Padhuka Sahasram-720

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

720. AlOlarashminiyathAm maNipAdhukE! thvA-

mAruhya sancharathi rangapathoU salIlam

antha: purEShu yugapathsudhrushO BhajanthE

dOLADhirOhaNarasam thvayi bimbithAngya:

 

Oh Manipaaduka! As the Lord goes to the harem, the damsels therein

see their images get rocked here and there by the ropes in the form

of gem-rays, thus giving them a pleasure-swing!

 

[so far the Paaduka in Archa form was praised. From the next verse,

Paaduka in Vibhava (avatara) form.]

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkma 720

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh MaNi PaadhukE!

RanganAtha bids farewell to all the visitors and enters

His inner chambers with Your help. There , the shadows of

the ladies of the inner chamber fall on Your gems.

With the long rays from Your precious stones (ropes) ,

You look then like a swing on which the ladies amuse

themselves.RanganAtha is the One who pushes the swing back

and forth.The ladies of the inner chamber enjoy this play.

 

2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! The rays from

Your gems look like the ropes holding a swing. You look like

the seat of that swing. All the ladies of the Lord's inner

chambers are reflected on Your mirror-like surface. That scene

of all of them being seen on Your surface is like them

enjoying the movement of the swing simultaneously.

 

3)As Lord RanganAthA moves with His paadhukais

in the antha: puram during His sportly activities

with His devis (ThvAm aaruhya antha: purEshu saleelam

sancharathi), the rays from the gems --the ropes of a swing--

on His Paadhukais ( the moving swing itself) also goes forward

and backward (Rangapathou aalOla rasmi niyathAm ThvAm).

The images of the antha: pura sthrees are reflected on

the mirror-like surfaces of the Paadhukais (Thavi BhimBitha

angya: Sudrusa:). The simultaneous reflected imagery of

all the ladies makes it look as though all the ladies

are enjoying their ride on the swing simultaneously...(V.S).