Padhuka Sahasram-860

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

860. rathnAshrithaIrharipadham maNipAdhukE! thvam

spruShtvA karaI: shruthirasAyanamanjunAdhA

thatthvam thadhEthadhithi bODhayasIva samya-

gvEdhAn prathArithavathO viviDhAn kudhruShtIn

 

Oh Paaduka! It appears that You announce; in a sweet manner, pleasant

to the ear, as an essence of the meaning of the Srutis as well, as a

manner of solemn declaration; so touching, as required by the Smritis

(that one would touch an auspicious object while swearing on a solemn

oath), the Feet of Lord Ranganatha, by Your gem-bedecked hands, that

is, the rays from the gems on You, in a manner to quell and convince

the heterodox views of the wrong-sighted interpreters of the Veda, to

the effect:

 

"This Archa-moorti, Lord Ranganatha, is the Supreme Deity, proclaimed

by the ruling authoritative scriptures, and identifiable as the soul

of all, having sentients and non-sentients as His manifestations".

 

(The views to be corrected are: that Brahman has no qualities; that

It has no form; that any godhead could be supreme; that Archa-avatara

is not real).

 

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 860

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! You destroy the false

arguments of the demented and prove that Lord NaarAyaNan is the

supreme priniciple of the universe. You prove that the Purusha at the

center of the Sun's orbit is none other than the eternal RanganAtha.

You touch His feet with Your thousand rays and highlight His eternal

and unique role as the creator, protector and destroyer of the

universe as pronounced by the VedAs. You proclaim and assert that

Hari is the central power that pervades all the sentient and

insentient beings. You silence the false scholars about their

opinions to the contrary".

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukE ! The rays from Your

gems fall on the sacred feet of Your Lord. You also generate sweet

sounds as You transport Him .When one experiences both of these

anubhavams, they think that this scene is evocative of Your dialog

with those, who misintrepret the meanings of the VedAs . You seem to

be reminding them that Your Lord is the true meaning of all the VedAs

and to trust Your Lord always. You appear like taking a vow by

touching Your Lord's Thiruvadi and reminding these mistaken souls

about the eternal truth .

 

3) Oh MaNi PaadhukE ! You are touching Your Lord's sacred feet

with Your thousands of arms /rays emanting from Your gems ( Thvam

RathnAsrithai: karai: Hari padham spruthvA ). You also have the sweet

sounds cherished by the VedAs ( Sruthi rasAyana manju-nAdhA ). You

appear to address at that time the many deluded scholars , who

misintrepret the meanings of the Veda manthrams ( VedAn

prathAritavatha: vividhAn kudhrushteen ). You seem to say to them

that Lord RanganAtha in front of You is the true meaning of the Veda

manthrams (yEthath tatthvam ithi samyak bhOdhayaseeva) ... (V.S).