Padhuka Sahasram-180

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:

 

180. prApthOdayA thadhAnIm

kimapi thamasthannirAkarOdh BhavathI

thanuriva manukulajanuShAm

prasavithrI rathnapAdhukE! savithu:

 

Oh Paaduka! Your rise removed the darkenss. You were virtually the

sun-rise

for the prosperity of the Manu race.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

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

 

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

points out that SooryA Himself appeared as PaadhukAs and

the descendants of Soorya Vamsam served as the ministers of

the Paadhukais and thereby ruled the kingdom. He says:

" Oh gem-bedecked PaadhukE ! You rose as SooryA in the Manu

vamsam (SaavithrI) and removed the darkness as GayathrI .

Thou art indeed SaavithrI and GayathrI for the lineage of

Manu. With Your rising (acceptance of the duties of

the kingdom ), the citizens of KosalA kingdom got blessed

with unimaginable wealth and the lawlessness was totally

eliminated.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! When RaamA

went to the forest to fulfill the vow that He made to His

father, You accepted the responsibilities to rule the kingdom

and thus removed the deep sorrows of the citizens , just as

the rising Sun banishes the darkness of the night .The inner

meaning is that the darsana soubhAgyam of SadAchAryAs

banishes one's aj~nAnam and viparItha J~nAnam ,

just as Sunrise chases away the darkness of the night .

 

(3) In this last of the fourty slOkams of the sixth

paddhathi ( AdhikAra Parigraha Paddhathi ), Swami Desikan

salutes the Paadhukai as the veritable Sun sitting

on the throne of the Manu Vamsam kings (Savithu:

tanuriva kimapi). He states that the Paadhukais

chased away the sorrows (dark moods) of the citizens

of the Kosalaa kingdom like the rising sun removing

the darkness of the night ( tath tama: nirAkarOth)...V.S

 

KavitArkika SimhAsya , Sarvatanthra-Svathanthrasya ,

Srimath VenkatanAthasya Srimath VedAnthAchAryasya

kruthishu Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA SahasrE

AdhikAra Parigraha Paddhathi sampUrNam