Padhuka Sahasram-738

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

738. chadhrAkruthi: kaThamakalpayaThAsthadhAnIm

vaImAnikapraNayinIvadhanAmbujAnAm

vikrAnthikAlavithathEna nijEna DhAmnA

bAlAthapam balivimardhanapAdhukE! thvam

 

Oh Paaduka of Bali-suppressor! When You went up above, the lotus-

faces of the celestial damsels blossomed in joy. How come a gold-

Paaduka-that is Chandra-like, works like the mild heat of the sun to

make the lotuses blossom?

 

*Chandrakrithi=moon-shaped; gold-a pun.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 738

 

(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Swamy Desikan is reminded of

the meaning of Gold for ChandrA and builds this verse to connect

the attribution of golden PaadhukAs to that of ChandrA.Swamy says:

" Oh Paadhukais of the Lord which smashed the arrogance of

Bali Chakravarthy! How did You in Your ChandrA (golden) form

perform the miracle of opening the closed eyes of the wives of

the DevAs shut by the injustices of Bali? At the time of Your

Lord's incarnation as Thrivikrama , His foot shot out and

Your golden sheen grew with it and served as the Young Sun ,

whose rays opened the closed lotus eyes of the wives of

DevAs. How did You of the form of ChandrA , the enemy of

the lotuses perform the miracle of opening the lotus

eyelids of the consort of the DevAs?".

 

(2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: During ThrivikramAvathAram ,

the body of the Lord grew to gigantic proportions .

The Paadhukais grew proportionately with the growing

legs/body and cast their golden lustre all around. The lotus

like faces of the consorts of DevAs bloomed with joy as

a result of the contact with those golden rays.

 

(3)Swamy Desikan uses here the double meanings of the word

Chnadra ( Moon and Gold).He says: " Oh Paadhukai of the Lord,

who destroyed the arrogance of Bali Chakravarthy ( Bali-

Vimardhana PaadhukE)! You have a body made of gold

(Thvam ChandrAkruthi:). Your golden lustre spread around at

the time of ThrivikramAvathAram ( TadhAnim VikrAnthikAla

vitathEna nijEna dhAmnA). What was the result of those

golden rays as they fell on the lotus like faces of

the sorrow-stricken wives of the DevAs? Those golden

rays served as the morning Sun for the lotus-like faces of

the DEva Sthrees and made them bloom joyously ( nijEna hEma

dhAmnA VaimAnika PranayinI vadhana ambhujAnAm bAlAtapam

akalpayaTA:)...(V.S).