Padhuka Sahasram-840

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

840. manjusvanA marathakOpalamEchakAngI

shONAshmathuNdaruchirA maNipAdhukE! thvam

padhmAvihArarasikasya parasya yUna:

paryAyathAm Bhajasi pancharashArikANAm

 

Oh Manipaaduka! You have a melodious musical note. The green gems on

You give a totality of dark green colour, whereas the red stones

present a picture of the bent nose called Sarika or parrot. Then it

seems You are like a parrot kept in cage, being used for sport by the

Lord (revelling in such play), a youthful hero with his sweetheart,

Padma.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 840

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: A bird known as sArikA

generates sweet sounds .It is green like emerald in color.

It has a mouth , which is red in color. Married couples keep them

in their houses as pets and raise them for companionship.

Swamy Desikan states that the PaadhukAs resemble the sArikAs

in all of the above attributes and recognizes the PaadhukAs as

sArikA birds. He says: " You have a sweet sound from the movement

of the gems inside the YanthrikA . With Your emeralds , You have

a dark green color. With Your rubies You resemble the mouth

region of the sArikA birds .You are held in the cage as an adorable

pet by Your Lord and His consorts in their inner chambers.From all

these aspects , You remind me of a sArikA bird raised by

the divine couple.

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! When one looks at You ,

You appear like the green parrot with a red beak. Your green hue

comes from the emeralds adorning You. The rubies on You give the red

color seen on the beak of a parrot.

 

3) Oh MaNi PaadhukE ! You achieve a status equivalent to the female

parrot kept by Your Lord in a cage for sporting with His divine

consort ( Thvam PadhmA vihAra rasikasya Parasya yoona: panjara

sArikANAm paryAyathAm bhajasi). The aspects that confer on You the

status equivalent to a sArikA bird are: You produce sweet sounds from

the gems inside Your YantrikAs ( ManjusvanA).You have a dark green

body from Your emeralds embedded on You ( MarathakOpala mEchaka

angee). You have a reddish hue from Your rubies that resemble

the red beak of the sArikA bird ( sONAsma thuNDa ruchirA )... (V.S).