Padhuka Sahasram-243

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

243. padhmAjuShtam Bhajathu charaNam pAdhukA labDhavArA

prathyAsannAsthava parijanA: prAtharAsThAnayOgyA:

arDhOnmEShAdhaDhikasuBhagAm arDhanidhrAnuShangAm

nABhipadhmE thava nayanayOrnATha! pashyanthu shOBhAm

 

(Vaitalikas wake the Lord up:) " Oh Ranganatha! May the Paaduka secure

its turn to enjoy Your

Feet that were so far enjoyed in service of Mahalakshmi! Your private

attendants are waiting

to see Your half-wake and half-asleep eyes, which are charming for

that very reason, this

charm also being reflected in the half-blossomed navel-lotus (by

reason of the simultaneous

impact of an eye that is sun and the other eye that is moon) " .

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

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

May the Paadhukais get reunited with Your holy feet

comforted (pressed ) by the lotus-soft hands of

MahA Lakshmi!Your lotus-soft eyes are half open like

the lotus flowers at dawn. Your sevants have assembled

now in the outter courtyard and are waiting for You to

open Your eyes fully and command them about their duties .

Since You have to wear Your PaadhukAs to move about

and since it will be difficult for You to get into them ,

when Your eyes are half-open , please open them fully.

When You open Your eyes fully at dawn in response to

our (Upanishad's) prayers , the only half-open lotus

left would be the one growing out of Your navel that

houses Your son, BrahmA .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh Lord RanganAthA !

At the morning time, when Your servants are assembled

at Your outter court, Your eyes are half-open and half-shut.

The lotus on your navel is in the same state because

of the effect of your two eyes ( the Sun and the Moon )

on them {( Lotus flowers open on seeing the Sun and close

at sunset { moon rise }} . May Your servants enjoy

this rare sight at dawn ! May Thou wear the PaadhukAs

on Your sacred feet pressed by the lotus-soft hands of

Periya PirAtti and grant Your darsanam to Your servants !

 

(3) The holy feet of the Lord are " PadhmA jushtam charaNam "

( the sacred feet worshipped by Sri RanganAyaki). The Paadhukais

have the rights of association with the holy feet pressed by

Sri RanganAyaki. May those Paadhukais be united with Your

holy feet ( PadhmA jushtam charaNam bhajathu) at this dawn !

The seravants blessed to serve You at Your Morning court

have assembled closely ( prAtharAsthAna YogyA : tava parijanA:

prathyAsannA:). May Thou adorn Your PaadhukAs and walk

to the outter court to let Your servants enjoy Your

half-open and half-closed eyes at dawn , which have their

own extraordinary beauty ( ardhOnmEshAth adhika subhagAm

ardhanidhrAnushangAm nayana sObhAM ) and influence the lotus

on Your navel, which is also half-open and half-shut (nayanayO:

sObhAm naabhi padhmE pasyanthu)..V.S