Padhuka Sahasram-532

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

532. maNiBhi: sitharakthapIthakruShNaIrBhavathI kAnchanapAdhukE!

vichithrA yugaBhEdhavikalpitham murArE: yugapadhrurshayathIva

varNaBhEdham

 

Oh Gold Paaduka! You exhibit, from Your gems, the different colours,

white, yellow, red and black-the same as the Lord is said to adopt

for himself depending on the Yuga-all at once.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 532:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Our Lord's body according to

SaasthrAs and PurANAs is said to take four different colors

during the four yugAs of the world known as Krita , TrEtA ,

DhvApara and Kali. DharmAs progressively decline from Krita

to Kali Yugams. Krita yugam is recognized therefore to be

the golden age and Kali yugam , the dark age.In these four

Yugams starting from Krita and ending with Kali , Lord's

body is described as having the hues of white, red , yellow

and black respectively. In this slOkam , Swamy Desikan

alludes to this phenomenon. He says: " Oh Golden PaadhukE!

You exhibit white, red, yellow and black colored gems on

Your body and thereby seem to combine at one place and time ,

the four different hues shown by the Lord at each of

the four yugAs " .Reference here to yellow color in this verse

is connected to Swamy Desikan's addressing the Paadhukais

as " Kaanchana PaadhukE " or Golden Paadhukais.

 

2) SrImath Andvan's anubahvam:Oh PaadhukE ! On Your surface,

White (Diamond ), red ( ruby) , yellow ( topaz , Citrine )

and black ( Onyx) gems are enmeshed. That reminds me of

Lord RanganAthA with all those four colors in the different

yugams.

 

3)Paadhukai is addressed here as " Kaanchana PaadhukE " .

On that golden (yellow ) background shine white (sitha:

white diamond) ,red ( raktha: Ruby) , yellow (peeta:

Citrine/Yellow tourmaline) and black (KrishNa : Onyx),

which are enmeshed in the golden Paadhukais. Together

they have many distinct colors ( VichithrA:). They are

all seen however at one place and time . Their sevai

reminds us of the four different hues chosen by the Lord

for the four different Yugams ( BhavathI vichithrA varNEna

yuga bhEda vikalpitham yugapath darsayathIva). Our Lord

has only one color per yugam. On You ,we have the darsana

soubhAgyam of all the four colors at one time

( Yugapath darsayath)...(V.S).