Padhuka Sahasram-511

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

511. dhiviShanmakutEShu sancharanthyA:

prachurasthE maNipAdhukE! prakAsha:

dhivi rangapathErmahOthsavArTham

vithathA vandhanamAlikEva BhAthi

 

Oh Manipaaduka! On Your movement over the crown of the Devas, the

gemstones in You emit a multi-coloured display that looks like arch-

garlands set up in the sky for the festival of Lord Ranganatha.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V. SatakOpan

 

SlOkam 511:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Ranganatha paadhukE! the lustre

from Your gems travelling from one crowned head of Deva to the other

lights up the sky and appears like bright buntings and festive

decorations hung in the sky during the festivals for RanganAtha.

Swamy Desikan visualizes the spreading of scintillations caused by

the rays of the gems decorating the PaadhukAs and identifies them

with the crowned heads of DevAs prostrating before the PaadhukAs.

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! The crowned heads of

DevAs Carry aloft Your emanating rays with green, red, blue and other

hues. As Your multicolored radiance spread in the sky, it looks like

the multi-hued thOraNams strung across the sky , which are similar to

the ones used in Your Lord's uthsavams. The inner meaning is that the

prabhandha ghOshti recites Swamy NammAzhwAr's paasurams during the

uthsavams of RanganAthan. These passurams are filled with anubhavams

of happiness , sorrow and many other moods. Their many splendoured

naadham resembles the multi-hued banners used in the Uthsavams and

are pleasing to the ear with their sound and meanings.

 

3) When the DevAs prostrate before the Paadhukais, the rays fall on

the crowned heads of the DevAs . After their salutations , the DevAs

travel in the sky to their abodes. The multi-colored brilliant rays

from the gems of the PaadhukAs linger on the heads of the DevAs and

they form, as it were, a colorful banner spread across the sky (

Dhivishath makuDEshu samcharanthyA: tE prachura prakAsA: bhAthi). The

banner like formations in the sky resemble the multi-colored

ThOraNams used during the festivals of Lord RanganAtha ( RangapathE:

MahOthsavarTam dhivi vithathA vandhana--maalikA iva bhAthi)..(V.S)