Padhuka Sahasram-563

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

563. BhAsa svayA BhagavathO maNipAdharakshE!

mukthAnvithA marathakOpalapaDdhathisthE

nithyAvagAhanasaham sakalasya janthO:

gangAnvitham janayathIva samudhramanyam

 

Oh Manipaaduka! With Your green gems creating a halo reminiscent of

the ocean, with the pearls looking like the Ganga stream, You are a

veritable 'ocean' to which one can resort at any time, unlike the

usual water ocean (that can be resorted to only on full moon and new

moon days).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 563

 

1) UtthamUr Sawmy's anubhavam: Oh Lord's PaadhukE! The union of Your

white lustre from the pearls mingling with the green radiance from

the rows of emeralds seem to create the impression of an ocean ,

where all living things can bathe without any restrictions. (Swamy

Desikan imagines here that the union of the lustres of pearls and the

emeralds of Paadhukais are like the union of the white waters of

Ganga with the dark green waters of the ocean. Bathing is done in the

ocean only on special days of the year. It is also difficult for the

old, infirm and children to take a bath in the ocean. Swamy Desikan

points out that the admixture of the rays of pearl (Ganga) and

emerald ( Ocean) creates a new kind of ocean , where one and all can

bathe without fear and have their sins removed ) .

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The lasting combination of the two

hues --white of the pearls resembling the clear waters of GangA river

and the green emerald resembling the waters of the ocean –is like a

new kind of ocean, where one can take bath at all times. The inner

meaning is that the fortunate ones, who are blessed to acquire a

sadAchAryan and comprehend the true meanings of Swamy NammAzhwAr's

divine paasurams do not have any desire to acquire the blessings

from ceremonial bathing in the sacred rivers or the ocean.

 

3) The lustre of the rows of white pearls and the dark green emeralds

( mukthAnvitha tE maratakOpala paddhathi ) genrate their own radiance

( paddhathi: svayA bhAsA ) . That unique lustre made up from the

admixture of the white and the green hues remind one of a special

kind of ocean, where Ganga enters and where all the people of the

world can bathe at all times ( BhAsA sakalasya janthO: nithyAvagAhana-

saham GangAnvitham anyam samudhram janayathIva)…(V.S).