Padhuka Sahasram-319

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

319. thatthadhvAsagruhAngaNapraNayina: shrirangashrungAriNO

vAllaBhyAdhaviBhakthamanTharagathisthvam mE gathi: pAdhukE!

lIlApankajahallakOthpalagaLanmADhvIkasEkOtThithA

yathrAmOdhavikalpanA vivruNuthE shuDdhAnthavArakramam

 

Oh Paaduka! You are my only recourse. I know Your dominance on the

Lord. You take Him to one or the other of His consorts; from the

fragrance emanating from You,whether it be that of lotus (Lakshmi), or

Senkazhuneer(Bhoomi) or Karuneydal(Neela), one could deduce to which

consort's harem, the amorous lad had been. You are known for

Your slow, measured walk-which means He is desirous of being in Your

company longest. Hence, I would hopefully resort to You!

 

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):

 

(1) Abhinava Desika UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here, Swamy Desikan

salutes the movement of the PaadhukAs in the inner chambers of

RanganAthA's palace and appeals to the PaadhukAs to be the means

and goal for His moksham. He says: " Oh PaadhukE ! RanganAthA , who

wants to have the pleasure of the company of dEvis is transported by

You to their chambers of each of them . His consorts sportively carry

in their hands their favorite flowers such as the red lotus, blue

lotus and red lilly. When RanganAthA is united with each of them, the

fragrance of these individual flowers get merged with Him and provide

a tell-tale effect. It is easy to tell which consort He was with most

recently. RanganAthA is caught between the desire to be with

His three consorts and the desire to be with You as a result of His

special affection for You. Therefore, it appears that He is confused

in His goals and walks ever so slowly as if in indecision about His

next step. All the three consorts of RanganAthA realize His

companionship through Your service of bringing their Lord to their

inner chambers (antha: purams). Oh PaadhukE ! May Thou be the means

and goal for me to get closer to RanganAthA to secure His protection .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: PeerumAl has three dEvis. He pays

attention to each of them to maintain deomestic tranquilty . MahA

Lakshmi has the red lotus in Her hand ; BhUmi has Senkazhu

neer flower in her hand; NeeLA dEvi has Karu neythal pushpam in Her

hand. Oh PaadhukE ! You exude the fragrance of the individual flowers

associated with each dEvi of the Lord that reveals where PerumAl has

been visiting the night before. Oh PaadhukE of such intimacy with Your

Lord! Please confer Your benedictions on me. The Lord Does not part

with You even for a moment.

 

(3)Swamy Desikan declares here : "hE PaadhukE! Thvam mE gathi: " . You

are the inseparable and dear Companion to the ullAsa Purushan,

RanganAthan and You move gently inside His anthapurams, where He

visits His dEvis on a strictly observed rotation basis ( Sriranga -

srungAriNa: VaalabhyAth avibhaktha: manTara gathi: thvam mE gathi ) .

He is Sriranga SrungAriNa: (ullAsa Purushan ) of Srirangam and has

deep affection for His Paadhukais (Swamy NammAzhwAr ) and hence is

inseparable (avibhaktha from Swamy NammAzhwAr. Swamy Desikan

acknowledges that the slow moving Paadhukai is his gathi (means for

conferring sakala kshEmams). The strictly observed time tables ( vaara

kramam ) for the visits of the Lord to His dEvis is clearly

discernible from the chnages in fragrance (aamOdha VikalpanA )

displayed by the ever-present Paadhukais ..V.S