Padhuka Sahasram-733

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

733. nikaShIkrutharamyakruShNarathnA

BhavathI kAnchanarampadham vyanakthi

paripuShyathi pAdhukE! yadhIkshA

sahasA na: samalOShtakAnchanathvam

 

Oh Paaduka! You are made of gold. Your grade is assessed by rubbing

You against the black whetstone that the Lord is. You are pure gold

and black gems (and the gem of Krishna) stay in You. One who enjoys

the worship of yourself would develop a contempt for other articles

as for a worthless clod of mud. What a great bestower You are!

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 733

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! Your Lord

KrishNA is the touch stone broadcasting the beauty of

Your golden color. Your association with the glorious

black touch stone of KrishNA enhances You both .You are

the most supreme among golds.All other forms of gold

are like pieces of burnt mud (OttAnchalli) , when compared

to you.

 

Swamy Desikan hints that the supreme quality of the gold

of the Paadhukais is attested by the blusih-black touch stone,

Lord KrishNA. The gold of this earth can not match the lustre

or quality of the gold of PaadhukAs. Those who get access to

the gold of Paadhukais and the gem (touch stone) of KrishNA

will gain detatchment and dispassion from worldly affairs

without doubt.

 

(2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! You are made of

Gold. On You are enmeshed the dark blue Indhraneelam gems

(Sapphires). The proximity of those blue gems enhances Your

lustre manyfold. When one experiences that divine lustre

of Yours , one equates the gold as having the same value of

a piece of worthless roasted clay .

 

The inner meaning is that for one , who has the bhAgyam of

attaining a SadAchAryan comprehends clearly the Svaroopam of

JeevAthmA and ParamAthmA . For such a BhAgyasAli, even

the position of Brahma (Lofty Brahma pattam) looks like

a worthless piece of mud.He develops VairAghyam and

dispassion for the perishable pleasures of this world.

 

(3)Oh PaadhukE! Your golden form is enhanced in its

beauty by having the Indhraneela stones as Your

touch stone( Nikasheekrutha ramya krushNarathnA Bhavavthee).

As a result of that association , You shine with a golden

lustre that is indescribable ( Bhavathee Kaanchana sampadham

vyanakthi). The effect of experiencing that special lustre

leads one to acquire immediately a dispassionate state of

mind that treats gold and a piece of mud as having the same value

(Yath sampadham sahasA IkshA paripushyathi; sama lOshta

Kaanchanathvam paripushyathi)...(V.S)