Padhuka Sahasram-327

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

327. nivEshithAm rangapathE: padhAbjE manyE saparyAm maNipAdharakshE!

thvadharpaNAdhApathithAmapashyath gAndIvaDhanvA girishOtthamAngE

 

Oh Manipaaduka! Arjuna saw the flowers, respectfully presented at the

Lord's Feet, on the head of Siva, I presume (because the flowers fell

on You and Siva bore You on his head.)

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.SatakOpan (V.S): SlOkam 327

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(1) Sri UthtamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan describes

a miracle that was witnessed by Arjuna one day. Latter was

rushing off to perform pushpArchanA to Lord SivA . KrishNA

stopped him and said that the worship offered to Him would

be the equivalent of Siva PoojA. Arjuna believed in his

friend's word and conducted the worship of KrishNA . Later ,

when ArjunA went to the temple of SivA , he found that all

the flowers he placed at the feet of KrishNA were decorating

SivA's head. Arjuna understood then , the supermacy of KrishNA

as the fundamental power behind all gods. Swami Desikan

composed this verse around this experience of ArjunA .

Swamy says: " Oh RanganAthA's PadhukE ! ArjunA saw that

the flowers that he placed on RanganAthA's holy feet ended

on You . Later the very same flowers were found on Lord

SivA's head. ArjunA then understood how those flowers got

on top of Lord SivA's head ; this happeened from Lord SivA's

worship of You and placing those flowers as PrasAdham

on His head .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The flowers used

in worship of the sacred feet of the lord were found

on the head of SivA by ArjunA since Sivan adorns

the Lord's Paadhukais daily .

 

(3) " GirIsOtthamAngE thvath arpaNaath aapAthithAm

saparyAm apasyath manyE " says Swamy Desikan . Girisan

is the KailAsapathi. His UtthamAngam is His Siras.

BhagavAn's SatAri is placed on GirIsan's head during

Bhagavath AarAdhanam and that is how the flowers on

the Paadhukais land on SivA's head..(V.S)