Padhuka Sahasram-269

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

269. nijasamhananaprasakthalAsyam

charitha thvAmaDhiruhya ranganAtha:

padharakshiNi!pAvanathvamAsthAm

rasikAsvAdhamatha: param na vidhma:

 

Oh Paaduka! Ranganatha's ascent on You, His walk thereafter, His body

movements, etc. are all like dance. Obviously, He has so much relish

for contact and company with You. Leave alone the sanctity of His

dance (unlike the reprehensible dance of the mundane world). We know

not any sight more delectable and worth witnessing than this.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

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

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

Lord RanganAthA's ride on You . He takes elegant

steps with Your help and His bodily movements during

those occasions are a delight for one's eyes.

There is nothing more pleasurable to watch in

this world other than that anubhavam. Those who see

this divine sight of RanganAthA's movements

in companionship with You get rid of all their

accumulated sins ,while enjoying this blessed sight .

They have thus twin blessings.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anuibhavam: Oh PaadhukE !

PerumAL wears You on His paadham and dances

as it were with joy as He travels with You.

That sight of the Lord travelling with You

not only destroys all sins but also turns out

to be one of the most beautiful sights to behold .

 

(3) Swami Desikan says here that the Lord of

Srirangam has a beautiful and tender dance (laasyam)

after ascending the paadhukais when He goes around

the raaja veedhis of Srirangam. The dance is more

a laasyam (elegant dance associated with the ladies)

as opposed to ThANdavam ( powerful dance associated

with the male dancer). That srungAra BhAvam is

revealed in all His limbs ( RanganAtha: thvAm

adhiruhya nija samhanana prasaktha laasyam charathi).

The witnesses to that dance filled with srungAra rasam

get sanctified and all their sins are destroyed .

Swami Desikan states that there is nothing more

sweet to enjoy than that blessed sight ( atha:param

rasika aasvAdham na vidhma:)..V.S