Dear bhAgavAthas:
Let us enjoy what Swami Desikan has to describe about Sri Ranganatha
pAdukA. I have found the following from the web, posted in one of our
siste website or message groups. At the end I have a question.
388. shruthiBhi: paramam padham* murArE:
anidhankAramanEvamithyupAttham
idhamitThamithi bravIShi nUnam
maNipadhAvani! manjuBhi: praNAdhaI:
In the matter of the nature and greatness of the Lord* (the Lord's
abode, the Lord's Feet), which is not comprehensible even to the
Vedas so that they only say "it is not this" and "it is not like
this", You Oh Manipaaduka!, pronounce, in sweet tones, clearly, "it
is this" and "it is like this".
*'Padam' can mean all the three given.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V. Satakopan (V.S.)
(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Mani PaadhukE! VedAs are
unable to describe the divine qualities of the lotus feet of Your
Lord. The glories of the Lord's feet are so profound and beyond
description that the VedAs fail in their attempts to characterize
them as this or that . Where the VedAs have failed , it appears
that
You are able to define the auspicious qualities of the Lord's lotus
feet through the sweet sounds emanating from You.
(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The Svaroopam of perumAL and the
Svaroopam of His Supreme abode , Sri Vaikuntam are beyond the ken of
Vedams. They give up their attempts to describe them. AzhwAr's
ThiruvAimozhi however describes them clearly for our comprehension.
The sweet Naadham enmanating from You is that ThiruvAimozhi
explaining the two Svaroopams.
(3) "murAre"s Paramam Padham Sruthibhi: anidhamkAram" (It is beyond
the power of the VedAs to describe the Svaroopam of the Lord's Sri
Vaikuntam). When they have failed , Oh PaadhukE , Your sweet Naadham
precisely describe the nature of Your Lord's Parama Padham and His
Svaroopam ( thvam manjubhi: PraNAdhai: idham ittham ithi
braveeshi ).
Such is the power of Your PaadhukA naadham....V.S.
The question is this: What does Swamy Desikan mean when he says the
Padhu dwani describes all his auspicous qualities? Is there an
earlier reference in the purAnAs he is pointing to? Adiyen follows
the emotive power with which Swami describes the pAdhukA. However
I am looking for the other literary references Swami is alluding
here.
Thanks.
dAsan,
RTV Varadarajan
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