Padhuka Sahasram-448

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

448. thatthAdhrushIm praThayathA ruchirAm svarEKhAm

varNADhikEna maDhusUdhanapAdharakshE!

pashyanthi chitthanikaShE vinivEshya santhO

manjusvanEna thava naIgamikam suvaRNam

 

Sadhus employing their heart as the touchstone, (rubbing against

which they would rate gold) conclude that the sweet sound of

Yourself, Oh Paaduka, leaves a streak of higher rating than the Gold

(of Vedic fame; of the market place), that is the Lord.

 

(Azhwar's words are of higher value than the Lord in sweetness).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 448

 

(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here Swamy Desikan states

that the sweet sounds of the Lord's Paadhukais make the scholars in

the audience remember many Vedic texts . He says : "Oh PaadhukE! When

the scholars hear the sweet music created by the appropriate

modulation of individual notes (svarAs) , they compare them in their

minds with the various Vedic passages familiar to them . Their act

appears to resemble the testing of Your melodious notes against the

Vedic notes in the touch stone of their minds. ". The goldsmiths rub

pure gold on a touch stone to check the quality of the gold that they

are examining for purity.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The learned ones try to evaluate as

to which One is superior over the other . They try to evaluate

whether Your Naadham or the Vedha GhOsham is more delectable to the

ears. They come to the conclusion that Your Naadham is the better of

the two.

 

(3) Those with discriminating intellect try to assess like goldsmiths

using touch stone(nikasham ) the relative merits of the Veda naatham

and the PaadhukA naadham . These people with discriminating intellect

(Santha : ) fully understand the differences between JeevAthma-

ParamAthma Svaroopam. They conclude that the delectable naadham (

Manju Svanam ) of the Padhukais are sweeter than the Vedha naadham …

(V.S)