Padhuka Sahasram-706

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

706. yA thE bAhyAngaNamaBhiyatha: pAdhukE! rangaBharthu:

sanchArEShu sPhurathi vithathi: shakranIlapraBhAyA:

vishvaksEnapraBhruthiBhirasoU gruhyathE vaIthrahasthaI:

BhrUvikshEpasthava dhiviShadhAm nUnamAhvAnahEthu:

 

Oh Paaduka! When the Lord is leaving the couch to come to the

verandah, a blue light fills the place, coming from Your sapphires.

But it looks to me as though it was a mere brow-movement on Your part

to instruct Vishwaksena (with his ruling wand) and others that they

issue summons to the Devas to assemble!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 706

 

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

steps out on You for His sanchArams , VishvaksEnA with his cane

in hand recognizes the spreading blue rays of Your sapphires

as the signal from You. He and others recognize the spreading lustre

of blue rays as the crinkling of Your eye brows to authorize

the entry of DevAs to offer their worships to Your lord.

VishvaksEnA with his cane gets ready to control the throng of

DevAs to visit the Lord in an orderly way.

 

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

all auspicousness lands on one , who has the complete

anugraham of his/her AchAryan.For them , even Nithyasooris

wait on him/her with folded hands.

 

3)PaadhukA's sending of the signal through the movement

of its brows ( BhrU vikshEpam) is referred to here. Such

a BhrU VikshEpam is linked to the spreading of the blue

rays ( sakraneelA prabhAyA: yaa vithathi sphurathi) from

the sapphires of the Paadhukais. Lord RanganAthA has not yet

stepped out of the ranga VimAnam but has taken a couple of

steps in the context of His journey outside(BhAhyAnganam

abhiyatha: Rangabharthu: ). At the entrance is Lord

VishvaksEnar with a cane in his hand ( vEthrahasthai:

VishvaksEnaprabhruthibhi:). The rays of sapphire

spread out now from the top of the sapphires .

Lord VishvaksEnar igets now the signal from the Paadhukai

so that He can invite the dEvathais inside the Ranga VimAnam

for offering their worships ( dhvishadhAm aahvAna hEthu:

Tava bhrUvikshEpa: gruhyathE)...(V.S).