Padhuka Sahasram-815

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

815. thridhashamakutarathnOllEKharEKhApadhEshAth

pariNamayasi pumsAm pAdhukE! mUrDhni lagnA

narakamaThanasEvAsampadham sADhayithrI

niyathiviliKhithAnAm niShkruthim dhurlipInAm

 

Oh Paaduka! When You are placed on human heads, the streaks on You

(resulting from the devas' crowns rubbing against the Paaduka during

obeisance) remove the bad streaks, called bad fate-letters written by

Brahma. They thus become blessed with great affluence of Service to

the Lord. (The placement of Paaduka on one's head changes his fate

for the best. One can change one's fate by resorting to Acharyas,

Bhagavatas, etc).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 815

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Paadhukai of the Lord ,

who destroyed NarakAsuran ! When You are placed on the heads

of Your devotees , the lines on You caused by the DevA's crowns

erase the inauspicious letters carved by Brahama dEvan on their skulls

at the time of their creation. Their sins are removed as a result and

they become blessed to perform service to Your Lord.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam :Oh PaadhukE! the collision of the

hard gems adorning the crown of prostrating dEvAs with Your soft

surface leaves a lot of uneven marks . Through those rEkhAs , You

destroy the moksha virOdhis of the chEthanams that prostrate before

You by wiping off the bad signs written on their skulls at the time

of their birth.

 

3) Oh PaadhukE ! You make it possible for the chEthanams to gain

Moksha Iswaryam ( Kaimkaryam for the Lord , who destroyed NarakAsuran)

by staying on their heads ( Thvam NarakamaTana sEvAsampadham

saadhayathree). This happens through your staying on the heads of

the prostrating chEthanams ( PumsAm Moordhni lagnA Thvam

NarakamaTana mOkshasampadham Saadhayathree). The instrument

for such transformation are the rEkhAs arising from the scratches (

ullEkha ) of the hard gems on the heads of prostrating dEvAs (

Thridasa makuDa rathna ullEkha rEkhA apadEsAth). Those rEkhAs act as

the excuse (apadEsam) to wipe out the bad writings on the heads of

the suffering chEthanams( rEkhA apadEsAth niyathi vilikhitAnAm

dhurlibheenAm nishkruthim pariNamayasi)...(V.S).

 

Post Script: Today is DheepawaLi day of SvabhAnu Samvathsaram .

As adiyEn wrote these special notes , it is striking that the Lord's

vaibhavam of destroying the unrighteous NarakAsuran linked itself up

through the vaak of Swamy Desikan on this special day of DhIpAwaLi.

The salutation to the Lord as NarakamaTanan is such a fortunate

coincidence for this special festival day (Otober 24, 2003).