Padhuka Sahasram-262

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

262. sharadha: shathamamba! pAdhukE!syAm

samyAhUthapithAmahasthuthAni

maNimaNtapikAsu rangaBharthu:

thvadhaDhInAni gathAgathAni pashyan

 

Oh Paaduka! May I be enabled to enjoy, for a hundred years, the going

and coming of Sri Ranganatha, who wears You in all these walks, so

much so that His festivals become dependent on You, so to say; when

You take the Lord to different gem-studded Mandapas, at appropriate

times, devas like Brahma, who are formally invited for the festival,

recite hymns in the Lord's praise.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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(1) Sri UthtamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Here , Swami

Desikan celebrates the " gathAgathAni " aspects or

the coming and goings of the Paadhukais with Lord

RanganAthA during the many festivals at the Srirangam

temple. Swamy Desikan says: ' Oh Mother PaadhukE !

During the time of the temple festivals , BrahmA and

the dEvAs unite Lord RanganAthA's feet with you

to enable Him to travel to the many gem-bedecked

sanctums and offer their worships at these sites

in the classical manner prescribed by Paancha Raathram

texts . May adiyEn be blessed by you to see the comings

and goings of Lord RanganAthA united with you for

one hunred years.

 

(2) SrimathAndavan's anubhavam: Oh Mother PaadhukE!

During the uthsava kaalams , it is customary

to call upon all the dEvAs to perform different

kaimkaryams to Lord RanganAthan.They all have

responded with alacrity to the roll call .PerumAL

wears You and travels to the different chambers of

the temple . There , the awaiting DevAs eulogize

the Lord. It is adiyEn's ( Swamy Desikan's) ardent

desire to live in this earth for hundred years

to have the sEvA BHAgyam of the Lord's gathAgathAni

ably assited by the paadhukais.

 

(3) With great tenderness , Swamy Desikan

addresses the Paadhukais here as : " hE ambha

paadukE! " . Lord RanganAthA's feet are indebted

to the Paadhukais for their tireles kaimkaryam

and therefore they (the feet of the Lord) has no

freedom to move around by themselves.Swamy states

here that Lord RanganAthan is totally dependent

on HIs PAADUKAIS ( tvadhadhiNaNi).Swamy prays for

th Vedic prAyam (longevity) of 100 years for himself

to spend that time happily watching the comings and

the goings of the Lord traveling to the various

uthsavams at Srirangam ( gathAgathAni pasyan

saradhasatham syAm)...V.S

 

(4) Swamy Desikan's prayer reminds us of the prayers

we say during the MaadhyAhnika SandhyA Vandhanam:

" pasyEma Saradha: satham, jeevEma saradha: satham ,

nandhAma saradha: satham , mOdhAma saradha: satham --

Here the prayer is to see Soorya-mandala

madhyastha Sriman NaarAyaNan for 100 years .Swamy

Desikan's prayer to the Padhukais is : " hE Ambha

PaadhukE! Rangabharthu: tvadhadhInAni gathaagathAni

pasyan Saradha: Satham syAm " ...V.S