Padhuka Sahasram-508 (Additional Reflections)

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Dear Bhaktas,

 

Adiyen sent the following note to Sriman Satakopan Swamin, who

encouraged adiyen to share it with the group. Accordingly adiyen is

forwarding the message.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

Dear Sadagopan,

 

Thanks a lot for your note. Indeed RPS verse 508 is extremely

touching. Here, Swamy Desikan seems to mirror the thoughts from verse

30 of the Daya Shatakam, where in a mood of intense

naichyanusandhanam, Swami declares that he is an aparadha

chakravarthi. H.H. Srimad Poundarikapuram Andavan Swami provided an

excellent explanation of this verse as

 

" Due to association with karma, I am caught in this chakram of

aparadham. As a result I am suffering from the unbearable heat of

Samsaric afflictions. Oh Daya Devi only you can redeem me.

 

Lord Srinivasa is the emperor of the entire universe (AkhilAnda kOti

BrahmAnda nayakan). I too am an emperor-of what? Aparadhams. However,

You (Daya Devi) are the empress of the Lord's auspicious attributes.

Therefore, you are the one that is most suited to facilitate the

union between the two emperors!

 

The logic for this is simple. A thief will not admit to his crime

unless he is shackled by a policeman, soundly beaten and produced

before a judge. In a like manner I too cannot voluntarily fall at the

Lord's Feet and accept responsibility for my crime. Therefore, Oh

Daya Devi I beseech you to bind me and throw me at the Feet of Lord

Srinivasa. You alone can pave the way for my redemption. "

 

Swami Desikan seems to mirror the same thought through the rays

emanating from the gem-bedecked Padhuka as the net that captures him

and unites him with the Lord. It is easy to make the association with

the Daya Shatakam salutation by recognizing that the Padhukas are

verily a manifestation of the Lord's Daya.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan