Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
966. yadhi kimapi samIhE karma karthum yaThAvath
prathipadhamupajAthaI: prathyavEyAm nimitthaI:
avaDhirasi yadhi thvam thathra naImitthikAnAm
sharaNamiha na kim mE shoUripAdhAvani! SyA:
Oh Lord's Paaduka! In whatever act or ritual, prescribed by the
scriptures that we perform, there is always bound to be some gap,
some shortfall, somewhere. For the act to bear fruit in spite of
this imperfection, remedial steps of expiatory nature are a must. If
shortcomings pertain to them as well, where is the end? Indeed You
are the ultimate remedy.* In that case, why not You become, at the
very outset, a refuge to me, an object of surrender! That would be a
deft arrangement!
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 966
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh Paadhukais of the Lord !
When I try to perform a ritual according to SaasthrAs , I run into
the need to carry out atonements because of lapses in knowledge ,
pronunciation of the manthtrAs in accurate manner , materials for
aarAdhanam , physical strength etc. Therefore , I do not get the
full benefit of the rituals and thereby accumulate additional (new )
sins. At these times , I realize that meditation on Your Lord (
KrishNAnusmaraNam ) is the one and only atonement to destroy every
sin . Meditating on Your Lord and meditating on You , who supports
His lotus feet are therefore the most powerful means to bypass all
the lapses in rituals and the attendant atonements . My mind is
clear now . I surrender unto You fully to get the full benefits that
Your Lord confers on those , who take refuge in You .
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh Paadhukais with great affection
for those who seek Your refuge ! On one side , the Paapams create
SamsAra Ruchi through the karmAs associated with Svaroopa Viruddhams
( that are against maintaining one's svaroopam as the Seshan of
the Sarva Seshi , SrIman NarayaNan ). On the other side , there are
interferences to perform Nithya (SandhyA Vandhanam et al) ,
Naimmittikam ( SrArdhams , TarpaNams et al) and Kaamyam
( Support for temples , BhaagavathAs , KarmAs performed to
enhance Bhakthi and Jn~Anam ). When the Manthra lObham ,
Dravya lObham , Tantra lObham , KriyA lObham and SraddhA
lObham interfere with proper performance of Sath KarmAs ,
we perform PrAyascchitthams for removal of sins acquired from
conscious or unintended mistakes . There is no end to these sins
and performances of atonements (PrAyascchitthams) . All of these
endless sins are due to my poorva janma vaasanAs . Oh PadhukE !
One thing is clear to me . Performance of SaraNAgathy to You
results in Kaimkarya Poorthy free of any kind of lObhams (
insufficencies). If this were to be so , how come You did not bless
me to remove all deficencies , which interfered with the performance
of KarmAs in the Saasthraic way ? My paapams must be the reason for
Your indifference to banish my Sathkarma VirOdhis . You are by
nature aasritha Vathsalai . My pApams must be standing in the way of
obtaining Your grace.
3). Oh Soori PaadhAvani ! I long to perform Nitya , Naimithika and
Kamaya kArmAs as ordained by Bhagavath Saasthrams ( kimapi
karma yaTAvath karthum sameehE ). While doing them , the various
insufficencies of mine create Paapams at every step ( karthum
sameehE yadhi prathipadham nimitthai: prathyavEyAm). In the cases of
those dhOshams , You are the limit of all PrAyascchitthams ( Tathra
naimitthikAnAm Thvam avadhee: ). When that is so , why is it that
You do not come to my rescue ( Thvam naimitthikAnAm avadhee:
asi yadhi , mE saraNam kim na syaa: ? ) . . . (V.S).
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