Padhuka Sahasram-575

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

575. sakalamidhamavanDhyE shAsanE sThApayanthI

muramaThanapadhasThA moUkthikAdhiprakArA

prakatayasi vishuDdhashyAmarakthAdhirUpAn

PhalapariNathiBhEdhAn prANinAm pAdhukE! thvam

 

Oh Paaduka! You stand in the feet of the Lord. Indeed You are

functioning in place of the Lord too! You enforce His impregnable

mandate. The different colours that are emitted by You indeed imply

the different categories of fruits, sattvika (white), tamas (black)

and rajasa (red), coming from gems like pearls.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 575:

 

1) UtthamUr Sawmy's anubhavam: Oh Paadhukai of the Lord, who killed

the demon MurA ! Staying at Your Lord's feet, You stabilize the world

with Your irrevocable commands. You are celebrated for Your ability

to grant appropriate fruits based on the good and bad deeds of the

jeevans on this earth. Through Your white rays of pearls, You seem to

offer salvation; with Your dark blue sapphire rays, You mete out

punishment for the unrighteous and dispatch them to hell; with Your

rays from the red rubies, You permit the righteous to enjoy the

comforts of heaven (Svargam). Thus You are well known for Your power

to grant many kinds of boons and punishments appropriate to the

occasion.

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! On You are enmeshed

gems of many colors. Among them, the white ones and the black gems

appear like they are demonstrating to the people about the phalans

of their puNyams and pApams respectively.

 

3) Oh PaadhukE! You uphold the irrevocable commands of Your Lord on

this earth ( PaadhukE! idham sakalam avandhyE saasanE Thvam

sTApayanthi). You are adorned with different colored gems ( Thvam

moukthikAdhi-prakArA). You make it clear to the people about their

karma phalans arising out of their accumulated paapams and puNyams

through Your white hued pearls (puNyam ) and black gems (pApams). You

display many colors in this context to remind people of their many

kinds of karma phalans ( Thvam visuddha –shyAma-rakthAdhi roopAn

praNinAm phala-pariNathi bhEdhAn prakaDaysi)…V.S