Padhuka Sahasram-402
From the Bhakti List Archives
• June 20, 2001
Sri: SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha, Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin: 402. viShNOrasmin padhasarasijE vrutthiBhEdhaIrvichithraI- raIdhamparyam nigamavachasAmaIkakaNTayEna sidDham itTham pumsAmanipuNaDhiyAm pAdhukE! thvam thadhEva spruShtvA sathyam vadhasi niyatham manjunA shinjithEna Oh Paaduka! The Lotus Feet of the Lord have a variegated vista of activities, which are praised by the Vedic words, but they all have one meaning-even when appearing varied. What You proclaim, I think, by means of Your pleasing Nada, is a kind of swearing in the name of the Lotus Feet, touching them too!-to tell, in an assuring way, even to the incapable dunces, to the effect that all Vedas speak only of these Lotus Feet of the Supreme Power! Namo Narayana, SriMuralidhara Dasan Special Notes by V. Sadagopan (VS): Slokam 402 (1) Utthamur Swamy's anubhavam: Swami Desikan referred to the pledge made by PaadhukAs in the previous verse to compose PadhukA Sahasram through him. Here Swamy Desikan describes another pledge made by the Paadhukais to establish the unquestionable supremacy of VishNu through their beautiful patterns of Naadham. He says: " Oh PaadhukE! You do a great service through Your pledge to help the dim-witted understand the supremacy of VishNu through Your own direct service to Him. You articulate that message through the naadham arising from the jingling of the bells and the gems decorating You. Your message is that VishNu's lotus feet are the essence of all the four vEdAs. You explain that the different methodologies –SaamAnyam , VisEsham , Yogam , roodi , aparyavAsanA , Vritti , LakshaNai and GouNai—adopted by the VedAs converge at the feet of Your Lord . Thus vEdAs sing in unison and establish the paramountcy of Your Lord .You interpret this truth through naadha yogam for the unsophisticated populace." SaamAnyam et al are vEdic techniques to establish the supremacy of VishNu NaarAyanan. (2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: When the Lord adorns You and moves around, the naadham emanating from You appears like the Upanishads use the methodologies of Sakthi , Lakshanai et al to declare in unison the supremacy of Your Lord , through the act of swearing as it were , by touching His feet . (3) Swamy Desikan chooses two words here ( Iydampharyam and Eika kaNDyam) to suggest that the naadham originating from the Paadhukais declaring the supremacy of the Lord is like all of the upanishads expressing their most important conclusion (nigama-vachasAm iydamparyam) thru unison of all their wonderous methodologies (vichithrai: vrutthibhEdai: eikakaNDyEna siddham). The purpose of the naadhams generated by the Paadhukais remind Swamy Desikan of the scene , where the Upanishads touch the feet of the Lord to swear on the supremacy (ParadEvathA Svarooopam ) through many techniques available to them …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/
- Next message: Rukmini varadarajan: "Adiyen wants to know baout Sri Elayavalli Swaamin!"
- Previous message: narayankv_at_yahoo.com: "TELE STOTHRAM & PRABANDHAM CLASSES THIS WEEK"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]