Sri Ranganatha PaadhukA sahasram: SlOkam 137

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

 

137. aasthAya tathra sphutabindhunaadham

shtamBhEramam thaadhrutha sannivEsam

adarsayasthvam puramadhyabhAgE

PaadhAvani tvath praNayasrayathvam

 

Translation by U.Ve.Sri V.N.Vedantha Desikan Swamy

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Oh PaadhukE!While in the centre of the city , the elephant

carrying You on its back , had on its face colored drops and

drawings (called Bindhu) , had its own roar sounding like

the PraNavam , very uniquely indeed -and on the elephant

demonstrated Your being based on PraNavam , very much in

consonance with the Sriranga VimAnam .

 

Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam :

 

Oh PaadhukE ! The sight of You in the northern city of

AyOdhyA seated on the royal elephant with its trunk curved

like the shape of PraNavam and making the majestic sound

of PraNavam reminds me of Srirangam. There , You are sitting

upon the vimAnam known as the PraNavAkruthi VimAnam ( structure

over the sanctum-sanctorium resembling the shape of PraNavam )

and engaged in raising the auspicious sound of PraNavam .

 

2. Srimath Andavan's anubhavam:

 

Oh PaadhukE ! You were seated on top of the painted

elephant making loud roars . That sight remindsadiyEn

of PraNavAkAra VimAnam ( In grantha aksharam , the word

" OM " resembles both the trunk of the elephant and

the Sriranga VimAnam ).

 

3. The light and sound aspects of the bhavani of

the Paadhukais on top of the elephant is indicated by

Swami Desikan with the choice of words : " SpuDa bindhu-

naadham " . Bindhu can also be intrepreted as anusvaram and

naadham as Svaram in the context of vedic recitation

linked with PraNava ucchAraNam . Oh PadhukE ! That sound

and shape reminds adiyEn of Your " PraNavAsrayathvam "

( having the PraNavAkaara VimAnam as Your abode )...V.S