Padhuka Sahasram-740

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

740. chithram sarOjanilayAsahithasya shOrE:

vAsOchithAni charaNAvani! samviDhithsO:

sadhyO vikAsamupayAnthi samADhiBhAjAm

chandhrAthapEna thava mAnasapankajAni

 

Oh Paaduka! In order that the hearts of yogis will be fit to receive

the Lord and His consort and retain the Couple, You make the heart-

lotuses blossom, by the impact of Your moonshine, so to say, by the

lustre of Your gold that is sunshine for the process.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 740

 

(1)UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! You desired

to create many residences for the Lord with His consort

MahA Lakshmi. So, You made the heart lotuses of many yOgis

bloom. The miracle of it all is that You used the cool rays

of the Moon to make those heart lotuses bloom. Normally , it

is the Sun that makes this happen since Moon is not a friend

of the Lotuses.However in Your presence,the question of any

enimity does not exist " . There is no inconsistency here, if

we have the meaning of ChandrA to be gold instead of the Moon .

 

Swamy Desikan states here that the Paadhukai (Swamy NammAzhwAr)

through His Tamil vedam (ThiruvAimozhi) opened up the heart

lotuses of Ygis like Naadha Muni to recieve the Lord and His

consort there. The cool lustre of ThiruvAimozhi made the heart

lotuses of the Yogis bloom.Normally , they bloom due to the warm

rays of the Four VedAs(Sun). Swamy NammazhwAr also established

that worship of the Lord without His consort is fruitless .

All of this was made possible by the compassionate SatAri/

PaadhukA (Swamy NammAzhwAr).

 

(2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavaM:Here again , Swamy Desikan

uses the double meaning of " Chandra " to mean the Moon and

Gold. He suggests playfully that the Moon's rays made

the lotuses bloom. Normally , the Moon's rays have the opposite

effect. Swamy Desikan says in this context: " Oh PaadhukE!

You desire to create many places of resdence for the dhivya

dampathis. With Your golden rays, You make the heart lotuses

of the Yogis bloom and get prepared to recieve the dhivya

dampathis on those lotuses.

 

(3)Oh PaadhukE! You desire to create many appropriate places

for the residence of Your Lord with His consort ( hE CharaNAvani!

SarOjanilayA Sahithasya SourE: VaasOchithAni samvidhathsE).

You choose the heart lotuses of the Yogis ( SamAdhibhAjAm

maanasapankajAni chinthayasi). With Your golden lustre,

immediately make the heart lotuses bloom ( Tava ChandrAtapEna

sadhya: vikAsam upayAnthi). This is a wonder (Chithram)..(V.S).