Padhuka Sahasram-905

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

905. chathuravihAriNIm ruchirapaksharuchim BhavathIm

manasijasAyakAsanaguNOchithamanjuravAm

anupadhamAdhriyEmahi mahEndhrashilAmahithAm

haricharaNAravindhamakarandhamaDhuvrathikAm

 

Oh Paaduka! You are like a female beetle hovering around the Feet-

lotuses of the Lord! You excel in walking gait; Your sides are

beautiful; You emit a note melodious like the chord-striking arrow of

Kama. You possess sapphires; like You, the beetle comes round and

round; with beautiful wings, black colour, and sweet melody.

May we pay respectful homage to You at all times!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

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

 

SlOkam 905

 

1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! We salute You as the

blue female bee, who drinks the honey from the lotus feet of Your

Lord. You are like the sweet sounding bee made up of Your blue rows

of sapphire, which pushes the flower arrows of ManmathA and imbues

them with a sweet sound caused by Your exertions during the

sanchArams. You serve as the chord of his bow made of

Sugarcane plant.

 

2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! Your dark blue hue

arising from the sapphires on You make You resemble a female blue bee

in deep love with Your Lord. You seem to live and thrive by the honey

flowing out of the lotus feet of Your Lord. For You that anubhavam of

Your Lord's sacred feet seems to be the JeevAdhAram (basis for

existence), BhOgyam ( enjoyable entity) and pOshakam(nourishment).

Your abhinivEsam (intense desire) for Your Lord, viraha vyasanam (

sorrow on seperation from Your Lord) and ananya gathithvam ( not

desiring any one else as means and phalan except Your Lord) are

manifestations of Your PathivrathA Dharmam. When You as a female bee

are engaged in speedy flights , your movement looks like a moving

dark line reminding us of the chord of ManmathA's bow.

 

3. Swamy Desikan celebrates the many vaibhavams of Paadhukais of the

Lord and states that we will refelct on that Vaibhavam every

second : " Hari CharaNa aravindha makarandha madhuvrathkAm Bhavatheem

anupadham aadhriyEmahi " . Here PaadhukA identifies the Paadhukais as

the bee (MadhuvrathikA ) for the honey (makarandham) flowing from the

lotus feet of the Lord (Hari CharaNam ). Swamy Desikan visualizes the

Vaibhavam in number of ways in this slOkam : " Chathura vihAriNee " (

very skilled movements) , " Ruchira paksha ruchi " ( beautiful golden

lustre of the sides ) , delectable sound as the sound generated by

the chord from the bow of ManmathA ( manasija sAyakAsana guNa uchitha

manju svAm) and have the kaanthi reminiscent of sapphires (

MahEndraseelaa mahithAm).