Padhuka Sahasram-478

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

478. thvacChinjAravasharkarArasasadhAsvAdhAth sathAmunmadhA

mAtharmADhavapAdhukE! bahuvidhAm prAya: shruthirmuhyathi

sArAsArasakrudhvimarshanaparimlAnAksharagranThiBhi:

granThaIsthvAmiha varNayAmyahamathasthrAsathrapAvarjitha:

 

Oh Mother Paaduka of Madhava! The ears of great masters of multi-

faceted Sastraic knowledge are presumably stupefied after drinking

deep the delicious sugar-juice, that Your Nada is, for long, without

interval. It gives me an assurance that I can go on composing these

hymns of praise on You, without either fear or shyness, and

therefore, without any celebration over words used-as to whether they

are falling fit to the occasion or not-causing, in that process, a

possible withering to the Muse!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan :

 

SlOkam 478:

 

(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: " Oh Mother! Oh Maadhava PadhukE!

Great scholars and eminently righteous people experience the

sweetness of Your naadham , which resembles the juice of freshly

pressed sugar cane. Their minds get intoxicated with the experience

of listening to Your melodious naadham . For my part , I attempt to

describe You without fear or humility and add words that dry up in

my verses. I am afraid that the scholars may criticize the quality

of my composition. You ask me not to be afraid because the scholars

are so intoxicated over the tasting of Your delectable naadham

that they will not be able to notice any defects in my composition ".

Swamy Desikan hints here that his composition was not critically

reviewed by him due to the pressure of time to compose one thousand

verses within the small time frame of a jaamam (~3 hours) of a single

night. Here, he identifies the second fear that the PaadhukA naadham

removes from him .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh Maadhava PaadhukE ! Even the most

learned people get enchanted by the naadham of Yours and lose their

minds in its sweetness. I have started my efforts to compose 1000

slOkams on Your Vaibhavam during the course of a single night. That

is Your command. With Your anugraham, the task will be completed. I

will not be able to look them over again critically under the time

pressure. Knowing the power of Your anugraham, my fears about this

matter have been banished.

 

(3) Oh PaadhukE ! The ears of the great scholars (BahuvidhAm sathAm

Sruthi : ) are constantly partaking the sweet sounds emanating from

You and their minds get intoxicated as a result of that

uninterrupted feast(Tvath sinjjA rava sarkarA rasa sadhA-svAdhAth

unmadhA prAya: muhyathi). I am eulogizing You without the time to

review whether the assembly of words that I have chosen in my effort

are good or bad( aham thvAm iha saaraasaara SAKRUTH VIMARSANA

parimlAna akshara granthibhi: granthai: varNayAmi). With faith in

Your mercy,I am free of fear and shyness in pursuing my effort (

atha: aham thrAsa ThrapA varjitha: )..(V.S).