Padhuka Sahasram-561

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

561 udhgIrNagADathamasO harinIlaBhangA:

thArAvishESharuchirANi cha moukthikAni

thvathsangamAth sarasijEkshaNapAdharakshE!

samyOjayanthi nishayA BhavamoULichandhram

 

(When the Paaduka is placed on Siva's head) Oh Paaduka! The blue

sapphires on You create a vision of darkness, in which the white

pearls shine like stars. When You rest for a moment on Siva's head,

You create-when in broad daylight-a spectre of night for the moon in

Siva's locks (which it gets only now)!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 561

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh Paadhukais of the lotus-eyed Lord!

When the dark bluish radiations from Your sapphire mingles with the

white radiations from Your pearls , You seem to unite the crescent

Moon on Rudra's head with the dark night. (Rudran wears the

Paadhukais on His matted locks and the crescent Moon there gets

united with the dark blue lustre from the sapphires enmeshed in the

paadhukais and thus resembles the dark slivers of night. Normally ,

the crescent moon on Rudra's head does not have the companionship

of the night ).

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:There are the dark blue sapphires and

white pearls on the Paadhukais. The dark blue hue of sapphire is like

the darkness that is not banished by the sun's light. The pearls look

like the clear Moon light. Rudran wears the Paadhukais on His head.

The lustre of the crescent moon on Rudran's head gets united with

the lustes of sapphires and the pearls. That looks like the

crescent Moon having the companionship of the night.

 

3) Oh the Paadhukais of the Lord resembling that of the beautiful and

soft lotus petal (SarasijEkshaNE) ! Your sapphires are like the

darkness spewed out (udhgIrNa gADa tamasa HarineelA : ) . Your pearls

are like the most enjoyable bright white stars on the dark night (

tArAvisesha ruchirANi moukthikAni). When both are united with You ,

it appears like the crescent moon on the locks of Rudran being united

with the dark night ( Thvath sangamAth Bhava mouLi Chandram nisayA

samyOjayanthi)…(V.S)