Padhuka Sahasram-541

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

541. padhasya gOpthrI BhavathI murArEmaNisprushA moUkthikarathnaBhAsA

anthardhrushAm sAnjanayA munInAmanakthi karpUrashalAkayEva

 

(Oh Paaduka!) The pearl-lustre touching the sapphire creates an

imagery of the proverbial collyrium-pencil; it is to enable the yogis

to 'see' the Lord in the heart. You do this service to the yogis.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 541:

 

1) UtthamUr Sawmy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE protecting the Lord's

thiruvadi! When the Yogis engage in their Yogic contemplations , they

meditate on You as the white of the pearls blended with the blue of

Your sapphires . When they proceed with the meditation on You in this

manner, You open their minds' eye with collyrium (anjanam) painted on

their eye lids with a twig of camphor to help them see Your Lord.

That bluish-white twig is made up of the white rays of Your pearls

and the blue rays of Your sapphires. ( It is believed that the

application of appropriately prepared collyrium on the eye lids helps

one find treasures , which are otherwise invisible to the naked eye).

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! You have the blue

sapphire (Indraneelam ) and white pearl on Your surface. That reminds

one of the painting of one's eye lids of Jn~Anam with the twig of

pacchai karpooram (lustre of pearls ). That makes the person

meditate easily on BhagavAn. The inner meaning is that AzhwAr's

paasurams composed during the time of his separation from the Lord

are known as Indraneelam . When PerumAL blesses him with

saakshAthAram , AzhwAr is blissful and the paasurams composed on

those occasions are considered as pearls. When the fortunate ones

study the taathparyams of both kind of paasurams, they have

uninterrupted dhyAnam about the PerumAL.

 

3) Swamy Desikan salutes Paadhukais as " MurArE: padhasya gOpthrI " (

The protector of the Lord's ThiruvadikaL). He is the protector of the

world. The Padhukais are the protectors of the feet of the

protector . There are the blue sapphires and the white pearls

situated next to each other on the surface of the Lord's Paadhukais(

MaNisprusA Moukthika-rathna bhAsA PaadhukA) performing their service

with their individual lustres. They act like the painter of the

inner eye of the Jn~Anis like anjanam (collyrium ) to reveal the

treasure (Viz).,Your Lord .