Padhuka Sahasram-420

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

420. nithyam padhAmburuhayOriha gOpikAm thvAm

gOpIjanapriyathamO maNipAdharakshE!

sampannaGhOShaviBhavAm gathiBhirnijABhi:

prIthyEva na thyajathi rangasamAshrithOpi

 

Oh Manipaaduka! You too are a gopika (being the protector of the

Feet!). The Lord who has great love for the gopis, has similarly

great affection for this gopika of the Paaduka! You are supposed to

emit loud sound equivalent to the Gopis' characteristic of their

crowd in Gokulam. The Lord has now brought You to the stage (the

Rangasthala) from cowherds' place. Nevertheless He does not wish to

leave You off, because of His great love for You.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Satakoapn (V.S): Slokam 420

 

1) Utthamur Swamy's anubhaavam: Swamy Desikan uses the double

maeaning of the word " Ghosaham " in this verse to equate Paadhukai

to a Gopi. Gosham can mean either the colony of cowherds or the loud

sound . " Gosha Vibhavam " in this context can mean either the wealth

of the cowherd colony or the Paadhukaa naadham . Swamy Desikan

says: " Oh PaadhukE! Krishna took the form of the son of NandhagOpar

and became a Gopa kumAran Himself. You were attached to his lotus

feet in the cowherd colonies at Gokulam and BrindAvanam, which were

rich in wealth . You became a Gopi and raised the GhOsha Vaibhavam

then. Your qualifications for the status of becoming a Gopi stem from

His love for You , similar to the love He had for the other Gopis of

BrindAvanam . When He left BrindAvanam and settled in Srirangam

as RanganathA, You still exhibit the status of Gopi and possess

GhOsha Vaibhavam . Your Lord does not go anywhere without You because

of His eternal affection for You. Hence , You continue to be His

Gopi. Your ghOsha vaibhavam at Srirangam also continues from the

majestic ghOshm that You, generate, when You accompany Your Lord .

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! The Lord never leaves

You raising sweet naadham, whether it is inside the Ranga VimAnam or

during His sanchArams. The tradition has it that Lord RanganAthan

wears His Paadhukais , while seated on His throne under the Ranga

VimAnam. The inner meaning is that PerumAL is always with NammAzhwAr…

V.S

 

3) Oh PadhukE ! Your Lord is dearest to the Gopis (Gopijana

Priyathama:). You protect the lotus soft feet of Your Lord during His

sanchArams here in His leelA vibhUthi (iha padhAmbhuruhayO: nithyam

gOpikAM ). That bhAgyam of protecting the Lord's sacred feet has

given You great Naadha vaibhavam ( nijAbhi: gathibhi: sampanna ghOsha

vibhavAm ThvAm). Because of Your Lord's vaathsalyam for You and Your

naadham , He never leaves You even when He is seated on His throne

inside the Ranga VimAnam ( GhOsha VibhavAm ThvAm RangasamAsrithOapi

preethyEva na Thyajathi). The sabhdha slEshai (double entendre) for

GopikAm used by Swamy Desikan is splendid . Swamy describes the

Thiruvadi protecting (gopikAm ) paadhukai as a GopikA dear to the

Lord as well…V.S