Padhuka Sahasram-675

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

 

675. prachuranigamashAKhAm pAdhukE! rangiNasthvAm

charaNanaKhamayUKhaIschArupuShpAnubanDhAm

marathakadhaLaramyAm manmahE sancharanthIm

kanakasaridhanUpE kAnchidhudhyAnalakshmIm

 

Oh Paaduka! You are a veritable garden on the banks of the river

Kaveri. Vedasakhas are the tree branches; the lustre emitted by the

nails constitutes the flowers; the emerald gems would look like green

herbs.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 675:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! You are like

a beautiful moving garden seen on the banks of river

Cauveri. The different branches of VedAs are Your branches.

Your emerald rays are the green leaves of the trees

in that garden. The rays emanating from Your Lord's feet

are the blossoms of those trees. You are indeed a treasured

garden that is mobile compared to other gardens that stay

put in place.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! When we

look at You , we recall a resident goddess (adhishtAna

dEvathai) of an UdhyAna vanam on the banks of CauvEri river

that is fit for the sport of Lord RanganAthA. The VedAs that

eulogize You are like the branches of trees in that sporting

garden. The radiant white toe nails of the Lord are like

the flowers of the trees in that garden. The emeralds

with their green hues are like the leaves of the trees

there.

 

3)Oh PaadhukE! The beautiful green leaves (emeralds )

on You reminds me of an UdhyAna Lakshmi on the wet

shore of the river Cauveri ( Marataka dhala ramyAm

ThvAm Kanakasarith anUpE sancharanthIm kaanchith

UdhyAna LakshmIm manmahE). The nails on the Thiruvadis

of the Lord are like the assembly of white flowers

( RangiNa: CharaNa nakha mayUkai: chAru pushpAnubhandhAm

Marataka dhala RamyAm ThvAM).Oh PaadhukE! with the dense

branches having abundant leaves and flowers, You remind

us of a mobile adhishtAna dEvathai for the udhyAna vanam

on the banks of the river CauvEri at Srirangam..(V.S)