Padhuka Sahasram-505

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

505. rathnAnkuraIraviraLA maNipAdharakshE!

pAkOnmuKhaI: parigathA puruShArThasasyaI:

dhEvEna rangapathinA jagathAm viBhUthyaI

kEdhArikEva krupayA parikalpithA thvam

 

Oh Manipaaduka! The gems on You are the sprouting seedlings sown; the

rays look like mature streaks of cereals; then this perhaps is the

field the Lord Ranganatha kindly cultivates for bestowing all four

Purusharthas (Dharma, etc.) to all beings.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

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

 

SlOkam 505:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh gem-bedecked paadhukE!

You are studded densely with sprouts of precious gems and look like a

field that would yield the crop of four purushArthAs sought by the

human beings. Your appearance in this context resembles a field or

meadow created out of the infinite mercy of Ranganaatha for the

benefit of the world.

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! The extended lustre from

Your gems suggest that Lord RanganAtha has created out of DayA a

crop-filled vayal (field) for all the jeevans to harvest all

purushArthams. All the Jeevans are The children of the Lord. To

remove their sorrows, PerumAL out of His infinite DayA has send the

AzhwArs down to earth to help out. When we acquire these

AchAryAs in the prescribed way , we will gain all purushArthams.

 

3) The toil of Lord RanganAthA on our behalf is described here. He

wants to to bless this world with Isvaryam of PurushArtham , the four

ultimate goals of life (Dharma , ArTa , Kaama and Moksham) . He

plants the tight rows of theor seedlings ( aviraLA ankurai: ) in the

field (kEdArika). He does this for quick yielding (pAkOnmukhai : )

four purushArthams as crops (purushArTa sastai: ). The Lord's

fields are full of such fast-maturing crops (Sasyai: parigathA

kEdArikEva ). This our Lord does with compassion ( dayKrupayA

parikalpithA) To enhance the wealth of the world' beings ( JgathAm

vibhUthyai krupayA

ParikalpithA)…(V.S).