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1-8
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
951. prapadhyE pAdhukAm dhEvIm paravidhyAmiva Svayam
yAmarpayathi dhInAnAm dhayamAnO jagadhguru:
The great First Acharya, the Lord Ranganatha, had
furnished the Paaduka as a Supreme Vidya, as a path
for Moksha; this path has been specially appropriate
to poor pitiable persons with little equipment of any
type; the Lord has provided it in His great grace.
That Paaduka Devi I cling to as my sure means of
salvation.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
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Introduction to NirvEdha Paddhathi :
This is the 31st of the 32 Paddhathis of SrI RanganAtha
PaadhukA Sahasram and has 20 powerful slOkams
embedding deep SrIvaishNava Tatthvams .
After describing the glories of the Paadhukais of the Lord
in words and geometrical patterns ( Chithrams) , Swamy
Desikan laments now over the time that he lost sofar in chasing
pursuits other than dedicating himself to the worship of
the Paadhukais . He asserts here that He is clear now about
the power of the Paadhukais to confer the Moksha Sukham .
He states that the Paadhukais are His Supreme Knowledge
( Para VidhyA ).
Until now , Swamy Desikan eulogized the many Vaibhavams of
the Lord's Paadhukais (viz)., Swamy NammAzhwAr . The Paadhukais
were pleased and appeared before the mind's eye of Swamy Desikan
and filled Him with the delectable anubhavam of their Asccharya
Roopa, Svaroopa and GuNa vyApArams . The Paadhukais blessed Swamy
Desikan with visEsha Tatthva Jn~Anam and ananyArha Sesha Vrutthi
( the way of sole servitude to the Paadhukais ) .The Paadhukais
chased away all obstacles to such sEsha Vrutthi and displayed
matchless soulabhyam ( ease of access ) and souseelyam .
Swamy Deikan was inundated with that BrahmAnandham of
mingling with the merciful Paadhukais & the Lord and felt that He was
enjoying the anubhavam that one enjoys at SrI Vaikuntam
performing Nithya Kaimakryam to the Lord there. This mental
visualization suddenly disappeared and Swamy Desikan was left with
the physical visualization of the ArchA roopam of the Paadhukas of
the Lord. His experience of indescribable bliss concluded now.He was
reminded harshly about his lot among the kumathis ( people with false
knowledge)and Bhagavath vimukhAs ( who are indifferent to the
Lord ). He became worried about the terrible effects of the pancha
Indhriyams over him and the power of Kaama-KrOdhams and other adverse
guNams.Swamy Desikan now attained a state of dejection and
despondency like Swamy NammAzwAr expressed in ThiruvAimozhi about
the hopelessness of His lot as a Nithya SamsAri. Although Swamy
Desikan and Swamy NammAzhwAr are evolved souls, who had conquered all
the above adversities , they empathized with the lot of SamsAris and
enacted the sufferings of the Nithya samsAris to illustrate the
lowliness of the SamsAric way of life .
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : I recognize the PaadhukAs as the
means for Moksham. They represent the true knowledge about the ways
to achieve Moksham and serves therefore as Para VidhyA . The Lord ,
the teacher of all teachers, has given to us the PaadhukAs out of His
compassion for us helpless beings. Adorning the PaadhukAs on our
heads is the way to Moksham is the upadEsam of Swamy Desikan .
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan laments that
the Paadhukais acted as though they were saving him and abandoned
him however to suffer in samsAram . Swamy addresses the Paadhukais
sorrowfully about its neglect and begs for its grace to save him
from the horrors of SamsAram in amood of nirvEdham
(Despair and sorrow ) . Oh PaadhukE ! Your Lord has shown
the two UpAyams of Bhakthi yOgama nd Prapatthi yOgam
to lift the suffering samsAris from the terrible ocean of SamsAram.
You have been assigned to come to the rescue of SamsAris by
Your Lord. While that is the case , how can you abandon me and
look at me in this amused mode ? What can I do over Your
indifference? Is it fair for You to act like this ? Therefore , I
perform Parapatthi once more to You and seek You as my refuge.Please
remove fully the bonds of SamsAram and grant me the Parama
PurushArTam of Moksham instead of the temporary and fleeting
experience of Your guNams through Maanasa SaakshAthkAram .
3) Swamy Desikan performs direct SaraNAgathy before
the Paadhukais : " DEveem PaadhukAm PrapadhyE ". He
reminds the Paadhukais that its merciful Lord , who is
the Universal AchArya , has created the routes of Bhakthi
and Prapatthi for our salvation . He has annointed You , His
PaadhukAs , to a status equal to that of Para VidhyA
( Jagath Guru: DayamAna: Svayam dheenAnAm
ThvAm PaadhukA DEveem ParavidhyAmiva arpayathi)....(V.S) .
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
952. api janmani pAdhukE! Parasmin
anaGhaI: karmaBhirIdhrishO BhavEyam
ya imE vinayana rangaBharthu:
samayE thvAm padhayO: samarpayanthi
Oh Paaduka! Previleged are those persons doing pious
services at the Feet of Lord Ranganatha, respectfully
submitting You at the Lord's Feet for being worn! Will
I be ever enabled, by virtue of flawless acts of mine,
to secure another birth to do similar service to the
Lord? Please do grant one such!
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! May I become
one of the fortunate few , who become blessed to present You at
the appropriate times to Your Lord with humility . May I be blessed
with this boon to become sinless and to engage in such services to
you
atleast in my next birth , if I miss that opportunity in this birth .
Swamy Desikan talks about here about the next birth , although
those
who gain moksham through the grace of the PaahdukAs do not have
any more births. This statement is indicative of Swamy Desikan's
special joy in serving RanganAtha through PaadhukA Kaimkaryam
instead of staying in Vaikuntam as a result of attaining Moksham.
Earlier in SrI VaradarAja PanchAsath , Swamy Desikan has stated
in a similar vein that he would prefer to return to this earth to
serve
and enjoy Lord VaradarAjan than staying in Vaikuntam without any
rebirths (Vaikunta VaasEapi na mE abhilAsha: ) . Parasara Bhattar ,
the precocious son of KurEsar , the prime disciple of AchArya
RaamAnujA
also expressed a similar sentiment .It appears that all the servants
of
Ranganatha are equal in status to those , who permanently reside in
SrI Vaikuntam. That is why SrIrangam is known as BhUlOka Vaikuntam .
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! It does not matter
if you do not grant me the Parama PurushArTam of Moksham after
removing my sambhandham with this physical body . It will be
sufficent
for me if You grant me another birth with a body to be born as
the archaka for Lord RanganAtha to present You ( PaadhukAs)
to Him on the prescribed occasions ( Uchitha Kaalams) . Kaimkaryam
to You (Paadhukais) will be sufficent in this earth than Moksham
itself .
Please bless me with the BhAgyam to be born as an Archakar of
Lord Ranganatha . Wherever I am , May I be blessed to be engaged
in uninterrupted kaimkaryam to You .That itself is the equal to
Moksham.
May I be engaged in Bhagavath PaadhukA Kaimkaryam right here
if I do not get to enjoy the BhOgyA adhisayam at SrI Vaikuntam .
3) Oh PadhukE! The ArchakAs of Lord RanganAtha present You
to Him with humility during His Uhtsava Kaala sanchaarams and
during the six Aasana kaalams linked to His AarAdhanams
( PaadhukE ! yE imE vinayEna samayE ThvAm Rangabharthu :
padhayO: samarpayanthi ). Incidentally , The ArchakAs of Lord
RanganAtha belonging to five gOthrams are said to have descended
with their Lord to perform exclusive AarAdhanam for Him . Swamy
Desikan points out that the ArchakAs are rid of all sins through
such Kaimkaryams ( anagai: karmabhi: Idhrusa: ) and prays for
the boon of being born as Lord RanganAthA's archakan in the next
Janmam ( Karmabhi: Idhrusa: parasmin janmani api bhavEyam )...(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
953. parivarthayithA pithAmahAdhIn
thvamivAnanthamasoU vahathyanEhA
aGhunApi na shoUripAdhukE! thvAm
anaGhAlambanamaBhyupaIthi chittham
Oh Lord's Paaduka! Infinite Time has passed from immemorial
beginning, many Brahma-incumbents have come and gone and time goes
on,-as You go on bearing the Lord! But I remain just like this. Oh
Alas! I have not yet learnt to perfect my heart for a meditation,
clinging to You as a good auspicious prop!
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
Slokam 953
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan dwells on
the timeless service that the PaadhukAs do for the Lord such as
supporting the Lord , taking Him on His rounds. He calls those
services Ananta vAhanam in contrast to vahanam , which means
passage of time of specific duration . He says: " Oh Lord's PaadhukE !
Time rolls on and ends the reign of BrahmAs , even if they rule for a
very, very long time. Even their reigns have a finite time elements
built into them. Your rule in contrast has no time boundary . You
perform Your endless service to the Lord without any interruption
across the time scale. May I be blessed with the type of eternal
service that You do from now on, even if my mind has not reached out
to You so far as my blemish-free companion?
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukaE with MahA Vaathsalyam
towards bhaddha Jeevans ! Over countless aeons (Brahma Kalpams ) ,
You create innumerable jeevans ( give new bodies to them after
PraLayam, when they were in a sookshma state) and wait patiently to
see if those embodied Jeevans will now comprehend Your and Iswara
Tatthvams to become liberated from their bound states ( Bhaddha
dasai to Muktha Dasai ). For fulfilling that goal, You carry Your
Lord on Your back so that the embodied Jeevans can have
His darsanam and get uplifted to perform SaraNAgathy at
His sacred feet . Alas ! these Jeevans due to their load of
sins do not take advantage of Your krupA and go round and round
in the whirlpool of SamsAram and Time ( Kaala PravAham) .
They miss to recognize You and are lost in SamsAric afflictions.
I am aslo one of those Paapis , who has been immersed in
the terror-striking waters of SamsAric ocean and have lost you
until now. Now I recognize that You have blessed me as
an excuse for a small good deed that I might have done
regarding Bhagavath-BhAgavatha Kaimkaryams and given me
the intellect to enjoy You ( BhOgyathA Buddhi) and thereby long for
a status , where I can completely cast aside the ruchi for transient
SamsAric pleasures and be immersed in uninterrupted dhyAnam
about Your roopam , Svaroopam and GuNams. Alas ! My mind
however does not stay put in such dhyAnams due to the burden
of my Paapa Raasis . What a Pity ?
3) Oh Souri PaadhukE ! The time cycle of that great grandfather ,
Brahma Devan creating innumerable embodied souls is almost
endless . Your time of service to Your Lord however is endless
( PitAmahAdheen parivarthayithA asou anEhA Thvamiva anantham
vahathi). Even after all these times , my poor mind does not stay
firm in meditating on Your glories to gain salvation ( adhunA api
chittham anaga aalamBanam ThvAm na abhyupaithi) ...(V.S)
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
954. kamalADhyuShithE niDhoU nirIhE
sulaBhE thiShTathi rangakOshamaDhyE
thvayi thathprathilamBhanE sThithAyAm
paramanvicChathi pAdhukE! manO mE
Oh Paaduka! The Lord is a treasure, invested with Sri, namely, the
Goddess of wealth. This treasure has no want; it is so fully endowed
with all one can ask for. It lies almost securely safe-guarded, under
Ranga-vimana. And for me to secure it, You are there to help.
Nevertheless, this heart of mine goes in vain search of someone or
something, the very antithesis of this treasure! Alas! what to do?
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here , Swamy Desikan
expresses his sense of anguish over his mind running all over the
place except to the site , where the Supreme Lord and His PaadhukAs
are residing under the Ranga Vimanam . He says : " Oh PaadhukE !
Your Lord is beyond all desires . He has every thing. He is the One ,
who removes our desires for material and mundane , which affect
our spiritual progress. Since there is nothing that is superior
to Him , we get our desires for other things eliminated . When we
have to engage our mind in that Supreme object , which gives every
kind of boon, I do not understand why my mind drags me to nonlasting
things , which can never match up to the eternal Lord. He is like
a golden treasure and you are able to bring that treasure in front
of us. Why does my mind then get distracted by other impermanent
and sorrow-producing things ?
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam :Swamy Desikan expresses
his nirvedam here by recalling that his mind is steeped in in
SamsAric activities , which cause nothing but sorrow , while
the SaThAri ( PaadhukA of the Lord) is there to create
the Sambhandham ( links) to the all powerful Lord of Srirangam ,
who is the divine consort of MahA Lakshmi , who is the grantor of
every kind of wealth . Swamy Desikan compares his sorrowful
status to that of a poverty stricken human being engaged in paltry
efforts to earn a small amount of money , while he knows about
the existence of a great treasure , which can be unearthed with
the help of a manthravAthi ( who knows the code ).
3) Oh PaadhukE ! RanganAtha is a Nidhi ( treasure) ; this nidhi
is easy to access and it has nothing to desire for ( avAptha samastha
Kaamathvam) . While such a magnificent treasure with MahA Lakshmi
is there at he centre of Ranga VimAnam ( KamalAdhyushithE nireehE
sulabhE nidhou kOsa madhyE thishtathi sathi) and while , You (
Paadhukai)
are like the magician who can reveal that Nidhi , my mind runs after
useless other things ( Thvayi sTitAyAm mE mana: param anvicchathi)...
(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
955. yadhyapyaham tharaLaDhIsthava na smrEyam
na smarthumarhathi kaTham BhavathI svayam mE
vathsE vihArakuthukam kalayathyavasThA
kA nAma kEshavapadhAvani! VathsalAyA:
Oh Lord's Paaduka! Well I have moved away from You, in my
vacillation, without a thought for You. Let it be so. How come that
You ignore me? When a calf that is in the suckling stage has gone
away astray in its playful movements, what does the mother-cow do?
Should You not restore me to You?
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan ( V.S):
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Kesava PaadhukE !
Due to my agitated state of mind and its fickle nature , I may
fail to think about You .Even then , You should think of me
like the cow , which hastens to the side of the calf to feed it ,
even if the calf forgets to nourish itself due to its concentration
in playing . ( Swamy Desikan begs the Paadhukais here to
think of him and bless him even if he forgets to think of Them .
He says that their overwhelming affection should overlook his
lapses and forgive him ).
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE , who has
abundant love for those , who seek Your refuge ! When we think
about the Cow that has given birth protects its new calf with
unwavering
attention and runs after it , whenever the calf strays away from
it ,
Your ( Paadhukais's) limitless Jn~Anam , Vaathsalyam , DayA
should be protecting me with vigour and chase away all my sins.
It is not fair of You to ignore me and let me be the victim of all
the enemies , which stand in my way of attaining the sacred
feet of Your Lord.
3) Oh Kesava PaadhukE , the most merciful One ! YOu may
choose to ignore me ( na smarEyam yadhyapi) . How can You
not think about me ( Bhavathee svayam mE na smarthum kaTam
arhathi? ). Your status and mood should be like the Mother Cow
who runs after the calf , who gets distracted by play and fails
to nourish itself ( VathsE vihAra kuthukam kalayathi sathi,
VathsalAyA: aavasTA kaa nAma ? )...(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
956. mAtharmukundhakaruNamapi nihnuvAnAth
kim vA param kimapi kilbiShathO madhIyAth
gADam gruhIthacharaNAgamanApadhEshAth
thathprEraNapraNayinI thava chEnna lIlA
Oh Mother Paaduka! If You were to pronounce that my sin is so
powerful, let me tell You this:-You get hold of the Lord's Feet
firmly and take Him over to various places in the pretext of His
strolls all around. It is Your sport to help me too! If this were
absent, then it only means that my sin, that compels me to refuse
and negate the Karuna of the Lord, the Moksha-giver, is the greatest
force on earth! How else will I be denied the Lord's grace in spite
of Your effort?
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan
SlOkam 956
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Citing the excuse of Your Lord's
external travel , You tightly cling to Your Lord's feet and make
sure thaT He comes my way . If I do not have Your intervention , my
huge sins will prevent Him from showing mercy to me. You bring Him
over to me and that serves as my atonement to banish my sins .If
you did not help, I will be unhappy and complain that Your Lord is
merciless. How can I then praise adequately Your help ?
2) SrImath Andavan anubhavam : Oh PaadhukE ! You have
unlimited affection (Vaathsalyam ) for me.Due to my limited
intellect and unlimited sufferings , I assessed that You are
indifferent to me and spoke rudely to you and complained that
You are indifferent . Please pardon me for this apachAram.
My sins are huge. The Lord is there to forgive the sinners
and is ready to confer Bhogam and Mosham due to His
limitless dayA . My Paapams however prevent the Lord's
sahaja krupA coming my way . At this juncture , You perform
a MahOpakAram . You use the external excuse of bringing PerumAL
out of His sanctum for ullAsa sanchAram and hold on to His sacred
feet tightly and pray for my upliftment . You make it possible for
me, who did not get inside the Lord's temple and bring the Lord
before me to chase away my paapams . If you had not taken this
initative , there would be no sambhandham between me and my
Lord ; He would have ignored me and that would have led to
my total destruction . My paapams would have won in that case.
Swamy Desikan expresses sorrow (nirvEdham ) over the power of
his paapams for our sake .
3) SWamy Desikan states that there is nothing more exalted than
the DayA of the Paadhukai that propells it to intervene on behalf of
the bhaddha Jeevans and make the recommendations to
the Lord . He queries in a rhetorical sense : Is there anything
superior than the DayA of the Paadhukais to achieve the Lord's
intervention ? ( Param kimapi kim vaa? ). The Paadhukai uses
the excuse of taking the Lord for a walk and holds tightly to His
feet during that sanchAram ( gamanApadEsAth ghADam gruhItha
charaNA ). The eager Paadhukai egg the Lord to engage in His role
as the protector of all paapis ( Tath PrEraNa praNayinee Tava
leelA ). If that intervention and appeal were not there , then there
would be no hope of gaining moksham by the samsAris ( prEraNa
praNayanee Tava leela na chEth , Mukundha: Mu Ku na dadhAthi) ...
(V.S)
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
957. kshIbhAsi kAnchanapadhAvani! KaITaBhArE:
pAdhAravindhamakarandhaniShEvaNEna
dhEvi! (dhaIvAth) thvadhanthikajuSha: kaThamanyaThA mE
dhInAksharANi na shruNOShi dhayADhikA thvam
Oh Devi Gold Paaduka! You perhaps, have got intoxicated with honey
from the Lord's Lotus Feet. How elese You, with Your great mercy
quality, remain heedless to my pathetic words from near You!
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 957
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Golden Paadhukais of the Lord !
You seem to be intoxicated from the drinking of the honey from the
lotus
feet of Your Lord . Otherwise , DEvi , how can I explain or
understand
Your neglect of my dire pleas ? Normally , You are very
compassionate
and respond fast to the cries of Your devotees .( Swamy Desikan
begged
the Paadhukais to bring the Lord before him . They acted as though
they
never heard him . He expresses his sorrow and disappointment in
this slOkam ).
2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! I am a MahA Paapi ,
who dare not approach You . Inspite of that , due to Bhagavan's
anugraham ,
I have been empowered to approach You . My sins have not been
banished
however even after seeking You as my refuge. I am standing next to
You and
crying with agitated voice about my unbearable samsAric sufferings.
How come
those pleas are not falling on Your ears ? I can not say that You
are indifferent
because You are heartless . You are indeed the embodiment of DayA.
I can not also assess that You do not have the power to eliminate my
sorrows .
Among the three items needed for rakshaNam , Jn~Anam , DayA and
Sakthi
are included. Since You have DayA and Sakthi in abundance , it must
be the lack
of Jn~Anam about my sufferings that must be interfering with Your
rush to protect
me. I am sure that you did not reject me purposely . I surmise that
It is your
total immersion in the aanandhAnubhavam arising from Your drinking
the madhu associated with Your Lord's lotus feet makes You oblivious
of me .My cries of suffering (Aaartha Dhvani) has therefore escaped
Your ears. There are also external signs ( golden color of Yours and
the lustre of Your body ) that shows off and are linkable to the
golden
pollen despositing on You from the Lord's lotus feet . It is only my
paapa raasis that make You deaf to my soulful cries seeking Your
intervention !
3) Oh golden PaadhukA Devi , who is the PaadhukA of the Lord ,
who destroyed the asuran , KaiDaban ( KaiDabhArE: Kaacnana
PadhAvani DEvi ) ! You are in a state of intoxication from
the consumption of the honey associated with Your Lord's
lotus feet ( KaidabhArE: Paadharavindha makarandha
nishEvaNEna ksheeBA asi). If that were not so (anyaTA) ,
You filled with DayA by svabhAbhAvam ( dayAdhikA Thvam )
will not be indifferent to me standing next to You ( Thvanthikajusha:
mE ) and ignore my heart rending cries for rescue (dheenAksharANi
kaTam na sruNOshi )? ....(V.S) .
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
958. mAthasthvadharpithaBharasya mukundhapAdhE
BhadhrEtharANi yadhi nAma Bhavanthi BhUya:
KIrthi: prapannaparirakshaNadhIkshithAyA:
Kim na thrapEtha thava kAnchanapAdharakshE
Oh Mother Gold Paaduka! I have had, by You, deposited my burden at
the Feet of Mukunda, the Moksha-giver. If under this circumstance,
something not good, not auspicious, occurs to me, what is to happen
to Your great reputation as a saviour of Prapannas? Would that
reputation not be sullied to become shame-faced?
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
slOkam 958
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh Golden PaadhukA , Oh Mother !
I do not think Your reputation as the One , who delivers the Jeevans
at the feet of the Lord as a part of their SaraNAgathy is sullied .
You have vowed to protect the PrapannAs . Hence , I am not worried
about being abandoned. No inauspiciousness will come to me because
of Your established reputation as a protector of those , who have
perfromed BharanyAsam . I have unswerving faith in You to take me to
the Lord's sacred feet to be blessed with the fruits of BharanyAsam .
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam : Oh Golden Paadhukais with
the determination to grant BhOga-mOkshams to those , who perform
SaraNAgathy unto You ! With Your mighty sipArsu , You have placed
the burden of my protection at the sacred feet of Your Lord. After
becoming the object of both of Your protection , if any
inauspiciousness occurs, it will be a slander to both of Your
keerthi and Vaibhavam . There will be damage to Your Keerthi (
Keerthi hAni) as a result of such lapses of failing to protect a
SaraNAgathan. It must indeed be my pApams that make You ignore me
unmindful of the damage to Your reputaton as unfailing SaraNAgatha
Rakshakan .
3) Oh Mother ! Oh Golden PaadhukE ( Maatha: Kaanchana PaadhukE ) !
You have placed me at the sacred feet of the Lord ,
who is the grantor of BhOgams in this world and Moksham
in the other world ( Mukundha PaadhE Thvadharpitha Bhara: ) .
After reaching this coveted state as a Prapannan ,
who has performed Bhara samarpaNam ,
any inauspiciousness encountered by me ( BhUya :
bhadrEtharANi bhavanthi yadhi nAma ) in the post-prapatthi
state will affect Your reputation as the celebrated One
vowed to protecting ParapannAs ( Prapanna parirakshaNa
dheekshithAyA: tava Keerthi: na trapEtha kim ? ) ...(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
959. dhoUvArikadhvirasanaprabalAntharAyaI-
dhUryE padhAvani! DhurADyabilapravEshaI:
thadhrangaDhAmanirapAyaDhanOttharAyAm
thvayyEva vishramaya mamkshu manOraTham mE
Oh Paaduka! I should not suffer at the hands of snake-like gate-
keepers of the mole-hills of rich persons, in my efforts to get a
few coppers for my living. The most valuable perennial treasure that
Sri Ranganatha is, rests in You of admitted greatness. My prayer now
is that You make my craving to rest in You; please grant it at once!
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 959
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here, Swamy Desikan describes
the kind of inauspicousness that will not come his way due to the
grace of the Paadhukais. One of the inauspiciousness that Swamy
Desikan feared is that of entering the house of the wicked wealthy
to request money from them to make a living . Swamy says: " The
houses of the wicked wealthy are in reality the residence of
poisonous snakes. Rich are the big snakes with the twin tongues.
They say one thing and do not stick to it the next time. When You
are in Srirangam blessed by the permanent wealth known as
RanganAtha , I do not need to enter the house of the haughty rich ;
I will turn my attention to You and fulfill my heart's desires . May
Thou keep me restful quickly in Your shade !
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! There are those ,
who deluded by their wealth do not realize that wealth is
perishable and their exalted status and riches are transient .
Forgetting these facts, they become haughty and arrogant. Even the
servant in front of such rich men insult the visitors with harsh
words just like their masters. Entering their houses is like
entering the abode of poisonous snakes . One is terrorized
over the thought of entering the houses of these haughty rich and
coming out of them safely . It is the poverty and desire for wealth
makes the SamsAris enter the houses of these kings of misers .
It is indeed a delorable state. Wont You keep us away from the
houses of the rich and direct us towards the house of Your Lord ,
who is sarva sulabhan and the possessor of undiminishing auspicious
wealth of every kind ? Thus laments Swamy Desikan .
3) Oh PadhAvani ! I am saddened by my decisions to enter
the doors of the arrogant rich guarded by the hissing snake like
door keepers ( dhouvArika dhvirasana praBalAntarAyai:
dhurADya Bhila pravEsai : aham dhUyE ). To remove my sorrows
arising from my pravEsam into the houses of the arrogant rich ,
You must fix my firm attention and desire with Your Lord ,
the source of all undiminishing riches ( Tath RangadhAma nirapAya
dhana uttharAyAm , manoraTam munkshu visramaya)....(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
960. vyAmuhyathAm thriviDhathApamayE niDhAGhE
mAyAvishEShajanithAsu marIchikAsu
samspruShtashoUricharaNA charaNAvani! thvam
sThEyA svayam Bhavasi nascharamE pumarThE
Oh Paaduka! In the world of Samsara, which is a sultry summer, in
which the three heats afflict us, we seek relief from the mirages of
sense-experiences, that are a consequence of Maya or Moolaprakriti
with its manifestations of sound, etc. At this moment of
disillusion, You cling to the Feet of the Lord firmly and declare to
us, `This is the Supreme Goal of Life'. It allays all our doubts and
we secure a steadfastness.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkma 960
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukE ! We suffer from
the three afflictions -- AdhyAthmikA , AadhiboudhikA and
Adhidhaivika --of SamsArA and are emaciated by the heat of Maaya
based on the admixture of Rajas , Tamas and Satthva . We get lost in
this mirage. You take Your hands and touch Your Lord's feet and show
them to us very clearly. You point out that those holy feet are the
highest goal for us so that we can get relief from the three
samsAric afflictions and feel cool and comfortable . You bless us
with that type of true knowledge.
2) SrIamth Andavan's anubhavam: Due to the power of our ancient
karmAs, we are bound by the three guNams and engage in pursuit of
transient and perishable things linked to SamsAram . We have hence
nothing but sorrows and pain. We run after the mirage and tire. At
this time of our suffering, You point out Your Lord's sacred feet to
which You are linked and identify them as Parama PurushArTam ( the
ultimate goal of life ). You show us that those sacred feet are our
upAyam and phalan for overcoing samsAric sufferings . Inspite of all
these efforts on Your part, we do not learn and get tossed around in
the waves of SamsAram . What a pity ?
3)Oh CharaNAvani ! You are touching the sacred feet of the Lord
( Thvam samsprushta Souri charaNA ). We are deluded by the mirages
of the summer of samsAram as a result of our exposures to
the three kinds of tApams ( Thrividha TaapamayE nidhAdhE ,
mAyaa visEsha janithAsu mareechikAsu vyAmuhyathAm na: ).
For suffering souls like us , Oh PaadhukE ! You serve as
the remover of the doubts about which real pools of water to drink
for gaining Moksham and to stay away from the mischevous mirages
( charamE pumarTE svayam sTEyA bhavasi) ...(V.S).