Padhuka Sahasram-416

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

416. sthOthum pravrutthamapi mAm nigamasthuthAm thvAm

vyAsajyamAnakaraNam viShayEpvajasthram

antharmaNiDhvaniBhirachyuthapAdhukE! thvam

samBhODhayasyanukalam sahajAnukampA

 

Oh Paaduka! Or do you sound warnings to me, by the gemstones

colliding amidst themselves, out of Your spontaneous kindness for me,

observing that I have left my senses to indulge in chasing sensuous

pleasures even after I had started on praising You of Veda-worshipped

greatness?

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V. SatakOpan (V.S): Slokam 416

 

1) Utthamur Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! Your naadham is

instrumental in deflecting me from my propensity for engagement in

worldly pleasures. You direct me to engage in praising You , who is

the object of praise by VedhAs. You show mercy to me inspite of my

lowliness and bless me . Your timely instructions through Your

naadham makes me persist in my worthy efforts to sing Your praise

through the slOkams of PaadhukA Sahasram.

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! Even the VedhAs can not

praise Your glories adequately. Inspite of that , I engage in my

attempt to eulogize You. When my mind wanders away without awareness

of the noble task I commenced, You seem to instruct me through Your

sweet naadham to persist in my efforts without distraction . The

connection is to ThriuvAimozhi's sweet sounds , which appeal to

people not to get lost in SamsAram but to meditate on the Thiruvadi

of PerumAL.

 

3) Oh PaadhukE ! You have DayA as Your birth mate ( udan piRappu) !

You are thus " Sahaja anukampA . " I have begun my attempts to praise

You , whom VedhAs usually praise ( Nigama sthuthAm thvAm sthOthum

pravurtthAmi ). My indhriyams are always engaged in perishable , alpa

sukhams ( ajasram vishayEshu vyAsajyamAna karaNam maam ). For

some one like me , who is easily distracted from the noble effort of

praising You, the naadham arising from Your gem stones remind me to

stay away from such sorrow-causing distractions ( antha: maNi

dhvanibhi: anukalam sambhOdhayasi)…V.S