Padhuka Sahasram-879

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

879. sADhayanthi maDhuvaIripAdhukE! sADhava: sThiramupAyamanthimam

thvathpravrutthivinivarthanOchithasvapravrutthivinivarthanAnvitham

 

Oh Paaduka! For Sadhus, You become the resort even with regard to

achieving the life-goal. They rightly recognize that You will remain

quiet if they confidently adopt the paths, Karma, Jnana, and Bhakti.

You will help only if one has abandoned all other efforts towards

this goal. (Of course what is tabooed here is not the performance of

regular prescribed duties and Karmas). If one, thus withdrawn

requests You " I am unfit for other methods. I seek Your help. You

perform Prapathi and save me. " You stand to his help, have the last

upaya of Prapathi performed. Thus Sadhus achieve their goals

effectively.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 879

 

1) UthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Swamy Desikan suggests that RanganAtha

delegates a lot of responsibilities to the PaadhukAs. Paaduka accepts

those duties and rises to the occasion. Swamy says: " Oh

Madhusoodhana PaadhukE ! Righteous people practise prapatthi yOgA

(Surrender to You ), after relizing their inability to travel through

the difficult routes of Bhakthi yOgA, Jn~Ana yOgA and Karma yOgA .

Out of Your compassion for them, You accept their prapatthi and

confer the blessings of Moksham.

 

2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! BhagavathAs cast aside

the burden of protecting themselves through the difficult to practise

Bhakthi yOgam and perform prapatthi unto You . You accept those

burdens ( Bharam) and grant them the phalan of their SaraNAgathis

(viz)., Moksha Sukham.

 

3.Oh Padhukais of the Lord , who is the enemy of the asuran , Madhu (

Madhuvairi PaadhukE )! The great ones ( Saadhava: ) abandon the

efforts to perform upAyams like Bhakthi yOgam to protect themselves (

Sva-pravrutthi vinivartthana anvitham) and perform the ultimate

SaraNAgathy to You , which grants them firmly MOksham ( sTiram

anthimam upAyam Saadhava: saadhayanthi)..(V.S).