Padhuka Sahasram-485

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

485. rangEshapAdhAvani! thAvakAnAm rathnOpalAnAm dhyuthaya: sPhuranthi

shrEya: PhalAnAm shruthivallarINAmupaGhnashaKhA iva nirvyapAyA:

 

Oh Paaduka! The light streaks from Your gems constitute, as it were,

so many props (solid supports) for the Veda-creepers to lean on and

grow, in order to grant manifold fruits in terms of rewards.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

SlOkam 485:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh RanganAtha PaadhukE! The brilliant

rays arising from the gems decorating You serve as the supporting

sticks for the creepers of VedAs , which yield the four purushArthams

(life-objectives), arthaa , kaama , dharmaa and mokshaa. Swamy

Desikan visualizes the infinite Vedic branches as creeping plants ,

which are supported in position by the firm rays emanating from the

PaadhukAs . These rays hold the creepers in position and let them

grow to produce the fruits desired by human beings such as

the four purushArthAs.

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! the lustre extending from

Your exterior gems are like the supporting sticks (kozhu kompu) for

the creepers of Vedams that yield the fruits of dharma-artha-Kaama-

mOksham. The inner meaning is that the teachings of vedic passages

are revealed from a study of AzhwAr's Sri Sookthis.

 

3) Swamy Desikan compares the spreading lustre of the rays

(rathnOpalAnAm Dhyuthaya: ) serving as a continous link to the

support sticks for creepers ( vallarINAm upaghna saakhA iva) . He

instructs us that these rays bless us with sakala kshEmams offered by

the Vedams ( Dhyuthaya: SrEya: phalAnAm sphuranthi )…V.S