Padhuka Sahasram-906

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

906. kanakaruchA jatAmuragamoULimaNIn maNiBhi-

sthridhivatharangiNIm tharaLamoUkthikadhIDhithiBhi:

kutilathayA kvachicChashikalAmaDharIkuruShE

muraripupAdhukE! puraBhidha: shirasA viDhruthA

 

Oh Lord's Paaduka! When You are placed on the head of Siva,

everything of his is below You. Apart from that You outdo him in

every detail too! Your golden lustre defeats his hairlocks; Your

gems, the gems of his serpents; Your pearls with water-current, his

Ganga; the curve on Your back, his moon-digit. You are any day

excellent!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 906

 

1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukkAs of the Lord , which

destroyed the asuran, MurA ! When Maheswaran wears You on His head ,

You outshine all the objects there with Your lustre and beauty.

Through Your golden lustre, You surpass the lustre of His matted

locks. The lustre from Your gems outshine the brilliance of the

diamonds on the hoods of the serpents residing there. With the limpid

lustre of Your pearls, You surpass the tranquil and limpid beauty of

GangA there. Through Your slight curvature on Your back, You

win over the crescent Moon in Your beauty. You put all those objects

on MahEswarA's head in the second place.

 

2. SrIMath Andavan's anubhavam: The supermacy of MurAri's Paadhukais

over the Thripura SamhAri ( MahEswaran) in all the areas of aathma

guNams is the subject of this slOkam. MahEswaran wears with humility

the Paadhukais of the Lord on His head, which already has red matted

locks , rathnams on the heads of the Snakes adorning His head and the

lustre of the waves from GangA river and the crescent Moon. When the

Paadhukais sit over the head of MahEswaran, the lustre from the gold

on the Paadhukais outshines the burnt reddish hue of the matted

locks. It becomes like a lamp in front of the Sun. The red rubies on

the Paadhukais outshine the gems on the heads of the snakes. The

white lustre associated with the rolling waves of GangA are

outstripped by the lustre emanating from the pearls on the PaadhukAs.

The slightly bent middle portion of the PaadhukA exceeds in beauty

the crescent Moon's lovely shape. The Lustre from the Gold is

symbolic of Brahma tEjas; the Rathnams allude to the SrI Sookthis of

the Paadhukais (Swamy NammAzhwAr). The slightly bent state

in the middle of the Paadhukai represents the aathma guNams of

humility and AnushtAna sampath. This the Paadhukai outshines

MahEswaran known for long penance and TapO Bhalam in every

aspect of comparison.

 

3. Oh Paadhukais of MurAri ( Muraripu PaadhukE ) ! You are held

with high esteem by Lord MahEswaran ( Purabhida: sirasA vidhruthA ).

With Your innate guNams and external features , You lower the fittness

& Beauty of all objects on Thripura samhAri's head on which you are

resting. These objects are: Kanakarucha (Gold on Paadhukai) Versus

JadA kAnthi, PadhukA MaNis versus Uraga MouLi MaNi ( the gems on the

hoods of the snakes adorning the Jadai), Tarala mouthika dheedhi (

the lustre of the Pearls on the Paadhukais) versus Thrividha

TarangiNeem (Ganga river's waves) and the beauty of the slightly bent

shape at the middle of Paadhukai versus the curved crescent Moon (

kvachith KutilatayA SasikalAm adharikurushE)....(V.S).