Padhuka Sahasram-382

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

382. muraBhinmaNipAdhukE! BhavathyA: sthuthimAkarNayathAm mayA

nibaDdhAm avaDhIrayasIva manjunAdhaIrachamathkAravachAmsi dhurjanAnAm

 

Oh Lord's Paaduka! Is it that You produce the melodious music to

drown, with a disdain, the noise of bad men, who tend to prattle some

criticism about my hymn on You? I presume so.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

(1) Sri UtthamUr Sawmy's anubhavam: Oh MaNi PaadhukE ! When ill-

wishing people with their foul mouths decry this composition of mine

celebrating Your glory, it appears that You reject their foolish talk

with Your sweet sounds .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! Following Your command,

I am eulogizing Your kalyANa guNams. Those , who do not have the

benefit of upadesam from a SadAchAryan do not recognize this sthuti

as dealing with the three tatthvams and criticize them . When I hear

Your sweet Naadham, it appears that You are saying to them : " Why

are You losing the opportunity to gain a good birth by criticism of

the Sri Sookthi about Me composed by My great devotee". That message

of Yours gladdens my heart .

 

(3)Swamy Desikan describes the act of intervention by the Naadham of

Padhukai here. When the Paadhukai hears the foul criticism of the bad

people about Swamy Desikan's Sthuthi , it blocks those dhUshaNa

vaakyams with its sweet Naadham ( DhurjanAnAm achamathkAra vachAmsi

manju naadhai: avadhIrayasi ). Swamy Desikan's choice of the word to

describe the unsophisticated and ill-meaning criticism of the

uninformed people is very diplomatic and considerate. He puts their

criticism in the category of AchamathkAram ( asattu kuzhainthaL

yEtho uLaruhinrana) . Swamy points Out that the sweet sounds of the

PaadhukA naadham gently chides them..(V.S).