Padhuka Sahasram-428

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

428. sADhAraNEShu yuvayOrmaNipAdharakshE!

dhEvasya dhAnavaripOsthriShU vikramEShu

adhyApi shinjithamiShAdhanuvarthamAnam

nyUnADhikathvaviShayam kalaham prathIma:

 

Oh Paaduka pair! The jingling sound generated by You is perhaps due

to the quarrel between You both, I presume, on a scrambling claim

with regard to who of You was on the third foot in the Trivikrama

episode, one having been on earth and one on the heavens!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

SlOkam 428:

 

1) Sri UtthamUr Sawmy's anubhavam: Here , Swami Desikan wonders

whether The naadahm emanating from the PaadhukAs is a continuation of

the quarrelsome dialog that was heard at the time of Lord

ThrivikramA measuring the earth , sky and beyond . Then, ThrivikramA

took three steps. The paadhukA on the right foot measured the earth.

The paadhukA on the left foot measured the heavens. During the third

step, the paadukhA on the right rested on MahA Bali's head. Hence ,

the right padhukhA had the good fortune to be used twice by the Lord

in contrast to the left padhukA being used only once. The left

paadhukhA initiated a quarrel over the extra privelege accorded to

the right paadhukai. The quarrel continued according to the poetic

imagination of Swamy Desikan.

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: When both the paadhukais move during

the Lord's sanchAram , the naadham raised by them sounds like a

quarrelsome conversation reminiscent of the time when the Lord used

two measures with one paadhukA-clad foot and only one measure with

the other paadhukA protecting His foot .

 

3) A sambhavam during the Thrishu vikramaNam ( measurement of the

earth and the heavens during ThrivikramAvathaaram is recalled by

Swamy Desikan here. The imagined quarrel between the two Paadhukais

supporting the Lord's feet during the measurement of the Universe is

cited. They quarrel about the partiality of the Lord in using one

Paadhukai more and the other less ( nyUnAdhikathva vishayam ). This

agitated discussion ( kalaha vivAdham ) is linked to the sounds

generated during the Lord's fast movement …(V.S)