Padhuka Sahasram-1007

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

1007. yadhi sPhIthA Bhakthi: praNayamuKhavANIparipaNam

padhathrANasthOthram hrudhi biBhrutha rangakshithiBhrutha:

nirunmAdhO yadhvA niravaDhisuDhAnirJharamuchO

vachOBhangIrEthA na kaThamanurunDhE sahrudhaya:

 

Oh People! If you have pure devotion, learn by rote, this hymn on

Paaduka. Remember this would serve, as investment for high-standard

literary classics, which You could Yourselves be able to put forth.

True connoisseurs of literature-provided they are not out of their

senses-would have to receive this work with great enthusiasm. How

can they afford to miss the fine aspects of literary merit herein?

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 1007

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh People! If Your minds are full

of devotion to the Lord, You will cherish in Your hearts the

PaadhukA sahasram verses, which are dominated by the feeling of

affection. They give the power to compose sweet poems. Hence, recite

the verses of PaadhukA Sahasram. For those free of aggression,

reciting the thousand verses of PaadhukA Sahasram, there is no need

to remind them to remember these verses as those, which help to

compose divine poems. They will do it on their own, without any

prompting.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh People of the world! May I share

with You a subject , which is very beneficial (Parama Hitham ) to

you all? Let me explain to You the significance of the SrI

RanganAtha PadhukA Sahasram. It has identical potency to Vedams,

which is Parama prApyam and Parama PrApakam. Hence the recitation of

SrI RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram praising indirectly the Veda

PrathipAdhyan, SrI RanganAthan will be Parama Hitham, Parama Balam

and Parama KshEmam for You all. The intrinsic greatness of the

Lord's Paadhukais will grow Your bhakthi for the divine Paadhukais

and lead to Parama srEyas and prEyas. Recitation of the PaadhukA

sahasra slOkams and comprehension of the deep tathvArTams embedded

in them will be like the partaking of life-giving

amrutham. May You all enjoy the parama sukham that is being enjoyed

by me through the composition of this Kaavyam with the anugraham of

the Lord's Paadhukais and enjoy all aihika and aamushmika sukhams

all the way upto Moksham!

 

3) Oh People of the World ( JanA ! If You have paripoorNa Bhakthi

for the Lord's Padhukais, Please adorn the PadhukA Sahasram in Your

hearts, which has the basis in the apourushEya Vedams ( hE JanA: !

spheetha bhakthi: yadhi, praNaya mukha VaaNee paripaNam padha thrANa

sthOthram hrudhi Bhibrutha ). Even if You do not have such full

devotion for the Paadhukais, the sweet naadham of the sthuthi and

the delectable taste arising from the recitation of them would

lead them to get these slOkmas by heart. Those with subtle intellect

would be overwhelmed by the unique artha svArasyams embedded in

these slOkams and experience them like the flood of nectar flowing

over them. Hence how can the one with saamAnya buddhi (nirunmAdhA: )

as well as those with discriminating intellect ( rasa Jn~Ana

sahrudhaya: ) resist their drenching in the never-ending flood of

amrutham flowing in the form of delectable sound ( spheethA

bhakthi: yadhvaa nirunmAdhA:, sahrudhaya: niravadhi sudhA nirjara

mucha: yEthA: vachObhangee: kaTam naanurundhE ? )...(V.S).