Padhuka Sahasram-592

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

592. thvayaIva pAdhAvani! shONarathnaI: bAlAthapam nUnamudhIrayanthyA

padhmApathE: pAdhathalaprarUDam rEKhAmbhujam

nithyamaBhUdhanidhram

 

Oh Paaduka! The Lord's Feet have lines of lotus also. It is a nice

piece of imagination to reason out that this

lotus remains blossomed, never closing itself up, only because of the

mild sunshine that your ruby gems emit.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 592:

 

1) UthtamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! Your rubies serve as the

morning sun to open the insignia of lotus on the holy feet of your

Lord . The warmth of your rubies keeps however that lotus open

always. ( The presence of lotus on the palms of one's foot indicate

that the person has unlimited wealth . Swamy Desikan hints that the

PaadhukAs confer this bhAgyam to the Lord through its rubies) .

 

2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The lotuses of the world blossom at

the sight of Sun in the morning; they close at sunset . The lotus on

the palm of the foot of the Lord is always in a state of blossom

thanks to the radiance of the rubies from the Paadhukais.

 

3)The rubies on the Paadhukais act as the moring sun ( sONa-rathnai:

bAlAtapam udhIrayanthyA Thvayaiva). There is a lotus in the form of

rays ( PadmApathE: paadha tala prarUDam rEkAmbhujam ). That lotus

never closes its petals . It is always in a state of blossom (

rEkAmbhujam nithyam anidhram abhUth).