Padhuka Sahasram-425

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

425. yAthrAvihArasamayEShu samuhThitham thE

rangADhipasya charaNAvani! manjunAdham

paryAkulEndhriyamrugagrahaNAya pumsAm

sammOhanam shabaragIthamiva prathIma:

 

Oh Ranganatha Paaduka! The sweet music that You generate during the

Lord's festivities of movements would rather be like the songs of the

savage hunters chasing the deer to catch them-that is, to chase and

kill the fleeing sensuous desires of men!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):

 

SlOkam 425:

 

1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukE! When the people of

Srirangam hear Your sweet naadham at the times of Lord RangnAthA's

jaunts around the streets of His city , they drop everything that

they were doing and rush to offer their homages. Your sweet naadham

at those times appear like the hunter's calls (songs) to attract and

catch the various animals in their nets . Your sweet sound like the

hunter's songs captures the limbs of beasts such as the eyes, ears

and feet of the populace of Srirangam.

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam : The inner meaning is that the

people abuse the faculties like eye, ear et al, while those were

intended for seeing the Lord and for hearing His glories and offering

services to Him . Swamy NammazhwAr sang his Sri Sookthi to deflect

the people from pursuing destructive ways . When one understands the

meanings of those Sri Sookthis bequeathed to us with great

compassion by SatAri Soori , our indhriyams will not chase after bad

ways.

 

3) Here, Swamy Desikan compares the sweet naadham of the Paadhukais

as delectable sound (manju naadham ). He says that those sweet

sounds are like the sweet calls of the hunter ( sabara gItham ) ,

which ensnares the agitated deers in the forest and catches them .

The manju nadham of the Paadhukais brings under its influence the

agitated indhriyams of people and sets them up to travel in peaceful

ways to understand the greatness of the Lord ( paryAkula

indhriya: mrugha grahaNAya sammOhanam sabari gItham )…(V.S)