Padhuka Sahasram-618

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

618. chandhrachUdamakutEna lALithA

chArumoUkthikamayUKhapANdarA

ranganAThapadhapadhmasanginI

lakshyasE suraDhunIva pAdhukE

 

Oh Paaduka! You become like the river Ganga, by virtue of the white

stream of the rays of the pearls, by contact with Siva's crown when

he bows his head in obeisance and by the perennial contact You have

with the lotus feet of the Lord.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

 

SlOkam 618:

 

1)UthtamUr Sawmy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan states here that the

river Ganga on Rudra's head is one and the same as the Vishnu

PaadhukAs for the following reasons: (a) both Ganga and the

PaadhukAs are carried by Lord SivA on His head (b) both have

connection to the lord's feet © perals on PaadhukAs in their

whiteness resemble the waters of Ganga . Swamy Desikan says: " Oh

PaadhukE! You resemble Ganga flowing from the head of Lord SivA

decorated with the white crescent moon . The whiteness of Your pearls

and Your association with the Lord's holy feet and Your residence

on Lord SivA's head indicate that You have all the attributes of

Ganga river " .

 

2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is that the sacred

thoughts housed in Swamy NammAzhwAr's paasurams bless the people of

the world with auspicousness just as river GangA blesses people , who

take a dip in it.

 

3) PaadhukE! You in Your whiteness arising from Your rows of pearl

are united with the lotus feet of Lord RanganAtha ( Paadhuke !

PaaNDrA Thvam RanganAtha padha padhma sanginee) take on the

appearance of the river GangA (Sura nadheeva lakshyasE ). The

beautiful white rays of Your rows of pearls fall on the river GangA

adorning the siras of Lord Sivan and make you look like the Lord's

feet united with the river GangA (Chandrachooda MakuDEna laaLithA

chAru mouktika mayUka Suranadheeva lakshyasE)… (V.S).