Padhuka Sahasram Kaimkaryam

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

Dear Bhaktas,

 

As of today, Sri Satakopan Swamin and adiyen have completed the

coverage of verse 800 of the Padhuka Sahasram. Coincidentally, this

happens to conclude the 25th Paddhati of the Padhuka Sahasram. The

number 25 is sacred due to the following reasons.

 

(1) It is the number of aksharams in the Dvaya Mantram, which

advocates the doctrine of unconditional total surrender to His Lotus

Feet, a concept systematized into a science by Swami NammAzhwar,

Swami Alavandar, Sri Ramanujacharya, and Swami Desikan.

 

(2) Ma, the 25th letter of the Devanagari alphabet is the EkAksharam

for Thayar. As a result of Her eternal oneness with Lord Narayana,

the Lord begets the name Madhavan. Furthermore, the role of Thayar in

the process of granting refuge to desirous Prapannas has been greatly

extolled by Swami Alavandar in the Chatushloki

salutation " prapannaItikasthOshyAmyaham nirBhayO: " and " Sri ithyE

vachanamathE Bhagavati brUma katham thvAm vayam " (One lifetime is

insufficient to fully comprehend the six meanings underlying the name

Sri, i.e., shriyathE, shrayathE, shruNOthi, shrAvayathi, shruNAthi,

and sriNAthi). Sri Ramanujacharya waxes eloquent in the opening

salutation of the SharaNagati Gadyam eulogizing Thayar as " nithya

anapAyinIm " , " aKhila jaganmAtharam asman mAtharam " " ananya sharaNa:

sharaNamaham prapadhyE " . Swami Desikan follows the lead of these

great Acharyas " shrEyOmUrthim shriyama sharaNasthvAm sharaNyAm

prapadhyE " .

 

(3) It has great significance in the context of the name Rama: Ra is

the second aksharam in the sequence " ya ra la... " and ma is the fifth

aksharam in the sequence " pa pha bha Bha ma " . Taken together this

produces 25. According to Mahavidwan Paramapada Vasi Sri Mukkur

Lakshminarasimhachariar Swamin, when uttered once the word Rama

produces the effect of 2x5=10. When uttered three times as Rama Rama

Rama, this produces the effect of 10x10x10=1000 corresponding to the

1000 names of the Lord contained in the Vishnu sahasranamam.

 

It is instructive to note that Lord Rama is glorified by Swami

Desikan as " DharmO vigrahavan " , " sakruth prapanna jana samrakshaNa

dIkshitha " , " sakruth prapannajanathA samrakshaNaIka vrathi " , " karuNa

kAkuthstha " , " sakrudhavEkshaNath thath kshaNAth " all of which are

intended to bring home the message underlying Lord Rama's Charma

shlokam message from the Ramayanam " sakradhEva prapannAya thava

AsmIthichayAchathE aBhayam sarvaBhUthEBhyO dhadhAmyEthath vratham

mama " .

 

(4) 25 is the number of salutations used by Swami Desikan in the Sri

Stuthi.

 

Seeking refuge in these assurances and declarations from the most

venerable Acharyas, we offer prayers to the Divine Couple, Swami

NammAzhwar, Swami Desikan, and our Acharyas for successful completion

of the Padhuka Sahasram Kaimkaryam.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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SrI:

SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:

Dear SrI VaishNavas,

 

This reply is meant only for malolan net. I thank SrI MuraLidhara

RangaswAmi for the kainkaryam and eagerly looking forward for the

rest of SlOkams also from SrI pAdukA sahasram. I find in the mail

from SrI MuraLidhara RangaswAmi linkages based on the number 25. On

usage of certain terms, few have surely misunderstood certain aspects

that he was written. I too acknowledge that certain points in his

mail are misleading. Please go through my observations as follows:

 

On his point 1: No comments on the count of aksharams in dwaya

mantram. But his words " a concept systematized into a science by

Swami NammAzhwar, Swami Alavandar, Sri Ramanujacharya, and Swami

Desikan " must not be misunderstood. The term " concept " is not in the

sense " hypothesis/idea " but it is a sAdyOpAyam known from the SAstra

(veda, smrutis, brahma sUtras, itihAsa purANams). The same applies to

the word " science " . This should not be treated as the science which

is based on mere pratyaksham and mere anumAnam. Swami NammAzhwar,

Swami Alavandar, Sri Ramanujacharya, and Swami Desikan etc practiced

the sAdyOpAyam and explained/preached it in their works with para-

paksha nirasanams.

 

On his point 2: " ma " is the 25th aksharam.

" ma " and " mA " are different in their meanings. As he has quoted the

name " mAdhavan " , I think he is referring to " mA " and not " ma " . The

term " mA " denotes thAyAr SrI mahA lakshmI and it also has other

meanings. The term " ma " which is the 25 th aksharam denotes 25 th

tatvam jeevAtma and few other things. Actually, " ma " based on its

roots-meanings, denotes the jeevAtma. His words " As a result of Her

eternal oneness with Lord Narayana, the Lord begets the name

Madhavan " is very misleading and it is also wrong. Many have taken

the meaning from his term " Oneness " as " SrI mahA lakshmI "

and " VishNu " are not two different Aatmas but Aatma-Ikyam is oneness.

This is wrong. SrI mahA lakshmI is a vibhu Chetana tatvam and VishNu

is another vibhu chEtana tatvam. Their eternal inseparable

association in all manners is such that they treated like a " single

tatvam " divya dampatis – The brahma sabdam denotes the divya

dampatis. That is all. SrI tatvam is distinct from VishNu tatvam. The

Lord get the name " mAdhava " not because of oneness that he has as

mentioned but because VishNu is the Lord (pati) of SrI lakshmI (mA).

 

On his point 3: I do not want to contradict the mathematical

reference that he has given. But the sAmpradAyaic artham which I have

heard from AachArya is that the name rAma: of SrIman nArAyaNan has

the capacity to convey all aspects – 1. kAraNatvam (and

abAdyatvam),

2. upAyatvam and 3. upEyatvam and hence repeated three times as

essence of sahasra nAma which deals with the kalyANa guNams of

paramAthma SrIman nArAyaNan.

 

Thanks & Regards,

naidhruva mAdabhUshi S. HARI rAmAnuja dAsan (mshari)

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> Sri:

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> SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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> Dear Bhaktas,

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> As of today, Sri Satakopan Swamin and adiyen have completed the

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