Padhuka Sahasram-647

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

647. balivimaThanavElAvyApinasthasya viShNO:

padhasarasijamADhvI pAvanI dhEvi! nUnam

jananasamayalagnAm jAhnavI thAvakAnAm

vahathi charaNarakshE! vAsanAm moUkthikAnAm

 

Oh Paaduka Devi! When the Lord rose in size on that occasion of

crushing King Bali, the honey that came as the river Ganga definitely

has assimilated Your pearl's nature-whiteness, purity! This is true,

I am certain.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 647

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhaavam: Swami Desikan suggests here that

Ganga got her clarity and white hue from the pearls adorning

the Lord's PaadhukAs. He says: " Oh Queen! Oh PaadhukE! When

Your Lord subjugated Bali chakravarthy during His incarnation as

ThrivikramA , Ganga, the honey from His lotus feet was born.

At that time of her birth, GangA came in to contact with

Your pearls and acquired through that association, her clarity

and white color.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! The waters

of GangA originating from the kamanDalu jalam of Brahma

Devan acquired the white , clear hue by assoication with

Your pearls adorning the Paadhukais worn by Your Lord as

He grew to measure the world during His ThrivikramAvathAram .

GangA river had only one occasion to be associated with

Your Lord's Thiruvadi. Oh PaadhukA Devi ! You have however

the good fortune of being assoicated with Your Lord's

Thiruvadi always.

 

3) Devi CharaNarakshE! Time was the occasion of destroying

the arrogance of Bali Chakravarti( Bali vimaTana vELA).

You were growing gigantic as Thrivikraman (Thvam VyApina:).

It was also the time when Your son BrahmA washing Your

Thiruvadi with the waters from His KamaNDalu and thus arose

the sacred GangA (Tasya VishNO: padha sarasija mAdhvI paavanI

JAhnavI janana samayam). At that time of her birth , GangA

got the association of the pearls of Paadhukais adorning

the Lord's Thiruvadi and acquired the clear white hue

( Janana samayam lagnAm thAvakAnAm moukthikAnAm vaasanAm

vahathi)...(V.S).