Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
917. yAma: shrayanthi yAm DhatthE yaIna yAthyAya yAccha yA
yA asya mAnAya yaI vAnyA sA mAmavathu pAdhukA
May that PAADUKA protect me-
Which Vishnu takes up,
Which bears Vishnu on itself,
Which moves about because of Vishnu
Which is for Vishnu
Which originated from Vishnu for His purpose,
Which secures a respectability for Vishnu,
Which is attainable to us from (at) Vishnu
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
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SlOkam 917: Summary of UtthamUr Swamy's special comments :
This slOkma is set up in the chithra poetry type known as
" Vivakshitha anEka naama vachanam " style. AnEka nAma
Vanchanam means the deception ( illusion) caused by
the inability to split the phrases in to their many forms through
the clever use of the seven case terminations defined by
the rules of the Sanskrit grammar.
Swamy Desikan uses the first letter of the alphabet "A "
denoting VishNu and uses all of its seven vibhakthis (case
terminations) successively. This type of use of the seven
vibhathis makes anyone stumble except Swamy Desikan ,
when they attempt to split the verse in to individual words
with appropraite meanings and ascending vibhakthis. The unique
genius of Swamy Desikan is abundantly seen in this slOkam
construction in front of Lord RanganAtha in the late hours of
the night as he races towards completion of the 1008 slOkams
of SrI RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram :
yAma: srayathi yAmm dhatthE yaina yAthyAya yAccha yaa
yA sya mAnAya yai vaanyA saa maamavathu PaadhukA (917)
The proper split of words is as follows: " (Yaamm A : srayathi ) ,
(Yaa Amm dhatthE ), (Yaa yEna yaathi) , (aaya Yaa) , (aath) ,
(cha) , (yaa) , ( Yaa asya maanAya ) , ( yaa ya vaanyA ) ithi
padhacchEdha:
The fundamental principle behind this slOkam is the statement
" akArENOchyathE VishNu: SarvalOkEswarO Hari: " (i-e) VishNu
is represented by the letter " A" and He is the Supreme Lord
of all the worlds . The difficulty in splitting the first two words
of the slOkam ( Yaama: srayathi) is an illustration of this chithra
category of poetry recognized as "Vivakshitha anEka nAma
vanchanam" . The split of "Yaama: srayathi " in to meaningful
combination of " Yaam A: srayathi " is not at all obvious in
the beginning . Same situation is experienced in the remaining
section of this verse to fit the rules of this type of chithra
poetry .
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: What VishNu reaches out to ,
Which supports VishNu , which is moved by VishNu , which becomes
VishNu , Which becomes the possession of VishNu , Which appeared
from VishNu , Which is of utmost value to VishNu , which can be
obtained from VishNu , May the pair of that AkAra Vachyan's PaadhukAs
protect adiyEn !
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! I am of limited intellect
(aj~nan) and have no resources to protect myself ( akinchanan). I
have
become your object of protection (aasrithan). You on the other hand
have the Svaroopam , Sthithi and vyApAram dedicated to Your Lord
alone.
As a result , your Lord is very pleased with You and holds You dear
to Him.
You are indeed blesed. Please bless me with Tathva Jn~Anam and
Bhagavath PurushakArathvam .
3) NigaNDu states: " AkaarO VishNu vAchaka: ". The letter "A "
stands for VishNu. All the seven cases of "A" , the VishNu Vaakyam
are hidden in the seven words of this SlOkam :
a) A: yAmm srayathi = The Lord , who adorns the PaadhukAs during
His sanchAra Kaalam ..
b) Yaa Am dhatthE = The Paadhukai , which carries the Lord
c) Yaa ( PaadhukA ) yaathi = the Paadhukai which is enabled to
travel wit Him by the Lord
d) Yaa aaya = The PaadhukA , which is for the exclusive use of
the Lord ..
e) Yaa aath = The PaadhukA , which originate from Him
f) Yaa asya MaanAya = The PaadhukA , which is for His PoojA
as a SamarpaNa vasthu
g) Yaa yE vaanyA = The PaadhukA , which is the most fit for
devotion to the Lord
All the seven cases ( Vibhakthis) are thus connected to the Lord .
May those Paadhukais of the Lord having its Svaroopam , Sthithi
and vyApAram/Pravrutthi protect adiyEn ( Saa tadhadheena PaadhukA
Maam avathu ) !
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