Padhuka Sahasram-919

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

919. rAmapAdhagathA BhAsA sA BhAthA gadhapAmarA

kAdhupAnancha kAsahyA hyAsa kAnchanapAdhukA

 

Paaduka, which settled on the Feet of Rama protected by its

Effulgence, the Devas from all their miseries. That Gold Paaduka was

dedicated to the Lord by Brahma. It is the protector fo Siva. Its

dazzling brilliance is unbearable to the sun. (It is unbearable to

any but who worship it). For conferring all-round wealth and welfare

on Ayodhya-kingdom, it came here.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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SlOkam 919 :

 

Raama-paada-gathA-bhAsA saa bhAtha-gadha-pAmaraa

kaadh-upAnanja-ka-asahyA hyAsa kAnchana-pAdhukA

 

1) Anubhavam of UthtamUr Swamy : This type of chithrA poetry

is known as " PaadhAnuloma prathilOmam " . This is also a kind of

yamakam. If one considers this slOkam to be made of four quadrants,

the first two quadrants have a mirror image effect ; so does the

third and the fourth quadrant .The first quadrant "

RaamapadhagathAbhAsA " is an exact mirror image

of "saabhAdhagadhapAmarA". If we start reading from right to left ,

we get exactly the first quadrant. The same situation prevails with

the third and the fourth quadrant. There is coherent meaning conveyed

thru the two quarants of the first and second pAdhams as mirror image

inspite of the clever structuring of the individual paadhAs.

For developing the meaning , the verse has to be split in to the

following prose order : " Raama paadha gathA , bhasA , Saa paadhA,

aagatha paamara, gath upa , ananjakAsahyaa, hi, aasa , kaanchana

paadhukA".

 

1) Meaning according to UtthamUr Swamy' : The golden paadhukAs that

reached RaamA's feet have movement marked by their brilliant lustre;

through that lustre, they protect the DevAs from any illness or

calamities and are foes to those, who are disrespectful to them .

They are indeed the reasons for the protection of the Raajya Lakshmi

of the kingdom of Raghus, when Raama was away for fourteen years.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:The golden Paadhukais of Lord

RanganAthan have (1) Aasritha soulabhyam with the Lord and therefore

arrived in BhU Lokam from Brahma Lokam with the Lord (2) have power

to remove all aathma vyAdhis and external enemies/bhAhya Chathrus (3)

have power to burn even Sooryan through its tEjas. Thus they have

Soulabhyam , Daya and tEjas like their Lord . That empowered

them to rule over AyOdhya as the representative of their Lord during

His exile .

 

3) The PaadhukAs have attained RaamA's sacred feet ( Raama paadha

gatha). They arrived at SrIrangam with SrIranga VimAnam from

BrahmA's abode of Sathya lOkam ( Kaath upAnanja ). This story is well

known ( BhAthA aasa hi ) from SrIranga MahAthmyam The PaadhukAs

have the tejas that will even burn the Sooryan ( Kaa asahyA ) . Kaa

means Brahma , Sooryan and the Lord as well .They remove the diseases

of the mind of the DevAs ( agadhapA= gadham+ pa+a;Gadham is illness ;

Paa means to protect and "a" means does not have ) . The ones who

have protection from illness are the DevAs due to the anugraham of

the paadhukAs . Linked together , " agadhapA: amarA :" results. These

illnesses are : ahankAra , MamakArams as Aathma vyAdhis.