Padhuka Sahasram-572

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

572. marathakaruchipathrA moUkthikasmErapuShpA

sPhutakisalayashOBhABhAsuraI: padhmarAgaI:

PhalamaKhilamudhArA ranganAThasya pAdhE

kalayasi BhavathI na: kalpavallIva kAchith

 

You are the Kalpaka creeper, granting to the devotee, all that he

asks for, standing below the Lord's Feet; to You, the green gems with

their halo turn out to be the green leaves, the pearls the flowers

and the lustrous red gems become tender sprouts!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 572:

 

1) UthtamUr Sawmy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan compares the Paadhukais

in this verse to the incomparable boon-yielding Kalpaka creeper.

Swamy Desikan says: " Oh PaadhukE! With Your green rays from emerald

becoming the green leaves, Your white rays from the pearls serving

as the white flowers and with the red rays of the rubies standing in

for the tender red shoots, You remind us of an incomparable Kalpaka

creeper found in the garden of Indra, the king of Devas " .

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! You stay at the

Thiuvadi of Your Lord ; You are like the Kalpaka tree at His sacred

feet granting us all desired boons. The inner meaning is that there

is no deficiency for the one, who has taken refuge at the holy feet

of a SadAchAryan.

 

3) The sObhai of the three gems – emerlads, pearls and rubies—are

compared to the green leaves ( Marataga ruchi pathrA ) white flowers

( Moukthika smEra pushpA ) and the red tender shoots ( Bhaasurai:

PadhmarAgai: sphuDa kisalaya sObhA) of a Kalpaka tree...(V.S)