Padhuka Sahasram-638

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

638. shyAmA thanurBhagavatha: prathipannathArA

thvam chandhrikA vimalamoUkthikadharshanIyA

sThAnE thadhEthadhuBhayam maNipAdharakshE!

bODham kshaNAnnayathi buDdhikumudhvathIm na:

 

Oh Manipaaduka! Once the form of the Lord is settled in my heart, my

vision and my intellect become blossomed, even as a host of water-

lilies of a pond is, by night and by the moon. Here the darkness of

the Lord simulates the night and Your pearl-splendour, the moonlight.

The Lord's form is capable of transporting the devotees across the

ocean of grief.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

slOkam 638

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Gem-bedecked PaadhukE!

Your Lord's (VaasudEvA's) body is of darkish hue and has

for decoration the three letters of PraNavam recognized as

SankarshaNa , Prahdyumna and Aniruddha murthis. You are like

defectless Moon and its lustre. Lord's body with above attributes

is like the night. Yourself together with Your Lord makes me

think of a pond , where lilly buds blossom during the night of

full Moon. Swamy Desikan equates the dark colored Lord to

the bluish black night ; He compares His own mind to a pond full of

water Lillies , which blossom at night. Hence , He points out that

His mind blossoms , when it sees the Lord and PaadhukAs

together.

 

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

AchAryAL's with PerumAL confer saddh Buddhi (nalla aRivu)

to the Jeevans.

 

3)Your Lord's body is dark in hue; it has the Paadhukais

with its blemishless pearls , which are like the rays of the Moon

( Prathipanna TaarA Bhagavatha: tanu syAmA ; Vimala moukthika

darsaneeyA Thvam ChandrikA)). The union of both ( PerumAL and

His SaThAri) makes the Lilly pond of our Buddhi blossom

instantaneously ( Tadh YEthatat ubhayam na: Buddhi

KumadhadhvathIm KashaNAth bhOdham nayathi)..V.S