Padhuka Sahasram-1006

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

1006. pruThukavadhanashanKhasparshanIthyA kadhAchith

shirasi vinihithAyA: svEna BhUBnA thavaIva

sthuthiriyamupajAthA manmuKhEnEthyaDhIyu:

paricharaNaparAsthE pAdhukEpAsthadhOShA:

 

Reliable critics are those who are Your pious servants. They will

readily accept my explanation as regards the origin of this work.

Just as the Lord's touching the cheek of Dhruva, a young child, was

adequate to make him compose verses of praise, the Lord had His

Paadukas sit on my head. That was enough!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 1006

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! Lord NaarAyaNa touched

the cheek of child DhruvA, who was in deep meditation about Him .

Dhruvan got empowered by that divine contact to compose a brilliant

eulogy on Your Lord, even if he was a mere untutored child.

Similarly, this PaadhukA Sahasram of mine originated from the mere

resting of You on my head. This composition is therefore a direct

result of Your glory and power. This is how the righteous people

devoid of attachment (raagam ) and malice (asooyA ) think about how

it came about. That is the way future generations should think.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! You may ask how people

can believe my attribution of authorship of this sthOthram to You .

adiyEn will give an answer to that query in a credible manner with

praNAmams. There are many eye witnesses to the incident, when

ArchakAs as the representatives of Lord RanganAthA placed You on my

head for an extended period of time. It is well accepted that Lord

during His archAvathAram reveals His commands through His archakAs (

archaka mukhEna niyamanam ). Your Lord seems to have commanded me to

acquire dhivya Jn~Anam and Vaak to eulogize You through You like He

blessed once before child Dhruvan to have the Jn~Anam to eulogize

Him. At that time, Your Lord blessed Dhruvan with dhivya Jn~Anam by

touching the cheek of that child with His Paanchajanyam. Similarly,

Your resting on my head due to YOur Lord's comment is the hethu for

the birth of this eulogy about You and composed by You.

 

3) Oh PaadhukE ! Your resting on my head resulted in the visEsha

Jn~Anam just as Paanchajanya sparsam led to the blossoming of dhivya

Jn~Anam for the child Dhruvan ( PruTuka vadhana Sanka sparsa reethyA

iyam sthuthi: upajAthA ithi ). At the time of Your Lord approving

the creation of this sthuthi about You, He had commanded His

archakAs to place You on my head so that Your mahimai can enter into

me to construct this poem about You with me as a mere instrument to

execute His command (kadhAchith sirasi vinihithAyA: Tava svEna

bhUmnA yEva manmukhEna iyam sthuthi: upajAthA ). This is how the

great ones engaged in Kaimkaryams to You and known for their freedom

from any kind of blemishes would comprehend the origin of this

Kaavyam ( apAstha dhOshA: ParicharaNaparA : Santha: svEna bhUmnA

yEva manmukhEna upajAtha ithi adheeyu: )...(V.S).