Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
420. nithyam padhAmburuhayOriha gOpikAm thvAm
gOpIjanapriyathamO maNipAdharakshE!
sampannaGhOShaviBhavAm gathiBhirnijABhi:
prIthyEva na thyajathi rangasamAshrithOpi
Oh Manipaaduka! You too are a gopika (being the protector of the
Feet!). The Lord who has great love for the gopis, has similarly
great affection for this gopika of the Paaduka! You are supposed to
emit loud sound equivalent to the Gopis' characteristic of their
crowd in Gokulam. The Lord has now brought You to the stage (the
Rangasthala) from cowherds' place. Nevertheless He does not wish to
leave You off, because of His great love for You.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Satakoapn (V.S): Slokam 420
1) Utthamur Swamy's anubhaavam: Swamy Desikan uses the double
maeaning of the word "Ghosaham " in this verse to equate Paadhukai
to a Gopi. Gosham can mean either the colony of cowherds or the loud
sound . "Gosha Vibhavam " in this context can mean either the wealth
of the cowherd colony or the Paadhukaa naadham . Swamy Desikan
says: " Oh PaadhukE! Krishna took the form of the son of NandhagOpar
and became a Gopa kumAran Himself. You were attached to his lotus
feet in the cowherd colonies at Gokulam and BrindAvanam, which were
rich in wealth . You became a Gopi and raised the GhOsha Vaibhavam
then. Your qualifications for the status of becoming a Gopi stem from
His love for You , similar to the love He had for the other Gopis of
BrindAvanam . When He left BrindAvanam and settled in Srirangam
as RanganathA, You still exhibit the status of Gopi and possess
GhOsha Vaibhavam . Your Lord does not go anywhere without You because
of His eternal affection for You. Hence , You continue to be His
Gopi. Your ghOsha vaibhavam at Srirangam also continues from the
majestic ghOshm that You, generate, when You accompany Your Lord .
2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! The Lord never leaves
You raising sweet naadham, whether it is inside the Ranga VimAnam or
during His sanchArams. The tradition has it that Lord RanganAthan
wears His Paadhukais , while seated on His throne under the Ranga
VimAnam. The inner meaning is that PerumAL is always with NammAzhwAr?
V.S
3) Oh PadhukE ! Your Lord is dearest to the Gopis (Gopijana
Priyathama:). You protect the lotus soft feet of Your Lord during His
sanchArams here in His leelA vibhUthi (iha padhAmbhuruhayO: nithyam
gOpikAM ). That bhAgyam of protecting the Lord's sacred feet has
given You great Naadha vaibhavam ( nijAbhi: gathibhi: sampanna ghOsha
vibhavAm ThvAm). Because of Your Lord's vaathsalyam for You and Your
naadham , He never leaves You even when He is seated on His throne
inside the Ranga VimAnam ( GhOsha VibhavAm ThvAm RangasamAsrithOapi
preethyEva na Thyajathi). The sabhdha slEshai (double entendre) for
GopikAm used by Swamy Desikan is splendid . Swamy describes the
Thiruvadi protecting (gopikAm ) paadhukai as a GopikA dear to the
Lord as well?V.S
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