Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
284. vikramya BhUmimaKhilAm balinA pradiShtAm
dhEvE padhAvani! dhivam parimAthukAmE
AsIdhathO dhinakarasya karOpathApAth
samrakshithum padhasarOjamuparyaBhUsthvam
Oh Paaduka! When the Lord scaled the Universe, at the instance of
Mahabali offering to give what the Lord asked for, His lotus foot
that
went high up needed to be guarded from the nearby scorching sun. And
You offered the screen, as it were. (It is not that You protect
the foot on earth alone; You do it even when the foot is above).
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Satakopan (V.S) :
(1) Sri Abhinava Desika UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:
Oh PaadhukE! The Lord Measured the entire Earth with
One foot. He then wanted to measure the heavens given as
gift to Him. At that time , You united with the Lord's feet to
protect it from the scorching rays of the Sun and thus served
Your Lord.
Swamy Desikan gives here the reason for the Lord wearing
The Paadhukais , when He measured the heavens. As His
foot grew in the upward direction , His other foot was planted
On Earth . His upward mobile left foot came closer and closer
To the Soorya mandalam. The Lotus foot of the Lord became the
Object of concern for His Paadhukai . It worried about the lotus
(foot ) being out of the water and the potential for that to dry up
from the scorching heat of the Sun's rays. Although the Lord is
Self-luminous and gives the scorching power to the Sun, the poet's
Imagination propels him to suggest that the Paadhukai covered
the ascending foot of Thrivikramnan and protected it from
the blistering rays of the Sun .
2) Srimath PeriyAndavan's anubhavam :
Oh PaadhukE ! During the ThrivikramAvathAram , You served as
The umbrella over the outstretched Thiruvadi of Your Lord , when
He measured the aakAsam .
3) First , the Lord as Thrivikraman measured the earth with one foot
. Next, He began to measure the sky and beyond with the other foot
(dhivam parimAthukAmE) . As the Thiruvadi shot upward, it came close
to the disc of Sun radiating immensely hot rays . Swami compares
these
rays to the hands of Dinakaran and the affliction caused by these
super hot rays as taapam ( Dinakarasya KarOpatApam ). The most
merciful Padhukai came to the lord's rescue to protect the lotus soft
feet (Padha SarOjam ) of its Lord . It stretched over the extended
feet for protection of that tender foot ( samrakshithum upari abhU:)
?.(V.S)
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