Padhuka Sahasram-273

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

273. utthasThuShO rangashayasya sheShA-

dhAsThAna simhAsanam ArurukshO:

maDhyE nishAntham maNipAdhukE! thvAm

lIlApadhanyAsa saKhIm prapadhyE

 

Oh Manipaaduka! I surrender unto You, who are

the company to the Lord, as he rises up from

His Adisesha couch and walks through the seraglio

to the Asthana throne, where He is going to be seated.

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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

I seek refuge in You , who serves as transport to

Lord RanganAthA in the morning , when He descends from

His bed of AadhisEshan and travels to the throne room

of His palace at Srirangam. You provide the link between

His descent from AdisEshan and His ascent on the throne.

 

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

adiyEn seeks YOu as UpAyam in Your role as

the helper( kinkaran) of Lord RanganAthan

to travel from His antha: puram to His throne

in the mornings.

 

(3) Swamy Desikan describes where the Paadhukais were

while the Lord rested and what relationship Paadhukai

has with the Lord . Swamy describes that the Paadhukai

was at the middle of the inner chambers of the Lord

( Rangasayasya MadhyE nisAntham) and was like a ThOzhi

(sakhi ) of the Lord . That ThOzhi was waiting

for Her Lord's command in the Morning to transport Him

from the antha:puram to the throne room for conducting

the affairs of the day. Just as ArjunA was the SakhA

(dear friend ) of the Lord , Paadhukai relates

to the Lord as a dear lady friend (SakhI ). Swamy

Desikan says that He seeks that highly placed

Paadhukai as his UpAyam ( ThvAM PrapadhyE )

and offers his self-surrender...(V.S)

 

NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa,

Daasan , Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan