Padhuka Sahasram-599

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

599. padhmAkarAntharavikAsini! rangaBharthu:

pIthvA padhAvani! maDhUni padhAravindhE

shONOpaladhyuthimayIm suBhagaprachArAm

manyE biBharShi mahathIm madharAgashoBhAm

 

Oh Paaduka! The Lord's Feet-a pair of lotuses-rise from the pond that

is the space between the two palms of Lakshmi! The honey flowing from

the feet-as if it were liquor-intoxicates You. But Your gait is

lovely. Your red complexion comes from the Padmaraga gems.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam : 599

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! adiyEn thinks that Your

rubies attained their expansive and brilliant red color from drinking

the fermented honey of the lotus feet that has blossomed in the pond

of MahA Lakshmi's hands . Swamy Desikan uses his poetic imagination

to paint a vivid picture. Lord's feet are the twin lotuses .

They blossom in the hands of MahA Lakshmi ( PadmA karam or a lotus

pond ). MahA Lakshmi holds the Lord's lotus feet in Her hands

to press them . The fermented honey from the lotus feet is drunk by

the rubies to reach the intoxicated state revealed by the reddening

of their surfaces. Swamy Desikan links the brilliant red hue of the

rubies with " madha Raaga sObhA " , the special flushed effect arising

from a state of drunkenness.

 

2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! the red rubies are

enmeshed on You . When You transport Your Lord during His sanchAram ,

the red lustre from the rubies and Your movement looks like that of

one , who has drunk deeply the fermented honey from the Lord's lotus

feet. The inner meaning is that Swamy NammAzhwAr is " intoxicated "

with the enjoyment of the guNa-Vaibhavams of the Lord `s Thiruvadis.

 

3) MahA Lakshmi's sacred hands hold the lotus feet of the Lord

( PadhmA kara anthara vikAsini Rangabharthu: Padha aravindham).

The Paadhukai and the rubies on them appear like they are intoxicated

by the drinking of the fermented honey from the Lord's lotus feet

( Rangabharthu: padha aravindhE madhUni peethvA ). The strident and

beautiful sanchAram made by these radiant rubies enhances the red

beauty of the rubies ( sONOpala dhyuthimayeem subhaga prachAram

mahathIm madha raaga sObhAm Bhibarshi)…(V.S).