Padhuka Sahasram-256

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

256. nidhrAyitasya kamithurmaNipAdhukE! thvam

paryankikAparisaram prathipadhyamAnA

shvAsAnilaprachalithEna BhajasyaBhIkshNam

nABhIsarOjarajasA navamangarAgam

 

Oh Manipaaduka Devi! As the Lord is asleep, You are near the couch;

even at that time, You enjoy the fragrance that the Lord's breath

blows over the pollen on the navel lotus. It acts like a new

sandalwood paste on You.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

1. Sri UtthamUr Swamy' anubhavam : Oh PaadhukE! You enjoy the

pleasures of union with Your Lord , when He is awake as well as at

sleep . While He is awake , He smears the honey-pollen paste on You

with His feet. While , He is asleep , You stay very close to His

sacred feet . During His sleep , His energetic breath falls on the

divine lotus arising out of the novel and frees the pollen from that

lotus . That pollen falls on You as an intermittent shower and coats

You again . That coating makes it look as though Your limbs have

been coated with yet another kind of sandal paste.

 

2 . Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! perumAl was

sleeping. At that time , You were near His AdhisEshA bed. The

powerful breath of the Lord fell on the divine lotus of that

PadhmanAbhan and got deflected on You and carried with it the pollen

dust from that lotus. Those pollen showers settled on You and made

it look like you were smeared with another kind of sandal paste.

 

3.Oh PaadhukE ! " thvam nidhrAyithasya kamithu: paryankikA parisaram

prathipAdhyamAnA " ( you were waiting like LakshmaNa Swamy , who

stood by the side of the sleeping Raaman in the forest without sleep

awaiting His next command on waking up . Your naayakan ( kamithu: )

was sleeping soundly and the powerful breaths associated with that

deep state of sleep rose up ( svAsAnila prachalithEna ) and fell on

the divine lotus arising out of Your Lord's naabhi . The gentle

movement of the lotus released the pollen dust from that lotus ,

which

fell on You and coated You often with a new smearing of " sandal

paste " ( svAsAnila prachalithEna naabhi sarOja rajasA navam

angarAgam abhIkshaNam bahajasi) …V.S