Padhuka Sahasram-499

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

499. vyakthum kshamam BhagavathO jagadhIshvarathvam

vajrAnkushaDhvajasarOruhachakrachinham

AshliShya nirBhararuchim maNipAdhukE!thvAm

AsIdhanABharaNasundharamanGripadhmam

 

Oh Manipaaduka! That the Lord is the Superlord of all worlds is borne

out by the nether surface of His feet bearing the marks of Vajra-

ayudha, Ankusa, Flag, Lotus, and Chakra. He does not require any

ornament befitting Him at the feet. Because You adorn those feet and

cast a superb lustre!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

Slokam 499:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Ranganatha PaadhukE! Your Lord is

the emperor of all the universes. He wears vajraa weapon , goad ,

flag, lotus, disc and conch as symbols of His Emperorship on the

palms of His feet. Those decorations are cast aside by Him out of His

passion for You, when He embraces You tightly with His feet. He is

freed from His traditional symbols, when He gets united with You. All

these symbols take the form of lines, when He is united with You .

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! Your Lord displays

the symbols of Sarva Loka YajamAnathvam through the many rekhAs that

He adorns on the soul of His feet. When You as MaNi Paadhukai join

the Lord's Thiruvadi, no other aabharanams or symbols are needed for

His beautification. The inner meaning is that the Lord considers His

bhakthAs as His aabharaNams. There is no one matching Swamy

NammAzhwAr in Bahgavath Bhakthi. When Swamy NammazhwAr is engaged in

the adoration of the Lord , He does not relish anyone else .

 

3) Our Lord is JagadhIsvaran. Hence He displays many chihnams on His

limbs including His sacred Thiruvadi. Those lotus soft feet Thiruvadi

is now adorning the Paadhukais with sampoorNa Kaanthi ( nirbahara

ruchim thvAm aaslishya). Immediately some thing becomes clear. He

becomes anAbharana Sundaran.(beautiful One without any aabharaNam tha

tHe normally wears). Normally He is Sundara Raajan and beautifies

the aabharaNam that He adorns. Now , He adorns His gem-bedecked

Paadhukais and displays a state of exquisite beauty even without any

other aabharaNams or chihnams..(V.S).