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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

831. viDhoU pravrutthE yaddhravyam guNasamskAranAmaBhi:
shrEya: sADhanamAmnAtham thathpadhathram thaThAsthu mE

May that high-potency Paaduka by virtue of guna, samskara and name, 
was a great force of assistance to the Lord during His tours, and is 
praised in that fashion in sacred literature, grant me likewise, a 
great affluence!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes from V.Sadagopan (V.S)
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Introduction to PrakeerNa Paddhathi
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The word PrakeerNa means mixed or miscellaneous.
In this section known as PrakeerNa Paddhathi , Swamy Desikan
combines a number of diverse , auspicious attributes of the 
Paadhukais. 
All of these auspicious aspects are proven to unite in to 
a consistent manner. He goes on to prove that the means 
for attaining the fruits of observing the injunctions of 
the SaasthrAs result from the power of the PaadhukAs. 
He proves that the PaadhukAs are serious objects of
worship to attain all blessings in this and the other worlds.
PrakeerNa Paddhathi houses 80 verses to praise the diverse ,
auspicious attributes of the PadhukAs. After the Naadha Paddhathi 
with 100 verses and the PrabhAva paddhathi with 70 verses ,
this section with 80 verses is one of the longest chapters of
PaadhukA Sahasram.


Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
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SlOkam 831
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1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : In the first verse, Swamy Desikan 
salutes the wealth, auspicious attributes, actions and naamAs of 
the PaadhukAs. Just as the injunctions of the VedAs used at the 
different stages of Vedic ceremonies, just as the material things 
used used at these rituals such as milk, curd, ghee, annam and Soma 
juice , just as the GuNAs such as red , white and black (Rajas, 
SatthvA and Tamas ),just as the ritualistic actions such as spraying 
of water, aachamaneeyam etc., just as the diverse names for Vedic 
rituals such as AgnihOthram, Darsa poornam, JyOthishtOmam et al, 
have been prescribed by the VedAs as routes to obtain the fruits of 
of one's spiritual endeavours, PaadhukAs of the Lord display 
such behavior and serve as the means to achieve one's goals . The 
PaadhukAs have injunctions (rules), wealth (Dravyam), attributes 
(GuNAs), observances (SamskArAs) and NaamAs similar to the ones 
described for (ascribed to) the Vedic rituals. The injunctions are 
given by the Lord as to the movement of the PaadhukAs; the wealth of 
the PaadhukAs are represented by the dazzling gems adorning it; the 
guNAs hold together the pearls and the other gems; the valor and 
color also serves as additional guNAs; the SamskArAs are constituted 
by the actions of adding sandal paste, bathing in sacred waters, 
raising of lamps and waving of incense etc. The various names of the 
PaadhukAs are ShaThAri, SaThakOpan et al. With such divine attributes 
like the Vedic rituals, RanganAthA's PaadhukAs praised by 
PaancharAthra AagamAs hold a matchless status. May those 
PaadhukAs of Lord RanganAtha serve as means for attaining adiyEn's 
spiritual goals ! 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: When the Lord is ready to go on 
SanchArams , the KaimakryaparALs smear a light paste of fragrant 
sandal paste on the Paadhukais, perform Thirumanjanam for them and 
present it to the Lord. PerumAL adorns them and goes on His journey. 
May that PaadhukA of many divine attributes grant me Moksham! 

3) The key words in this slOkam are "Vidhou PravrutthE " ( when the 
good karmaas mature and are ready to give the desired Phalans ). It 
also means, when PerumAL is about to start (pravrutthE ) on His 
sanchAram (Vidhou). PerumAL begins to bless the Jeevan at that time 
with SadAchArya Sambhandham to gain Moksham through the anugraham of 
the SadAchAryAs ( Lord's PaadhukAs ). When those KarmAs mature to 
yield as paths to Moksham, the GuNa, SamskAra, Naama saadhanams take 
place ( SrEya: Saadhanam ). The GuNa-SamskAra-Naama relating to the 
PaadhukAs are : GuNam ( being soft and light ), SamskAram
( AbhishEkam after Santhana Kaappu) , Naama ( names like SaThakOpam ,
ShaThAri et al).The prayer of Swamy Desikan is " " Tath Padhathram mE
taTA asthu " . taTA refers to Moksham as revealed by the Vedic 
Vidhis...(V.S)





Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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


832. maDhurasmitharamyamoUkthikashrIrvishasi vyanjithamanjuLapraNAdhA
saha ranganrupENa vAsagEham thanumaDhyA maNipAdhukE! thvamEkA

Oh Manipaaduka! You, as a damsel, accompany Lord Rangaraja in His
bed-room. Your pearls with lustre picture a mild smile on the damsel's face
with a little gleaning of the white pearl-like teeth; as You walk, the
proverbial musical note is heard; You too have slender middle; You are
thin-waisted, so to say. Yes, You are His Queen and go with Him.


Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S):
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SlOkam 832

madhura-smitha-ramya moukthika-SrI : visasi vyanjitha manjuLa praNAdhA:
saha RanganrupENa vAsagEham tanumadhyA MaNipAdhukE! ThvamEkA

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan combines
the attributes of wealth , Naadham and SannivEsam described in
the erarlier paddhathis and salutes the Paadhukais as the favored
mistress of Lord RanganAtha residing in His inner chambers.
Swamy Desikan says: " Oh MaNi PaadhukE! With Your sweet
smile arising from Your lovely white pearl assemblies , with Your delectable
Naadham emanating from Your movements to represent Your sweet
speech , with Your charming slender waist , You alone enter RangarAjA's
inner chambers as His favorite Mistress !

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam : The inner meaning is that
Lord RanganAtha enters His antha: puram with the PaadhukAs
having all subha LakshaNams .

3) Oh MaNI PaadhukE! Thvam yEkA Vaasa gEham visasi ( Oh Gem-studded
PadhukE! Thou alone enters inside the Ranga VimAnam , the inner chambers of
Lord RanganAtha ). Your sweet smile originates from your bright white
pearls
( madhura smitha ramya moukthika SrI:). The decetable nAdham arise from
the jingling of the gems inside Your toehold/Kumizhi ( Vyanjitha manjuLa
praNAdhA ). Your waist is slender like a classic , beautiful woman with
appropriate aammudhrikA lakshaNams ( Tanu-madhyA ). You alone enter the
Lord's inner chambers with Him defined by all these subha lakshaNams (
Thvam yEkA vaasa gEham visasi )...(V.S)





Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

833. shuBhashabdhavishEShasamshrithABhirBhavathI shoUripadhAvani! kriyABhi:
anuthiShtathi nUnamAshrithAnAmaKhilOpadhravashAnthikam navInam

Oh Paaduka of the Lord! You evoke a pleasing note. It is perhaps potent
veda ; it is mantra-like. You move about. It is like the performance of
prescribed rituals; You appear to perform a propitiatory act that would
quell all the ills of a person once he resorted to You.

(Azhvar, with his musical Tamil Veda, his prescription of Saranagati, and
his potency helps us to receive the relief of salvation).

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)
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SlOkam 833

1) UtthamUr Sawmy's anubhavam: Sangeetham is a ceremony/anubhavam
aimed at warding off calamities(asubhams) . It is a propitiatory ceremony
to chase away all kinds inauspiciousness. Swamy Desikan equates
the auspicious sounds generated by the Paadhukais during their movement
to the ritual of Sangeetham to banish all the calamities experienced by
the devotees. He says: " Oh PaadhukE! Through Your many and mellifluent
sound patterns generated during Your movements , You serve as a novel
Sangeetham to destroy all the calamities faced by Your devotees. You chase
away all those calamities through Your powerful and auspicious sound
patterns .

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! Your delectable sound
generated duirng Your sanchAram with the Lord appears like
a sangeetha yAgam done with the recital of auspicious Veda manthrams
to chase away the sorrows of the Lord's devotees. The inner meaning is
that Swamy NammAzhwAr included the essence of Veda Manthrams
in His Tamil Paasurams and performed SaraNAgathy at His Lord's Thiruvadi
and showed that way as the Moksha UpAyam to the people of the world
to banish their samsAric sufferings.

3) Oh Lord's Sacred PaadhukE ( Souri PadhAvani) ! You perform
the new yAgam of Sangeetham to ward off all the inauspiciousnes of
the suffering SamsAris ( Bhavathee aasrithAnAm naveenam akhilOpadhrava
saanthikam anuthishtathi ). This is for sure (Noonam ). You perform this
Yaagam with sacred manthrams of Vedam to confer the highest KshEmam
( Bhavathee Subha sabdha visEsha samsrithAbhi: anuthisthathi )...(V.S).






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

834. maNiBhirmaDhuvaIripAdharakshE!
BhavathI vikramaNE pravarDhamAnA
yugapadhBhavathAm yugAnthakAlE
dhivi lakshmIm vidhaDhE dhivAkarANAm

Oh Paaduka of the Lord! When the Lord taking Trivikrama avatara and 
scaled all the worlds, you too grew as the foot grew; then the gems 
on You shone as if a thousand suns had arisen. That would recall in 
one's mind the Deluge when infinite suns are said to rise. But that 
would be for destruction. The world-protecting act of the Lord 
displays a thousand suns, as it were, to confer a lustre, a charm, 
and an auspiciousness on the world. 

(The thousand verses of the Azhvar's Thiruvaimozhi would shine like 
lustrous suns to enlighten our hearts so as to see the right path).

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
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SlOkam 834

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE of Madhusoodhana! When the 
Lord measured the universe as ThrivikramA, You and Your gems grew in 
proportion to the size of His growing feet. At that time, Your gems 
looked like the many Suns seen at the time of universal deluge to 
hasten the dissolution of the world. There is however one difference 
from what happened at that time of deluge. Although Your assembly of 
gems were radiant like the assembly of many Suns, they represented not
destruction, but the glorious wealth symbolized by the brilliant rays 
of many Suns.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is that the entire 
assembly of sins run away to far distances from those, who comprehend 
the true meanings of Swamy NammAzhwAr's Prabhandha Paasurams.

3) Oh Madhu-Vairi Paadha-rakshE ! During the time of the Lord's 
incarnation as Thrivikraman to measure the Universe ( VikramaNE ), 
You grew to the proportion matching Your Lord's growing Thirtuvadi ( 
VikramaNE pravarddhamAnaa). The gems on You grew at the same pace. 
The radiance emanating from those gigantic assembly of huge gems 
looked like the collective radiance of the millions of Suns seen in 
the sky simultaneously at PraLaya Kaalam ( MaNibhi: dhivi YugAntha 
kaalE yugapath bhavathAm dhivAkarANAm ). With Your radiance from 
Your auspicious gems, You did not represent any destrucion (like the 
milions of Suns at deluge) , but stood for the auspicious brilliance
( DhivAkarANAm Lakshmeem VidhadhE )...(V.S).







Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

835. manjusvanAm maNimayUKhakalApinIm thvAm
dhruShtvA kapardhasaviDhE vinivEshyamAnAm
gUDIBhavanthi garudaDhwajapAdharakshE!
PhUthkAravanthi puravaIriviBhUShaNAni

Oh Paaduka of the Lord! Siva, the foe to Tripura, comes and bows low. 
You sit on his head with a good note, the light of different colours 
radiated by the variety of gems on You presents a panorama of a 
feather-spread of a peacock. The snakes on Siva, which are his 
ornaments, get scared, heave a sigh, and attempt to conceal 
themselves in fear of the peacock vision. 

(Azhvar's Thiruvaimozhi with its manifold meaning and a vast spread 
of imaginative picturesque beauty is sure to ward off all snake-like 
temptations 
of samsara).

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)
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1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukE of the Lord with Garuda
in His flag ! You have the sweet sound of the peacocks and display 
an assembly of colorful jewels similar to the peacocks' feathers in 
their tail. When Rudran comes near You to offer His salutations, the 
serpents, which are the favorite food of the peacocks, escape from 
His arms and neck and hide in His matted locks out of fear and heave
big sighs (perumUcchu) out of fear .

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is that all the 
sins run away from those, who have a clear comprehension of the 
meanings of the Paasurams of the Prabhandhams of Swamy NammAzhwAr.

3) Oh Garuda-dhvaja PadharakshE! The snakes on the arms and the neck 
of ThripurasamhAri, Lord Sivan are His alankAra vasthus (Pura-Vairi 
bhUshaNAni). Lord Sivan adorns You ( the Paadhukais) on His head as 
SirObhUshaNam. When the Snakes see the brilliant light from Your gems 
resembling the beautiful colors of peacock feathers and hear your 
pleasant naadham reminding them of the dhvani of Peacocks, they fear 
for their lives and rush in to the matted locks of their Lord ( MaNi 
mayUkha kalApineem, ManjusvanAm ThvAm dhrushtvA ). They heave heavy 
sighs (poothkAravanthee) and rush to hide inside the mighty
matted locks of their Lord ( Kapardha sameepE gUDee bhavanthi)...(V.S 



Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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


836. madhyE parisPhurithanirmalachandhrathArA
prAnthEShu rathnakarENa vichithravarNA
puShNAsi ranganrupathErmaNipAdhukE! thvam
chakshurvashIkaraNayanthravishEShashankAm

Oh Paaduka of Rangaraja! You have pure flawless gold in the centre; 
there are pearls too. On the border, You have an array of gems, with 
a variety of 
colours. With this appearance, You act on us. 

Mica sheet with a design of moonlike circle, scribing pranava in the 
centre and the syllable of mantras all around, serves as an amulet to 
mesmerize 
people.

You act like an amulet on the observers, I suspect, (Azhvars and 
Acharyas, when paid homage to, will act as mesmerizing influence to 
grant us salvation).

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)
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slOkam 836

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh MaNI PaadhukE! At Your middle 
portion, You are adorned with bright and clear cluster of gold and 
pearls. At the edges, You are adorned with clusters of beautiful 
colored gems. The combination of these two features make You look 
like a bewitching YanthrA (geometric pattern of the ManthrA for a 
DEvathA ) to behold !

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! On You are enmeshed many 
kinds of beautiful colored gems and pearls. That confers You many 
hues such as white, red, green, blue et al. Thus You have many 
charming roopams. Those who see You are unable to disengage from 
enjoying Your many roopams and get their eyes locked on You. The 
situation mkaes one wonder whether Your Bhauvitha Roopams are like 
a Yanthram designed to bring people under Your influence and control.

3) Oh Lord RanganAthA's MaNI PaadhukE ! In the middle of Your body, 
You ha bright and pure gold and pearls ( MadhyE parisphurita nirmala
chandra tArA ). At the edges, You have many kinds of colored gems
( prAnthEshu rathnanikarENa vichithra-varNA ). You bring under Your
control the eyes of those , who worship You and makes one wonder 
whether Your many beautiful roopams are like a Yanthram designed
to enchant the worshippers (Chakshur-vaseekaraNa visEsha yanthram )
and hold them under Your control ..(V.S). 






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

837. pAdhEna ranganrupathE: pariBhujyamAnA
mukthAPhalaprakatithashramavAribindhu:
uthkaNtakA maNimayUKhashathaIrudhagraI:
sIthkAriNIva charaNAvani! shinjithaIsthvam

Oh Paadukanayika! The Lotus feet of the Lord is Your consort. You 
enjoy conjugal bliss with him. Are the drops of perspiration seen on 
You as pearls? Is the horripillation when hairs stand on their ends 
revealed as rays of light from numerous gems? Is the expression of 
pleasure with a sort of sigh evident in the note You produce? I 
picture Your close blissful contact with the Feet in this appropriate 
manner. 

(The supreme love-yearning of Parankusanayaki is transferred to her 
incarnation, Paaduka. The reward that the Nayaki secured is presented 
to us in this special manner of poetic imagery).


Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S):
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slOkam 837

1) UthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here, Swamy Desikan describes the 
PaadhukAs as the mistress of the Lord displaying all the signs of her 
passionate union with her Lord. He says: " Oh PaadhukE ! RangarAjA's 
holy feet are Your object of enjoyment as Your nAyakan. You enjoy 
Your Naayakan through Your union and Your pearls at that time look 
like droplets of sweat produced by the exertion of union with Your 
Lord. Your shimmering gems through their varying brilliance appear 
like the raised hair on Your body due to the intensity of enjoyment 
of the union with YOu. You generate many sounds through Your varying 
movements during Your intensity of the anubhavam of the union with 
Your Naayakan, which reminds one of the various love cries ".

2) The inner meaning is that Swamy NammAzhwAr 's intense anubhavam of
PerumAL is equal to that of a wife, who has intense love for her 
husband. 

3) The Paadhukai is enjoyed by the sacred feet of the Lord of 
SrIrangam (CharaNAvani! Thvam Ranga-nrupathE: paribhujyamAnA ). 
During that intense enjoyment , You seem to have fine sweat droplets 
as suggested by the fine pearls on Your body ( MukthAphala prakaDitha 
sramavAri Bindhu:). When one looks at the extended rays emanating 
from Your many colored gems, one is reminded of Your hairs standing 
on ends (udhagrai: MaNi amyUkha sathai: uthkaNDakA Thvam). The sweet 
sounds raised by You during movement in unison with Your Lord reminds 
one of love cries ( Thvam sinjithai: seethkAriNeeva asi)...(V.S) .







Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

838. dhUraprasArithakarA ninadhaIrmaNInA-
mAyAthi dhaIthyaripurithyasakrudhbruvANA
dhaIthyEshvarAnaBhimuKhAn janithAnukampA
manyE nivArayasi mADhavapAdhukE! thvam

Oh Paaduka of the Lord! The rays of lustre emanating from the gems 
travel to long distances. They look like Your long-stretched hands. 
The sound emitted by the gems appears to sound a warning to the on-
coming enemies in these terms: 'The Lord, the feller of enemies is 
on. Get away, You asuras, if You wish to save Your lives!' They flee 
away in fear. You are, of course full of Daya.

(Azhvars and Acharyas warn defiant humanity. The enemies flee away at 
the very sight).

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S) :
SlOkam 838

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Oh Maadhava PaadhukE ! 
You quell the arrogant noises made by the leaders of AsurAs 
by reaching out through Your long rays in the form of sound 
announcing that the enemy of the AsurAs is coming towards them.
You accomplish this act out of compassion generated in You by
SrI Devi and extend Your rays as long hands and through the sound of 
Your moving gems announce Your Lord's arrival from quite a distance
to warn the kings of AsurAs.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! The radiant lustre in 
the form of Your rays spread over long distances. When the Lord moves
about during His sanchArams, the gems inside the Yantrika collide and
produce sweet sounds. When one relates to those pleasant sounds ,
it appears as though You extend Your hands in the form of Your rays 
and tell the asurAs with compassion and warn the asurAs not to lose 
their lives by picking a fight with Your all powerful Lord. 

3) Oh Maadhava PadhukE ! You have hands extended across long 
distances (dhUra PrasAritha karA). You have compassion ( 
JanithAnukampA) for all including the AsurAs , who are intent on 
fighting with Your Lord. Through the sound generated by the gems 
inside Your YantrikAs ( Thvam MaNinAm ninadhai: ) announce often to 
the advancing AsurAs that their enemy (the Lord) is fast approaching 
them ( MaNInAm ninadhai: dhaitya ripu aayAthi ithi asakruth bhruvANA 
sathi). Through those warnings , You seem to block the asurAs from 
advancing and losing their lives ( abhimukhAn DhaithyAsurAn 
nivArayasi )....(V.S) . 






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

839. acChEdhyarashminiyathakramarathnaDhuryA
niShkampakUbaraniBham dhaDhathI prathIkam
krIdAgathEShu maDhukithpadhapadhmalakshmyA:
karNIraThasthvamasi kAnchanapAdharakshE!

Oh gold Paaduka! For the Mahalakshmi allegorically conceived of in 
the effulgent beauty of the Lord's Lotus Feet, You serve as a toy-
chariot to ride on. Your rays are abundant; they come in streams; You 
also have beautiful arrays of gems and peg-like knob for the carriage-
pole. The horses are controlled in their pace by means of the goad-
chord kept in hand.

(The Lord rides on the chariot (of acharyas) to achieve His goal of 
reformation of the humans).

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S ):
SlOkam 839

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan assembles 
the gems, Yantrika (toe hold) and the movement of the PaadhukAs
to compare them to a moving chariot. He says: " Oh Golden
PaadhukE ! Your gems have rays, whose brillinace is indestructible.
These gems are set in uniform rows and appear like the leather bait 
attached to the mouth of the horses that pull a chariot . Your 
measured steps are like the noble steps of high pedigree horses. Your 
Yantrika serves as the binding pin of the Yokes carried by the horses 
pulling a chariot. With all these features , You look like a chariot 
for the resplendent beauty of the Lord's feet used for His travels.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! Beautiful gems are 
enmeshed on Your surface. When one looks at You, the impression 
that one gets is that of a chariot for the beautiful consort of
the Lord (SrI Devi), who is sititng at the sacred feet of Her Lord.

3) Oh Golden PaadhukE ( Kaanchana PaadharakshE ) ! You appear 
like the chariot for the divine consort of the Lord seated on the 
Lotus feet of Her Lord to transport Her during Her times of play ( 
Thvam Madhujith padha padhma LakshmyA: kreeDAgathEshu karNeeraTa: 
asi)....(V.S).





Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

840. manjusvanA marathakOpalamEchakAngI
shONAshmathuNdaruchirA maNipAdhukE! thvam
padhmAvihArarasikasya parasya yUna:
paryAyathAm Bhajasi pancharashArikANAm

Oh Manipaaduka! You have a melodious musical note. The green gems on 
You give a totality of dark green colour, whereas the red stones 
present a picture of the bent nose called Sarika or parrot. Then it 
seems You are like a parrot kept in cage, being used for sport by the 
Lord (revelling in such play), a youthful hero with his sweetheart, 
Padma.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 840

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: A bird known as sArikA 
generates sweet sounds .It is green like emerald in color.
It has a mouth , which is red in color. Married couples keep them 
in their houses as pets and raise them for companionship. 
Swamy Desikan states that the PaadhukAs resemble the sArikAs
in all of the above attributes and recognizes the PaadhukAs as 
sArikA birds. He says: " You have a sweet sound from the movement
of the gems inside the YanthrikA . With Your emeralds , You have 
a dark green color. With Your rubies You resemble the mouth
region of the sArikA birds .You are held in the cage as an adorable
pet by Your Lord and His consorts in their inner chambers.From all
these aspects , You remind me of a sArikA bird raised by 
the divine couple. 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! When one looks at You ,
You appear like the green parrot with a red beak. Your green hue 
comes from the emeralds adorning You. The rubies on You give the red 
color seen on the beak of a parrot. 

3) Oh MaNi PaadhukE ! You achieve a status equivalent to the female 
parrot kept by Your Lord in a cage for sporting with His divine 
consort ( Thvam PadhmA vihAra rasikasya Parasya yoona: panjara 
sArikANAm paryAyathAm bhajasi). The aspects that confer on You the 
status equivalent to a sArikA bird are: You produce sweet sounds from
the gems inside Your YantrikAs ( ManjusvanA).You have a dark green 
body from Your emeralds embedded on You ( MarathakOpala mEchaka
angee). You have a reddish hue from Your rubies that resemble
the red beak of the sArikA bird ( sONAsma thuNDa ruchirA )... (V.S).