Padhuka Sahasram-910

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

 

910. vahathi kshithivyavahithAm sOpi thvAm gathiShu pAdhukE! rangI

kamaTapathiBhujagaparibruDakarivarakulashiKhariBhUmikABhEdhaI:

 

Oh Paaduka! You hear the person of Lord Ranganatha on You on all His

peregrinations. What is striking is that the same Lord wished, so to

say, to reverse the role and bear You even on Your walks! So he put

mother Earth in between; took the forms, namely, the pivotal base

Koorma, Adisesha, the eight cardinal direction-elephants, the

principal mountains-all being the Lord (as per the maxim 'Sarvam

Vishnumayam Jagat') and bore all these and You too!

 

May I be enabled to bear You on my head!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 910

 

1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! Like You bear Him on

Your back duirng Your Lord's journeys, He bears You at other times in

the guise of bearing BhUmi DEvi. He takes the form of earth-holding

tortoise (AadhAra Koormam), AadhisEsha, the elephants of the eight

directions, Kula parvathams et al. May I have the blessings of

carrying You , who is carried by the Lord Himself on His head?

 

2.SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Bhumi is carried by Aadhi Koormam ,

AaadhisEshan, the eight elephants guarding the directions and the

seven KulAchalams. That BhUmi supports the Paadhukais. It is

ultimately the Lord, who as the SarIram for all sentients and

insentients. Out of His Vaathsalyam, Soulabhyam, Souseelyam and

OudhArya GuNams and His affection for You, the Lord bears You through

many His many forms .

 

3. Oh PaadhukE ! During SanchAra Kaalam , Lord RanganAthan carries

You, who is over the BhUmi Piratti that He is carrying ( Sa: Rangee

api kshithi-vyavahithaam ThvAm gathishu vahathi). He does so through

the many froms (BhumikA BhEdai: vahathi) He takes to carry BhUmi

Piratti and Yourself on Her serving as His Paadhukais. These

different forms to carry BhUmi Devi by the Lord are: Aadhi Koormam (

KamaDa Pathy ), AdhisEshan (Bhujaga PariBhrudan), seven mighty

mountains ( Kulasikhari) and the eight elephants of the directions (

Karivara: )...(V.S) .