Padhuka Sahasram-633

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

633. vaikuNTapAdhanaKhavAsanayEva nithyam

pAdhAvani! prasuvathE thava moUkthikAni

acChinnathApashamanAya samAshrithAnAm

AlOkamaNdalamiShAdhamruthapravAhAm

 

Oh Paaduka! Your pearls wipe out the triple-torture (tapatrayam) of

those who have surrendered unto You. Evidently You have gained this

potency from close contact of the nails of the Lord's Feet [from

which (nails) nectar flows according to the vedas). It is an

understatement to say that the pearls have lustre-circumference.

Actually You secrete nectar-torrent on us!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

slOkam 633

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! Your pearls

through their assoication with Your Lord's toe nails have been

immersed in the flood of nectar originating from them.

Your Lord creates this flood of nectar from His radiantly white

toe nails and removes the afflictions of those who suffer from

samsaric ills. Your pearls have acquired the quality of the nectar

from the Lord's toe nails and participate in the act of destroying

the sufferings of the afflicted. Swamy Desikan points out that

the pearls may look like a circle of white rays , but in actualiity

they form the flood of nectar , which provides salvation. The pearls

have derived this power from the toe nails of the Lord through

intimate association with them.

 

2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is: AzhwArs

and AchAryAs have blessed us with SrI Sookthis like ThiruvAimozhi

et al , which are the distillation of their sublime anubhavams

about the enjoyment of the Lord and His anantha kalyANa guNams.

Each word of those SrI Sookthis on reflection have the power

to remove our limitless samsAric sorrows. Our Lord and His

AzhwArs through their nectar like upadesams protect us from

the horrors of samsAram.AzhwAr paasuram's meanings are like

nectar. The paasurams are equated here to the individual pearls.

 

3) Oh SrIrangEsa PaadhAvani! Your pearls have the intimate

association with Your Lord's toe nails always and as a result

produce the flood of nectar ( Tava MoukthikAni VaikuNDa paadha

nakha vaasanayA nithyam amrutha pravAham prasoovathE). That

association-derived power blesses those , who seek Your refuge

and removes the samsAric afflictions that can not be easily banished

( SamAsrithAnAm acchinna taapa samanam prasoovathE). How do

these assembly of pearls with their intimate assoication with

the Lord's toe nails perform this miracle ? They execute

this miracle of the flow of amrutha pravAham through their

radiance arising from the assembly of rays emanting from

the pearls( aalOka maNDalamishAth nithyam amrutha pravAham

prasoothE)..(V.S)