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Unto that GURU I prostrate!
Who sanctifies the 'prapanja' with His smile, walk and touch!
The Swãthi Page (22)
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Ucchishtam
Leaf - 22
The 'Ucchishtam' of the Guru
is His Words/Upadesas!
Sri Swamiji -
"An orphan is not one who has no parents but one who has no Guru!"
“Those who have taken refuge in a ‘Uttama Guru’ (True Guru) wonder how others have not been able to understand such a great Mahan and take him to be an ordinary person; whereas, others wonder how these people remain bound by him! "
Unnata Guru mandalam namãmi..
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Raga: Navarasakannada
Tala: Ãdi
Sri Swamiji's Song:
Pallavi
Unnata Guru mandalam namãmi - santatam
Charanams
Dhruvarãjam aham namãmi
Dehi me tava tapa siddim
(Unnata Guru mandalam namãmi..)
Dvaita dosha rahita Bharatam namãmi
Dehi me tava Vairãgyam
(Unnata Guru mandalam namãmi..)
Bhakta Ajãmilam aham namãmi
Dehi me Antima Smaranam
(Unnata Guru mandalam namãmi..)
Bãlaka prahlãda aham namãmi
Dehi me tava Vishvãsam
(Unnata Guru mandalam namãmi..)
Bhãgavata Gajendram aham namãmi
Dehi me tava Prapanna Lakshanam
(Unnata Guru mandalam namãmi..)
Sãrvabhouma Balim aham namãmi
Dehi me tava Tyãgam
(Unnata Guru mandalam namãmi..)
Sãdu Ambareesham aham namãmi
Dehi me tava Vinayam
(Unnata Guru mandalam namãmi..)
Bhagya Gopi janãn aham namãmi
Dehi me Bhavatãm Prema Bhaktim
(Unnata Guru mandalam namãmi..)
Utsãha Uddavam aham namãmi
Dehi me tava Dãsya bhaktim
(Unnata Guru mandalam namãmi..)
Muralidharam aham namãmi
Dehi me tava Darshanam.
(Unnata Guru mandalam namãmi..)
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The Translation:
Pallavi
Always do I sing
The Glory of all Ãchãryãs!
Charanams
Oh! Prince Dhruva!
Prostrations unto you!
Bless me
with
your penance!
Oh! King Bharata!
Prostrations unto you!
who are
devoid of the demerit of duality!
Bless me
with
thy dispassion!
Oh! Devotee Ajãmila!
Prostrations unto you!
Bless me
with
the remembrance of the Lord
during my last breath!
Oh! young boy Prahlãda!
Prostrations unto you!
Bless me
with
thy absolute faith (in God)!
Oh! Bhãgavata Gajendra!
Prostrations unto you!
Bless me
with
thy attributes of
the surrendered!
Oh! Emperor Bali!
Prostrations unto you!
Bless me
with
thy sacrificing nature!
Oh! Sadhu Ambareesha!
Prostrations unto you!
Bless me
with
thy humility!
Oh! Fortunate Gopis!
Prostrations unto you!
Bless me
with
your ‘prema bhakti’ (Love of the Beloved)
for Krishna!
Oh! the zealous Uddava!
Prostrations unto you!
Bless me
with
thy devotion in servitude!
Oh! Murlidhara!
Prostrations unto You!
Bless me
With
Thy Darshan!
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The Paduka
Sriman Nigamantha Desikan, a great Vaishnava Saint lived from
mid-thirteenth to mid-fourteenth century- 1268-1369. Of the innumerable
'Granthas' (texts) written by Him
the highly revered and considered as the most extraordinary piece is His
"Paduka Sahasram" - a thousand verses on the 'Paduka' of Lord Ranganatha.
The Saint has in all composed 1008 verses, the last eight apologizing
in all humility for daring to compose these 1000 verses on the Paduka!
Sri Desikan's contemporary Sri Appayya Dikshitar had written a
commentary on the "Paduka Sahasram" but unfortunately it has been lost.
Pãdãvani! Pratyayito Hanumãn
Sitãmiva tvãm chiraviprayuktãm |
Pranamya poulastyariporundantam
Vijnyãpayãmãsa viniitaveshah || (V.213)
Click here for the Sloka in Sanskrit
Oh! Pãduka!
Hanumãn verily bestowed
On You,
In your sorrow
Due to the long separation, (from the Holy Feet)
The status of Sita (!)
By informing You
Of the arrival of Rama
After vanquishing Ravana
Just as
Sita had been informed earlier!
Pãntu vah Padmanãnãbhasya Pãduka kellipãmsavah |
Ahalyadeha nirmãna paryãya paramãnavah || (V.315)
Click here for the Sloka in Sanskrit
The Dust of
The Lord’s Pãduka
Generated a great ‘sariira’
For Ahalya!
Likewise, let ‘The Dust’
Bless us with
A pure ‘sariira’
For
The service of the Lord!
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