Padhuka Sahasram-617

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

617. thavarangachandrathapanIyapAdhukE!

vimalA samudhvahathi moUkthikAvaLi:

charaNAravindhanaKhachandramaNdala

praNayOpayAthanavathArakAruchim

 

Oh Gold Paaduka of Lord Ranganatha! Spotless pearls shine on You.

They approach, with eagerness, the different moons presented by the

nails of the Lord's Feet, as if they (pearls) were stars in the

galaxy of moons.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V. Sadagopan (V.S)

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: In an earlier verse , Swamy Desikan

described the pearls of PaadhukAs as the reflection s of many moons ;

here , he describes the pearls as stars in the firmament. He says:

" Oh PaadhukAs of the Moon of SrIrangam ! Your blemishless pearls

out of affection for the moons (the toe nails of the Lord ) are

desirous of relating to them (the moons) and hence take the forms of

stars " . The pearls and the toe nails of the Lord remind Swamy Desikan

of a star-studded sky on a moon-lit night .

 

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

enmeshed. They look like the toe nails , which resemble the moon . It

is recognized that the stars are the wives of the moon. Your pearls

are like the stars associated with the moon (the radiant toe nails of

the Lord) . The inner meaning is that the AzhwAr's paasurams are like

the stars linked with the moon, which removes the darkness of

samsAric night.

 

3)Swamy Desikan addresses the Lord RanganAthan as " Ranga Chandran " .

His PaadhukAs are saluted as golden in hue (Tapaneeya PaadhukE).

The surface of the golden paadhukais are enmeshed with rows of

radiant white pearls , which are blemishless ( Tava vimalA moukthika

aavaLi: ). Those rows of pearls linked with the radiant white toe

nails of the lotus feet of the Lord attain the status of the stars in

the company of the Moon (Ranga chandra charaNAravindha nakha

chandramanDala praNaya upayAtha nava tAraka ruchim samudhvahathi)…

(V.S).