Padhuka Sahasram-660

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Dear SrI RanganAtha BhakthAs :

 

In our SrI VaishNavite tradition , Swamy NammAzhwAr

is recognized as the Thiruvadi of SrI Ranga NaarAyaNan.

Swamy Desikan has blessed us with a magnificent SrI Sookthi

named " SrI RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram " , which consists of

1008 slOkams housed in 32 chapters .

 

Three years back , SrI MuraLi Rangaswamy and myself started

a Kaimkaryam to disseminate the glories of this grand

SrI Sookthi of Swamy Desikan dealing with many important

SrI VaishNavite Doctrines .

 

We have now reached the stage of the concluding verse (660th

verse )of the 18th chapter (MukthA Paddhathi) celebrating

the glories of the Pearls enmeshed in the Dhivya MaNi Paadhukais

of the Lord of SrIrangam. The posting related to that 660th

slOkam is attached.

 

These postings have the transliterated slOkam and the meaning

given by Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan of Oppiliappan Sannidhi on

the top as assembled by SrIman MuraLi Rangaswamy . adiyEn

adds the intrepretations/anubhavams of SrImad Andavan of

PeriyAsramam and Vaikunta Vaasi UtthamUr Swamy as well

as additional comments on the key sanskrit passages of

the slOkam of the day as Specail notes .

 

Both SrI Rangaswamy and adiyEn thought that more BhakthAs

from the Oppiliappan , Saranagathy and Desika SampradhAyam

net might wish to become more familiar with the great

SrI VaishNavite doctrines housed in the slOkams of

SrI RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram .Hence , we will share

the future postings of SrI Ranganatha PaadhukA Sahasram

in the above three lists.

 

The names of the paddhathis to be covered with

the number of Paasurams in each of the remaing paddhathis

in paranthesis are as follows :

 

19) Marataka Paddhathi ( 20)

20) Indhraneela Paddhathi ( 30)

21) Bhimbha-Pratibhimba Paddhathi(20)

22) Kaanchana Paddhathi (20)

23) sEsha Paddhathi (10)

24) Dhvandhva Paddhathi(20)

25) SannivEsa Paddhathi(20)

26) YanthrikA Paddhathi(10)

27) rEkhA Paddhathi (10)

28) SubhAshitha Paddhathi (10)

29) PrakeerNa Paddhathi (80)

30) Chithra Paddhathi (40)

31) NirvEda Paddhathi (20)

32) Phala Paddhathi (38)

 

WE USUALLY COVER ONE SLOKAM PER DAY DUIRNG THE WEEK DAYS.

TRUST YOU WILL FIND THEM ENJOYABLE TO REMIND YOU OF

THE LORD OF SRIRANGAM AS YOU READ THE DAY'S POSTING.

 

We have to cover 347 more slOkams to cover to reach

the Kaimkarya PrApthi stage . Lord RanganAthA's blessings

will help us reach that goal during the next 70 weeks .

 

The Introduction to SrI RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram

and the previous postings as well as the image of

the Yanthram drawn by Swamy Desikan's own hand are

archived in the special home pages for this Sahasram:

 

http://swamydesika.tripod.com/padhuka/index1.htm##top

 

The above home pages have been created with devotion by

SrIman Achutharaman of Bangalore . SlOkam per day feature

has also been created by him. Our sincere thanks are to

SrI Achutharaman for joining in thsi kaimkaryam .

 

SrI Ranganatha Dhivya mani PaadhukAbhyam nama:

SrI MuraLi Rangaswamy & Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan/V.SaThakOpan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For few

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

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>660. rangEshacharaNarakshA sA mE vidhaDhAthu shAshvathIm shuDdhim

> yanmoUkthikapraBhABhi: shvEthadhvIpamivasahyajAdhvIpam

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>May that Paaduka grant me sanctity, which by its pearl-lustre made

>Sriranga island another Sweta-dwipa!

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>Namo Narayana,

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>SriMuralidhara Dasan

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>Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

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>SlOkam 660

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>1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: May Lord RanganAthA's PaadhukAs

>bless me with everlasting sanctity and Qualify me for Moksham ,

>just as they do with the brilliance of their pearls make the island

>of Srirangam created by Cauvery river equal in color and sanctity to

>the SvEtha dhvIpam, the island north of the milky ocean .

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>2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: There is an island known as

>SvEtha dhvIpam , where every thing has a white lustre. Residents of

>this island are blessed to see the Lord with their own eyes.

>Paadhukais are enmeshed with pearls. Their lustre makes the whole of

>Srirangam filled with a brilliant white hue. May that island of

>SrIrangam blessed by the lustre of the rays of Your pearls

>banish all my sins! The land of Tamil speaking people ,

>the venue of the recitation of the Tamil Prabhandhams of

>Swamy NammAzhwAr is like the sacred SvEtha DhvIpam .

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>3)May the Paadhukais protecting Lord RanganAthA's Thiruvadis

>banish all sins of adiyEn ( Saa RangEsa CharanarakshA mE

>sAsvathIm suddhim vidhadhAthu). Through the kaanthi of

>the pearls adorning the paadhukais of the Lord , the entire

>island of SrIrangam formed by the two branches of Cauveri

>becomes equal to the sacred SvEtha dhvIpam (Yath moukthika

>prabhAbhi: SahyajA dhvIpa , SvEtha dhvIpamiva )...(V.S).

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