Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram: slOkam 148

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148: paadhAvani ! prachala chaamara brundha madhyE

bhadrAsana aasthara gathA bhavathee virEjE

aakIrNa dhivya salilE kaDakE sumErO:

ambhOjineeva kalahAyitha hamsa yuThA

 

Translation by U.Ve.V.N.VedAntha Desikan Swamy

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Oh PaadhukA ! You are seated on a shining white garment

spread on the throne , with a number of chAmarAs (Fans)

being briskly wafted around You. It looks as though

there sia lotus pond , on the ridge of the SumEru

mountain , rich in sacred rivers. in which herds of

swans are engaged in a quarrel .

 

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

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here Swamy Desikan

describes the scene , where BharathA and court attendants

offer fan service to the PaadhukAs resting on the auspicious

throne of the Raghu dynasty. Swamy Desikan says: " at that time ,

You resembled a lotus flower surrounded by a flock of competing

white swans in a pond in the foot hills of Meru mountain " .

Here Swamy equates the lofty throne to the Meru mountain .

The blue silk decoration on the throne to the vast expanses

of the waters of lake ManasarOvar. The ruby-decked paadukai

is equated to a red lotus. The white fans made from the white-

tail of the chaamara deer are compared to the group of swans

moving around the lotus flower( paadhukA ). The brushing of

the fans during chamara kaimkaryam is equatd to the collision

of competing swans circling to get closer to the Padhukai.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE !You were

sitting on the golden throne (Kaanchana Meru) over a

resplendent cushion . Your BhakthAs were performing

fan service to You . That scene reminds me of the pond

at the foothills of the golden Meru mountain, where

the swans were noisily circling a splendid lotus flower.

 

(3) In the last slOkam , Swamy Desikan described

" the prachAram (sanchAram ) " of the Lord in the DhaNdakaa

forest . Here , he describes " the prachalam " of chaamara

brundhams ( the flock of moving fans ) at the throne room

of the KosalA kingdom . " Prachalam " means an object in motion.

The Prachalam is that of parama hamsAs ( the great sages

assembled in the Meru mountain's foot hills )moving

their tongues in eulogy of the lotus PaadukA's anantha

KalyANa guNAs and the collision of their prayers

in mid-air ...V.S