SrI Ranganatha PaadhukA Sahasram: SlOkam 903

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SrI:

 

SrI Gopala MahA DesikAya Nama:

 

Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N.Vedantha DesikAya Nama:

 

vajrOpEthAm valabhidhupala-syAmaLam manjughOshAm

mukthAsAraam madhura-chapalAm veekshya VishNO:padhE ThvAm

harshOthkarshAth upari chalayan PaadhukE ChandrakAntham

dhatthE nithyam dhrutha ghanaruchi: tANDavam NeelakaNDa:

 

Oh Padhuka! You have diamonds on You; have blue gems too ;

You shine with the pearls on You ; You move about in a gentle ,

captivating manner with a sweet melody ; You are at the feet of

the Lord; You gladdeen Siva( Nilakanta) .

 

Oh PaadhukA ! The cloud of the rainy season are dark bluish like

the sapphires on You . they shed streams of water like pearls.

These clouds move in AakAsam (VishNu Paadham ) and send out

thunderous noise and briliant lightning . On seeing these rain-laden

clouds , the peacock and Sivan ( with blue hue in their necks)

become joyous and perform a dance of joy .The peacock's

dance is seen through the movements of its feather tips. Siva"s

dance leads to the crescent moon on his jadai moving in a manner

consistent with his dance .

 

NamO NaarAyaNAya ,

Muralidhara Daasan

 

Special Notes for SlOkam 903 by V.Sadagopan (V.S) :

 

1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: In the previous verse , Swamy Desikan

referred to the special stone known as Chandra Kaantham .The word Chandra KanthA

has another meaning (viz)., the tail of peacock . Swamy Desikan develops here that

idea further. He says: " Oh PaadhukE ! Paramasivan dances with joy , when He sees You .

In this context , He is like the peacock , which sees the rainy clouds. He sees You with

the sapphires and adamantines along with the pearls that decorate You.As He bows

before You standing at the feet of Your Lord and gets joyous and performs a dance

that shakes the crescent Moon on His head ".

 

2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Maheswaran is the foremost among the devotees

of SrIman NaaryaNan . Hence , He is selected by Swamy Desikan as the visEsha

Bhaktha Janam , who uses Naama Sankeerthanam and dancing to celebrate

the glories of the Lord's Paadhukais . Like the peacock that gets inspired to dance

at the sight of dark , rain-laden clouds and the sound of the thunder , MahEswaran

gets inspired by the sight of the dark blue sapphires on the Paadhukais as well as

by the majestic naadham of the Paadhukais as it engages in SanchAram with

the Lord on top of them . MahEswaran breaks in to an outburst of dance as

the peacock in the rainy season.

 

3. The "harshOthkarsham " ( the outpouring of Joy ) of MahEswaran

on the darsanam of the Paadhukais with intense blue sapphires

( valabhidhupala shyAmaLaam) generating sweet nAdham during

their movement ( manju ghOshAm ) inspires Him to break into

a brisk dance (TaaNDavam) ; that dance makes the tip of the crescent

Moon on His matted locks move in rhythm ( upari chandraka antham chalayan).

 

The joyous MahEswaran breaking in to a dance is compared to

the peacock elated at the sight of the rain-laden clouds ( ghanE ruchi:

NeelakaNDa iva) .Both MahEswaran and the peacock have blue

throats ( NeelakaNDa:). Rain clouds are associated with thunder

( Vajram) , whereas the Paadhukais have the adamantine stones ( vajram).

Rain cloud is dark blue (ShyAmaLA) and the Paadhukais have

the dark blue hue from its sapphires(Valabhidhupalam). Both

have beautiful sanchAram .With all these features in common , both

MahEswaran and peacock engage in their joyous dances . One dances

at the sight of the Dhivya PaadukAs and the other at the sight of

rain-bearing clouds ....(V.S).