Padhuka Sahasram-257

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

257. shayithavathi rajanyAm pAdhukE! rangabanDhoU

charaNakamalapArshvE sAdharam varthasE thvam

PhaNipathishayanIyAdhutThithasya praBhAthE

praThamanayanapAtham pAvanam prApthukAmA

 

Oh Paaduka Devi! When the Lord has gone 'asleep', You sit beside His

Adisesha-couch, eagerly waiting for His first glance, on his

awaking,-a potent and pure glance-a previlege given to You alone.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

1. Sri UtthamUr Swami's anubhavam : Here Swami Desikan describes how

Devi PaadhukA becomes the senior consort of Lord RanganAthA . He says

: " Oh PaadhukE ! When the Lord sleeps , You stay very close to His

lotus feet with great affection . During dawn , when He wakes up ,

His first glances fall on You befitting Your rank as the first among

His consorts .Your stature as the foremost consort is therefore

unquestioned .

 

2. Srimath Andavan's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukE ! PerumAL is resting

in

His paryankam (bed) . When he wakes up at dawn , You long for His

first glance to fall on You and therfore You stay at the foot of His

bed.

 

3. Here Swami Desikan chooses the word Rangabhandhu to salute the

Lord

of the Paadhukais to hint at their BhAndhavyam (relationship). Devi

Paadhukai is sitting wide awake at the lotus feet of the sleeping

Lord

( Rangabhandhou-charaNa kamala paarsvE thvam saadharam varthasE ) .

You are quietly waiting there with longing to receive the first

sacred glance of the Lord , when He wakes up at dawn for performing

His nithya karmAs ( PhaNipathi sayaneeyAth utthithasya paavanam

prathama nayana paatham prabhAthE prApthukAmA saadharam varthasE )

…V.S