Sri:
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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