Padhuka Sahasram-198

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

198. prAyO vishOShitharasA pathiviprayOgAth

paryAkulIkruthasamudhrapayODharA goU:

amba! thvadhIyamaBhiShekapaya: pibanthI

DhEnurbhaBhUva jagathAm DhanaDhAnyadhOgGrI

 

Oh Paaduka! Presumably because the master (Rama) was absent,

the earth (-cow) had become dried of its ocean (-udder).

Only when replenishment came from Your abhisheka waters,

it became fertile land (-milch-cow) that would bring forth,

in abundance,wealth and produce!

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Mother PaadukE !

Due to the pangs of separation from Her Lord , BhUmi dEvi

was lie a famished cow, whose udders were dry.During

the time of Your coronation bath , BhUmi dEvi was drenched

with the holy waters used on that occasion. She became

fully nourished through association with those holy waters and

was restored to the status of a healthy cow with udders full.

Earth became abudant with overflowing milk , grains and

other forms of Subhiksham . You made it possible for

Mother Earth to become once again Her magnificient

and benevolent self.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is

that at the places , where SadAchAryAs reside , there

are no inauspiciousness (na tathra sancharishyanthi

vyAdhirdhurbiksha taskarA:). The power of the Sri Paadha

theertham of SadAchAryAs can not be adequately praised .

 

(3) The pathi viprayOgam (separation from Her Lord)

made the udder of the Cow of Mother Earth

dry. Her milk of happiness (ViprayOgAth prAya:

visOshithA rasA ). The oceans around Her were in

an agitated state. When She drank the holy coronation

waters of Yours , Dhanam , DhAnyam and other subhikshams

flowed copiously from Her udders ...V.S