Padhuka Sahasram-521

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

521. ashithilapariNaDdhA rashmijAlaIrmaNInAm

dhuraDhigamathamam na: pAramArOpayanthI

kamalanayanamAdhyam karNaDhAram dhaDhAnA

Bhavasi BhavapayODhE: pAdhukE! pOthapAthrI

 

Oh Paaduka! We are taken in the yacht to cross the ocean of samsara,

that is difficult to cross. You are the yacht; the gem-rays serve as

the ropes with which the yacht is fastened all around. The navigator

is the First of the class, the Lotus-eyed Lord!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

SlOkam 521:

 

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

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan compares the pAdhukAs

of the Lord to a wodden ship that transports the evolved soul across

the vast expanse of this universe after the soul leaves the body

through the brahma naadi. He says: " Oh PaadhukE! You are bound

together by the rays associated with the gems adorning You; You

transport us like a ship across the ocean that is the most difficult

to cross. You have a boatman, who is none other than Your lotus-eyed

Lord. It is for all these three reasons You became the ship to cross

the ocean of samsaaram .

 

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

RanganAtha standing on top of You transports the jeevans to Parama

Padham through the sadAchAryAs, who have the power of influence over

Him.

 

3) Oh PadhukE! You become the ship to cross the ocean of samsAram (

Thvam Na: bhava payOdhE: pOthapAthri bhavasi). Who is the

navigator/boatman of that ship transporting the Jeevans? That boatman

is the primordial Lord of Srirangam with the lotus eyes (aadhyam

kamala nayanam karNadhAram). That boat is tied with the ropes of rays

emanating from the gems on the Paadhukai (maNinAm rasmi jaalai:

asiTila pariNaddhA). Where does the boat under the captain's

directions transport the muktha jeevans too? To the most difficult to

reach parama padham, which is on the opposite shore of the ocean of

samsAram ( dhuradhigamatamam paaram ). Thou art that Boat to us…V.S