Padhuka Sahasram-680

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

680. sThalakamalinIva kAchiccharaNAvani! BhAsi kamalavAsinyA:

yanmarathakadhaLamaDhyE ya: kaschidhAsoU samIkshyathE shoUri:

 

Oh Paaduka! Mahalakshmi loves to reside in a lotus. You have now

provided a forest of lotus leaves in the emerald gems; amidst them

there is a green creeper going upwards-which is the Lord. (Lakshmi

chooses a lotus flower as it blossoms out).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

 

SlOkam 680

 

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

the matchless land lotus of Sri Devi , who resides on a water

lotus. Your Lord is seen amidst the leaves of emeralds adorning

You on all sides as another ordinary object belonging to Sri Devi.

Swamy Desikan mentions here that the Lord with the emrald hue

blends perfectly with the green leaves of lotus ( emeralds on

the Paadhukais)and looks like another lotus leaf.

 

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

at You, it is like a site , where the land lotuses have

blossomed. The emeralds on You give the impression of

green lotus leaves.The PerumAL in association with You

looks like another green leaf among the forest of leaves.

 

3)Oh PaadhukE! You appear like an indescribable land lotus

for the lady , who lives on the red lotus ( Thvam KamalavAsinyA:

kaachith sTala-kamalaaneeva bhAsi). The Lord appears like another

leaf among the emeralds , which look like green lotus leaves

themselves( Yath Marataka dhaLa madhyE kascchith asou Souri:

sameekshyathE)..(V.S).

 

Marataka Paddhathi sampoorNam