Padhuka Sahasram-500
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• January 22, 2002
Sri: SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha, Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin: 500. rathnapraBhApatalachakramanOharA thvam padhmAruNam padhamidham thvayi rangaBharthu: manyE thadhEthadhuBhayam maNipAdharakshE! chakrAbjamaNdalamakinchanarakshaNArham Oh Manipaaduka! You describe a circle of lustrous halo of supreme charm. The Lord's Feet present a picture of lotuses of red hue. The circle and lotus constitute, to my mind, a Chakrabja mandala, for the technique of securing Your protection by one ill-equipped for disciplined Bhakti yoga! Namo Narayana, SriMuralidhara Dasan Special Notes by V.Satakopan (V.S): Slokam 500: 1) UtthamUr Swamy `s anubhavam: Oh Gem-bedecked PaadhukE ! The rays associated with Your gems encircle the Lord's feet in the form of a disc(chakra). Your Lord's feet inside the circle is like a lotus (abhjam ) that has just blossomed. When the disc and the lotus inside are seen together , it makes one think of "ChakrAbhja MaNDalam " used in the Paancharaathra Aagam by those , who wish to obtain the boon of Moksham without practising bhakthi Yogam. Swamy Desikan reminds us of a route adopted by some, who can not observe the rigorous bhakthi Yogam for Moksha Siddhi. Such people offer their worship to a Yanthram(geometric pattern) consisting of a lotus inside a disc(ChakrAbhja MaNDalam ). The worship of that maNDalam in temples according to PaancharAthra aagamam rules has been recommended as an easy route to gain Moksham . 2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is that when one worships Swamy NammAzhwAr, the creator of the gem-like paasurams , known for their uniterrupted devotion to the Lord, those bhAgyasAlis become qualified to enjoy Sriya: pathi. 3)Oh PaadhukE! You are beautiful to behold with the circle of radiant rays (Thvam rathna PrabhA chakra paDala manOharA ). Your brilliant rays cover Your Lord's feet and redden them to remind one of the hue of the fully blossomed lotus . The entire image looks like the ChakrAbhja maNDalam with the union of Yourself with Your Lord (Ubhayam chakrAbhja MaNDalam manyE ). Why this imagery of ChakrAbhja MaNdalam ? The presence of Lotus inside the chakra maNdalam is intended for the protection of those , who do not have the full soubhAgyam to perform aarAdhanam to the Lord as established by SaasthrAs ( Akinchana RakshaNArham ChakrAbhja ManDalam manyE )Â… (V.S). -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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