Padhuka Sahasram-516

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

516. nijarathnakarAnchalaIrmadhIyAnaparADhAnavaDhUya djatthasAmyA

ramayA sahithasya rangaBharthu: padhayOraparya pAdhukE! svayam

mAm

 

Oh Paaduka! May You please deposit me at the Feet of the Divya-

dampati; after cleansing me of all sins by the tip of the rays of the

gems-which rays are Your hands, so to say-and making me reach a level

of equality with You (or the Lord?)! May You do it Yourself

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.SatakOpan:

 

SlOkam 516:

 

1) UtthamUr Sawmy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! May I request You on Your

own accord to use Your hands made up of rays from Your gems and use

the fore portion of those hands to shake and remove my sins and

virtues ( PaapAs and Punyams) and then qualify me to be near You and

the divine couple of Srirangam?

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! May the bright and

purifying rays from Your gems fall on me and remove all my blemishes

to qualify me to be at the side of Yourself and the Dhivya Dampathis.

The inner meaning is that SadAchAryAs through their upadesams remove

the inauspicious guNams of their sishyAs and place the aathmA of the

Sishyan at the feet of the Lord.

 

3) The prayer here by Swamy Desikan on our behalf is two fold: (a)

svayam nija rathna kara anjalai: madhIyAn aparAdhAn avadhooya (

Please banish all my sins with your own finger tips formed by the

combination of the rays from Your gems). (b) Please place me at the

Thiruvadi of the Lord united with Sri RanganAyaki ( dhattha saamyA

RamayA sahithasya Rangabharthu: padhayO: maam arpaya)..(V.S).