Padhuka Sahasram-559

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

559. AsannavAsavashilAshakalAsthvadhIyA:

padhmEkshaNasya padharakshiNi! padhmarAgA:

samBhAvayanthi samayE kvachidhuShNaBhAnO:

sadhya: prasUthayamunAsuBhagAmavasThAm

 

Oh Paaduka! The (blue) sapphire gems and the (red) rubies in You

exhibit a situation dating back to the day when the sun (red) had

then only given birth to the Yamuna river (blue).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 559:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukAs of the Lord ! The dark

bluish sheen of Your sapphires mingling with the lustre of Your dark

red rubies reminds me of the newly born river YamunA flowing next to

her father Sooryan.( PurANAs describe YamunA to be the daughter of

Sooryan. The coexistence of the dark blue and red lustre on the

PaadhukAs remind Swamy Desikan of the dark daughter and the bright

red Sooryan, the father ).

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The combination of the dark blue

colors of sapphire with the red rubies gives the appearance of the

infant daughter Yamuna resting on the lap of the father , Sooryan.

The inner meaning is that the clear enjoyment of the union of the

AzhwAr with the Lord as expressed in his paasurams is like the white

diamond (Sooryan ) and the vislEsham ( sorrow from separation

from the Lord is like the bluish sapphire (YamunA).

 

3) Vaasava silA is Indhra neelam or sapphire. Padhmaraagam is the red

ruby. They exist side by side beautifully with each other on the

paadhukai of the Lord( aasanna Vaasava silA kachith-samayE

Thvadheeyaa: PadhmarAghA: ruchiraa: ). That reminds Swamy Desikan of

the just born dark-hued daughter YamunA United with her father,

Sooryan ( kachith-samayE UshNabhAnO: sadhya: prasoodha: YamunA

subhagAm avasTAm sambhAvayanthi)…(V.S).