Padhuka Sahasram-657

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

657. kapardhE kasyApi kshithiDharapadhathrAyiNi! thaThA

muhurgangamanyAm ksharathi thava mukthAmaNimaha:

muDhAramBha: kumBhasThalamanukalam sinchathi yaThA

nirAlambO lambhOdharakaLaBhashuNdAlachuLaka:

 

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

brilliance of pearls created a phantom of a second Ganga stream-which

the elephant-faced Ganesa tried to pick up with his small trunk-cup

to pour on head as bath-all in vain! There is no water; it is a

mirage!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

 

SlOkam 657

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukAs of the Lord , who carries

the earth! When Parama Sivan bows before Your Lord to recieve You

on His head , He keeps GangA in one corner of His head so that

the waters of GangA do not spill on Your Lord's limbs. At that time,

the white lustre of Your pearls spreads all over His matted locks and

creates an apperance of another flood of GangA everywhere on His head.

His son GanEsA , who stands nearby attempts to reach out to these

bounteous floods on His father's head with His trunk and finds

that He can not get hold of any real water to drink. He finds

however that his lips are also filled with that strange " water " of

the second GangA. GaNEsa gets mystified and tries again to consume

the " water " arising out of Your pearls.

 

2) Oh Paadhukais of the Lord bearing BhUmi Devi ( Kshithidhara

PadhathrAyiNi)! On the matted locks of Lord SivA fall often

the radiant rays of Your pearls fall( kasyApi KapardhE: Tava

mukthAmaNi maha: muhu: sinjathi). That makes it appear as though

there is yet another GangA with white floods on Lord SivA's

matted locks ( MukthAmaNi maha:anyAm GangAN TaTA ksahrathi).

Near by is the observant son of Lord SivA , VinAyakA . He is

intrigued by the radiant waters of the new GangA on His father's

head and wants to fetch a mouthful of water from this new Ganga

with His trunk and does not succeed( LambhOdar KaLabha suNDAla

chuLaka: nirAlambha:)...(V.S).