Padhuka Sahasram-745

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

745. anukalamupajIvyA dhrushyasE nirjarANAm

thripuramaThanamoULoU shEKharathvam dhaDhAthi

prathipadhamaDhigamya prApthashrungAsi shoUrE-

sthadhapi charaNarakshE! pUrNachandhrAkruthisthvam

 

Oh Paaduka! What a perfect similitude You bear for the moon! Whereas

You are helpful, every moment, for protection of the devas, the moon

is every day losing its digit as food to the devas; You are held in

respectful adoration by Siva whereas the moon is held in his head;

even as the moon gets sharpened in its edge on the first day after

the Full Moon, You acquire additional greatness in every step of

walk. Nevertheless, You are Full Moon-You are gold in nature.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 745

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here, Swamy Desikan elaborates

on another aspect of the PaadhukAs serving as ChandrA (Gold).

He wonders how the PadhukAs serving as the cresent Moon

serves also as the golden, full Moon simultaneously.There are

two intrepretations for this verse. We will stay with the second

intrepretation : " Oh PaadhukE! Every second , You serve as the site

for DevAs to come to get their desired boons. You become then

the crescent Moon on the head of MahEswara , when He bows before

You in that assembly of dEvAs. You attain greater and greater

auspiciousness with every step taken by Your Lord riding on You.

With all these attributes , it is no wonder that You have attained

the status of the golden full Moon inspite of serving as a phase of

the Moon (crescent Moon) on MahEswarA's Jadai at other times.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PadhukE! all the dEvAs

approach You and prostrate before You for their welfare.

Lord SivA adorns You as His decoration for His head

and places You reverentially on His head. PerumAL thinks

the world of You and adorns You on His sacred feet often.

 

3)Oh PaadhukE! You have the appearance of the golden

full Moon ( Thvam PoorNachandrAkruthi: vahasi). That

Moon has 16 kalais.SaasthrAs say that the devathAs consume

one kalai each day . The dEvAs use the Kalais of the Moon as

their nourishing food ( Thvam anukalam nirjarANAm upajeevyA

dhrusyasE).

 

That Moon(Paadukai) is adorned by Lord Siva on His jadai

and He gets blessed just like the other dEvAs( Thvam

ThripuramaTana moulou sEkarathvam dadhAnA ).

 

On prathamai days, the Kalai of the Moon is somewhat elevated

and that makes the crscent Moon look like the full Moon. Inspite

of it, You are fully golden and resemble in that respect also

the full Moon ( Prathipadham adhigamya prAptha srungA asi;

tadhapi poornachandrAkruthi)).The word Prathipadham stands

for both Pratamai and each step. With each step of

Lord RanganAthA , the crescent Moon grows and after

sixteen steps( 16 kalais), the crescent Moon gets

transformed in to Full Moon...V.S