Padhuka Sahasram-252

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

252. praNathathridashEndramoulimAlA

makarandhArdhraparAgapankilEna

anulimpathi pAdhukE! svayam thvAm

anurUpENa padhEna ranganATha:

 

Oh Paaduka! Lord Ranganatha Himself applies on You, with His Feet, a

sandal-paste, suited to YOU; this paste is a slush of moistened

pollen

spread over His Feet, from the flower-garlands on the heads of the

chiefs of the devas, bent down on the Lord's Feet in homage to the

Lord.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

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

 

SlOkam 252:

 

(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh paadhukE! When the dEvAs and

their king IndrA prostrate at RanganAthA's feet , the honey and

the

pollen dust present in the flowers from the garlands decorating the

heads of dEvAs mix together. They form a paste , which attaches

itself

to the Lord's feet . When the Lord unites His feet with You , it

looks as though a srungAra chEshtai has taken place in which the

Master smears vermilion and sandal paste on the limbs of his Nayaki .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam : Lord RanganAtha appears to apply

the

sandal paste on You , when He unites His sacred feet with You for His

sanchAram to the antha:puram . Your Lord's feet contain the mixture

of honey and pollen dust that have loosened themselves from the

flowers in the garlands adorning the heads of the dEvAs prostrating

at His sacred feet .

 

(3) The makarandham (honey ) and the aardhra parAgam ( wet pollen

dust) from the garlands wrapped around the heads of dEvAs (

thridasEndhra mouLi maalA makarandha aardhra parAga ) get attached

to

Lord RanganAthA's feet as the dEvAs prostrate before Him . They

form

a sort of mud on the Lord's feet. When He unites His feet with the

Paadhukais , that muddy mixture resembling sandal paste (pankilEna

anurUpENa ) is smeared over the body of the Paadhukais. This event

reminds Swami Desikan of a SrungAra play between the man and woman,

when the man paints the limbs of his beloved lady with fragrant

sandal

paste . Swamy Desikan states that RanganAtha Himself applies the

sandal paste (mixture of pollen dust and honey from the flowers on

the

heads of the dEvAs ) through His feet on the Paadhukais as a kind of

love play ( RanganAtha: pankilEna anurUpENa padhEna svayam

anulimpathi)….V.S