Padhuka Sahasram-705

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

705. pAdhanyAsapriyasahacharIm pAdhukE! vAsagEhAth

thvAmAruhya thrichathurapadham nirgathE ranganAThE

antha: snigDhaIrasuramahiLAvENivikshEpamithraI:

shyAmacChAyam Bhavathi Bhavanam shakranIlAmshuBhisthE

 

Oh Paaduka! When the Lord rises from His couch, puts His feet into

You and comes out placing two or three steps, a blue lustre pervades

the whole atmosphere. It looks as though the locks of hair of the

asura women-folk have become dishevelled in grief, to result in a

dark blue shade.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 705

 

1)UtthamUr swamy's anubhavam: Oh RanganAthA's dear freind!

Oh PaadhukE! When he ascends on You and takes three or four

steps to come out of His sanctum sanctorium , the entire temple

is filled with the blue effulgence of Your sapphires. The temple

attains the bluish black hue of Your Lord . The whole of

SrIrangam becomes a Mukthi KshEthram due to the destruction of

the asurAs , whose demise is indicated by the wives of the asurAs

running hither and thither with their loose , black tresses

resembling the blue rays of Your sapphire. Swamy Desikan points

out that all those , who discard their enimity to the Lord

and worship Him , attain Moksham at SrIrangam. When the enemies

are destroyed , peace prevails at SrIrangam making it easier for

the righteous to attain their spiritual goals.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! Soon after Your Lord

takes three or four steps adorning You outside His aasthAnam ,

for His vijaya yAthrAs , darkness spreads all around . This

is a direct result of the widows of slain asurAs , who fall

on ground with their dishevelled , dark assembly of hairs

out of sorrow over the death of their husbands.Here , Swamy

Desikan equates the dark lustre of the rays from Indhra neela

gems to the shiny tresses of the asura sthrees.

 

3)Oh PaadhukE! You are Lord RanganATA's dear fellow

traveller ( RanganAtE paadhanyAsa priyasahacharIm

ThvAM) as he steps out of Ranga VimAnam (ThvAm aaruhya

vaasa gEhaath nirgathE) . As He takes three or four steps

adorning You , a strange event happens ( ThvAm aaruhya

vaasa gEhAth thri-chathura padham nirgathE).Suddenly ,

the inside and the surroundings of RangavimAnam get dark

(Bhavanam antha: bahisccha SyAmacchAyam bhavathi)due to

the spreading of the dark bluish black lustre of

the rays from Your sapphires ( tE Sakraneela amsubhi:

antha: syAmacchAyam bhavathi). That lustre of Your

Indhra neelams appear like friend to the sticky and

dishevelled hair assemblies of the distraught wives

of the just-widowed asura women (snighdhai: asura

mahiLA vENi vikshEpa mithrai: tE sakraneela amsubhi:

antha: syAmacchAyam bhavathi)...(V.S)