Padhuka Sahasram-814

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

814. reKhAyA vinamathAm dhivoUkasAm moULirathnamakarImuKhOthThayA

pAdhukE! vahasi nUnamadhBhutham shoUripAdhapariBhOgalakshaNam

 

Oh Paaduka! The devas make their obeisance to You in extreme

reverence and humility, when the gemstudded fish-shaped adornments on

their crowns cause a similar fish-shaped streak on You. But I would

rather attribute the fish-shaped streaks on You to the impression

gained from similar streaks on the Lord's Foot, during Your sensuous

enjoyment of the Foot as a love enjoys with her lover, (here, Foot).

(The true devotees of the Lord are worthy of obeisance even by the

devas. That respectability arises from their unintermittent contact

with the Lord).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 814

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! You are the mistress of

Your Lord . When I see the extra lines on You arising from the

scratchings of the DevA's crown jewels in the form of fishes , I am

reminded that they arose from the love play between You and Your

Lord. They seem to be the marks of love play between both of You.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:The dEvAs have a special kind of

ornament on their crowns that has the form of the fish. When dEvAs

prostrate with their crowned heads before Paadhukais, additional

rEkhAs are created on the surface of the PadhukAs. Those extra rEkhAs

seem to testify to the fact that the Lord's holy feet enjoyed their

union with You.

 

3) Oh PaadhukE! On Your surface are lines formed through the contact

of the gem-studded fish-like part of jewelery adorning the crowns of

prostrating dEvAs ( vinamatAm dhivoukasAm mouLi rathna makaree mukha

uTthayA rEkhA). Through those rEkhAs , You bear evidence to the

enjoyment that Your Lord had by uniting with You ( rEkhayA

adhbhutham Souri-Paadha-ParibhOga lakshaNam vahasi. This is certain

(noonam)....(V.S).