Padhuka Sahasram-48

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

>

>48. JanayithumalamarDhyam daItyajitpAdarakshE !

> Namathi Mahathi DevE nAkasinDhOrvishIrNA:

> muhurahipathichUdAmoUliratnABhiGhAthAth

> pariNathalaGhimAna: pAThasAmUrmayasthE

>

>Oh Paaduka of the Lord, who won the asuras! When Siva the Mahadeva

>(this name having been acquired after Tripurasamhara) stands bowing his

>head before You, the waters of Ganga on His head get splashed by the

>collision with the gemstones on the head of Vasuki snake which is a

>head ornament of Siva. The splashed-out drops look like ablutions, such

>as Arghya, for You!

>

>Namo Narayana,

>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN

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(1)UttaamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukhAs of the Lord!

Lord Sivan bends over to worship You . At that time ,

the waves from the river GangA residing in His matted hair

break forth and collide with the gems of the hood of

the Serpent Vaasuki coiled around those matted locks (Jatai).

That collision causes the waves of Ganga to break up into

little droplets that appear as arghyam offering to You.

 

(2) Sri Andavan's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukhE ! The tresses of

Mahesavaran is the home for both the sacred GangA and the great

Serpent king , Vaasuki .There are rathnams in the hood of

Vaasuki .The waves splashing from the GangA pravAham bump into

those hard gems on the hood of Vaasuki and create a shower of

droplets on You .That shower of GangA theertham appears like

Lord SivA's arghyam to You .

 

(3)Offering of Arghyam , Paadhyam , Aachamaneeyam to

the worshipful ones such as BhagavAn ,the PaadhukhAs

of the Lord and one's AchAryan is part of the poojA rites known

as Saamsparsikam ( where sparsam is involved ).The BhUtha

Suddhi portion of the AarAdhanam also invokes the creation

of the pure body fit to perform AarAdhanam with the sprinkling

of GanghA theertham ( --divyAmrutha ThArayA AathmAnam Saatvika-

Bhasma cha abhishEchayAmi ).That divyAmrutha ThArai is the GangA

theertham referred to by Swami Desikan here ... V.S

 

(4) Lord Sivan is an expert in the Bhagavadh AarAdhana kramam .

He could also be visualized here as offering Arghyam as

the first of the Various Aasanams of AarAdhanam to

Sri Ranganathan here,(Viz) manthrAsanam .After inviting the Lord

to be present at the AarAdhanam , the next step is to say ,

" PaadhukhAbhyAm nama:, manthrAsanam alamkrushva " . Here ,

BhagavAn is beseeched by the worshipper TO ADORN HIS PAADHUKHAS

and THEN be seated in the Aasanam to accept the offered AarAdhanam .

At this stage, arghyam is offered with the statement ,

" Bhagavan! math PoojAm prathigrhuNIshva " ( OH Lord !

Please accept my AarAdhanam ).Thus arghyam with GangA

Theertham and the worship of the PaadhukhAs are referred

to by Swami Desikan in this slOkam ....V.S