Padhuka Sahasram-339

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

339. rangEshapAdhapariBhOgasujAthaganDhAm

samprApya dhevi! BhavathIm saha dhivyapuShpaI:

nithyOpadharshitharasam na kilAdhriyanthE

nABhIsarOjamapi nandhachancharIkA:

 

Oh Paaduka Devi! The bees from the Devendra garden, hovering round the

flowers dedicated at the feet of Ranganatha, reach You who are

fragrant by contact with the Feet. There, being exposed to the

sweetness of Yourself, they do not even care for the lotus on the

Lord's navel. (Discerning people who know the value of

Bhagavata-association, will not care for Brahma's post even. Brahma

was born on the navel-lotus).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.SatakOpan (V.S): SlOkam 339

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(1) Abhinava Desikan 's anubhavam: Oh RanganAthA's PaadhukE!

The bees from the gardens of IndrA enjoy the fragrance of

the KalpakA flowers at RanganAthA's lotus feet , which are

inside You . After experiencing that incomparable divine

fragrance ,they do not go near the other lotus springing out

of the Lord's navel. The Other Lotus has only the fragrance

of a Lotus flower , where as the Lord's feet united with You

has the fragrance of VedAs blended with the fragrance of

the Sarvagandhan's lotus feet.

 

(2)Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The Inner meaning is

that the blessed people after receiving SadAchArya

katAksham comprehend the difference between the good and

the not-so-good and consider the great wealth like

Brahma Pattam as equivalent to an insignificant

blade of grass and seek instead the refuge of

the BhagavathOtthmAs.