Padhuka Sahasram-491
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• January 7, 2002
Sri: SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha, Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin: 491. nAThasya dhatthE nadharAjakanyA pAthum shuBhAn pAdhanaKhEndhurashmIn maNipraBhABhi: prathipannapakshAm lIlAchakOrImiva pAdhukE! thvAm Oh Paaduka! As Mahalakshmi presents You to the Lord's Feet for wearing on His rounds, it looks as though she presents the pet proverbial Chakora (a partridge species) so eager to devour the moon's rays that it takes dazzling rays from the Lord's foot-nails for, You look like the bird with the gem-rays on either side creating an impression that they were wings of a bird. Namo Narayana, SriMuralidhara Dasan Special Notes by V. Satakopan (V.S): Slokam 491: 1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh RanganAtha paadhukE! The Thiruvadi nails of Your Lord are like the delightful rays of the Moon. You are surrounded by the rays of the gems adorning You. The rays from Your gems hover over You like the winged ChakravAkA birds , which feed only on Moon's rays . When Sriranga Naayaki, the daughter of the oceans , takes You in Her hands to unite You with Her Lord's lotus feet , it appears like the feeding of the Moon's rays ( the Kaanthi from the Lord's nails ) by the ChakravAkA birds. 2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is that ThAyAr's anugraham alone blesses a jeevan to have the bhAgyam of the dhyAnam on the Lord's sacred feet. 3) Maha Lakshmi , the daughter of SamudrarAjan ( NadharAja Kanyaa) unites the Paadhukais of Her Lord with His sacred feet . Her Lord's toe nails have the cool lustre of the beams of Moon (paadha nakha Indhu rasmi). These moon beam like lustre on both sides of the Padhukais look like the two wings (MaNi prabhAbhi: prathipanna PakshAm ) of playful ChakOra Pakshi (Leelaa ChakOramiva) , which wants to feast on the moon beams (RasmIn paathum). The compassionate MahA Lakshmi appears like helping the ChakOra Pakshis feed on their natural food , the Moon beams , through the act of union of Paadhukais with Her Lord's ThiruvadiÂ….(V.S) -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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