Padhuka Sahasram-400

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

400. antharnyasthaIrmaNiBhirudhitham pAdhukE! rangabanDhoU

mandham mandham nihithacharaNE manjuLam thE ninAdham

pashyanthyAdhikramapariNathE: prAkthnIm thAm parAyA:

manyE mithrAvaruNaviShayAdhuccharanthImavasThAm

 

Oh Paaduka! When the Lord gently sets His Feet on You, to start with,

the sound that is generated by the gemstones, may be likened to the

first stage, called 'Paraa', as the sound emanates from the navel

region-with the presidind devas being Mitra and Varuna-of a person.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

Slokma 400:

 

(1)Sri Utthamur Swamy's anubhavam: Here, Swamy Desikan describes

the almost inaudible Naadham made by the Paadhukai as RanganAthA

adorns it and makes His first step on getting up from His bed of

AdhisEshA in the morning . The gems housed inside the toe holds of

the Paadhukai get shaken up gently then and produce a low sound. As

RanganAthA takes the next three steps , His lotus feet are firmly

inside the Paadhukai and as a result , the volume of the Naadham from

the Paadhukai increases. Swamy Desikan describes the progressive

growth of the Naadham generated by RanganAthA's movement in this

verse and compares that phenomenon to the generation of sound by the

human body in four steps known as ParA , Pasyanthi, MadhyamA and

Vaikari .

 

The first stage of sound arising from the navel , when one attempts

to speak is known as ParA. When that sound wave reaches the heart

center , the level of sound gets a little louder And is known as

pasyanthi. When that sound wave ascends and reaches the area between

the heart and the vocal chords , it gets louder by another

dimension and has been classified as MadhyamA . Finally, when the

sound wave reaches the vocal chords and comes out of the mouth in an

audible fashion,it is loud and is called Vaikari . The first three

stages are not audible to the human ear and yet they get

progressively louder from the first to the fourth stage. Each

stage of speech is assisted by one of the five life-winds going up

an down the body such as prANa, apAna , UdhAna et al. Swamy Desikan

compares astutely the steadily increasing volume of Naadham from the

Paadhkai as Lord RanganAthA takes His first four steps and links

them to the stages of speech generated inside the human body

controlled by the life-winds.

 

(2)Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: When AzhwAr begins the enjoyment

of PerumAl's Paadha sparsam (first step ), the Naadham is low. As

AzhwAr's enjoyment increases, the level of the delectable Naadham

gets progressively louder.

 

(3)Swamy Desikan decribes a progressive scene here as the gems inside

the toe holds of paadhukai raise a ramped-up Naadham as the Lord takes

His first four steps . First the lord places His feet ever so gently

inside The paadhukai and takes His first step ( mandham mandham

nihitha charaNE sathi , antha: nyasthai: maNibhi: udhitham manjuLam

ninAdham ). As He takes the next Successive steps(Krama pariNamam) ,

the naadham gets louder from Sookshma state (discrete state) to more

distinct states as in the case of human voice generation

and propagation that takes place in four progressive steps …(V.S).