Padhuka Sahasram-549

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

549. gAruthmathAntharithamoUkthikapankthilakshyAth

dhUrvAmaDhUkarachitham dhurithOpashAnthyaI

mAtha:! svayam vahasi mugDhaDhiyAm prajAnAm

mangaLyamAlyamiva mAdhavapAdhukE! thvam

 

Oh Mother Madhava-Paaduka! Emeralds and pearls are alternately placed

in Your surface. It looks as though You, as mother, chose to wear the

prescribed Aruham-grass-Madhukara-flower garland on Yourself on

behalf of Your misguided children for their expiatory ritual.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 549:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Mother PaadhukE! You are

radiating green rays from Your emeralds and white rays from Your

pearls. Their regular intermingling looks like a garland made of

green flowers and white grass. You appear to be wearing that garland

to bring auspiciousness to Your children " . Mothers wear garlands made

of green grass and Iluppai flowers (white) to ward off any amangaLams

that might come in the way of their children.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: In svayamvarams of a Raaja KumAri ,

the princess holds in her hand a garland made of aruham pul and

Iluppai flower. She picks one of the assembled princes as her husband

and places the garland that she holds in her hand. Oh PaadhukE ! You

seem to be holding in Your hands the garland of white and green to

help the bhAgyasaali choose the Lord as the husband.

 

3) Oh Maadhava PaadhukE ! You are decorated by rows of green gems

and white pearls ( gaaruthmatha antharitha moukthika pankai: ). That

looks like a vyAjam for the removal of the sins of ignorant janams (

mugdha-dhiyAm prajAnaam dhurithOpasAnthyai lakshyAth) and to bring

them closer to Your Lord. The intermingling of the green rays from

Maragathams and the white rays from the pearls looks like a garland

made up of green aruham grass and white Iluppai flower for use in

the vivAham of the jeevans with their Lord ( DhUrvA madhUka rachitham

MangaLya-maalyAm svayam vahaseeva)…(V.S).