Padhuka Sahasram-455

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

455. rahithaBhujagathalpE thvathsanAThE prajAnAm

prathiBhayashamanAya prasThithE ranganAThE

praThamudhayamAna: pAdhukE! thUryaGhOShAth

prathiphalathi ninAdha: pAnchajanyE thvadhIya:

 

Oh Paaduka! As the Lord leaves His Adisesha couch on a mission of

removing the devotees' fear (that is, their foe), the Sankhanada is

the first heralding sound (followed by drums and trumpets), which is

merely the echo as it were of Your Nada.

 

(Sankha is Pranava-shaped and its resounding tune is Pranava; no

wonder it is the echo the Veda nada of the Paaduka).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! When RanganAtha

leaves His bed of Aadhi SeshA and travels with You to protect His

devotees , Your Naadham arrives first. The sounds of other musical

instruments are heard next. RanganAthA's conch (Paanchajanyam)

follows and amplifies Your Naadham first and of the other

instruments next in that order.

 

(2)Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! The Lord leaves

His comfortable bed of AdhisEsahn , adorns His Paadhukai

to comfort His distressed devotees . The Lord descends down

the Western steps of His aasthAnam and turns north with

the sound of sweet naadham of the Paadhukais.The mangaLa

Vaadhyams start next and echo the Naadham geenrated by

the Paadhukais.

 

(3) Lord RanganAthan leaves His bed of AadhisEshan

and travels with His paadhukAs to remove the fear of

His BhakthAs ( RanganAtha: Bhujaga talpam (thyakthvA)

prajAnAm prathi-bhaya samanAya prasTithE sathi). At that

time, the sweet Naadham of the Paadhukais arise first

( TvadhIya ninAdha: PraTamam udhayamAna:). The sounds

of the MangaLa Vaadhyams (ThUrya GhOsha:)arise as

the echo ( prathiphalathi) of the sweet Naadham

generated by the PaadhukA Naadham..(V.S).