Padhuka Sahasram-886

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

886. praNihithapadhapadhmA pAdhukE! rangaBharthu:

shuBhatharagathihEthuschArumukthApravALA

sThirapariNatharAgAm shuDdhabODhAnubaDdhAm

svajanayasi munInAm thvanmayIm chitthavrutthim

 

Oh Paaduka! Yogis contemplate on the Lotus Feet, which are on You.

You assist the Feet for free walk; the dhyana on the Feet leads yogis

for a lovely auspicious progress to salvation. Your pearls and

corals, by their colour and appearance create an image of the Lord's

smile exposing pearl-like teeth and coral-like lips. Their mental

realization is pure white, undiscoloured by doubt and is permanently

bound in love (raga=red). The contemplation, the mind, the process is

totally yourself as such; clinging on to You, let us say. May I then

say that You have made the yogi-mind Your relative?

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 886

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh RangaNnAtha PaadhukE! Lord has

firmly placed His lotus feet on You and takes His celebrated and

auspicious steps with Your assistance. Righteous people meditating on

You think of Your Lord's red lips resembling BhimbhA fruit and His

sparkling white teeth, when they think of Your corals and pearls.

Through such associative thoughts, You make the thoughts of the Yogis

center on You for practising Bhakthi or Prapatthi yogam .

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! On You the Lord's lotus

feet are firmly placed. You take the Lord and the devotees that have

taken refuge in You along the high roads. You attract your devotees

through Your beautiful pearls and corals. You display the auspicious

attributes to grant mOksham to all from children to seasoned yogis.

They seek You out for Prapatthi as the ones, who have no one else

to come to their rescue ( ananya gathi: ). The inner meaning is that

Prapatthi anushtAnam is available to one and all (PaNDitha Paamara

SaamAnyam , SarvAdhikAram). That SadAchAryAs can make it happen for

one and all is the subtle essence of Prapatthi Saasthram.

 

3) Rang Bharthu: PadhukE ! Your Lord's sacred feet are well

positioned inside You (PraNihitha padha Padhmaa). You become the

reason for the Lord's auspicious sanchAram and for the Jeevan's

Moksha yaathraa(Thvam NaaTasya Subhatara gathi hEthu:). With the

beauty of Your pearls and corals, You raise the desire of people at

all levels --young unsophisticated ones to seasoned yogis--to perform

prapatthi unto You (ChAru mukthA pravaaLA chAru muktha aapraBhALA

Thvam Thvanmayeem chittha vrutthim janayasi). You turn their chittha

vrutthi ( activities of the mind) completely towards You ( MunInAm

chittha vrutthim Thvanmayeem svajanaysai)..(V.S).