Padhuka Shasram-367

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

367. ApAthavallavathanOrakumArayUna:

padhAvani! pravishathO yamunAnikunjAn

AsIdhanangasamarAth puratha: pravruttha:

sEnAparAga iva thE padhavIparAga:

 

Oh Paaduka! When Krishna, only superficially a gopa, in his youth

without that age of youthfulness, ventured on His love-war with gopis

behind the Yamuna-bed-shrubs, the dust from You was perhaps the dust

of war, dust of army progress, in the 'war of love'.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.SatakOpan (V.S): SlOkam 367

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:

After describing the power of the PaadhukA dust

to cure the SamsAric ills in the previous slOkam ,

Swami Desikan describes here how the power of

the dust creates aversion to the worldly pleasures

(VairAgyam). He says that the wearing of the dust on

one's head can bless one to develop indifference to

the worldly attachments .He illustrates this power of

the PaadhukA dust with incidents in KrishNA's life.

 

Swami says: " Oh PaadhukE! That KrishNA looked

as a cowherd , but in reality , He was Your Lord.

When this eternally young cowherd entered the banks of

YamunA river to wage the war of Love (amorous fights)

with the Gopis , You came to His rescue. Gopis lost

the war. They united however with the Lord of the Universe,

took refuge in Him and lost their interest in worldly

things. Their minds were filled with the thoughts about

KrishNA. They became rich in VairAgyam. The dust associated

with You rose like an army and defeated the Gopis and

made them blessed souls brimming with VairAgyam. "

Here , Swami Desikan points out that the detatchment

from the worldly pleasures arises from great love (Kaamam )

for the Lord and the dust specks from the Lord's

Paadhukais can empower one to attain that state of

VairAgyam.

 

(2)Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: On the banks of YamunA,

Lord KrsihNA spent time at the various tryst houses. His rapid

sanchAram from one house to the other raised a lot of dust .

That cloud of dust looked like the dust raised by the army

in the war of amorous god (Manmathan).

 

(3)KrishNa is visualized here as the one who has not

yet reached the age of sixteeen ( akumAra yoona:).

He is going to be engaged in Manmatha yuddham.

As He travels from one tryst house ( nikuncham)

to the other rapidly , there is a lot of dust

from the paadhukais. That cloud of dust looked

like the dust created by the movement of the army

before the battle (Ananga SamarAth puratha: pravruttha

sEnAparAga iva aaseeth)..(V.S).