Guest guest Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 SrI: SrImatE Gopaladesika MahAdesikAya Nama: Translation by U.Ve.Dr. V.N.Vedantha Desikan : SlOkam 902. SamsAradhva srama-pariNathAm samsrithAnAm janAnAm tApam sadhya: samayithumalam SaarngiNa: PaadhukE Thvam ChandraapeeDE praNamathy navAm chandrikAm aapiBadhbi: dhArA niryath salila-kaNikA seekaraiscchandrakAnthai: Oh Lord"s PaadhukA ! Siva who has the moon on his head is bent low before You in great respect . The moonstones on You shed torrents of water by the effect of the moon. A drop of water is adequate to remove the agony suffered by people by reason of going round and round the wheel of Samsaara . Special Notes on SlOkam 902 by V.Sadagopan(V.S) : 1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: In the earlier verse , Swamy Desikan pointed out that the PaadhukAs drive away the samsAric afflictions by reducing their heat. Since water is important to reduce the heat , He states that the PaadhukAs have also that element of water in them . He says: " Oh Paadhukais of SaarangapANi ! When MahEswara with His crescent Moon decoration bows before You , the rays of moon fall on the chandrakAntha stones and produce a stream of water that removes the fatigue of the people affected by the heat of SamsAric afflictions ". ChandrakAntha stones are known to produce water , when Moon's rays fall on them. 2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:SamsAris wander in the torrid desert of Taapa Thrayam , shrivel from the heat and rush to the side of the most merciful PaadhukAs and perform Prapatthi . The ever compassionate Paadhukais of the Lord of SrIrangam removes the fatigue of the SamsAris and frees them from their sufferings . How does it quench the heat of SamsAram ? PadhukAs have chandhrakAntha gems on its surface . When MahEswaran prostrates before the Paadhukais , the rays from the crescent Moon on MahEswaran's head fall on the ChandrakAntham and cause a storage of copious amounts of water inside them. With their unique property to drink in Moon's rays and transform them to water , they accomplish this storage of water .When a suffering SamsAri does Prapathti , the water from the ChandrakAntham comes to His rescue and quenches his samsAric tApams . 3. MahEswaran has the crescent Moon as His head aabharaNam ( ChandrapeeDam vahathi ) . When He prostrates before the Paadhukais, the cool rays from the new crecent Moon fall on the ChandrakAntham gems on the Paadhukais ; these gem stones drink up (transfrom ) the moon beams and store up the water inside them( navAm chandrikAm aapiBadhbhi: dhArA niryath salila karNikaa seekarai: ChandrakAnthai:). When the samsAris scorched from the tApa trayam approach the Paadhukais and perform prapatthi , the cool water from the ChandrakAntham gems quenches instantaneously the samsAric afflictions ( Taapa thrayam sadhya samayithum alam )...(V.S). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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