Padhuka Sahasram-852

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

 

852. mAnyA samasthajagathAm maNiBhanganIlA

pAdhE nisargaGhatithA maNipAdhukE! thvam

antha:purEShu laLithAni gathAgathAni

ChAyEva ranganrupathEranuvarthasE thvam

 

Oh Manipaaduka! You are revered over all the worlds. Your sapphire

gems render You deep black. Being inherently inseparable from the

Lord's Feet, You follow Him in his strolls into the harem, partaking

of His happiness through, as His inseparable shadow. You looking like

a shadow, from Your colour. You thus become more than an outfit of

the Feet; You are the Lord's totality in the form of a shadow.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 852

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy'a anubhavam: Swamy Desikan celebrates the blue

color of sapphire adorning the PaadhukAs here. He states that the

PaadhukAs are like the shadow of RanganAtha. He also states that the

PaadhukAs are not only the representative of the Lord's holy feet but

also the representative of His whole body. He says: " Oh MaNi

PaadhukE ! You are celebrated by the entire world for Your brilliant

blue rays emanating from Your blue sapphires. You are united like a

shadow at the feet of RanganAtha and follow Him through all His

roamings in the inner chambers of His palace " .

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! You are always

with Your Lord as He pays visit to His inner chambers and returns

from there. You accompany Him as His shadow even during such private

trips. Your dark bluish-black hue arising from Your sapphires

confer on You the quality of His shadow (i-e)., You are below His

feet always.

 

3) Oh MaNI PaadhukE ! You are celebrated by the whole world

( Thvam Samastha JagathAm MaanyA ). Through the pieces of

bluish-black sapphire , You resemble the hue of the Lord's Thiruvadi

and are seen there ( MaNi bhanga neelA Ranga-nrupathE: paadhE

nisarga: gaDithA ). You enjoy as a ever-present companion the comings

and goings of Your Lord inside His inner chambers and His delightful

visits there ( Thvam antha: purEshu Ranga-nrupathE: laLithAni

gathAgathAni anuvarthasE )...(V.S).