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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

251. shoUrE: shrungArachEShtAnAm prasUthim pAdhukAm BhajE
yAmESha BhunkthE shuDdhAnthAth pUrvam paschAdhapi praBhu:

Oh Paaduka Devi! My humble prostrations to You, who create for the
great creator, Lord Ranganatha, a variety of amorous activities;
indeed the Lord enjoys You passionately, before and after in between
his love-plays in the harem!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SrungAra Paddhathi : Tenth Paddhathi

SlOkam: 251 - Introduction: In the previous Paddhathi , Swami
Desikan
described Sri RanganathAn's travel to His inner apartments
To join His consorts to have union with them. In this section , Swami
refers to the union of the Lord with Devi PaadhukA before and after
His visits to the quarters of His consorts. Through Her union with
the Lord , Devi PaadhukA confers on the Lord His beautiful gait
and beats time with Her musical sounds. This way , Devi Padhuk
enhances His SringAram ( passion , emotional attachment ) towards
His consorts . There are ten verses in SringAra Paddhathi . It is not
easy to translate this section , where Swami Desikan's poetic skills
blossom forth brilliantly?(V.S)

(1) Sri UtthamUr Sawmi's anubhavam: We meditate upon the PaadhukA
Devi , whom RanganAthA enjoys through union before and after His
visits to the inner apartments of His consorts. The same PaadhukA
Devi is the root cause of the Lord's love plays with His consorts .
Swami Desikan suggests that RanganAthA as the Master takes the roles
of DakshiNan , anukUlan et al to enjoy Devi PaadhukA , which in turn
assumes the role of VallabhA , VaasakA , SajjikA et al to enhance His
SrungAram . In love play , the Master and the Mistress take different
roles to enhance the enjoyment of their union. Swami Desikan states
here that the inspiration for the Lord's various amorous activities
with His consorts originate from His playful involvement with Devi
PaadhukA .

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: PerumAl enjoys the Nayaka-Nayaki
sukham through the service of the Padhukais. He adorns the Paadhukais
before the travel to His antha: puram and after His visit with His
Naayakis there. The inner meaning is that Swamy NammAzhwAr
identifies
himself as a lady enjoying the Lord as her purushan .

(3) The SrungAra chEshtAs of the Lord are described here . Swamy
points out the origin (prasUthI) of those leelAs are the Paadhukais
themselves. Swamy points out further that the Lord enjoys the union
with Devi Paadhukai before and after His visits to the inner chambers
of His beloved consorts?(V.S)





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