Padhuka Sahasram-898

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

898. ramyAlOkA laLithagamanA padhmarAgADharOShTI

maDhyE kshamA maNivalayinI moUkthikavyakthahAsA

shyAmA nithyam harithamaNiBhi: shArngiNa: pAdharakshE!

manyE DhAthurBhavasi mahilAnirmithoU mAthrukA thvam

 

Oh Lord's Paaduka! Brahma perhaps keeps You as an ideal model on hand

to serve as a precedent for creation of perfect women. Good look

(Your lustre); excellent walking gait (the same in Your case); a thin

waist (being narrower in the middle); ruby -like nether and upper

lips (having rubies to represent lips); having bangles of gems (being

made of gems); perennial youthfulness (being always dark in colour

due to the emeralds)-are the parallel features.

 

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

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

 

SlOkam 898

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukAs of SaarangapANi ! I

consider You as the essential and fundamental source from which

Brahma creates the women of this world. You lend many of Your

features to give femininity to the created women. You have a pleasant

appearance that is desirable to look at; You have a pleasing

gait; Your lips are red with Your rubies; You are slender in Your

waist region; You have the gems that form Your bangles and have a

charming smile originating from Your pearls; You are ever youthful

due to the emeralds on You and stay as shyAmA (youthful). With all

these features , it is no wonder that BrahmA created women in your

mold.

 

2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Swamy Desikan recognizes and pays

tribute to the Utthama Sthree LakshaNams and srEshta PathivrathA

lakshaNams in the Paadhukais . The inner meaning is that Paadhukais

(Swamy NammAzhwAr ) has all these nithya yuvathi lakshaNams

such as nithya sObhai ( external lustre , Brahma tEjas) , sraddhA ,

bhakthi , viswAsam ( pathivrathA lakshaNams with Lord as the

Purushan ). These are also SadAchArya LakshaNams .

 

3. Nithya sabdham enshrined in the third line of the slOkam

is very important in this slOkam. Examples of the importance

of this "nithya sabdham " as it relates to SadAchArya LakshaNams

are :

 

a) nithyam ramyAlOkA : External ( bodily ) lustre arising from

internal bliss (Brahma tEjas) .

 

b) nithyam laLithagamanA : defect-free anushtAnams as per

AchArya UpadEsam , bhakthi , sraddhA , MahA VisvAsam

and freedom from egotistic attitudes and dispassionate way of

going about karmAs .,

 

c) Nithya PadhmarAgadharOshtee: Being an enjoyable one through

gentleness of speech and excellence in aathma guNams.

 

d) nithyam madhyE KshAmA : Amidst all these auspicious guNams ,

the possesion of modesty ( bhavyam) .

 

e) Nithyam maNivalayinee: Possessing as jewelery (aabharaNams)

the Sri Sookthis of PoorvAchAryAs , AdhyAthma Saasthrams .

 

f) Nithyam moukthikavyakthahAsA : being with smile welcoming all

as a result of friendliness to all .

 

g) nithyam shyAmA HarimaNibhi: As a result of the conquest over

desire , anger et al , their minds are still and they display eternal

youth and beauty ( nithya youvanam and soukumAryam ) and are

free from diseases and bodily blemishes.