Padhuka Sahasram-691

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

 

691. anvicChathAm kimapi thathvamananyadhrushyam

samyakprakAshajananI DhruthakruShNarUpA

pAdhavani! sPhurasi vAsavarathnaramyA

maDhyE samADhinayanasya kanInikEva

 

Oh Paaduka! You bear Krishna's form on You. You are also dark like

him. Your colour comes from the sapphires. Yogis see the Supreme

Principle-not visible to ordinary men-through Your help. Because, You

serve as the pupil, so to say, of the yogic eye. Once You help the

yogi in this manner, the Lord standing

on You is envisionable.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 691

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhaavm: Swamy Desikan equates

the dark sapphires of Paadhukais to the dark pupils of

the eyes of the Yogis. He says: " Oh PaadhukE! You bear the Lord's

dark complexioned body always. Your sapphires have the same

dark color . Through Your sapphires , You mkae it easy

for the Yogis , who wish to see Your Lord and practise

YogA. You do this by serving as the pupil of their yogic

eyes. With Your sapphires serving as the dark pupils of

their eys, they are able to see readily the dark complexioned

One standing on You " .

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam :Without the pupils of

the eyes , one can not see anything.You become the pupil

of the eye for the Yogis practising dhyAnam to see Your Lord.

The AchAryAs are like the helpful pupils to experience the Lord.

Without deep devotion to them , One can not know , see and attain

PerumAL.

 

3)Here Swamy addresses the Indhra neela gems as

" Vaasava rathnam " . he describes them as delectable

to look at ( ramyA), as the generator of true

Jn~Anam(samyak prakAsa-jananeem) and having the dark

bluish hue ( dhrutha Krishna roopA). Oh the rays of

the sapphires of the PaadhukE! You shine like the dark

pupil in the middle of the eye of dhyAnam ( samAdhi

nayanasya madhyE kanInikEva Sphurasi)of the Yogis , who

consider nothing but Your Lord as the object worthy of

Pursuit (ananya dhrusyam kimapi tatthvam anvicchathAm

samAdhi madhyE kanIkinEva sphurasi)...(V.S)