Padhuka Sahasram-342

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

342. Ghatayasi paripUrNAn krishNamEGhaprachArE

kruthaBhirupahruthaIsthvam kEthakIgarBhapathraI:

varathanupariNAmAdhvAmatha: shyAmaLAnAm

praNathisamayalagnAn pAdhukE! moULichandhrAn

 

Oh Paaduka! The Lord was, in His movements on the earth, a real dark

cloud. The eleven Rudras, the half-feminine devas bend their heads low

before You. The digit-a thin streak of moon that appears near

You-becomes full moon by reason of the ketaki leaves, so that we see

eleven full moons by Your contact, the ketaki having been dedicated to

You earlier by holy people.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.SatakOpan (V.S): SlOkma 342

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: After referring to

the flowers of the aasramam trees, Swamy Desikan thinks of

the Kaithaki flowers (blossoms of Pandanus Odorartissimus tree)

resting on the Paadhukais. Kaithaki is the ThAzhai flower .

It has the property of looking like full Moon , when it is

seen in the company of cresenct Moon. Here , Swamy Desikan

imagines a scene , where the EkAdas RudrAs are prostrating

before Lord RanganAthA of bluish-black hue (of the rain-laden

cloud).The eleven RudrAs have crescent Moons on their heads .

They also have the dark-hued Parvathi (ShyAmaLA dEvi) on

their left sides.At the time of their prostrations before

the Paadhkais ,the crescent Moon on their heads joins with

the Kaithaki flower petals resting on the Paadhukais and

that union creates the appearance of the rising of the full Moon

symbolizing the banishment of spiritual darkness.

 

(2) The Neela-mEgha PerumAL is on SanchAram on the Raaja

Veethis of Srirangam (KrishNa mEgha PrachAram) adorning

His Paadhukai .The blessed ones (Krithibhi:/PuNyasAlis) bring

the inner white petals of Kaithaki flowers ( Kethaki garbha

pathrai:)and offer them reverentially to the Lord's Paadhukais.

The inner petals of ThAzhai flowers look like half-moon.

At that time, RudrAs (Vaamatha: ShyAmaLAnAm /ardha nArIsvara

moorthys with dark hued Paarvathi on the left soide of

their bodies)prostrate before the Paadhukais with

the alankAram of Kaithaki petals (ardha chandran );

the union of the ardha chandrans on the heads of the EkAdasa-

RudrAs with the half moons (ChandramouLis) resting on

the Paadhukais create the illusion of the full Moon rising

against the back drop of dark blue clouds.Swamy Desikan says

that the Paadhukais create this impression( PraNathisamaya

laghnAn MouLi ChandrAn ParipoorNAn gaDayasi)..(V.S)