Padhuka Sahasram-751

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

751. sruShtAm BhUmAvananthEna nithyam shEShasamADhinA

aham samBhAvayAmi thvAmAthmAnamiva pAdhukE!

 

Oh Paaduka! I regard You as a Jivatma 'created' in this world as an

example of servile a soul ought to be, with respect to the Lord; this

creation may be said to be by Adisesha himself, (who is the finest

example of Seshatva) or by the Lord Himself.

 

Ananta=Adisesha, as well as the Lord.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

SrI:

 

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

 

This Paddhathi has ten slOkams . After description of the gems

of PaadhukAs and its golden form in the previous Paddhathi,

Swamy Desikan turns his attention to the indwelling power of

the Padhukais. In this section, known as Sesha Paddhathi,

Swamy states that the empowering force of PaadhukAs is none

other than AdhisEshA . He points out that AdhisEshA ,

who serves as the bed of the Lord in the milky ocean

has become the PadhukAs to serve his Lord on His earth

BhUlOka Vaikuntam).

 

Many bhakthAs seeking progeny are told that they have

Sarpa DhOsham and are asked by the astrologers to have

prathishtai of Naaga statue or go to KaaLahasthi

to perform a homam . adiyEn thinks that SrI VaishNavAs

can do instead any one of the following things to be blessed

with SanthAna PrApthi at the right stage in their lives:

(1) Go to one's AchAryan and pray to Him for Phala ManthrAkshathai

for SanthAna PrApthi after performing Sethu SnAnam

(2) Go to SrI RanganAthA's Sannidhi or Swamy Desikan's Sannidhi

adjacent ot SrI RanganAyaki's sannidhi at SrIrangam and recite

the 10 slOkams of Sesha Paddhathi for a MaNDalam and recieve

Periya perumAL's and ThAyAr's SaThAri, Theertham every day

with one's wife.

 

A similar PaarAyaNam can also be done before Lord DevanAthan

at the dhivya desam of ThiruvahIndhrapuram or before Swamy Desikan's

sannidhi there . Lord DevanAthan chose the name of ThiruvahIndhrapuram

(AdhisEshapuram ) for His dhivya desam in recognition of

the great Kaimkaryam done by AdhisEshan here for Him .

 

Similarly for Navagraha dhOsham , there is

no need for SrI VaishNavALs to do Navagraha Saanthi Homams .

Recitation of the 749th SlOkam of SrI RanganAtha PaadhukA

Sahasram daily would ward off the Nava graha DhOsham :

 

NaaL yenna seyyum kOL yenna seyyum

Yennappan ThALL paRRinARkku

 

(meaning): What troubles can the nakashathrams , Thithis and

Grahams cause for one, who attaches Himself firmly & solely

to the Feet of the Lord and the SaThAri there ?

 

SlOkam 751

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PadhukE! AdhisEshA thought that

he should protect the Lord 's feet on earth and incarnated

as Your indweller. I celebrate You , who remind me of the concept

of SeshA and Seshin to depict the relationship between Self (Jeevan)

and the Lord (Iswaran). ( Lord creates Jeevans and wants them

as His Seshans and for that purpose removes their PuNyams and Paapams.

He is the Sarva Seshin for all sentient and insentient beings

created by Him).

 

2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Here , Swamy Desikan describes

that PaadhukA is AadhisEsha avathAram. AdhisEshan is present

in the PaadhukA Roopam.

 

3)Oh PaadhukE! You are created in Bhoo lOkam as PaadhukA by

AdhisEshan ( AnanthEna nithyam sEsha-samAdhinaa BhUmou srushtAm).