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1-8
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
871. sThirA svaBhAvAnmaNipAdhukE! thvam
sarvamsahA svAdhuPhalaprasUthi:
pruthvIva padhBhyAm paramasya pumsa:
samsrujyasE dhEvi! viBhajyasE cha
Oh Devi Manipaaduka! You are by nature firm in stand;
You have the tendency to forgive the offences of the devotees. As
Bhoomi, Mother Earth, does. You too bear the heavy burden of
the world. You confer a variety of benefits-Earth gives all kinds of
wealth. What is more, You too enjoy conjunction with the Lord and
suffer separation from Him, as Bhoomi does.
The traits described for the Paaduka and Bhoomi Devi also apply to
the Azhvar. He suffers separation and revels in re-union.
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)
SlOkam 871
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan elaborates in this
verse , the themes he touched on in the earlier two slOkams ( 85 &
86). There , he compared the PaadhukAs with BhUmi Devi. Here, he
says: " Oh Mani PaadhukE ! You are like BhUmi DEvi in that
You forgive the trspasses of every one. Like Her, You are the source
of all goals of life (PurushArTams). Like Her, You join the feet of
the Lord intermittently. You are separated from those holy feet like
Her occasionally. You are also firm and strong like Her. I consider
You therefore as an incarnation of BhUmi Devi". When the Lord wears
the Padhukais, He is united with them(samyOgam). When He separates
from them at times like sleep , then there is disengagement. BhUmi (
PruTvee) is produced from the Lord's feet according to the VedAs.
After its birth , PruTvee separates from the Lord and unites again
with Him duirng the time of universal deluge. BhUmi Devi has the
names of SthirA (Firm ), Sarvam SahA ( forgiver of all
trespasses by chEthanams), which also fit with the guNams of the
Padhukais. In view of these similarities, Swamy Desikan points out
that the PaadhukAs are the incarnations of BhUmi Devi.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! Through Your inherent
nature (svabhAvam), You are firm and bear with the trespasses made by
those , who sought refuge in You and grant them all the boons they
seek. At some times You are united with Your Lord and at other times,
you are separated from Him. In all these four matters , You resemble
BhUmi Devi , who is firm, forgiving, boon granting and separated or
united with Her Lord. adiyEn concludes that you have all the guNams
of BhUmi Devi.
3) Oh PaadhukE ! By inherent nature (SvabhAvAth), You are firm
(sTirA), forgiving all trespasses (Sarvam sahaa), boon granting and
blessing people, who seek Your protection (Phala prassothi:).
Yourself sharing all these attributes are some times united with the
Lord and at other times separated from His sacred feet like BhUmi
Devi ( Thvam PruTveeva Paramasya Pumsa: padhbhyAm samsrujyasE ;
vibhajyasE cha)...(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
872. pashyanthi rangEshvarapAdharakshE! pUjAsu thE
samhithapuShpajAlAm
mrugIdhrushO vAsavarathnarEKhAm
sachithrapunKhAmiva manmaThajyAm
Oh Paaduka! Flowers are dedicated to the Lord. They
fall in the Paaduka and around. The blue gems on the Paaduka in
combination with flowers are looked on by the Divine damsels, with
their deer-like eyes, as Manmatha's arrows applied on the chord of
his bow.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)
SlOkam 872
1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh RanganAtha PaadhukE ! At times of
worship, Your devotees place many flowers on You . Those flowers in
conjunction with Your rows of sapphires appear to the PirAttis as the
chord of ManmaTA's bow fitted with an arrow (The rows of blue
saphires are equated to the row of blue bees forming the chord of the
bow and fitted with the arrows of flowers ) .
2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! The Devis of the Lord
see the rows of blue sapphires on You and the flowers resting on them
from the archanaa . The rows of sapphire remind them of the chord of
the bow of ManmaTan filled with his flower arrows. The passion of
the Devis of the Lord grows further with this visualization.
3. Oh RangEswara PaadharakshE ! The Devis of the Lord with the beauty
of eyes reminding one of the soundharyam of the doe's eyes (
mrugheedhrusa: ) look at the assortment of flowers piles on Your rows
of sapphire at the end of archanaa ( poojAsu samhitha: pushpajAlam
pasyanthi). They also see the straight rows of sapphires enmeshed on
Your surface and conclude that they are the union of the chord of
ManmathA's bow fitted with his flower arrows ( tE vaasavarathna
rEkhAm sachithrapunkhAm ManmaTa jyAmiva pasyanthi)...(V.S)
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
873. karaIrudhagraI: sPhurathAm maNInAm manjusvanA
mADhavapAdhukE! thvam
anUpadhEshE kanakApagAyA: kalE:
pravEshamprathiShEGhasIva
Oh Paaduka! Your melodious tone and Your dense arrays of light appear
to issue a warning in these terms. "The evils of Kali age shall
not enter the holy place of Srirangam crossing the boundary of the
Kaveri river! We will not allow."
Azhvar visulaized an era, in which the evils of Kali shall not exist.
May be, the Paaduka, an equivalent of the Azhvar, echoes that voice.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)
SlOkam 873
1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukE! At the banks of CauvEri
at Srirangam, You raise Your long hands formed by the rays of Your
gems and raise Your sweet voice to warn Kali from a considerable
distance to stay away from Srirangam.
2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! When people experience
Your upward spreading rays from Your gems and the sweet Naadham
emanating from You, they conclude that these two activities rooted in
light and sound are gestures of Yours to warn Kali Purushan to stay
far away from SrIrangam.
3.Oh Madhava PadhukE ! You are generating pleasing sounds ( Thvam
manjusvanA ) through Your movements. Your gems are sending out
beautiful rays upwards as if extending Your hands (Thvam udagrai:
karai: MaNeenAm sphurathAm ). Through Your sounds and lustre, You
seem to prevent Kali from entering SrIrangam ( KanakApagAyA:
anoopadEsE KalE: pravEsam prathishEdhaseeva)...(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
874. AkrAnthavEdhirBhavathI thadhAnImadharshi
mukthAnvithashONarathnA
karagrahArTham BharathEna BhUmyA:
lAjOthkaraIrvahnishiKhEva kIrNA
(Oh Paaduka!) You are seated on a pedestal. Your red gems are
reminiscent of fire. The flames are seen in the radiant beams. The
pearls strewn all around look like the fried rice grains poured into
holy fire, in a homa called lajahoma, which is a part of the wedding
that Bharata had with mother Earth, as its ruler, when Rama had left
for the forest.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)
SlOkam 874
1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan sees the PadhukAs on
the throne of the Raghus adorned by white pearls and fire red rubies.
BharathA is sitting in front recieving the taxes from the kings of
the realms. An analogy of a wedding scene comes to Swamy Desikan's
mind. He says: " Oh PaadhukE ! When You sat on the throne and ruled
over the kingdom, Your throne looked like the sacrificial pit for
fire (agni kuntam), where Your pearls and rubies took on the roles of
parched rice and the flames of fire. The scene looked like a
wedding, where Bharatha was conducting the marriage ceremony known as
laaja hOmam during which parched rice is thrown by the handful with
manthrams in to the sacrificial fire. BharathA recieving the homage
of the subordinate rulers on behalf of the PaadhukAs is like the
pouring of the parched rice in to the sacrificail fire to consumate
the marriage between the ruler and the ruled (In this analogy ,
pearls are parched rice and the rubies are the tongues of the
fire.The throne on which the PaadhukA sits is the agni kuntam or
sacrificial pit).
2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! The sight of You being
seated by Bharatha on the SimhAsanam of the kings of Raghu and Your
white pearls and red rubies remind one of the scene of Your
suzeranity over the land achieved through the pouring of parched rice
(pearls on You) by Bharathan in to the fire ( Rubies on You) in to an
Agni kuntam (SimhAsanam) .
3.Oh PaadhukE ! You are enmeshed with white pearls and red rubies (
Bhavathee mukthAnvitha sONarathnaa). You are seated on a pedestal in
the form of SimhAsanam( aakrantha vEdhi:) that reminds one of the
agni kuntam for pouring Havis. The pearls remind one of the parched
rice thrown in to the fire for solemnizing the marriage with earth
during the time of Your acceptance of Raajya bhAram ( TadhAneem
BharathEna bhoomyA: karagrahArTam laaja uthkarai: keerNaa
vahni-sikhEva adarsee). Karagraham with BhUmi Devi stands for the
reciept of kappam ( samarpaNams from the vassel kings acccepting
PaadhukA's soverignity over them).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
875. pathraLA maNigaNaIrhiraNmayI BhAsi rangapathirathnapAdhukE
kELimaNtapagathAgathOchithA BhUmikEva garudEna kalpithA
Oh Paaduka! You are gold-made. The dense beams of light emitted by
the gems present a picture of wings when You look to me as a form of
Garuda, who has taken Your form, only for swift transport of the Lord
from one mandapa to another in a kind of walking exercise.
Garuda is known as Vedatma. Being on Him also implies that the Lord
is the subject of all Vedas. Paaduka being an equivalent of
Nammazhvar, the Lord revels on this embodiment of Tamil Veda as well.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S)
SlOkam 875
1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PadhukE! With Your many gems
forming the shape of the two wings and with Your golden body, You
appear to be a miniature version of Garuda, who has assumed that
small form to move freely in the play room of the Lord.
2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! the spreading assembly
of Your lustre originating from the rays of Your gems create the
imagery of the spreading wings of Garudan. Your golden hue and
sancharam carrying the Lord on You makes us think that You are
another form of Garudan, who has golden wings and is the vaahanam
of the Lord of SrIrangam.
3. Oh Rangapathi Rathna PaadhukE ! You are full of Gold ( Thvam
HiraNmayee); You have the shining wings of rays from Your encrusted
gems ( Thvam MaNigaNai: pathraLaa). You look like another form of
Garuda BhagavAn used to take the Lord on His back in the play fields
of SrIrangam for Your Lord's comings and goings (Thvam Bhagavatha:
kELi manDapa gathAgatha uchithaa GarudEna kalpithA bhUmikEva asi).
Swamy Desikan suggests that the activities of the golden Paadhukais
with sprading rays are " Garuda Kalpitha BhUmikaa " ( role arranged
by Garudan) for the comings and goings of the Lord in the palyfields
of SrIrangam temple ( Thvam kELi maNdapa gathAgatha uchitha
bhUmikaa)...(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
876. unnatham balivirODhinasthadhA pAdhukE! padhasarOjamAshrithA
moUkthikasthabakamaDhyasammitham vyOma ShadpadhathulAmalamBhaya:
Oh Paaduka! When the Lord took the form of Trivikrama to quell Bali,
it was a mammoth size; the foot at the top was a vast limb; the
Paaduka too was of an enormously broad area; then Your bunches of
pearls looked like flower-bunches. Like the dark blue beetles that
hover between flowers, the whole sky was caught between bunches of
flower-like pearls!
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S)
SlOkam 876
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan points out that the
PaadhukAs can also take a gigantic and miniature form referred to in
the previous verse. Swamy says: "Oh PaadhukE! When MahA Bali became
the enemy of the DevAs, Your Lord became His enemy. He took
the incarnation of Thrivikrama and grew to occupy the earth and the
sky. In the sky, You grew with Him and Your rows of pearls looked
like a huge bunch of white flowers on which the blue sky sat as the
bees on that flower bunch ". The gigantic sky fitted in to the
expanse of the row of pearls of the PaadhukAs. Such was the size of
PaadhukAs adorning the Lord's Thiruvadi at the time of Thrivikrama's
measurement of the sky with one step.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! During the time of
ThrivikramAvathAram, the sky was caught between the pearls on You and
the sky looked like the bees caught in the middle of a flower bunch
(pearls).
3) Oh PadhukE! During ThrivikramAvathAram, You were growing with the
upward growing, gigantic feet of the Lord, who is the enemy of Bali (
Thvam Unnatham Bhali virOdhina: padha sarOjam aasrithA ). At that
time (TadhA), You made the blue sky (vyOma) interpositioned with Your
pearls ( moukthika sthamBaka madhya sammithAm vyOma ) and made the
sky look like a group of bees caught in between a flower bunch (TadhA
vyOma Shadpadha-thulAm alabhya: )..(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
877. kOmalAnguLinivEshayAnthrikAnyasthamoUkthikamayUKhadhanthurA
mangaLAni vamasIva dhEhinAm rangarAjamaNipAdhukE! svayam
Oh Manipaaduka! Your knob is very attractive and tender to suit the
toes holding it in between. The pearls studded on it give out a
continuous stream of pure white rays, which look like the spontaneous
torrential output of gifts poured out by You.
Since white colour implies sattva quality, the suggestion is that the
Paaduka showers, unasked, all gifts to sattvikas.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Note by V.Sadagopan(V.S):
SlOkam 877
1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh RanganAtha PaadhukE ! Your
foothold ( Yantrikaa) is adorned with soft pearls to comfort the
entry of the soft toes of RanganAthA's sacred feet. The effulgence of
those pearls spreads over long distances, when Your Lord moves and
reaches out to confer many blessings on Your devotees( Since the
pearls are of white color, Swamy Desikan suggests that the rays from
the pearls enhance the satthva guNam of the devotees).
2). SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: When people enjoy the special lustre
spreading from the pearls in Your toeholds held firmly by Your Lord's
most beautiful feet, it appears to them that You are generating waves
of Satthva guNam to fall on them, who have come to offer their
salutations to You. (Swamy Desikan suggests that the kshEmam of the
devotees arises from Sathtva guNam, which is normally described as
having the white hue similar to that of the pearls. Hence, Swamy
indicates that the enveloping kaanthi from the pearls appears like
the large auspicious cloud of Satthva guNam generating KshEmam to
all).
3) Oh RangarAja MaNi PaadhukE ! Your toeholds(YanthrkA : ) are for
Lord's beautiful toes to grip You during sanchAram ( KomaLa anguLi
nivEsa Yanthrika). On these toeholds, soft pearls have been enmeshed
( YanthrikA nyastha moukthikA: ). Those pearls are emitting a
beautiful and huge waves of white lustre (Moukthika mayUkha dhanthurA
vamasi). That appears like You are engaged in drenchiing the janthus
with KshEmam of every kind (Svayam dhEhinAm MangaLAni vamaseeva)...
(V.S) .
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
878. pankajAsahacharasya rangiNa: pAdhukE! nijapadhAdhanantharam
nyasyathasthvayi jaganthi jAyathE nAgaBhOgashayanam nirankusham
Oh Paaduka! The Lord releases His Feet from You to retire to the
Adisesha couch along with his consort, Mahalakshmi, for rest and
sleep. Now he has placed the protection of the whole world on You.
You are to be vigilant all through. It is because the responsibility
is taken by You, that He can proceed, without any fear of
disturbance, to His bed.
So Paaduka is potent to shower prosperity even in the absence of the
Lord.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 878
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan states here that the
cluster of pearls attached to the foothold of RanganAthA's padhukAs
confer the blessings on its devotees at all times. It does not ration
its blessings only to specific times and occasions when the Lord
uses them. Swamy says: " After the Lord's travel with You , He
engages in the act of Yoga nidhraa on AdhhisEsha. During these times
of separation from You, Your Lord entrusts You with the
responsibility of protecting the world. Knowing that You will perform
this duty for Him, He sleeps without any worry".
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! RanganAtha ascends You
and goes about His sanchAram first for protection of the world;
thereafter, He entrusts the responsibility of protecting the world
with You and sleeps on AadhisEshan at the Milky Ocean without any
care. PerumAL needs Your help during His sanchAram as well as at the
time, when He is engaged in sleep at Milky ocean .
3) Lord is saluted here as "PankajA sahacharan" or as the One who
travels with His PirAtti to take care of His duties relating to lOka
samrakshaNam . At that time, the PaadhukAs transport Him around.
Afterwards(anantharam ), RanganAthan delegates the responsibility of
the protection of the world and its beings to You ( Thvayi
nijapadhAth jaganthi nyasyatha: RangiNa:) and rests without any worry
on AdhisEshan at Milky ocean and enjoys His sleep in an uninterrupted
manner ( Naaga bhOga sayanam nirankusam jAyathE ) ...(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
879. sADhayanthi maDhuvaIripAdhukE! sADhava: sThiramupAyamanthimam
thvathpravrutthivinivarthanOchithasvapravrutthivinivarthanAnvitham
Oh Paaduka! For Sadhus, You become the resort even with regard to
achieving the life-goal. They rightly recognize that You will remain
quiet if they confidently adopt the paths, Karma, Jnana, and Bhakti.
You will help only if one has abandoned all other efforts towards
this goal. (Of course what is tabooed here is not the performance of
regular prescribed duties and Karmas). If one, thus withdrawn
requests You " I am unfit for other methods. I seek Your help. You
perform Prapathi and save me." You stand to his help, have the last
upaya of Prapathi performed. Thus Sadhus achieve their goals
effectively.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 879
1) UthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Swamy Desikan suggests that RanganAtha
delegates a lot of responsibilities to the PaadhukAs. Paaduka accepts
those duties and rises to the occasion. Swamy says: " Oh
Madhusoodhana PaadhukE ! Righteous people practise prapatthi yOgA
(Surrender to You ), after relizing their inability to travel through
the difficult routes of Bhakthi yOgA, Jn~Ana yOgA and Karma yOgA .
Out of Your compassion for them, You accept their prapatthi and
confer the blessings of Moksham.
2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! BhagavathAs cast aside
the burden of protecting themselves through the difficult to practise
Bhakthi yOgam and perform prapatthi unto You . You accept those
burdens ( Bharam) and grant them the phalan of their SaraNAgathis
(viz)., Moksha Sukham.
3.Oh Padhukais of the Lord , who is the enemy of the asuran , Madhu (
Madhuvairi PaadhukE )! The great ones ( Saadhava: ) abandon the
efforts to perform upAyams like Bhakthi yOgam to protect themselves (
Sva-pravrutthi vinivartthana anvitham) and perform the ultimate
SaraNAgathy to You , which grants them firmly MOksham ( sTiram
anthimam upAyam Saadhava: saadhayanthi)..(V.S).
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
880. nandhasUnupadhapadhmamindhirApANipallavanipIdanAsaham
pAdhukE! thava balEna paryaBhUdhUShmaLAmuragamoULisharkarAm
Oh Paaduka! The feet of the Lord are so tender that they wold redden
even if touched by the tender palm of Mahalakshmi. Even so Sri
Krishna could dance on the hood of Kaliya serpent; that hood was hot
and rough. How? Your ability to sustain all that was the help You
rendered to the Lord.
Thus You help the Lord in a crisis even as You help the ordinary
souls.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 880
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: In the previous verse , Swamy
Desikan referred to the help of PaadhukAs to the righteous people.
Here, he talks about the help given by the PaadhukAs to the Lord
at the time of His battle with the poisonous snake, KaaLiyan . Swamy
says: " Oh PaadhukE !Your Lord's tender feet can not even tolerate
the pressings of SrI Devi's lotus soft hands. Such tender feet danced
on the rough gems present on the hoods of the powerful snake ,
KaaLiyan, and subdued him. Your Lord was not affected from the
exertions of dancing on the hot and hard head of the snake thanks to
Your active support.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! The tender feet of Your
Lord can not bear the pressure even with the pressing by SrI Devis'
lotus soft hands. Lord's feet are so tender and soft that they are
uncomfortable even from the soft touch of MahA Lakshmi's hands. Those
lotus soft feet of the Lord with Your assistance dance on the hot and
hard hoods of the serpent king, KaaLiyan and puts that powerful
serpent to shame.
3) Oh PaadhukE ! Your Lord's tender feet can not tolerate even the
soft pressings from MahA Lakshmi creeper-soft hands ( IndhirA paaNi
pallava nipeeDana ahasam ). Those lotus-soft feet of the son of
NandhagOpan (Nandhasoonu padha Padhmam) gained strength from Your
association (Tava BalEna) and danced on the hot and rough
surfaces of the hoods of KaaLiyan ( ushmALam sarkarAm uraga mouLi )
and put him to shame (Tava BalEna paryabhUth )...(V.S).