Padhuka Sahasram-909

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

909. lakshmInUpurashinjithEna guNitham nAdham thavAkarNaya-

nnijiGhrannigamAnthaganDhathuLasIdhAmOthThitham soUraBham

kAlE kuthrachidhAgatham karuNayA sArDham thvayA chAgratha:

pashyEyam maNipAdhukE! paratharam padhmEkshaNam dhaIvatham

 

Oh Manipaaduka! My last moment may occur at any time and place. Be

that as it may. You will please enable me to envision at that moment:

 

The lotus-eyed Lord with Mahalakshmi, who comes to my location with

the conjunction of the jingling anklet sound and Your melody; that my

ears

would relish to hear;

 

With the fragrance of the Tulasi garland enhanced in its property

with the Vedantic odour, that my nose will cherish;

 

These all being supreme; the Lord being Supreme-most.

 

May I envision that 'Paratara Daivata'!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

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

 

SlOkam 909

 

1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Swamy Desikan expresses his personal

wish to PaadhukAs in this verse .He says: " Oh MaNI PaadhukE ! During

my last

moments of life on this earth , I beg You to come to me with MahA

Lakshmi and

Her Lord. May I have the blessings of hearing Your delectable sounds

due to Your

approach along with that that of MahA Lakshmi's ankle bells ?

Immediately , those

sounds will remind me of the auspicious sounds of Vedic recitations .

The fragrance of

TuLasi from Your Lord's feet should also become available to me ,

once the fragrance of

VedAs reach my senses. When I sense the approach of Your Lord ,

Yourself ,

MahA Lakshmi and Her Lord should become transparent to my eyes. The

divine couple

and Yourself should bless me and put my mind to rest and set me on

my way

to Srivaikuntam .

 

2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Here is another request to the

Paadhukais

from Swamy Desikan for His anthima kaalam ( Last moments of His

life ).

Oh PaadhukE ! During my last moments on this earth , Please bless me

to have the experience of listening to Your Naadham as You approach

mingled with those of the nAdham from the ankle bells of MahA Lakshmi

arriving with Her Lord towards me ! May I smell the fragrance of holy

TuLasi

worn by Your Lord with eyes reminding us of the beautiful lotus

flower

( " KamapyAsam PuNDareekAksham " , a lakshaNam of His Supermacy

as Para Devathai ).

 

3. Oh PaadhukE ! Let me have the blessings of hearing Your sunAdham

amplified by the sunAdham of MahA Lakshmi's ankle bells during my

last

moments ( Lakshmee Noopura sinjithEna guNitham Tava Naadham

aakarNayan) . Let me be blessed to enjoy the TuLasi with its Vedic

fragrance during those moments ( NigamAntha gandha TuLaseedhAma

uTTitham sourabham aajigran) . May I be blessed to have the

SoubhAgyam of

the darsanam of the Para VaasudEvan with MahA Lakshmi and Yourself

in front of me ( aham kuthrachith kaalE KaruNayA ThayA cha saardham

agratha:

aagatham parataram PadhmEkshaNam Dhaivatham pasyEyam )...(V.S).