Padhuka Sahasram-510

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

510 rAmasya rangavasathEscharaNAnuShangAth

kAShTam gathAm BhuvanapAvanathAm dhaDhAnA

pAdhAvani! prachararathnashilAnivaDdhA

samsArasantharaNasEthurasi prajAnAm

 

Oh Paaduka! You earned the previlege of being pure beyond all things

pure; by reason of the contact with the Lord's Feet. It is therefore,

appropriate that You are bejewelled with gemstones. You are the

bridge for all people to cross the ocean of samsara.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 510:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here, Swami Desikan salutes the

PaadhukAs as a holy bridge (Sethu) built with the rays of gems that

helps in crossing the ocean of SamsAram. He says: " Oh RanganAtha

PaadhukE! Your Lord RanganAthaa took the incarnation of RaamA and

built a bridge over the salt waters of southern ocean to reach

LankA. After that, He came back to Srirangam and continues to

live there. Oh PaadhukE! You have continous association with

RanganAthA, who is none other than RaamA , the builder of Raama

sEthu. Through Your association, You serve as today's sEthu. You are

built with gems this time instead of stones and wood. As the present

sEthu , You help the suffering people cross the ocean of

samsAram to reach Your Lord's feet.

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! You excell as a bridge

over the one built in the past over the waters of southern ocean .

The reason is that the Lord is always placing His Thiruvadi inside

You. Therefore , there is no object that is more sacred than You.

Your surface is enmeshed with gems. By reflecting on You and Your

gems enmeshed in Your surface, the samsAris get rid of their samsAric

afflictions.

 

3) Here, Swamy Desikan identifies the resident of Sriranga VimAnam as

Raamachandran ( RangavasathE: Raamasya ) and Swamy NammazhwAr

Ennobled by His Thiruvadi sambhnadham ( RangavasathE: Raamasya

charaNa Anushanga kaashtAm gathAm ). That loftiness attained by

association with the Lord's feet confers on the Paadhukis the power

of sanctifying the world with its touch (Bhuvana paavanathAm

dhadhAnaa Thvam). Therefore , You with Your tightly enmeshed

assembly of gems become the bridge (sEthu) for people to cross over

the ocean of SamsAram ( Prachura rathnasilA nibhaddha Thvam ,

prajAnAm samsAra santharaNa sEthu iva)..(V.S).