Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
907. kAlE thalpaBhujangamasya Bhajatha: kAShTAm gathAm shEShathAm
mUrthim kAmapi vEdhmi ranganrupathEschithrAm padhathradhvayIm
sEvAnamrasurAsurEndhramakutIshEShApatIsangamE
mukthAchandhrikayEva yA praThayathE nirmOkayOgam puna:
The Paaduka reaches the extreme border of servility to the Lord
Rangaraja, (Seshatva-Kashta), when He is on his strolls and tours.
Then one wonders whether the Paaduka is only another nonpareil form
of Adisesha who serves as the couch for the Lord to recline on. But
then interestingly enough, when deva or asura chiefs come to serve
and bow low before the Lord, a garment is tied round their crown (as
parivattam or Seshavastram) and Paaduka is placed on them, when it
looks almost like the pulled-out skin of Adisesha. Why it even looks
like a band of rays from the pearls of the Paaduka!
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 907
1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! When I see Your
brilliance caused by Your cluster of pearls, I am reminded of You as
AadhisEshan, who has just shed His skin and is white all over . When
I see the colored cloth tied around the heads of DevAs prior to
placing You ( SatAri) there, I am once again reminded of AdhisEsha
united with His colorful skin again. You are indeed an incarnation of
AdhisEsha, the bed of the Lord.
2.SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:The emphasis in this slOkam is on
sEshathva Kaashtai ( boundary or limit of the Paadhukai being a
servant/sEshan to the Sarva SEshi, SrIman NaarAyaNan. Those like the
Paadhukai (Swamy NammAzhwAr) are Sarva Vidha Poojyars( worshippable
by all means). Paadhukais are considered as another avathAram of
AdhisEshan here engaged in serving the Lord during His various
sanchArams.
3. Swamy Desikan states : adiyEn considers the Paadhukais as another
avathAram of AdhisEsshan serving as the Lord's bed (Talpabhujangamasya
kaamapi Moorthim vEdhmi). These wonderful PaadhukAs during their
avathAram from AdhisEshan have reached the limit of servitude to the
Lord (chithrAm Padhathradhvayeem sanchAra kaalE kAshtAm gathAm
sEshathAm abhajath ). There are two reasons to arrive at the
conclusion that the Paadhukais are the incarnation of AdhisEshan :
(1) It is like a silver mountain (RajathAdhri nibham )
in hue resembling AdhisEshan's own color . This arises from the huge
amounts of Pearl embellishing the surface of the Paadhukais (2) When
the Paadukais are placed on the heads of the DEvAs, it sits on top of
the Parivattam (SEsha Vasthram ) and look slike a veritable
AdhisEshan ....(V.S).
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