Sri: SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha, Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin: 257. shayithavathi rajanyAm pAdhukE! rangabanDhoU charaNakamalapArshvE sAdharam varthasE thvam PhaNipathishayanIyAdhutThithasya praBhAthE praThamanayanapAtham pAvanam prApthukAmA Oh Paaduka Devi! When the Lord has gone 'asleep', You sit beside His Adisesha-couch, eagerly waiting for His first glance, on his awaking,-a potent and pure glance-a previlege given to You alone. Namo Narayana, SriMuralidhara Dasan Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S): 1. Sri UtthamUr Swami's anubhavam : Here Swami Desikan describes how Devi PaadhukA becomes the senior consort of Lord RanganAthA . He says : " Oh PaadhukE ! When the Lord sleeps , You stay very close to His lotus feet with great affection . During dawn , when He wakes up , His first glances fall on You befitting Your rank as the first among His consorts .Your stature as the foremost consort is therefore unquestioned . 2. Srimath Andavan's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukE ! PerumAL is resting in His paryankam (bed) . When he wakes up at dawn , You long for His first glance to fall on You and therfore You stay at the foot of His bed. 3. Here Swami Desikan chooses the word Rangabhandhu to salute the Lord of the Paadhukais to hint at their BhAndhavyam (relationship). Devi Paadhukai is sitting wide awake at the lotus feet of the sleeping Lord ( Rangabhandhou-charaNa kamala paarsvE thvam saadharam varthasE ) . You are quietly waiting there with longing to receive the first sacred glance of the Lord , when He wakes up at dawn for performing His nithya karmAs ( PhaNipathi sayaneeyAth utthithasya paavanam prathama nayana paatham prabhAthE prApthukAmA saadharam varthasE ) ?V.S
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