Padhuka Sahasram-957

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

 

957. kshIbhAsi kAnchanapadhAvani! KaITaBhArE:

pAdhAravindhamakarandhaniShEvaNEna

dhEvi! (dhaIvAth) thvadhanthikajuSha: kaThamanyaThA mE

dhInAksharANi na shruNOShi dhayADhikA thvam

 

Oh Devi Gold Paaduka! You perhaps, have got intoxicated with honey

from the Lord's Lotus Feet. How elese You, with Your great mercy

quality, remain heedless to my pathetic words from near You!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 957

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Golden Paadhukais of the Lord !

You seem to be intoxicated from the drinking of the honey from the

lotus

feet of Your Lord . Otherwise , DEvi , how can I explain or

understand

Your neglect of my dire pleas ? Normally , You are very

compassionate

and respond fast to the cries of Your devotees .( Swamy Desikan

begged

the Paadhukais to bring the Lord before him . They acted as though

they

never heard him . He expresses his sorrow and disappointment in

this slOkam ).

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! I am a MahA Paapi ,

who dare not approach You . Inspite of that , due to Bhagavan's

anugraham ,

I have been empowered to approach You . My sins have not been

banished

however even after seeking You as my refuge. I am standing next to

You and

crying with agitated voice about my unbearable samsAric sufferings.

How come

those pleas are not falling on Your ears ? I can not say that You

are indifferent

because You are heartless . You are indeed the embodiment of DayA.

I can not also assess that You do not have the power to eliminate my

sorrows .

Among the three items needed for rakshaNam , Jn~Anam , DayA and

Sakthi

are included. Since You have DayA and Sakthi in abundance , it must

be the lack

of Jn~Anam about my sufferings that must be interfering with Your

rush to protect

me. I am sure that you did not reject me purposely . I surmise that

It is your

total immersion in the aanandhAnubhavam arising from Your drinking

the madhu associated with Your Lord's lotus feet makes You oblivious

of me .My cries of suffering (Aaartha Dhvani) has therefore escaped

Your ears. There are also external signs ( golden color of Yours and

the lustre of Your body ) that shows off and are linkable to the

golden

pollen despositing on You from the Lord's lotus feet . It is only my

paapa raasis that make You deaf to my soulful cries seeking Your

intervention !

 

3) Oh golden PaadhukA Devi , who is the PaadhukA of the Lord ,

who destroyed the asuran , KaiDaban ( KaiDabhArE: Kaacnana

PadhAvani DEvi ) ! You are in a state of intoxication from

the consumption of the honey associated with Your Lord's

lotus feet ( KaidabhArE: Paadharavindha makarandha

nishEvaNEna ksheeBA asi). If that were not so (anyaTA) ,

You filled with DayA by svabhAbhAvam ( dayAdhikA Thvam )

will not be indifferent to me standing next to You ( Thvanthikajusha:

mE ) and ignore my heart rending cries for rescue (dheenAksharANi

kaTam na sruNOshi )? ....(V.S) .