Padhuka Sahasram-381

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

381. shruthInAm BhUShaNanAm thE shankE rangEndhra pAdhukE!

miTha sanGarshasanjAtham raja: kimapi shinjitham

 

Oh Ranganatha Paaduka! The musical sound generated from the gemstones

on You, as the Lord walks through the streets, looks as though it

were produced by mutually competing Veda branches, serving You as

adornment, praising You.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Naadha

Paddhathi

 

 

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

 

After offering his praise for the sacredness of the dust created by

the Paadhukaas , Swami Desikan shifts his attention to the holy and

the most enjoyable Naadham created by the Paadhukaas , when they

move from place to place with the Lord. Like dust is made up of many

specks , Naadham (agreeable musical sound) produced by the Paadhukaas

has many notes and moods. Swamy Desikan composed one hundred verses

to celebrate the uniqueness of the holy Naadahm evoked by the

Paadhukaas and housed them in the Naadha Paddhathi, the longest of

all the Paddhathis of the Sri RanganAtha PadhukA Sahasram.

Approximately, one tenth of the PaadhukA Sahasram reverberates with

thejoyous Naadham of the Lord's mobile PadhukAs . Swamy Desikan's

poetic imagination finds a fertileground in this Paddhathi.

 

Slokam 381:

 

(1) Sri UtthamUr Sawmy `s anubhavam: Oh RanganAtha PaadhukE !

When I hear Your melodious sound, I conclude that it is generated by

the vigorous rubbing together of the VedAs , which serve as Your

jewelery. During their efforts to compete with each other to praise

You , they seem to generate the notes that form the melody associated

with Your movement. (Lord RanganAthA's PaadhukAs have many gems as

decorative objects . Swamy equates them to the branches of the four

VedAs ).

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam:

 

The toe-holds ( KumizhkaL) of the dhivya Padhukais have diamonds

inside. When the Paadhukais move during the journey of the Lord ,

then these diamonds jostle with each other and produce a sweet

sound. That sound is like the rubbing of the Vedams , the adorning

jewelery of the PaadhukAs and the resulting powder generated by such

an action.

 

(3) Vedams are equated here to the jewelery decorating the

paadhukaa toe-holds. They collide with each other during the

sanchAram and generate the notes ,which are like the dust specks

produced from their collision ( tE sinjitham BhUshaNAnAm SruthinAm

miTa: sangarsha sanjAtham kimapi raja: ). When some thing defies

description , Swamy Desikan uses the word " Kimapi" in utter

wonderment …(V.S)