Padhuka Sahasram-699

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

699. paricharathi viDhoU thvAm pAdhukE! rangaBharthu:

padhasarasijaBhrungaIrBhAsuraIrindhranIlaI:

prakatithayamunoUGhA Bhakthinamrasya shamBhO:

pariNamayasi chUdAviShNupadhyA: prayAgam

 

Oh Paaduka! When the Lord scaled all the worlds in His Trivikrama

avatara, Brahma performed ablution to You. The flow called Ganga was

respectfully received by Siva on his head. Your sapphire gems, which

incidentally look like bees hovering around the lotus feet, generated

the black Yamuna. Thus the confluence, Prayaga, was also created.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 699

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! When Brahmaa

performs His worship to You , Rudran stands next with his bent

head.The blue rays of Your sapphire fall at that time on Rudran's

head and blends with the river Ganga there. The union of

the blue rays with the white floods of Ganga make it look like

PrayAg , where the dark-hued waters of Yamuna mix with

the clear waters of GangA.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! BrahmA performs

AarAdhanam for You. At that time , his son SivA stands by

the side of his father. When SivA prostrates before You

at the conclusion of the worship , the bluish rays from

Your sapphires fall on the matted locks of SivA holding the waters

of GangA river . The admixture of the dark hued sapphire

rays with the white flood of Ganga reminds one of the co-presence

of dark colored YamunA waters with the clear waters of GangA

as at PrayAg.The inner soul of Your Lord's sacred feet are

soft like the petals of the red lotus. Your sapphire stones are

like the bluish-balck bees for that Lotus flower.

 

3)BrahmA worships the lotus feet of Your Lord

adorning You with sapphire gems that reminds one

of the association of dark bluish bees with lotus

flower . Those lotus like ThiruvadigaL of Your Lord

are worshipped by BrahmA (Rangabharthu: padha sarasija

brungai: bhAsurai: Indhraneelai: ThvAm prakadithaa ).

Brahma performs aaarAdhanam for those sacred lotus feet

of Your Lord adorned with Your (Paadhukai's) sapphire

enmeshed form ( ThvAm Vidhou paricharathi ). When

the Lord's grandson prostratrates during that occasion ,

then one experieces a veritable PrayAg ( PrayAgam

pariNamayasi). How does that happen? It results from

the intermingling of the dark waters of YamunA

( the dark bluish-black rays of the sapphires adorning

the Paadhukais) with the white waters of GangA

present in the matted locks of SivA (Thvam Bhakthi

namrasya SambhO: chUDA VishNupadhyA: prayAgam

PariNamayasi)...(V.S).