Padhuka Sahasram-616

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

616. samathAmupaIthi vapuShApi sadhA BhavadhIyamoUkthikamahashChurithA

haripAdhukE! haripadhOdBhavayA kanakApagA surapurApagayA

 

Oh Paaduka of the Lord! The river Kaveri was already equal to the

Ganga in sanctity; now it has mixed with the white lustre of the

pearls on You and become white; hence now it has become equal to the

Ganga, that flowed from the Lord's Feet, in physical nature and

appearance too!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V. Sadagopan (V. S)

 

1) UthtamUr Swamy's anubhavam: The Cauveri river at Srirangam gets

connected to Lord Ranganatha " s sacred feet and becomes equal in

status to the river Ganga, which had such a connection during the

Lord's incarnation as Trivikrama. Swamy Desikan refers to that

equality resulting from the spreading of the white lustre of the

pearls falling on the waters of Cauveri river. Swamy Desikan

observes: " Oh Hari PaadhukE! The cauveri river is embraced by the

lustre of Your pearls and that makes her attain a status equal to

the Ganga river, which arose form Your Lord's holy feet during an

earlier time. Cauveri thus becomes equal to Ganga in all aspects due

to Your munificence and makes her indebted to you forever " .

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: River Ganga arose form the Lord's

holy feet. River Cauveri arose from the Sahya mountains in the

western ghats and flows around SrIrangam as a garland. Both remove

the sins of those , who take bath in them. Yet Cauveri until it

reached Srirangam has the golden color and is known therefore as

Ponni. GangA's waters are white in color. Swamy Desikan suggests

that the reddish color of the river Cauveri is transformed in to

white color similar to the holy Ganga river as a result of the

radiance of the white pearls from the PaadhukAs falling on river

Cauveri at SrIrangam. The inner meaning is that the study

of Swamy NammAzhwAr's paasurams would remove RajO (color red) and

TamO ( color black) guNams and convert those , who study them to have

satthva guNam (Color white).

 

3) Oh PaadhukE! The body of the river Cauveri is painted always with

the radiance of the white pearls on You ( Hari PaadhukE! KanakA

SadhA BhavadhIya moukthika maha: churithA ). As a result , the river

Cauveri attains a white hue similar to the river GangA, which arose

from the sacred feet of Lord Trivikraman ( KanakApagA Hari-

padhOdhbhavayA SurapurApagyA vapushi samathAm upaithi)…(V.S).