Padhuka Sahasram-560

[Guest guest]

Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

560. mukthEndhranIlamaNiBhirvihithE BhavathyA:

pankthI dhruDE paramapUruShapAdharakshE!

manyE samAshrithajanasya thavAnuBhAvA-

dhunmOchithE sukruthadhuShkruthashrungalE dhvE

 

Oh Paaduka of the Lord! The regular arrays of pearls and sapphires

found on You are, to my imagination the two fetters-of punya and papa

respectively that you had removed from those surrendered to you,

keeping them on You!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 560:

 

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

With Your radiant white pearls and dark bluish sapphires, You appear

like the twin chains of sins and righteousness that have slipped from

the feet of the jeevan as a result of Your prowess. Here, Swamy

Desikan thinks about the jeevan ascending the supreme abode of the

Lord with the help of the Paadhukais. He points out that

the chains of sin (dark hued emerald) and righteousness ( white

colored pearls) have slipped from the feet of the jeevan to liberate

him to pursue his onward journey without any hindrances.

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: When a jeevan places his protection

at the feet of the Lord through a sadAchAryan, then both the paapam

and the puNyam of that jeevan are removed and the jeevan starts the

journey to the Lord's supreme abode without being held down by the

chains of the sins and puNyams. Sins are typically described as dark

and the puNyams as white. AzhwAr enjoys the union with the Lord and

that is due to his sukrutham (equivalent to the white pearls) ;

when AzhwAr is seaprated from the Lord , he is sorrowful over his

dushkruthams that interfere with the union ( equivalent to the bluish

sapphire).

 

3) Swamy Desikan addresses the Lord's Paadhukais as " Parama Purusha

PaadharakshE " in the context of the Lord being Mukundhan, the Moksha

dAyakan . Swamy Desikan enjoys the sight of two tightly knit rows of

sapphires and white pearls( MukthA Indhraneela maNibhi: vihithE

BhavathyA: dhruDE pankthi). Swamy Desikan states that the Vaibhavam

of the Paadhukai blesses the jeevan that sought refuge and releases

the two kinds of leg chains of sukrutham and dhushkrutham ( PuNyam

and Paapam ) and enables the jeevan to ascend effortlessly to the

Supreme abode of the Lord , Sri Vaikuntam …(V.S).