Padhuka Sahasram-907

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

907. kAlE thalpaBhujangamasya Bhajatha: kAShTAm gathAm shEShathAm

mUrthim kAmapi vEdhmi ranganrupathEschithrAm padhathradhvayIm

sEvAnamrasurAsurEndhramakutIshEShApatIsangamE

mukthAchandhrikayEva yA praThayathE nirmOkayOgam puna:

 

The Paaduka reaches the extreme border of servility to the Lord

Rangaraja, (Seshatva-Kashta), when He is on his strolls and tours.

Then one wonders whether the Paaduka is only another nonpareil form

of Adisesha who serves as the couch for the Lord to recline on. But

then interestingly enough, when deva or asura chiefs come to serve

and bow low before the Lord, a garment is tied round their crown (as

parivattam or Seshavastram) and Paaduka is placed on them, when it

looks almost like the pulled-out skin of Adisesha. Why it even looks

like a band of rays from the pearls of the Paaduka!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 907

 

1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! When I see Your

brilliance caused by Your cluster of pearls, I am reminded of You as

AadhisEshan, who has just shed His skin and is white all over . When

I see the colored cloth tied around the heads of DevAs prior to

placing You ( SatAri) there, I am once again reminded of AdhisEsha

united with His colorful skin again. You are indeed an incarnation of

AdhisEsha, the bed of the Lord.

 

2.SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:The emphasis in this slOkam is on

sEshathva Kaashtai ( boundary or limit of the Paadhukai being a

servant/sEshan to the Sarva SEshi, SrIman NaarAyaNan. Those like the

Paadhukai (Swamy NammAzhwAr) are Sarva Vidha Poojyars( worshippable

by all means). Paadhukais are considered as another avathAram of

AdhisEshan here engaged in serving the Lord during His various

sanchArams.

 

3. Swamy Desikan states : adiyEn considers the Paadhukais as another

avathAram of AdhisEsshan serving as the Lord's bed (Talpabhujangamasya

kaamapi Moorthim vEdhmi). These wonderful PaadhukAs during their

avathAram from AdhisEshan have reached the limit of servitude to the

Lord (chithrAm Padhathradhvayeem sanchAra kaalE kAshtAm gathAm

sEshathAm abhajath ). There are two reasons to arrive at the

conclusion that the Paadhukais are the incarnation of AdhisEshan :

(1) It is like a silver mountain (RajathAdhri nibham )

in hue resembling AdhisEshan's own color . This arises from the huge

amounts of Pearl embellishing the surface of the Paadhukais (2) When

the Paadukais are placed on the heads of the DEvAs, it sits on top of

the Parivattam (SEsha Vasthram ) and look slike a veritable

AdhisEshan ....(V.S).