Padhuka Sahsaram-577

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

577. kalayApi hAnirahithEShu sadhA thava moUkthikEShu paritha:

praThathE uparajyamAnahariNAnkthulA haripAdhukE! harishilAmahasA

 

Oh Paaduka! The pearls in You shine like the moon, but without loss

of digits with days in a fortnight. But now the blue gems give a halo

that dims the pearl-surface, with the result that they have become

the eclipsed moon.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 577:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Lord's PaadhukE! During lunar

eclipse, the full moon is covered by Raahu. This situation reminds me

of the coexistence of dark rays of Your sapphires surrounding the

white brilliance of Your pearls. You resemble the eclipsed moon.

There is however a difference. Your dark blue rays cause

auspiciousness to those, who worship them in contrast to Raahu , who

is feared.

 

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

the sapphire and the pearls. All the time, the the blue lustre of the

sapphire is falling on the pearls. That makes one think that the

eclipse of the moon is present all the time. The pearl is the Moon

and the dark blue Sapphire is the Raahu in this comparison.

 

3) Swamy Desikan describes the high quality pearls as totally

blemishless ( kalayApi haani--rahithEshu Tava MoukthikEshu). On those

shining pearls, the lustre of the sapphires is reflected ( HariseelA

mahasaa praTathE). That scene is like the permanent eclipse of the

Moon by Raahu surrounding the Moon all around (Tava MoukthikEshu

HarisilA mahasA sadhaa paritha: uparajyamaana HariNAnga tulA

praTathE )…(V.S).