Padhuka Sahasram-718

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

718. yAthrAvasAnamaDhigacChathi ranganAThE

vishrANayasyanupadham maNipAdhukE! THVAM

prAya: prayANasamayE prathibimbithAnAm

thIrThAvagAhamaparam thridhashEshvaraNAm

 

Oh Manipaaduka! At the conclusion of each festival, the Deva chiefs,

while taking leave, bow and get reflected in You. This grants them a

chance of entering into a holy place and taking a holy bath in the

sacred waters and of the traditional Avabhrutha immersion! (Yes, this

even though they are pure from an earlier regular bath).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 718

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh MaNi PaadhukE! At the end of

Your Lord's journeys on You , the DevAs who accompanied Him take

leave. At that time , their bodies are reflected on Your gems.

Those images make me think that You are blessing them with

theertthavAri , the ritual bath taken at the conclusion of

the Uthsavams for the Lord. Swamy Desikan thinks of

the BrahmOthsavam for Lord RanganAtha . He sees the DevAs

assembled to join the festivities . On the final day , DevAs

take leave of our Lord. The shadows of their bodies reflected on

the Paadhukais at that time appear to suggest the ritual of

purificatory bath prescribed at the conclusion of the BrahmOthsavam .

The holiness of the PadhukAs help to cleanse the DevAs before their

departures to their respective homes.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:The occasion is BrahmOthsavam

at SrIrangam . It is the last day of the Uthsavam , when

TheerthavAri takes place at Chandra PushkaraNi. The dEvAs take a dip

in the sacred pond of the Lord and are ready to return to their

own homes . Their images are reflected on the Paadhukais

at that time. That evokes the image of Paadhukai's lustre

flowing as a flood to bathe the DevAs again and again.

 

3) The time is the end of the Uthsavam at SrIrangam

( RanganAtasya YaathrA avasAnam).The dEvAs are ready to

return to their abodes after TheerTavaari ; during

that time of their departure , their images are reflected

on Paadhukais' shiny surface ( PrayANa samayE prathiBhimBithAnAm

thridasEsvarANAm ). Those reflections on You makes it appear

that You serve as an alternate Chandra PushkaraNi for

the DevAs , where TheerTavAri takes place ( ThridasEsvarANAm

aparam TheerTAvagAham iva). The multiple reflections on

the Padhukais give the impression of the DevAs participating in

repeated theerTavAris ( aparam theerTavAham anupadham

visrANayasi prAya:)...(V.S).