Padhuka Sahasram-282
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• August 16, 2000
Sri: SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha, Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin: 282. sanchArayanthI padhamanvathiShTa: sahAyakruthyam maNipAdharakshE! mAthasthvamEkA manuvamshagOpthurgOpAyathO goUthamaDharmadhArAn Oh Mother Manipaaduka! When Rama, the great protector born in the Manu race, walked through and, in the process saved the wife of Sage Goutama, You alone were His assistant. (There was none else; the dust from You fell on the stone and generated life as a Rishi-patni). Namo Narayana, SriMuralidhara Dasan Special Notes By V.Satakopan (V.S): ************************************ 1) Sri Abhinava Desika UttamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Mother PaadhukE !You alone removed the curse on AhalyA , the wife of sage GautamA . A speck of dust associated with You fell on her and transformed her from being a stone into the beautiful woman that she was before the curse of her husband. You helped RaamachandrA to perform this miracle. You directed Him to the hermitage of GauthamA and accomplished this mission all by Yourself. Here, Swami Desikan hints that the merciful acts of the Lord are prompted by His caring consort.Her goading may not be transparent , but without Her initiative , our Lord will not confer His blessings and complete His work of protection .Here , Swami Desikan implies that PadhukA Devi was responsible for liberating AhalyA from Her state as a stone. His reasoning is that the speck of dust that performed this miracle could only have come from the Padhukai , since the Lord's feet by themselves could not have generated that speck. Lord's feet are not in contact with the ground (in the PaadhukA clad state) to generate the dust particles directly. 2) HH Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PadhukE! It is only Your help that made it possible for Sri Raaamachandran to reach the place , where Ahalyai was resting as a stone and to bless Her to overcome the currse of her husband. The inner meaning is that without the help of the AchAryAs , it would be impossible for PerumAL to take the chEthanams to Parama Padham as the muktha jeevans. 3) Here Raamachandran is saluted as "Manu Vamsa GopthA" or the protector of the lineage of Manu. Even that glory is exceeded by the Paadhukais that assist with the SanchAram of the Lord . One instance of the display of that glory is when the dust particle with the sambhandham of the Sri Raama Paadhukai brought back AhalyA from her stony(transfixed) state into that of the beautiful human form as the wife of Sage GautamA . Swamy Desikan singles out the MahOpakAram and power of the Paadhukai this way : " thvam yEkA Gouthama dharmadhArAn gOpaayatha:" ( You alone saved the dharma pathni of Sage Gouthamarfrom her helpless state )..V.S --------------------------------------------------------------------http://click.egroups.com/1/8398/5/_/716111/_/966462205/ --------------------------------------------------------------------|e>- -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@eGroups.com Visit http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/ for more information
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