Padhuka Sahasram-566

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

566. shankE padhAvani! sadhA parichinvathI thvam

rangEshithuscharaNapankajasoUkumAryam

agrE mahOBhiraruNOpalamoUkthikAnAm

prAjyAm vinikshipasi pallavapuShpapankthim

 

Oh Paaduka! I fain imagine that the red gems and pearls are tender

leaves and flowers spread on You, by Your own self, in view of the

high tenderness of the Lord's Feet!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 566

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE!You enjoy the softeness

and beauty of Your Lord's lotus feet. As He travels on You, adiyEn

visualizes the combined lustres of pearls and rubies adorning You as

abundant rows of creepers and flowers.

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! There are red rubies and

white pearls on Your surface. When Your Lord travels adorning You,

their lustre spreads all around. That scene brings the thought that

You spread tender creepers and flowers on the hard, stony path

overwhich Your Lord has to travel. This way, You protect His soft

feet from being hurt by the harsh stones & thorns. The inner meaning

is that Swamy NammAzhwAr softens the hard hearts of people by

upadesams on the auspicious attributes of the Lord and prepare them

(hard-hearted ones) to receive PerumAL in their hearts. AchAryAL's

upadesam and anugraham are thus important to raise PeriumAl

consciousness in people .

 

3) Oh RangEsa PadhAvani! You always enjoy the softness of Your Lord's

sacred feet(Thvam SadhA CharaNa Pankaja soukumAryam parichinvathy) .

In Your front portion, the effulgence of the red rubies and the

white pearls are dominant. Their assembly looks like the spreading

of many rows of red flowers and tender creepers( Thvam agrE

aruNOpala MoukthikAnAm mahObhi: pallava-Pushpa prAjyAm pankthim

vinikshipasi sankE)… This way , You seem to spread the soft flowers

and tender creepers before Your Lord's path …..(V.S)