Padhuka Sahasram-884

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

884. haricharaNamupaGhnam pAdhukE! samshrithAyA-

maDhigathabahushAKhAm vaIBhavam dharshayanthyAm

aBhajatha viDhihasthanyasthaDharmadhravAyAm

thvayi mukuLasamruDdhim moUkthikashrIsthadhAnIm

 

Oh Paaduka! When the Lord scaled the worlds, His foot going up looks

like a prop-stick; You as a creeper cling to it; Brahma pours water

to nourish You; it is Dharmadrava, the punya of all worlds!; Your

pearls look like flower buds of the creeper. The whole is a pleasing

imagery to me!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

slOkam 884

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! At the time of Lord's

incarnation as Thrivikrama , the pearls on Your body looked like

flower buds. You appeared like a creeper dependent on the Lord's leg

for Your support. The water that BrahmA added to Lord's feet

appeared like the water flowing through the trenches to nourish You

to flower and produce those pearl buds. You looked like the creeper

with many branches like the VedAs. Hence , I consider You as a

sacred creeper attached firmly to the holy feet of Your Lord.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! During

ThrivikramAvathAram of Your Lord, You were like a Kalpaka creeper

dependent on the support rod of Your Lord; You branched out to form

the different sections of the creeper to demonstrate to the people of

the world that the various Veda Bhaagams celebrate Your Lord's

glories. At that time, Brahma dEvan melted the puNyams of the world

in to sacred water and added that water for Your nourishment, which

caused the appearance of Your pearls looking like the buds of the

creeper (Yourself) nestling around the sacred feet of Your Lord.

 

3) During that time of ThrivikramAvathAram ( TadhAneem), You

resembled a creeper that attached itself to the supporting rod of

the Lord's sacred feet ( Hari charaNam upagnam samsrithAyAm ). You

had then many side branches as a creeper to remind the people of

the world about the Vaibhavam of Your Lord , who is celebrated in the

many branches of the VedAs ( adhigatha bahu saakhA vaibhavam

darsayanthyAm ). BrahmA added water (the melted puNyams of the world)

to Your roots and the coolnes of those waters made all of Your buds

glisten ( Vidhi hastha dharma dhravAyAm Thvayi moukthika SrI: mukuLa-

samruddhim abhajatha) ...(V.S ).