Padhuka Sahasram

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

525. srirangEndhOscharaNakamaladhvandhvasEvAvalEpAth

ArUDAyAm thvayi maKhaBhujAmAnathAn moULiBhAgAn

thEshAm chUdAmaNiBhiranaGhaIsthAvakAnAm maNInAm

kEshAkEshi praBhavathi miThasthrAsalEshOjJithAnAm

 

Oh Paaduka! You become haughty I imagine by reason of service to the

Lord's lotus feet. So, what You do is to step on the gem-studded

crowns of the devas. And the flawless and fearless gemstones on You

pick up a quarrel-clasping the hairlocks mutually-with the gems on

the crowns!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkma 525:

 

1) Swamy Desikan points out here a picture of battle between the

egotistic gems of DevA's crowns and the gems of the Paadhukais. He

pictures the battle taking place at the time, when the Paadhukais sit

on the crowned heads of DevAs. He imagines that the rays from the

DevA's crowns lock in battle with the rays of gems adorning the

Paadhukais and losing miserably in that battle and being chastised.

He equates the rays of gems to the hair on the head. This analogy

extends to the scene, where the two kinds of rays combat with each

other by catching their hairs. There is no doubt as to who wins. The

gems adorning the Paadhukais wins because they are free from defects

and are fearless. Swamy Desikan says: " Oh PaadhukE! You adorn the

holy feet of the Moon of Srirangam and are filled with justifiable

pride. You ascend the crowned heads of the dEvAs, who partake the

food offered in Vedic sacrifices. When dEvAs prostrate before You ,

the gems on their crowns become jealous and out of their ignorance

about the mighty power of Your gems quarrel with them and lose

mightily.

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: When the dEvAs prostrate before You

out of Reverence for the fact that You are at the sacred feet of the

Lord, there arises a Quarrel between the gems on the crowns of the

dEvAs and those on the paadhukais. AzhwAr ( RanganAtha Paadhukai)

through the power of his paasurams easily overcomes the lustre of

the gems on the crowns of dEvAs And is celebrated .

 

3) The fight between the rays of the gems on Paadhukai and the gems

on The crowns of prostrating davAs is decribed by Sawmy Desikan

as " kEsAkEsi " Yuddham , where the forelocks are grabbed intensively

in combat. The results are Predictable. " SrI ranghEndhO: charaNa

kamala dhvandhvam " , the Paadhukais win effortlessly ….V.S