Padhuka Sahasram-752

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

752. padhmABhOgAth pAdhukE! rangaBharthu: pAdhasparshAdhBhOgamanyam

prapithsO: shEShasyaIkAm BhUmikAmabravIth

thvAmAchAryANAmagraNiryAmunEya:

 

Oh Paaduka! The first among Acharyas, Alavandar, identifies You as an

incarnation that Adisesha took in order that he can enjoy contact

with the Lord's Feet, in a manner different from what is available to

Mahalakshmi as her previlege.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

 

SlOkam 752

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! MahA Lakshmi

gets a great pleasure by pressing Her Lord's feet and enjoys

the contact of a small portion of her Lord's body during that

Kaimkaryam. AdhisEshA wants to derive a greater pleasure than

MahA Lakshmi and takes Your form to enjoy those sacred feet

of the Lord during every moment of His travel with You(Paadhukais).

 

2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Swamy AlavanthAr reveals that

AdhisEshan wanted to gain the bhOgam superior to that

experienced by MahA Lakshmi by pressing Lord's sacred feet.

Therefore , Adhiseshan took the form of Paadhukais so that

the Lord's entire feet can have contact with him.The inner

meaning is that AzhwArs and AchAryAs experience sukham

that is more than that experienced by MahA Lakshmi Herself.

 

3)Swamy AlavanthAr has already attested to AdhisEshan

taking the form of PaadhukAs to serve the Lord through his

SthOthra Rathna slOkam :

 

nivAsa SayyA Aaasana paadhuka

upadhAna varshAt-apavAraNAdhibhi:

sarIra bhEdhais-tava sEshathAM gathai:

yaTOchitham Sesha ithIrithE janai:

 

AdhIsEshan serves as the abode (nivAsam) for the Lord;

His bed, Umbrella and PaadhukA as His ancient SEshan

(Aadhi Seshan).

 

AaLavanthAr is the loftiest among AchAryAs( AchAryANAm

agranee: YaamunEya:). He described that AdhisEshan took

the avathAram of PaadhukAs ( Seshasya yEkAm bhUmikAm

aBhraveeth). Why did AdhisEsha transform himself in to

PaadhukAs? He did so according to Swamy AlavanthAr for

reasons of enjoying a higher order of Sukham than that

enjoyed by MahA Lakshmi( Padhmaa BhOgAth anyam bhOgam

prapithsO:) . She only presses the soft feet of

Her Lord , where as AdhisEshan wants to be pressed by

the entire feet of His Lord...(V.S).