Padhuka Sahasram-475

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

475. parithrasthA: puNyadhravapathanavEgAth praThamatha:

ksharadBhi: shrIrangakshithiramaNapAdhAvani! thadhA

vidhAmAsurdhEvA balimaThanasamramBhamanaGhaI:

praNAdhaIsthE sadhya: padhakamalavikrAnthipishunaI:

 

Oh Ranganatha Paaduka! It was a moment that the devas were scared.

Any moment their Punyas would, on their exhaustion, make them fall

down to earth to become mere mortals! The foot of the Lord Trivikrama

went up. Brahma poured out water -from his water-pot on to the foot

of the Lord in respectful ablution; the Dharma-deva-Dharma

personified as a physical personage-too melted into the water

so as to be of use in washing the Lord's foot. Even before the waters

fell-so as to re-assure the devas that the Lord had taken the avatara

to fell down Mahabali, the Nada You produced has announced the event

to them all.

 

(Both meanings suggested by 'Punya-drava-patana' are incorporated

herein in the version).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 475:

 

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

the time of Mahaa Bali"s injustice to the DevAs , You took the form

of Thrivikram's Paadhukai to help meaure the universe. When Your

Lord's left foot shot upwards, Your Lord's son BrahmA washed it as

a mark of respect from the water he had in his hand vessel. There was

not enough water there to wash the ever-growing feet of Your Lord .

Dharma dEvathai melted and took the form of water to make up the

deficit . Even before that help from Dharma Devathai , the naadham

emanating from You spread all over the universe and removed the fears

of the dEvAs permanently.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The DevAs recognized the Lord's

efforts to come to their rescue even before they could have the

darsanam of Thrivikraman through the sweet naadham of the blemishless

paadhukais of the Lord reaching them . That naadham preceded the

rapid upward movement of the Lord's left foot .

 

(3) The devAs were frightened by MahA Bali's valour ( ParithrasthA:

dEvA: ) and sought the Lord's help . PerumAL assured them that He will

remove their fears and punish MahA Bali. DevAs were not aware of the

timing of ThrivikramAvathAram aimed at Mahaa Bali garva bhangam . A

little later, the dEvAs heard the auspicious sound of the PaadhukA

naadham rushing by them and they immediately connected those mangaLa

naadhams with the Lord's avathAram for dharma samrakshaNam . The

purpose behind the steps of the Lord Thrivikraman ( Thrivikrama padha

kamala vikrAnthi) were revealed to the dEvAs by the blemishless

sounds of the PaadhukA naadahm preceding those steps ( VikrAnthi

pisunai: anagai: thE praNAdhai: ). DevAs connected immediately those

sounds to the commencement of the Lord's efforts to curb forever the

power of Mahaa Bali ( sadhya: Bali maTana samrambham

vidhAmAsu: ) …(V.S).