Padhuka Sahasram-271

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:

 

271. krupayA maDhuvaIripAdharakshE! kaTinE chethasi mAmakE viharthum

mukutEShu dhivoUkasAm viDhatthE BhavathI rathnavisamsThulEShu

yOgyAm

 

Oh Paaduka! Well do I assert that You had, in preparation to stay in

my rough-natured heart, practised walking on the undulating surface

of the gem-studded crown of the devas.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE!

adiyEn's mind is a rough and tumble place. It is

not the most inviting or comfortable place for You

to travel in. It appears however that You have prepared

Yourself to travel on the rough and undulating

terrains of my mind.You seem to have practised

Your steps on the gem studded crowns of DevAs , who

prostrate before You to receive You on their heads.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE !

Out of Your limitless dayA , You want to be in

my mind , which is a hard place .You seem to have

pracised walking on this hard and uneven place

by practising Your steps first on the undulating

surfaces of the gem-studded crowns of the DevAs.

 

The inner meaning is that adiyEn does not

think of You (Paadhukai/AzhwAr)although You

desire that adiyEn should think of You for my

own good . Therefore , You rest on the crowned heads

of DevAs to encourage me to think of You .

 

(3) Here Swami Desikan visualizes the crowns

of DevAs to have gems set at different depths.

That results in a lot of ups and downs on

the surface of the crowns . When SatAri (AzhwAr)

rests on those crowns , it has to take into account

the lack of smoothness and learn to rest there

comfortably . That exercise of resting on

the gem-studded crowns of DevAs prepares

the Paadhukai to travel comfortably in

the difficult terrain of his (Swamy Desikan"s)

mind.The gems by nature are hard and Swamy Desikan

compares his mind therefore to those hard gems

(kaDinE maamakE chEthasi)...V.S

 

(4)Swamy says that out of Its dayA , the SatAri

wishes to play in his hard mind ( KrupayA maamakE

kaDinE chEthasi viharathi ). The satAri needs

pracise however to perform that difficult task. For

this purpose , SatAri practises movement on

the uneven and hard surfaces of the gem-studded

crowns of the DevAs( dhivaoukasAm rathna

VisamsthalEshu makutEshu yOgyAm bhavathI

vidhatthE).Visamsthalam means uneven surface.

The crowns of DevAs ( DhivaoukasAm Makuda:)

have visamsthala pradesams.There , theSatAri

practises steps( yOgyAm vidhatthE).. V.S