Padhuka Sahasram-685

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

685. charaNAvani! BhAthi sahyakanyA

harinIladhyuthiBhisthavAnuviDdhA

vasudEvasuthasya rangavrutthE:

yamunEva svayamAgathA samIpam

 

Oh Paaduka! Your sapphires have shed their lustre and hue on the

river Kaveri; when it is of dark waters flowing near Srirangam; one

wonders if it were the Yamuna that had come to please and serve

Krishna, resident here!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 685:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : " Oh PaadhukE! River Cauveri

originating from the sahyA mountains blends with the blue rays of

Your sapphire and shines like Yamuna river flowing near BrindhAvan

to serve KrishNa " . All agree that RanganAthA is indeed KrishNa.

Here, Swamy Desikan states that the dark blue sheen attained by

CauvEri at SrIrangam makes it look like YamunA , which has

come to SrIrangam to be close to its Lord. YamunA is known

for its dark-hued stream.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! When the bluish

lustre of Your sapphires fall on the Cauveri with its reddish

swirling waters , they convert them in to a dark bluish-black

hue.This makes one think that the dark watered YamunA has

arrived at SrIrangam spontaneously to be near Her Lord ,

who played on Her banks during KrishNAvathAram.

 

3) Swamy Desikan addresses the Lord as the One resting

under the Ranga VimAnam as the son of VasudEvar ( RangavrutthE:

VasudEva suthan). When the intense bluish hue of the sapphire

from His Paadhukais ( Tava Harineela dhyuthibhi: bhAthi) fall

on the daughter of Sahya Mountains , Cauveri , then that Cauveri

with reddish waters transforms in to a dark blue color , which

makes one think as though the river Yamunai has come near

her Lord to serve Him ( sahyakanyA Tava Dhyuthibhi: YamunEva

bhAthi)..(V.S).