Padhuka Sahasram-890

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

890. anupaDhi parirakshEnnEkaputhrABhimAnAdh

BhuvanamidhamashESham pAdhukE! ranganATha:

nijapadhanihithAyAm dhEvi! thiShtan brajan vA

thvayi nihithaBharOBhUth kim puna: svApamrucChan

 

Oh Paaduka Devi! Lord Ranganatha shoulders the burden of protecting

all beings. He does it all by Himself. He does it without expecting

any return, unlike what is usually the world's habit. The love, care,

and concern that He bears in respect of each individual being, is the

same as one (or He) would show towards an only son. The magnitude of

His burden can now be imagined. He has perhaps, this on His own

shoulder when seated. But by simple logic He may be regarded as

entrusting the whole to You; when He is asleep. When standing or

walking, the whole weight of His is borne by You along with His

burden of world-protection. Could one say that He bears the weight of

yours, while walking? You protect the Feet and that enables the Lord

to walk! While He is asleep, You bear Him as Adisesha. Thus Your role

as the role of Azhvar and Acharyas offering correct guidance to

people, is so much cardinal that the Lord chooses incumbents for the

assignments after elaborate testing. The worth of sadhacharyas has to

be understood in this spirit.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 890

 

1) UthtamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Devi PadhukA ! RanganAthA carries

the weight of the Universe in the spirit of a father caring for His

only son. Without any incentive but purely out of His compassion, He

places His feet inside You(PaadhukAs) and the burden of carrying the

load of the universe falls on You as well. Thus, You help Him to

carry the burden, when He is standing or walking .When He engages in

Yoga nidhrA, the entire burden of carrying the load of the universe

falls completely on You. During His sleep, You carry the weight of

AdhisEshan. The Lord sleeps now without any worry knowing that You

are in charge as His representative .

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! Lord RanganAthan

protects the world without expecting anything in returm and displays

the same affection a parent shows for his only son. This Lord of

SrIrangam places the responsibility of protection of the world on

the capable PaadhukAs, whether He is at His sannidhi or on sanchAram.

If Lord RanganAtha acts this way during His wakeful hours, one can

readily imagine that He assigns the protection of the world with the

Paadhukais , when He engages in nidhrA. Therefore, Oh PaadhukE !

You are the One, who bears the responsibilities of protecting the

world at all times.

 

3) Oh PadhukE! Lord RanganAtha protects the world without any

wavering like the Father, who protects his son without seeking any

rewards ( RanganAtha: asEsham bhuvanam yEka-puthra-abhimAnAth

anupadhi parirakshan iva).During the time of sanchAram or otherwise,

Lord RanganAtha places the responsibility of protecting the world with

You standing close to His Thiruvadi ( Thishtan vrajanvA RanganAtha:

nija padha nihithAyAm Thvayee nihitha bhara: abhUth). If this were to

be so during His wakeful hours, what is to say about the protection

of the world, when He sleeps (svApam rucchan kim puna: )? Yes ,

Ofcourse! He entrusts You with that protection as well ...(V.S).