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Padhuka Sahasram-525

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rangaswamy_m • Tue Mar 05 2002 - 06:37:57 PST 


Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

525. srirangEndhOscharaNakamaladhvandhvasEvAvalEpAth
     ArUDAyAm thvayi maKhaBhujAmAnathAn moULiBhAgAn 
     thEshAm chUdAmaNiBhiranaGhaIsthAvakAnAm maNInAm
     kEshAkEshi praBhavathi miThasthrAsalEshOjJithAnAm

Oh Paaduka! You become haughty I imagine by reason of service to the 
Lord's lotus feet. So, what You do is to step on the gem-studded 
crowns of the devas. And the flawless and fearless gemstones on You 
pick up a quarrel-clasping the hairlocks mutually-with the gems on 
the crowns!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkma 525: 

1) Swamy Desikan points out here a picture of battle between the 
egotistic gems of DevA's crowns and the gems of the Paadhukais. He 
pictures the battle taking place at the time, when the Paadhukais sit 
on the crowned heads of DevAs. He imagines that the rays from the 
DevA's crowns lock in battle with the rays of gems adorning the 
Paadhukais and losing miserably in that battle and being chastised. 
He equates the rays of gems to the hair on the head. This analogy 
extends to the scene, where the two kinds of rays combat with each 
other by catching their hairs. There is no doubt as to who wins. The 
gems adorning the Paadhukais wins because they are free from defects 
and are fearless. Swamy Desikan says: " Oh PaadhukE! You adorn the 
holy feet of the Moon of Srirangam and are filled with justifiable 
pride. You ascend the crowned heads of the dEvAs, who partake the 
food offered in Vedic sacrifices. When dEvAs prostrate before You , 
the gems on their crowns become jealous and out of their ignorance 
about the mighty power of Your gems quarrel with them and lose 
mightily.

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: When the dEvAs prostrate before You 
out of Reverence for the fact that You are at the sacred feet of the 
Lord, there arises a Quarrel between the gems on the crowns of the 
dEvAs and  those on the paadhukais. AzhwAr ( RanganAtha Paadhukai) 
through the power of  his paasurams  easily overcomes the lustre of 
the gems on the crowns of dEvAs And is celebrated .

3) The fight between the rays of the gems on Paadhukai  and the gems 
on The crowns of prostrating davAs is decribed by Sawmy Desikan 
as "kEsAkEsi" Yuddham , where the forelocks are grabbed intensively 
in combat. The results are Predictable. " SrI ranghEndhO: charaNa 
kamala dhvandhvam " , the Paadhukais  win effortlessly ….V.S  




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