakaTinAni dhehinAm

> prastharasya padhavIgathasya yath vyAchakAra muniDharmadhArathAm

>

> Oh Paaduka! That dust from You, which conferred on to a hard stone,

> on the way, the life of a wife to a sage, can equally well transform

> men's minds soft!

 

Chakravarthi Thirumagan, Sri Ramar actually touched Ahalya when she was in

the status of a stone. So here, adiyen understands that the pAdam (foot) of

Bhagavan Ramar actually touched Ahalya.

 

adiyen does not have the quote from Srimad Valmiki Ramayanam handy.

 

Is it correct to say that the dust from the paadhukas touched ahalya, since

the pAdam actually touched ahalya?

Ramar's Padhukas' were worshipped by Bharathar, during the vanavaasam time

of Ramar. Was ramar adorning the paadhukas during his vanavaasam?

 

Regards,

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Daasan,

 

Malolan

" Jayatu Jayatu DevO DevakI nandanOyam "

 

 

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