Padhuka Sahasram-887

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

887. virachithanavaBhAgA rathnaBhEdhaIrvichithraI-

viviDhavithatharEKhAvyakthasImAviBhAgA

haricharaNasarOjam prEpsathAmarchanIyam

praThayasi navanABham maNdalam pAdhukE! thvam

 

(1) Oh Paaduka! You are gem-studded, the nine gems being

identifiable. Even so this Bharatavarsha, named of course, after

another Bharata is called Navanabha after the nine sons of King

Nabhi. It has nine regions, well-demarcated by boundaries, natural or

man-made. This constitutes the site where one can expect one's holy

acts to bear fruit-so it is called Karma-Bhoomi. You perhaps proclaim

that this Navanabha is also fit to resort to, as You are, for

reaching Hari's Lotus Feet.

 

(2) Pancharatra-agama prescribes a ritual using a nine-chakra-divided

holy base, whereat worship of Hari is sure to secure salvation.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 887

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan compares the

Paadhukais to the land of BhAratham divided in to nine sections for

helping the nine sons of NabhA to rule over them . The PaadhukA is

similarly divided by nine kinds of gems (nava rathnams) . Both

Bhaaratha varsham and PadhukAs are divided by natural and artificial

lines and patterns and are entitled to the common title of Nava

nAbhA . VishNu PurANam states that the BhAratha khaNDam divided in to

nine sections is the ideal place to worship SrIman NaarAyaNan. Swamy

says: Oh PadhukE ! You serve as nava nAbhA varasham (Bharatha

varsham) and reveal to one and all that it is the land for the proper

worship of Your Lord. Oh PaadhukE! You have divided Yourself in to

nine divisions through Your nine kinds of gems and are recognized by

the many natural and other kinds of lines made by the DevA's

crowns as they prostrate before You and touch Your surface with their

hard crowns. With all of these characterstrics , You announce that

You are the nava nAbhA maNDalam described in the PaancharAthra

aagamam ,as the one which is the most appropriate land to worship

Hari and recieve His choicest blessings.

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! You are like Bhaaratha

Varsham in many ways. You are enmeshed with the nine kinds of gems

separated by long lines just as BhAratha Varsham is divided by nine

distinct sections with their own fine demarcations for the benefit

of the nine sons of NaabhA chakravarthy. Both You and Bhaaratha

Varsham have thus the qualifications for being the right place for

Mumukshus to worship the Lord.

 

3) Oh PaadhukE ! You have nine kinds of features(amsams) based on

your nine gems(Vichithrai: rathnabhEdhai: virachitha navabhAgA).You

are delinated by boundaries made up by many , broad lines ( Thvam

vividha vithatha rEkhA vyaktha seemA vibhAgA ). You glorify

the Bharatha Varsham with its nine divisions linked to the nine sons

of Naabhi chakravarhty (nava nAbham MaNdalam PraTayasi). You do this

for the benefit of Mumukshus , who wish to attain the lotus feet of

the Lord through worship at one of the nine sections of BhAratha

Varsham, the Karma BhUmi (Thvam Hari charaNa sarOjam prEpsathAm ,

archaneeyam nava naabham maNDalam praTayasi ) ...(V.S ).