SrI:
SrImatE Gopaladesika MahAdesikAya
Nama:
Translation by U.Ve.Dr. V.N.Vedantha Desikan
:
SlOkam 902.
SamsAradhva srama-pariNathAm samsrithAnAm
janAnAm
tApam sadhya: samayithumalam SaarngiNa: PaadhukE
Thvam
ChandraapeeDE praNamathy navAm chandrikAm
aapiBadhbi:
dhArA niryath salila-kaNikA
seekaraiscchandrakAnthai:
Oh Lord"s PaadhukA ! Siva who has the moon on his
head
is bent low before You in great respect . The
moonstones on
You shed torrents of water by the effect of
the moon. A drop of
water is adequate to remove the agony suffered by
people
by reason of going round and round the wheel
of Samsaara .
Special Notes on SlOkam 902 by
V.Sadagopan(V.S) :
1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: In the earlier
verse , Swamy Desikan pointed out
that the PaadhukAs drive away the samsAric
afflictions by reducing their heat.
Since water is important to reduce the heat , He
states that the PaadhukAs have
also that element of water in them . He says: " Oh
Paadhukais of SaarangapANi !
When MahEswara with His crescent Moon decoration
bows before You , the rays of
moon fall on the chandrakAntha stones and produce a
stream of water that removes
the fatigue of the people affected by the heat of
SamsAric afflictions ". ChandrakAntha
stones are known to produce water , when Moon's
rays fall on them.
2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:SamsAris wander in
the torrid desert of
Taapa Thrayam ,
shrivel from the heat and rush to the side of the most
merciful PaadhukAs and perform Prapatthi . The ever
compassionate
Paadhukais of the Lord of SrIrangam removes the
fatigue of the SamsAris
and frees them from their sufferings . How does it
quench the heat of
SamsAram ? PadhukAs have chandhrakAntha gems on its
surface .
When MahEswaran prostrates before the Paadhukais ,
the rays from
the crescent Moon on MahEswaran's head fall on the
ChandrakAntham
and cause a storage of copious amounts of water
inside them. With their
unique property to
drink in Moon's rays and transform them to water , they
accomplish this storage of water .When a suffering SamsAri does Prapathti ,
the water from the ChandrakAntham comes to His rescue and quenches
his samsAric tApams .
3. MahEswaran has the crescent Moon as His
head aabharaNam
( ChandrapeeDam vahathi ) . When He prostrates
before the Paadhukais,
the cool rays from the new crecent Moon fall on the
ChandrakAntham
gems on the Paadhukais ; these gem stones
drink up (transfrom )
the moon beams and
store up the water inside them( navAm chandrikAm
aapiBadhbhi: dhArA niryath salila karNikaa seekarai: ChandrakAnthai:).
When the samsAris scorched from the tApa trayam
approach the Paadhukais
and perform prapatthi , the cool water from the
ChandrakAntham gems
quenches instantaneously the samsAric afflictions (
Taapa thrayam sadhya
samayithum alam )...(V.S).
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