Padhuka Sahasram-727

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

727. svEcChAkELipriyasahacharIm svacCharathnABhirAmAm

sThAnE sThAnE nihithacharaNO nirvishan ranganATha:

sanchAranthE saha kamalayA shEShashayyADhirUDa

sthyakthvApi thvAm thyajathi na puna: svaprathicChandhalakshAth

 

(Oh Paaduka!) The Lord walked to various places, being on You. You

were His dear mate all through in all His sports. But when He ascends

the Adisesha couch to sport with Mahalakshmi, He indeed leaves You-

but can He really leave you? No; He is still with You, being

reflected on You!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 727

 

1)UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! RanganAtha moves joyously

around from place to place on You during His sanchArams. Duirng these

occasions , He enjoys Your company immensely. Your beauty enhanced

by Your multihued gems especially appeals to Him . At the end of these

sanchArams , He joins His dear Consort , SrI Devi on the bed of

AdhisEsha . Even there, He does not really leave Your company.

Through His image reflected on Your gems , He is still enjoying

Your company by proxy.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The Lord after returning to

His aasthAnam and parting company with You joins His

consort on the bed of AadhisEsha; He still finds His beautiful

body reflected on the gems of His Paadhukai . This makes it

look as though the Lord has not really parted company

with You (His PadhukAs) even if He has done so to enjoy

the company of His divine consort.The inner meaning is

that the SadAchAryAs never leave the Lord at any time or under

any conditions. Bhagavan also does not ever leave the side

of the SadAchAryAs .

 

3)Before the end of His sanchAram (SanchArAnthE), Lord RanganAthA

enjoys the sporting jaunts (SvEcchA keLi) enabled by His dear

companion Paadhukais (priya sahachareem) , which is beautified by

its spotless gems (Svaccha rathna abhirAmam PaadhukAm)

and enjoys those enchanting Paadhukais at the very many halts

( ThvAM sTAnE sTAnE nirvisan) during the sanchAram. At the end of

the day of sportive and most enjoyable sanchAram , the Lord

reaches His aasthAnam , parts with the Paadhukais and unties

with His Devi( SanchArAnthE ThvAm thyakthvA , RanganATa:

KamalayA saha Sesha sayyA adhirooDa:). Even then , He truly

does not separate from Your company through the excuse of

His reflected image on You , who is standing nearby ( sayyA

adhirooDOpi svaprathicchandha-lakshyAth puna: ThvAm na

thyajathi). Such is His love for Your companionship..(V.S).