Padhuka Sahasram-38

[Guest guest]

>Sri:

>

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin

>

>38. MatarmAdhavapAdhukE! Tava GuNAn ka: sthOthumasthOkaDhI:

> kOtIrEShu YadarpaNapraNayinAm sevAkshaNE svargiNAm

> anyOnyam kshipatAmahampraThamikAsammardhakOlahalam

> VishvaksEnavihAravEtralathikAkampaschirAllumpati

>

>Oh Mother Paaduka! Who is there, competent to compose a hymn in praise of

>Your GuNas! None there can be.Devas compete and clash with one another, to

>advance to bear You on the head; their effort at priority causes a great

>furore; Vishwaksena tries,but succeeds only very late, to quieten the

situation, with his wand and whip, which works for long, though in sport.

>

>Namo Narayana,

>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S):

****************************

 

(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Oh Mother PaadhukhE!

Lord Maadhavan is influenced by His consort and

sends You to bless the dEvAs .You also start on

this assigned mission by sanctifying the dEvAs

through Your stay on their heads for ashort moment .

DevAs want to keep You on their heads longer and

they push each other to compete for this rare blessing.

Lord VishvaksEnA , the chief of protocol of the Divine

Couple creates order amidst the commotion by waving his

cane over the heads of the jostling dEvAs . He does not

hit them since they are Sri RanganAtha BhakthAs , but

only threatens them to create order during this unruly

scene.Oh Mother PaadhukhE ! Such is Your glory ! Who

indeed has the intellect to praise Your many auspicious

qualities in a fitting manner ?

 

(2) Brahma , RudhrAdhan and other dEvAs are not free from

their desires ; they regret that that they could not

covet for the special position that NammAzhwAr has

achieved through his serviceas the Paadhukhais of

their Lord .

 

(3) Here Swami Desikan salutes the Paadhukhai of the Lord

as the Loka MaathA . He points out that the DevAs

get anxious for the contact of the Paadhukhai on their

heads and push each other to become the first recipient

(aham prathamikA) of that SoubhAgyam .That commotion

by the tight crowd of the dEvAs moving forward

creates chaos and disarray.This disorderly scene in front

of the AasthAnam of Sri RanganAthA forces VishvaksEnar

to shake the cane (vEthralathikA )in his hand to

control the surging crowd of dEvAs and restore order...V.S