Padhuka Sahasram-280

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

 

280. saha prayAthA sathatam prayANE prApthAsanE samshrithapAdhapITA

alanGhanIyA sahajEna BhUmnA ChAyEva shoUrErmaNipAdhukE! thvam

 

Oh Manipaaduka! When the Lord goes, You too go;

when He is seated,You stay in the foot-plank,

You have an innate greatness. So, the Lord

can never transcend You. Yes, You are like

the Lord's shadow. You are inseparable from Him

and He will never thwart You!

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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1) Sri Abhinava Desika UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:

Here, Swami Desikan compares the PaadhukAs to

the shadow of the Lord Himself.When one stands

under the shadow of the Harichandanaa tree ,

one obtains , whatever one desires. Swami Desikan

indicates that the Paadhukais have the same

boon-granting power. He says: " Oh PaadhukE!

When the Lord travels , You travel with Him.

When He sits down , You are next to Him on

the foot-rest stand. Because of this intimate

association with Your Lord at all times and places ,

You are like His shadow. " The shadow follows

a walking man. It stands , when he stands

and jumps , when he jumps. In all these aspects,

the Padhukais Qualify as the shadow of the Lord.

 

2) HH Srimath Andavan's anubhavam:Here, Srimamth

Andabvan points out that the Paadhukai accompanies

the Lord just as a shadow accompanies a man .

The Paadhukai surpasses however the unique glory

of the Lord . Swamy Desikan hints that PerumAL can not

jump (transcend) over the glories of the PaadhukA ,

just as a man can not jump over his own shadow.

 

3)Swami Desikan addresses the Paadhukais

and says with wonderment: " thvam SourE:

chAyEva asi( You are verily like the shadow

of Your Lord) " . Your innate and inseperable

glories (sahaja bhumnA) are such that even

Your own Lord can not surpass them or jump

over them to reach the first place. He becomes

alanghanIyan ( One who could not cross Your

glory , which is His own shadow). Oh MaNi

PaadhukE ! Such is Your vast glory! ...V.S