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The Swãthi Page (57)
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The Master's Mantra
Sri Swamiji -
Darshanam dehi mey Devanatha ...
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Sri Swamiji's Song:
Darshanam dehi mey Devanatha -tava
Darshanam dehi mey Devanatha
Garudanaditeera ullãsavãsa
Kamalãsana Bhargavinãyaka
Karunaveekshana kamalavilochana
Kanakãmbaradhara Bhuvanasundara
Nigamãntadeshika ãshritacharana
Nityamahotsava Nirmalãkãra
Nijabhaktim dehi tava charanayormey
Nidhimeva idam mama deva deva
Chandrakalãdhara kamalahasta
Shankhachakradhara shyãmalavarna
Mãrkandeyamuni sevita charana
Muralidhara Janmastãnadeva
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The Translation:
Come ! Let us prostrate unto Nãrada!!
Oh! Devanatha! Bless me with Your Vision !
The One who:
Blissfully resides on the banks of Garudanadi!
Is the Lord of Bharagavi,
Is seated on a Lotus!
Has beautiful lotus-like eyes brimming with compassion!
The One
Whose feet that sheltered Nigamãntadeshika!
Who is celebrated with utsavs(festivals)
With blemishless form!
Grant me devotion unto Your Lotus Feet!
That indeed is my treasure Oh! Lord of Lords!
The One who:
Adorns his head with a crest-moon and has a lotus in hand!
Holds Conch and Chakra!
Is worshipped by the Sage Mãrkandeya!
Is the Lord of the birthplace of Muralidhara!
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The Paduka
Sriman Nigamãntha 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
"Pãduka Sahasram" - a thousand verses on the 'Pãduka' of Lord Ranganãtha.
The Saint has in all composed 1008 verses, the last eight apologizing
in all humility for daring to compose these 1000 verses on the Pãduka!
Sri Desikan's contemporary Sri Appayya Dikshitar had written a
commentary on the "Pãduka Sahasram" but unfortunately it has been lost.
Kãlopapannakarannãtyayanirvicheshtte
jãtasrame mayi Janãrdana Pãdarakshe! |
ãsvãsanãya puratah prasarantu mãtah
vãrtãharãstava ravãh samitãrtayo me || (439)
Oh! Lord's Pãduke!
in my last moment, when
all my 'indriyãs' cease to function
let me hear your melodious sound
and,
console me with the words
'The Lord shall take care of you!'
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