Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
904. shrIrangEndhOscharaNakamalam thAdhrusham DhArayanthI
kAlE kAlE saha kamalayA klrupthayAthrOthsavashrI:
gathvAgathvA svayamanugrahadhvAramunnidhranAdhA
poUrAnnithyam kimapi kushalam pAdhukE! prucChasIva
Oh Paaduka! You bear the Lotus Feet of the Lord, of such a great
reputation as to be resorted to by all worlds as the sole resort for
rescue! You move about in every procession, making Lord Ranganatha
walk through streets, along with His consort. You pause at every
doorstep and emit a melodious note. Is it that You enquire of the
occupants, in Your great concern, 'Are You all right! Hope there is
no problem'.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S ):
SlOkam 904
1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! The Lord of Srirangam,
who makes everyone's heart joyous travels around Srirangam with His
consort and is supported by You during those festive occasions . You
are exhilirated by the act of bearing His lotus feet and You enter
each house on His route and through Your delectable naadham inquire
after the well being of the residents of those houses .
2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: This slOkam is based on SrImad
RaamAyaNam, where Lord Raamachandra during His Raama Raajyam
stopped at all the houses of citizens to inquire about their Yoga
KshEmams after His temporary absences from His RaajadhAni (samgramAth
punarAgathya kusalam pariprucchathi). After each sanchAram for
dhushta nigraham and sishta paripAlanam as well as Uthsavams, Lord
RanganAtha stops at the houses of the citizens of SrIrangam and
inquires about their well being and accepts their upachArams. This is
a manifestation of His matchless Dayaa and is enabled by the
PaadhukAis, which transport Him on these rounds of travel.
3. The sacred Paadhukais engaged in a noble mission of assisting its
Lord are introduced as the glorious Ones facilitating the kusala
prasnam of Lord RanganAtha at each of the houses of the citizens of
Srirangam during the annual, Monthly uthsavam times and other
sanchArams.
The padha prayOgams of Swamy Desikan here are exceptionally
meaningful. This is brought about brilliantly by SrImad AakkUr
AaNDavan in His commentaries :
(a)" SrI RangEndhu:": SrI RangarAjan is qualified with the "Indhu"
sabdham to remind us of His cool , nectarine DayA Svaroopam .He
creates aanandham in us through His darsana prApthi.
(b) "ThAdhrusam": This word is used to refer to the Paadhukais of
such glories as celebrated in the VedAs. Bhagavan"s glories (Roopam,
GuNam, Vaibhavam, Supermacy/Parathvam) are well documented by the
Veda manthrams. Paadhukais are the accompaniment and anuroopam of the
Lord of such vaibhavam (ThAdhrusam Vaibhavam) and share His many
glories as His SadAchAryan.
(c) " KamalayA saha kluptha-YaathrOthsava SrI:" : The Lord's
Paadhukais (SadAchAryAs) and MahA Lakshmi are aj~nAtha nigraha
Svaroopis (Those who are not known for their anger or punishment in
contrast to their Lord, who can get quite angry over the trespasses
of the rules of His SaasthrAs). They are eager to rush to protect the
offending jeevans from their Lord's anger as avasara pradheekshars.
They travel with Their Lord to create an excuse (VyAjamAthra
saapEkshathvam ) to protect the bhaddha jeevan from the wrath of
Their Lord .
(d) " Gathva GathvA ": Their ( Paadhukai's) Vaathsalyam and
KaaruNeekathvam propels it to take Their Lord from house to house for
the chEthanams to recieve Lord RanganAthA's blessings and KaDAksha
anugraham. Normally, it should be the other way around and the
ChEthanams are expected to rush to the Lord's side to recieve His
blessings. The concern and the display of the sense of urgency
by the Padhukais brings the Lord to the house fronts of the citizens
of SrIrangam.
(e) " unnidhra-naadhA ": Customized kusala pracchnam is made instead
of the general purpose inquiry about the welfare and kshEmam of the
citizens .
(f) Svayam: Instead of sending some one else in its place to enquire
about the well being of the citizens , the Paadhukais comes in
person and inquires after their yOga KshEmam.
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