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SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

983. jnAnakriyABhajanasImavidhUravrutthE
        vaIdhEshikasya thadhavApthikruthAm guNAnAm
        moULoU mamAsi maDhusUdhanapAdhukE! Thvam
        gangEva hantha pathithA viDhinAiva pAngO:

Oh Lord's Paaduka! I am at the farthest distance from the 
commencement stage (a border) of the three paths based on Jnana, 
Karma and Bhakti. Not only that: certain fundamental qualities are 
recognized as essential equipment for one to embark on Jnana-type of 
paths; for example, learning self-restraint, continence, etc. I am 
distanced from such qualities as much to a foreign country. (I do 
not live where these qualities exist!). Yest, You have condescended 
to sit on my head. Yes, if the Ganga descends down on a lame man's 
head, who can object?

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan


Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S): 
 
SlOkam 983
 
1) UtthamUr Swamy's  anubhavam: After speaking about the gains
attained by the righteous people through the  worship of the 
PaadhukAs, Swamy  Desikan describes his experience . He says : Oh 
Madhusoodhana PaahukE! I am far away from the boundaries of Jn~Ana , 
Karma and Bhakthi yOgAs. My conduct is such that I am far from the 
country ruled by forbearance, control of the faculty of senses and 
other codes of conduct practised by the righteous. In short, I am 
low in the totem pole of those, who seek spiritual advancement and 
yet the placement of Yourself ( PadhukAs) on my head makes me 
exhilirated like a lame man on whose head the waters of Ganga fall 
due to a providential decree". The lame man thinks of journeying to 
the site , where river Ganga flows to take his holy bath. He could 
not however travel there due to his physical handicap. At  this 
juncture , Ganga DEvi comes to him and bathes him. Swamy 
Desikan equates his experience to that of the lame man.  
 
 
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: This slOkam is about the nirhEthuka
KrupA of the Paadhukais. He says : "Madhusoodahana PaadhukE ! 
Your Lord for reasons known to Him connected to some good deed 
performed by the jeevan  in a previous birth creates SadArchya 
Sambhandham. That link saves the Jeevan from SamsAram. We can only 
decribe this rare good fortune only  as avyAjam and an unanticipated 
bhAgyam. We can not research the reasons for it and can only call it 
nirhEthukam.   
 
3)Oh Madhusoodahna PaadhukE! I am the lame one , who is far from
the shores of Jn~Ana, Karam and Bhakthi yOgams ( aham Jn~Ana, kriyA ,
Bhajana yOga seema vidhura vrutthikAran ). I am the lame one , who 
is far away from those aathma guNams that lead to the successful 
practise of any one of these three yOgams ( aham Tath avApthi 
kruthAm guNAnAm  vaidEsikan ). On this lame man's head , Oh 
PaadhukE, You sit like the river Ganga's pravAham due to poorva 
janma sukrutham (Mama mouLou pangO: mouLou GangEva vidhinaiva 
pathithAsi. Hantha!). 




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