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SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

777. antharmOhAdhavidhithavathAmAthmathatthvam yaThAvath
padhyAmithTham parichithavathAm pAdhukE! pApalOkyam
nithyam BhakthEranuguNathayA nAThapAdham BhajanthyoU
niShTE sAkshAth svayamiha yuvAm jnAnakarmAthmikE na:

Oh Twin-Paaduka! We suffer from an inner darkness not being properly 
enlightened about the nature of atma (and paramatma); thus we are 
being led on the path to the hell, quite regularly too! You two serve 
like the two disciplines, of Jnana and Karma, to enable us to reach 
the Lord's Feet by a suitable path of Bhakti.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 777

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: In this SamsAram ,
human beings committ many sins nad develop delusions 
about the true nature of the Self and its relation
to the body that houses it. If one has to overcome 
this delusion , one has to practise Bhakti Yogam
and recognize the Self residing in the cave of the heart.
This visualization is known as JeevAthma SaakshAthkAram,
one of the steps towards Moksham.Both Karma and Jn~Ana Yogis
are required to attain JeevAthma SaakshAthkAram.The fruits
of both Karma Yogam and Jn~Ana Yogam should be submitted 
passively (Saathvika ThyAgam) to the Lord to progress
towards MOksham.Hence , Karma and Jn~Ana Yogams 
are united together as a pair , similar to the pair of
PaadhukAs united to the Lord's holy feet. Hence , Swamy 
Desikan equates the pair of Paadhukais to Karma and Jn~Ana
YogAs and says:" Oh Paadhukais! The mind of a deluded man 
does not understand the true relationship between JeevAthmA ,
the physical body that houses it and the ParamAthmA. 
Such a deluded one accumulates sins and muddles through 
life without the benefit of true knowledge . Oh Paadhukais
decorating the right and left foot of the Lord!You bless 
the deluded ones to practise Bhakti Yogam through the routes
of Karma and Jn~Ana Yogams and to perform Saathvika thyAgam 
at the end of those Yogams to attain the Lord's Thiruvadi.
I therefore consider You as the pair of Yogams--Karma and 
Jn~Ana YogAm--that enable one to attain true knowledge
and Moksham.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! SaasthrAs say that
Jeevan has to perform Karma and Jn~Ana Yogams , experience 
JeevAthma SaakshAthkAram and go on thereafter to Bhakthi yOgam
to gain Moksham. For us the deluded SamsAris, who are trammelled by 
worldly desires , It appears that Both of You (Paadhukais) 
have taken on the form of Karma and Jn~Ana Yogams and reached 
PerumAl's ThiruvadikaL to save us from our miseries caused by
SamsAric afflictions.

3)Oh PaadhukE! Due to ignorance about the true Tathtvams 
(Tatthva Jn~Ana SoonyALs) , one does not comprehend the true
relationship between JeevAthmA and ParamAthmA( AntharmOhAth 
aathma Tatthvam yaTAvath avidithavidhAm asmAkam).That ignorance
leads to travelling on paths leading to narakam ( ittham paapa-
lOkyAm padhyAm parichithavathAm na:). For such of us struggling
in this universe, You help us by staying at the feet of BhagavAn
in the form of Karma and Jn~Ana Yogams to help us meditate on
Your Lord's sacred feet and thereby gain Moksham via Bhakthi
mArgam ( iha BhakthE: anuguNatayA NaaTa paadham nithyam svayam
bhajanthyau saakshAth Jn~Ana-KarmAthmikE nishTe sTa:)..(V.S). 








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