Padhuka Sahasram-479

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

479. thavAmbha! kila KhElathAm gathivashEna garBhAshmanAm

ramAramaNapAdhukE! kimapi manjuBhi: shinjithaI:

padhasthuthiviDhAyiBhisthvadhanuBhAvasiDdhAnthiBhi:

sayUTHyakalahAyitham shruthishatham samApadhyathE

 

Oh Mother Paaduka! The jingling sound caused by the gems set in You

during the light walking pastime, are veritable chant of hundreds of

Vedas. What is actually the import of the Vedic melody that You

generate? I would assert that this Nada is engaged in a dispute with

co-devotees, and is establishing the supremacy of the Padhukas over

the Feet, in a conclusive manner!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 479:

 

(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here, Swamy Desikan says that

the PaadhukA naadham removes a third type of fear from him . He says

that it removes the fear about the intemperate and jealous people

criticizing his composition on the Lord's Paadhukais. This verse

alludes to the incident that was responsible for the creation of Sri

RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram in front of the Lord at Srirangam .

 

Swamy Desikan says: " Oh RanganAtha PaadhukE! The embedded gems

inside Your toe hold move, when You transport Your Lord and a

delightful Naadham arises as eulogies to the Lord. That delectable

naadham arising through the assembly of many cascading notes remind

one of the sound of the agitated recitation of hundreds of Veda

manthrams at the same time. That naadham establishes Your glories".

 

Swamy Desikan hints here that a quarrel/agitation among a section

Of the Sri VaishNavA community of Srirangam led to the creation of

the Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram . He comments that the

commotion arising from the forced competition to compose the 1000

slOkams in a Jaamam of a night was like a cacophony resulting from

hundreds of Vedic passages being recited at the same time. Swamy

Desikan commends this competition inspite of the commotion , since

the subject matter of his composition deals with Lord RanganAthan ,

whose feet are adorned with the PaadhukAs as well as by the VedAs,

which serve as the jewelery for His feet. Both Paadhukais and the

VedAs serve the Lord and are found at His Thiruvadi. In many verses

of the PaadhukA Sahasram , Swamy Desikan has praised the superiority

of the Lord's Paadhukais over the Lord's lotus feet. This is

consistent with the Lord's own statement that His bhaagavathAs

are dear and superior to Him . VedAs also establish this principle

that is widely accepted by the VaishNavaa community even today. It is

no wonder that the Sri Sookthi about the Lord's Paadhukai (Sri

RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram ) won over the composition by the

contestant about the Lord's sacred feet ( Paadha Kamal sahasram ) .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Some portions of VedAs assert that

the the Lord is superior to His BhakthAs; other portions hold the

opposite view. There seems to be confusion here among he different

Veda manthrams. Your naadham also seems to have this type of

dissonance. In actuality, there is no contradiction here , since

the vaibhavam of the BhaagavathAs is incorporated in the Vaibhavam of

the Lord. This apparent contradiction can therefore be reconciled.

 

(3) Oh RamA RamaNa PaadhukE ! A great VaishNavan declared his

intent to praise Your Lotus Feet . I responded that I will eulogize

the greatness of the Paadhukai of the Lord. In actuality , there is no

conflict in the efforts to choose the paadhukais over the paadham

as the object of eulogy. After all , we both belong to the same side …

(V.S).