Padhuka Sahasram-536

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

536. praBhayA harinIlamoUkthikAnAm

vikasanthyA dishasIva pAdhukE! thvam

maDhuBhiccharaNAravindhalakshmyA:

srajamindhIvarapundarIkabaDdhAm

 

Oh Paaduka! Blue sapphire and white pearls on You give an imagery of

blue and white lotus composing a garland that You thought suitable to

present to the Lakshmi of Beauty of the Feet!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

SlOkam 536:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! With the blue of Your

sapphire (Indra neelam) stones and the white of Your pearls , You

appear to present to Lakshmi residing on Lord's lotus feet a garland

made up of blue lillies (karuneythal ) and white lotus flowers.

(Lakshmi's residence at the feet of the sacred feet of the Lord is

seen at ThirunArAyaNa Puram).

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is about the moods

of Swamy NammAzhwAr `s paasurams. The three dominant moods are

elation, sadness and desire. When AzhwAr wishes to see the Lord and

invites Him to present Himself, that mood takes on the color of red.

When the AzhwAr praises the auspicious guNams of the Lord, the mood

is like the brilliant lustre of pure diamond. When the AzhwAr is in a

sad mood as a result of not having the darsanam of the Lord, the

color of the mood is black . The paasurams of Swamy NammAzhwAr arose

out of poorNa Jn~Ana Bhakthi and hence they are Like multicolored

flowers.

 

3) The garland kaimkaryam done by the Paadhukais to the Divine

consort of the Lord, Lakshmi seated on the lotus at the feet of Her

Lord is invoked here (Madhubhith charana LakshmyA: srajam disasIva).

What is that garland made of? It is made up of dark blue lillies

(karuneythal ) and white lotus flowers (IndhIvara PuNDarIka bhaddham

srajam). The spreading lustre of the blue sapphire and the white

pearls on the Paadhukais ( vikasanthyA Harineela MoukthikAnAm

prabhaa) reminds Swamy Desikan of the Indhivara( Karuneythal/Blue

Lillies) and white lotus ( PuNDarIkam ) flowers..(V.S).