Padhuka Sahasram-773

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

773. vishvOpakAramaDhikruthya vihArakAlE-

ShvanyOnyatha: praThamamEva parisPhuranthyO:

dhruShtAnthayanthi yuvayOrmaNipAdharakshE!

dhivyam thadhEva miThunam dhiviShanniShEvyam

 

Oh Twin-Paadukas! When it concerns the Lord's duty of affording

protection to all in the world, You both speed fast, in mutual

competition as it were. In this, the precedent for You is the Divine

Couple, who compete between each other in serving well the interests

of their devotees, who take incarnations in the world, by descent or

avatara, just in competition between each other.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

 

SlOkam 773:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Oh MaNi Paadhukais of the Lord!

When the Lord travels on You both , each of You compete with

the other to move fast for helping the Lord complete His task

of assisting the virtuous and destroying the unrighteous. You

work extremely well together as a pair. In this regard , both of

You remind me of the divine pair celebrated as Lakshmi NarAyaNa;

They compete with each other to incarnate in this world to protect

the righteous and destroy the evil ones.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! When PerumAL steps out

adorning You and places one Thiruvadi after the other during

His sanchAram , it appears as though both of You are competing

with each other in the loka samrakshaNa activities. You both

are like PerumAL and ThAyAr, who compete with each other

to protect the chEthanams of the world, who have sought

refuge in Them .

 

3)The Lord travels on You to protect the world and its

beings( Visva upakAram adhikruthya vihAra kAlEshu sancharathi).

At that time, Both of You bearing Your Lord's two sacred feet

compete to step in front of each other in Your Lord's

activities ( VihAra kaalEshu anyOnyatha: praTamamEva

parisphuranthyO: YuvayO:). Your Lord's divine consort

MahA Lakshmi resides at Parama Padham with Your Lord

and qualifies Him to have the name of Lakshmi NaarAyaNan.

They are worshipped by Brahma Devan and other DevAs

( Dhivishath nishEvyam dhivyam Tath MiTunam).Oh Paadhukais!

That divine pair known as Lakshmi-NaarAyaNan alone are

compared to the pair of You ( Tath MiTunamEva

dhrushtAnthayanthi).