Padhuka Sahasram-554

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

554. baDhnAsi rangapathiviBramapAdhukE! thvam

mAyAkirAthamakutE nivabarhamAlAm

AkruShtavAsavaDhanushshakalaIrmaNInAm

anyOnyasanGhatithakarburithaIrmayUKhaI:

 

Oh Paaduka helping Lord Ranganatha in His strolls! The gems combine

to give a multiplicity of colours; Its beauty could defeat that of a

rainbow. In fact, it looks as though there are so many fragments of

rainbow in it! When Siva, in a hunter robe, bows, it becomes another

garland of peacock feathers by reflection on his crown.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

1) UthamUr Sawmy's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! When Rudra bows before

You, the multicolored radiations from Your many gems fall on his head

and look like a garland made of peacock feathers. Your rainbow like

decorations remind me of RudrA , who took the form of a hunter to

teach a lesson to Arjuna before blessing him .

 

2) Oh PaadhukE! There are many radiant gems that adorn You. Their

lustre reminds one of a rainbow among rain-laden clouds. When Lord

Sivan adorns You on his head , he appears as though he is wearing a

garland made of peacock feathers. The inner meaning is that the

Sarvaj~nan , Rudhra Sivan celebrates Swamy NammAzhwAr's dhivya

sokthis with bent head .

 

3)Oh Paadhukai intended for the sanchAram of RanganAthA ( Rangapathi

vibrama PaadhukE )! When you rest on the head of Lord Sivan , who

took on the role of hunter to confront Arjunan , You appear like

the rainbow ( Thvam aakrushta Vaasava dhanu: sakalai: iva ) . The

interplay of the colored gems on You ( anyOnya sangaDitha

karBurithai: maNInAm mayUkhai : ) remind me of the newly made peacock

garland on the crown of Lord Sivan, who appeared before ArjunA in

the form of a hunter ( MaayAkirAtha makuDE navaBarha maalAm

BadhnAsi)..V.S