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SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

Dear Bhaktas,

As of today, Sri Satakopan Swamin and adiyen have completed the 
coverage of verse 800 of the Padhuka Sahasram. Coincidentally, this 
happens to conclude the 25th Paddhati of the Padhuka Sahasram. The 
number 25 is sacred due to the following reasons.

(1) It is the number of aksharams in the Dvaya Mantram, which 
advocates the doctrine of unconditional total surrender to His Lotus 
Feet, a concept systematized into a science by Swami NammAzhwar, 
Swami Alavandar, Sri Ramanujacharya, and Swami Desikan.

(2) Ma, the 25th letter of the Devanagari alphabet is the EkAksharam 
for Thayar. As a result of Her eternal oneness with Lord Narayana, 
the Lord begets the name Madhavan. Furthermore, the role of Thayar in 
the process of granting refuge to desirous Prapannas has been greatly 
extolled by Swami Alavandar in the Chatushloki 
salutation "prapannaItikasthOshyAmyaham nirBhayO:" and "Sri ithyE 
vachanamathE Bhagavati brUma katham thvAm vayam" (One lifetime is 
insufficient to fully comprehend the six meanings underlying the name 
Sri, i.e., shriyathE, shrayathE, shruNOthi, shrAvayathi, shruNAthi, 
and sriNAthi). Sri Ramanujacharya waxes eloquent in the opening 
salutation of the SharaNagati Gadyam eulogizing Thayar as "nithya 
anapAyinIm", "aKhila jaganmAtharam asman mAtharam" "ananya sharaNa: 
sharaNamaham prapadhyE". Swami Desikan follows the lead of these 
great Acharyas "shrEyOmUrthim shriyama sharaNasthvAm sharaNyAm 
prapadhyE".

(3) It has great significance in the context of the name Rama: Ra is 
the second aksharam in the sequence "ya ra la..." and ma is the fifth 
aksharam in the sequence "pa pha bha Bha ma". Taken together this 
produces 25. According to Mahavidwan Paramapada Vasi Sri Mukkur 
Lakshminarasimhachariar Swamin, when uttered once the word Rama 
produces the effect of 2x5=10. When uttered three times as Rama Rama 
Rama, this produces the effect of 10x10x10=1000 corresponding to the 
1000 names of the Lord contained in the Vishnu sahasranamam. 

It is instructive to note that Lord Rama is glorified by Swami 
Desikan as "DharmO vigrahavan", "sakruth prapanna jana samrakshaNa 
dIkshitha", "sakruth prapannajanathA samrakshaNaIka vrathi", "karuNa 
kAkuthstha", "sakrudhavEkshaNath thath kshaNAth" all of which are 
intended to bring home the message underlying Lord Rama's Charma 
shlokam message from the Ramayanam "sakradhEva prapannAya thava 
AsmIthichayAchathE aBhayam sarvaBhUthEBhyO dhadhAmyEthath vratham 
mama".

(4) 25 is the number of salutations used by Swami Desikan in the Sri 
Stuthi.

Seeking refuge in these assurances and declarations from the most 
venerable Acharyas, we offer prayers to the Divine Couple, Swami 
NammAzhwar, Swami Desikan, and our Acharyas for successful completion 
of the Padhuka Sahasram Kaimkaryam.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan






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