Padhuka Sahasram-922

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

922. kArikA na na yAthrAyA yA gEyA asyasya BhAnuBhA

pAdhapA haha siDdhAsi yajnyAya mama sA anjasA

 

The Lord's Feet, by their effulgence, would dispel the darkness of

all the worlds. For those Feet to go to places, Your help is

essential. One will have to praise this unique previlege You enjoy.

Nevertheless, You have come here to me, being ready for receiving my

ablutions and other kinds of homage. What a wonderful thing!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

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

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SlOkam 922: The sabdha chithram incorporated in this verse

is known as " anathiriktha padha tadhArTaanulOma prathilOmam " .

" anathiraktha " means unsurpassed. AnulOmam stands for natural

order and PrathilOmam refers to the reverse order. The sabdha

chithram has an unsurpassed symmetry in the sounds that it makes ,

when read repeatedly :

 

kaarikA na na yaathraayaa yaa gEyAsyasya bhAnubhA

paadhapaa iha siddhAsi yaj~nyaaya mama saanjasaa

 

The PrathilOma(Reverse) paadam of this slOkam having the same

meaning of the regular(krama) Paadam befitting the sabdha

chithram chosen by Swamy Desikan is :

 

sanjasaa mama yaj~nyaaya siddhAsi paadhapaa

bhAnubhAsyasya yaa gEyA yAthrayA nana kaarikA

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PadhukE! We have to salute

You for Your intensity of resolve to accompany Your Lord in His

travels to remove the darkness of ignorance that threatens to engulf

the universe, when Dharma is in decline. In this context, You come

close, when I meditate on You. I am indeed fortunate and am very

happy about Your blessings.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: In the previous slOkam, the DayA

guNam of the Paadhukais were praised. Their Supreme Lordship in

association with their Lord (Parathva Ubhayuktha guNams) overwhelmed

Swamy Desikan. He had naicchiyam (discomfort) about his unfitness to

approach them. He was about to stay away from the most noble

PaadhukAs driven by his feelings that he is anarhan (unfit). The ever-

compassionate PaadhukAs rejected this anarhAnusandhAnam by Swamy

Desikan and used the guNams of Vaathsalyam, Souseelyam and soulabhyam

to win Swamy Desikan back to Them and blessed him to perform

AarAdhanam for Them without feeling discomfort. Swamy Desikan

responds to that anugraha visEsham and eulogizes the flood of DayA

of the PadhukAs and states that he has no more wants in this world.

The inner meaning is that SadAchAryAs are pleased with even a small

respectful gesture of the totally unfit sishyaas and bless them with

lasting anugraham ( kaTamchith upakArENa kruthinaikEna thushyathi).

 

Swamy Desikan says: Oh PaadhukE , who is responsible for

the sanchAram of the Lord and the sarIra yathrais of the Jeevans

as well as their Aathma yaathrais ! Your glories shine just

like the Sun. You have taken pity on a lowly one like me and have

rushed to bless me with the boon of Your worship . This is indeed

a matter of great surprise and joy .

 

3) You are the power behind the three kinds of YaathrAs : Bhagavaan's

SanchArams , the dEha Yaathrais of the chEthanams and the aathma

yaathrais of the Jeevans at the time , when their bodies fall down

( Yaa Yaathrayaa: na kaarikA na: ) .You are fit for stuthi (praise ,

adulation , eulogy) because of Your parama KalyANa guNams

( gEyA) and shine like the radiant Sun ( BhAnupaa). Just as You

protect the Lord's Paadhams ( Asya Paadhapaa asi ) , You stand by

to rush quickly (ajamsaa) to my side to be worshipped ( Yaj~nAya

siddhasi ) . I am a totally unfit one to come near You and even then ,

You rush to me even before I could dare to approach You and

command me to perform Aaraadhanam for You without hesitation

( Asya Paadhapaa Saa mama yaj~nAya ajmasaa siddhasi)...(V.S).