Padhuka Sahasram-872

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

 

872. pashyanthi rangEshvarapAdharakshE! pUjAsu thE

samhithapuShpajAlAm

mrugIdhrushO vAsavarathnarEKhAm

sachithrapunKhAmiva manmaThajyAm

 

Oh Paaduka! Flowers are dedicated to the Lord. They

fall in the Paaduka and around. The blue gems on the Paaduka in

combination with flowers are looked on by the Divine damsels, with

their deer-like eyes, as Manmatha's arrows applied on the chord of

his bow.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

 

SlOkam 872

 

1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh RanganAtha PaadhukE ! At times of

worship, Your devotees place many flowers on You . Those flowers in

conjunction with Your rows of sapphires appear to the PirAttis as the

chord of ManmaTA's bow fitted with an arrow (The rows of blue

saphires are equated to the row of blue bees forming the chord of the

bow and fitted with the arrows of flowers ) .

 

2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! The Devis of the Lord

see the rows of blue sapphires on You and the flowers resting on them

from the archanaa . The rows of sapphire remind them of the chord of

the bow of ManmaTan filled with his flower arrows. The passion of

the Devis of the Lord grows further with this visualization.

 

3. Oh RangEswara PaadharakshE ! The Devis of the Lord with the beauty

of eyes reminding one of the soundharyam of the doe's eyes (

mrugheedhrusa: ) look at the assortment of flowers piles on Your rows

of sapphire at the end of archanaa ( poojAsu samhitha: pushpajAlam

pasyanthi). They also see the straight rows of sapphires enmeshed on

Your surface and conclude that they are the union of the chord of

ManmathA's bow fitted with his flower arrows ( tE vaasavarathna

rEkhAm sachithrapunkhAm ManmaTa jyAmiva pasyanthi)...(V.S)