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SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

847. samBhAvayanthi kavayaschathuraprachArAm
manjusvanAm mahithamoUkthikapathraLAngIm
svADhInasarvaBhuvanAm maNipAdhukE! thvAm
rangADhirAjapadhapankajarAjahamsIm

Oh Manipaaduka! Poets praise Your gentle gait, sweet voice, pearl-
white wings and Your capacity to keep all the worlds under Your 
suzerainty. Your being on the lotus (of the Lord's feet) befits Your 
being a Royal Swan. And the water-birds admire the above traits and 
acknowledge the swan as their head. You are thus veritably the Royal 
Swan playing on the lotus. 

(Hamsa or swan is a perfect representative of Acharyas. Paaduka is 
one such Acharya. Indeed Nammazhvar is our first Acharya in this 
world).

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan


Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

SlOkam 847

1) UthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan states here 
that the PaadhukAs are the pair of swans residing at the lotus feet 
of the Lord. He points out that the beauty of the walk and the sweet 
sounds associated with the PaadhukAs make them resemble the swans. 
Further, both the PaadhukAs and the swans have the freedom to move 
all around the universe. Both are lauded by the poets . The PaadhukAs 
are thus recognized as a pair of swans residing at the lotus feet of 
the Lord .He says: " Oh MaNi PaadhukE! the all knowing water birds 
see Your rows of pearls and conclude that they are like the feathers 
of white swans; they hear the sweet sound you make during your 
movements and conclude that those are sounds raised by white swans.
Putting two and two together , they recognize you as a pair of swans 
worshipped by all the world and residing at the lotus feet of the 
Lord". 

2) SrImath Andavan anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! You generate 
a very plesant naadham during Your sanchArams. High quality and 
dazzling white pearls are enmeshed on Your surface . All the world
is under Your control. You stand as the Hamsam ( female White Swan ) 
for the lotus feet of Your Lord. Just as the Hamsam that does not
part with the lotus , You do not part with the sacred feet of Your 
Lord. This is the assessment of the poets of discriminating intellect.

3) Oh MaNi PaadhukE ! You show the features of a female 
Raaja Hamsam (i-e)., red beak and feet as well as white body 
(Raajahamseem SambhAvayanthi). The poets with sharp intellect
(Kavaya: ) equate you to the Raaja Hamsam sitting at the lotus feet of
Your Lord ( ThvAm RangAdhirAja padha pankaja rAja hamseem 
sambhAvayanthi). What are their reasons to characterize You as 
a female Raaja Hamsam ? Their reasons are: (1) You have a delightful
nadai/sanchAram ( chathura: prachAram) , (2) You generate a delightful
sound ( manjusvAnam), (3) a radiant white body hue like the high
quality pearls ( mahitha moukthika pathraLa angeem) , (4) You have
all (the watery) worlds under Your control ( svAdheena sarva-
bhuvanAnAm). On adding all these up , they conclude that
You are a Raaja Hamsam at Your Lord 's lotus feet ...(V.S).





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