Padhuka Sahasram-520

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

520. BhavathyanthE thvAm praNathasya janthO:

thadhOkOgrajvalanam thvathprakAshaI:

yathO nADyA maDhyamayA viniryan

gathim vindhEth kEshavapAdharakshE!

 

Oh Paaduka! Whosoever has worshipped You gets a previlege. In his

final moment; the soul as it leaves the heart, gets its course

lighted by the brilliance of Your gems and he locates the sushumna-

nadi through which he can follow the Archiradi path.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

Special Notes by V.SatakOpan:

 

SlOkam 520:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here, Swamy describes the PaadhukA's

help, when the Jeevan leaves the heart lotus , where the Lord

resides. Swamy builds the verse around the Brahma Soothram , which

begins with the words: " TadhOkOagra--Jvalanam " . The meaning of this

Soothram is : " when the liberated Jeevan is thus helped by the Lord

residing in the heart, then in that glowing light, the Lord points

out to the jeevan, as it were, the hundred and first artery by which

it should leave the body nad continue its journey on the archirAdi

path to His supreme abode, Sri Vaikuntam. Thus, the jeevan comes to

know of the Brahma Naadi and exits by it. The unliberated jeevans on

the other hand exit their bodies via their eye, nose etc. In this

verse based on the above soothram , Swamy Desikan says: " Oh Kesava

PaadhukE! For those liberated jeevans , who worship You, the place of

the Lord in their heart lotuses are illuminated. With that light, the

brahma naadi's location is revealed to the jeevans for their onward

travel via archirAdhi maargam to Sri Vaikuntam.

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam:Brahma Soothram and Upanishads say that

Those, who engage in Bhakthi yOgam or Prapatthi yOgam leave their

bodies during their last moments via Brahma Naadi to start their

journey to Sri Vaikuntam. Oh PaadhukE ! the radiance of rays

associated with Your gems help the jeevan to see the Brahma Naadi

arising out of the heart and travel on it .

 

3) Swamy Desikan salutes the agra jvalanam (the pointed light ) of

the radiance of the rays originating from the gems (thvath

prakAsai: ) helping the jeevan at the end of the stay on earth . That

jeevan has performed the anushtAnam of Bhakthi or Prapatthi Yogam and

out of that bhAgyam leaves the body from the naadi originating at the

heart cavity and ending up on the top of the head (anthE ThvAm

praNathasya janthO: tath Oka: Thvath prakAsaI: agra jvalanam

bhavathi). With the help of that light , the jeevan travels

comfortably to the top of the head and exits the body to continue

with the onward journey to SrI Vaikuntam(Yatha: madhyamayA naaDyA

viniryan gathim vindhEth )..(V.S).