Padhuka Sahasram-491

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

491. nAThasya dhatthE nadharAjakanyA

pAthum shuBhAn pAdhanaKhEndhurashmIn

maNipraBhABhi: prathipannapakshAm

lIlAchakOrImiva pAdhukE! thvAm

 

Oh Paaduka! As Mahalakshmi presents You to the Lord's Feet for

wearing on His rounds, it looks as though she presents the pet

proverbial Chakora (a partridge species) so eager to devour the

moon's rays that it takes dazzling rays from the Lord's foot-nails

for, You look like the bird with the gem-rays on either side

creating an impression that they were wings of a bird.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

Slokam 491:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh RanganAtha paadhukE! The Thiruvadi

nails of Your Lord are like the delightful rays of the Moon. You

are surrounded by the rays of the gems adorning You. The rays from

Your gems hover over You like the winged ChakravAkA birds , which

feed only on Moon's rays . When Sriranga Naayaki, the daughter of the

oceans , takes You in Her hands to unite You with Her Lord's lotus

feet , it appears like the feeding of the Moon's rays ( the Kaanthi

from the Lord's nails ) by the ChakravAkA birds.

 

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

anugraham alone blesses a jeevan to have the bhAgyam of the dhyAnam

on the Lord's sacred feet.

 

3) Maha Lakshmi , the daughter of SamudrarAjan ( NadharAja Kanyaa)

unites the Paadhukais of Her Lord with His sacred feet . Her Lord's

toe nails have the cool lustre of the beams of Moon (paadha nakha

Indhu rasmi). These moon beam like lustre on both sides of the

Padhukais look like the two wings (MaNi prabhAbhi: prathipanna

PakshAm ) of playful ChakOra Pakshi (Leelaa ChakOramiva) , which

wants to feast on the moon beams (RasmIn paathum). The compassionate

MahA Lakshmi appears like helping the ChakOra Pakshis feed on their

natural food , the Moon beams , through the act of union of

Paadhukais with Her Lord's Thiruvadi….(V.S)