Padhuka Sahasram-807

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

807. alankrutham karNikayOpariShtAdh

udhagranALam thabha yanthrikAmsham

padhmApathE: pAdhasarOjalakshmyA:

prathyEmi pAdhAvani! kELipadhmam

 

Oh Paaduka! Your limb, the knob, with its top resembling the lotus

fruit (Karnika) and its lower part being a stem, appears to me as the

toy-lotus which Lakshmi in the Foot-lotus sports in her hand.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 807

 

1) UthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PadhukE ! I consider You as the

navel lotus flower of the holy feet of the Lord. Your YanthrikA in

this context appears like a lotus blossom with its long stalk.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! Your YanthrikA looks like

a lotus flower on the Lord's holy feet. The upper portion that is

slender portion of the yanthrika looks like a flower and the bottom ,

which holds the toes together resemble the fruit portion of that

lotus flower.

 

3) Now Swamy Desikan looks at the YanthrikA limb (YanthrikAmsam)

of the Paadhukai and equates it to the lotus flower with its stalk

held playfully by SrI RanganAyaki in Her hands ( Tava YanthrikAmsam

PadhmApadhE: paadha sarOja LakshmyA: kELi padhmam prathyEmi).

Our Lord's Lotus like feet rest on the Paadhukai (RanganAthasya Paadha

SarOjam). That lotus flower is on the hands of SrI RanganAyaki , which

holds Her Lord's Thiruvadi. That Lotus flower has its fruit

decorating it at on the upper end ( UparishTAth karNikayA

alankrutham) and has an extended stalk connecting it thru the neck

portion of the Yanthrika, which reaches to the body of the Paadhukai

( udhagra naaLam Tava YanthrikAmsam) ...(V.S).