Padhuka Sahasram SlOkam: 833

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

833. shuBhashabdhavishEShasamshrithABhirBhavathI shoUripadhAvani! kriyABhi:

anuthiShtathi nUnamAshrithAnAmaKhilOpadhravashAnthikam navInam

 

Oh Paaduka of the Lord! You evoke a pleasing note. It is perhaps potent

veda ; it is mantra-like. You move about. It is like the performance of

prescribed rituals; You appear to perform a propitiatory act that would

quell all the ills of a person once he resorted to You.

 

(Azhvar, with his musical Tamil Veda, his prescription of Saranagati, and

his potency helps us to receive the relief of salvation).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

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SlOkam 833

 

1) UtthamUr Sawmy's anubhavam: Sangeetham is a ceremony/anubhavam

aimed at warding off calamities(asubhams) . It is a propitiatory ceremony

to chase away all kinds inauspiciousness. Swamy Desikan equates

the auspicious sounds generated by the Paadhukais during their movement

to the ritual of Sangeetham to banish all the calamities experienced by

the devotees. He says: " Oh PaadhukE! Through Your many and mellifluent

sound patterns generated during Your movements , You serve as a novel

Sangeetham to destroy all the calamities faced by Your devotees. You chase

away all those calamities through Your powerful and auspicious sound

patterns .

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! Your delectable sound

generated duirng Your sanchAram with the Lord appears like

a sangeetha yAgam done with the recital of auspicious Veda manthrams

to chase away the sorrows of the Lord's devotees. The inner meaning is

that Swamy NammAzhwAr included the essence of Veda Manthrams

in His Tamil Paasurams and performed SaraNAgathy at His Lord's Thiruvadi

and showed that way as the Moksha UpAyam to the people of the world

to banish their samsAric sufferings.

 

3) Oh Lord's Sacred PaadhukE ( Souri PadhAvani) ! You perform

the new yAgam of Sangeetham to ward off all the inauspiciousnes of

the suffering SamsAris ( Bhavathee aasrithAnAm naveenam akhilOpadhrava

saanthikam anuthishtathi ). This is for sure (Noonam ). You perform this

Yaagam with sacred manthrams of Vedam to confer the highest KshEmam

( Bhavathee Subha sabdha visEsha samsrithAbhi: anuthisthathi )...(V.S).