Padhuka Sahasram-859

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

859. thvAmAshrithO maNimayUKhasahasradhrushyAm

thvacChinjithEna saha rangapathi: samudhyan

AshankyathE sumathiBhirmaNipAdharakshE!

vidhyAsaKha: savithrumaNdalamaDhyavarthI

 

Oh Manipaaduka! Knowledgeable observers, seeing the Lord Ranganatha

on You with a thousand rays emerging from Your gems, and start moving

on with a Vedic melody, identify Him with the Supreme God, residing

in the centre of the solar globe, along with the Vedic Trinity.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

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

 

SlOkam 859

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: In this verse , Swamy Desikan points

out that the sages of the forest enjoy the PaadhukAs as the Soorya

MaNDalam (orbit of the Sun God). He says : " Oh PaadhukE ! You shine

with Your thousand rays like the Sun's orbit. Your sounds during Your

movement resemble the sounds of recitation of the three VedAs at

dawn, noon, and dusk. Your Lord sits in the center of that orbit as

Surya NaarAyaNan and is recognized and saluted by the sages as the

Veda Purushan revered by You".

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! Lord RanganAtha is with

You posesing thousands of rays and myriad sweet sounds. Those great

ones, who worship You with Your Lord think of Lord RanganAtha as the

SarvEswaran at the middle of the orbit of the Sun worshipped by Rg ,

Yajus and Saama Vedams at morning, noon, and evening .

 

3) Oh Gem-bedecked PaadharakshE ( MaNi PaadharakshE )! Lord

RanganAtha appears like the Soorya NaarAyaNa Moorthy seated at the

center of the Sun's orbit, who is eulogized by the Rg, Yajur and

Saama Vedams during prAtha:, MaadhyAhnika and Saayam SandhyAs (

Rangapathi: VidhyAsakah: savithru maNDala madhyavarthee

aasankyathE ). To whom does Lord RanganAtha accompanied by You look

like Soorya MaNDala Madhyavarthee( ThvAm aasritha: Thvath sinjithEna

saha sumadhyan Rangapathi: )? When the Saastraj~nAs (VidvAns) see You

with Your Lord ( Sumathibhi: dhrusyAm ThvAm ), then they equate Your

Lord to Soorya NaarAyaNan at the center of the orbit of the Sun...

(V.S).