Padhuka Sahasram-57

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

>

>57. kanakasaridhanUpE kalpavrukshasya BhUshNO:

> padhakisalayalagnA pAdhukE manjari thvam

> pariNathimaDhurANAm yA PhalAnAm savithrI

> vahasi nigamabrundaI: sampadham ShatpadhAnAm

>

>Oh Paaduka, the Kalpaka tree of Vishnu has grown on the banks of the Kaveri.

>His feet are the tender leaves; You are the bunch of flowers; You yield

>delectable fruits of rewards like Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha; and

>You have, hovering around You, the bees of Vedas.

>

>Namo Narayana,

>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN(V.S)

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

You shine as the beautiful and fragrant bunch of flowers on

the KalpakA tree growing on the banks of river CauvEri

at Srirangam . You produce the delectable fruits from

Your bunch of flowers ; those fruits are consumed with

avidity by the VedhAs like the swarms of bees enjoying

the honey from the blossoms of a non-divine trees.

 

(2) Srimadh Andavan's anubhavam : Oh PadhukhE ! Lord of Srirangam

is found in the middle of the island formed by Cauvery river.

This Lord , who grants all that one desires is like the boon-granting

KalpakA tree. When we have the darsanam of His soft Thiruvadi,

we are reminded of the tender shoots of that kalpakA tree.

When we take in your presence next to those tender shoots

of the Lord's paadham , we are reminded of a bunch of

flowers of that KalpakA tree. From thsoe flowers are born

the four kinds of fruits: Dharmam , Artham , Kaamam

(Bhagaavth Kaamam) and Moksham .These fruits confer

only auspiciousness on their consumers. When we reflect

upon the VedhAs that sing Your glories , we are reminded

of them as the bees that are noursihed by the honey

from Your flowers.

 

(3)Here Swami Desikan equates the Lord of Srirangam

to the Kalpaka Vruksham ; His sacred paadhams to the

tender TaLir(kisalaya:) of that tree; the PaadhukhAs

associated with the taLir paadhams to the bunch of flowers

(Padha Kisalaya laghnA Manjari ); the four kinds of

delectable fruits are equated to Madhura Phalams .

The consumers of these delicious fruits are the

assembly of VedhAs ( Nigama brindham) in the form

of the honey bees( shaD padhA ). The effect of that

consumption is the nourishment ( sampadh ) and

the well being of the VedhAs . The cause for that

nourishment is You , the Lord's PaadhukhA ...V.S

 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE saraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Kpoil VaradAchAri Sadagopan