Padhuka Sahasram-401

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

401. praKhyAthAnAm pariShadhi sathAm kArayithvA prathigynAm

prAyENa thvAm praThithaviBhavAm varNayanthI mayA thvam

pAdhanyAsakramamanuguNam prApya rangADhirAjAth

padhyAramBhAn gaNayasi param pAdhukE!svaIrninAdhaI:

 

Oh Paaduka! You, it was who caused me to promise a poetical

composition on You in the midst of the reputed ones; and as I was

progressing, You alone were probably proclaiming Your own prominent

status in the form of sounds that are produced from each foot-step,

as if it were a production of a succession of verses!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes from V. Sadagopan (VS): Slokam 401

 

(1) Utthamur Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! You have made

a pledge on behalf of me to compose PadhukA Sahasram to celebrate

Your glories sung by the VedAs. You are using me as Your instrument

to complete this work. You are describing Your limitless qualities

through me. You seem to count the number of steps RanganAthA takes

with You to determine and fix the length of each of the thirty two

paddhathis of PaadhukA sahasram. " From this verse, we understand that

Swami Desikan responded to a challenge to compose this work. Here he

describes the efforts of padhukAs to complete this kaavyam through

him .

 

(2)Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: When Lord RanganAthA adorns You

and goes on sanchAram ,the naadham emanating from You sounds like

Your count down of the thoudsand slOkams that You (PaadhukAs)have

commanded me to compose with in the time frame of one night .

 

(3)Swamy reminds the Paadhukais that they commanded him to compose

the 1000 slokams before the assembly of great scholars(prakhyAthAnAm

SathAm parishadhi mayA prathij~nAm kaarayithvA). After starting me

off on the first slOkam , You seem to be busy synchronizing the

progressive steps of your Lord (padhanyAsa kramam) with the patterns

of Your naadham and count thereby the individual slOkams and mark

thus the beginning and the end of individual paddhathis (svai:

ninAdhai: padhya aarambhAn gaNayasi )…V.S