Padhuka Sahasram-888

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

888. pariNathaguNajAlA pankthiBhirmoUkthikAnAm

bahuviDhamaNirashmigranThibanDhABhirAmA

raGhupathipadharakshE! rAjavAhyasya kumBhE

kalitharuchiraBhUsthvam kApi nakshathramAlA

 

Oh Paaduka! You are seated on the head of the Royal Elephant; the

rows of pearls on You are cross linked by the various rays from the

gems so that the whole looks like the so-called 'Nakshatra-mala', a

decorative network of cross links hung on the face of the elephant.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 888

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Raghupathi PaadhukE ! You have

become the matchless garland of stars seen on the forehead of the

royal elephant Satrunjaya through Your rows of pearls tightly woven

together wih many rays emanating from Your gems. BharathA placed You

on the back of the royal elephant to bring You back to rule the

kingdom.(here, Swamy Desikan suggests that the PadhukAs are like the

decorative jewelery covering the broad forehead of the royal elephant,

which was seen by one and all during the ocasion of the procession

before coronation ).

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: When Bharathan arranged a procession

on the back of the royal elephant prior to your ascent to the

simhAsanam of the Raghu vamsam, You resembled a garland of stars on

the forehead of the elephant. How so? The pearls on You separated by

the many gems in between resembled a nakshathra Maala, where the

pearls are the stars and the colored knots in between to make the

necklace are the different gems.

 

3) Oh Raghupathi PadharakshE ! You look like a beautiful necklace

consisting of twenty seven stars (Thvam Kaapi abhirAmA nakshathra

mAlA abhU: ). You are beautiful with the colored knots ( colored

gems) that tie together the pearls (Thvam PariNatha guNajAlA

bahuvidha maNi rasmi granthibandha abhirAmA) that gives the

appearance of a necklace of stars shining on the forehead of

the royal elephant ( Raajavaahyasya kumbhE kalitharuchi: kaapi

Nakshathra maalA abhU: )...(V.S).