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[sv-poetry] Padhuka Sahasram-718

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rangaswamy_m • Wed Apr 30 2003 - 03:45:11 PDT 


Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

718. yAthrAvasAnamaDhigacChathi ranganAThE
     vishrANayasyanupadham maNipAdhukE! THVAM
     prAya: prayANasamayE prathibimbithAnAm
     thIrThAvagAhamaparam thridhashEshvaraNAm

Oh Manipaaduka! At the conclusion of each festival, the Deva chiefs, 
while taking leave, bow and get reflected in You. This grants them a 
chance of entering into a holy place and taking a holy bath in the 
sacred waters and of the traditional Avabhrutha immersion! (Yes, this 
even though they are pure from an earlier regular bath). 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 718

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh MaNi PaadhukE! At the end of
Your Lord's journeys on You , the DevAs who accompanied Him take 
leave. At that time , their bodies are reflected on Your gems.
Those images make me think that You are blessing them with
theertthavAri , the ritual bath taken at the conclusion of 
the Uthsavams for the Lord. Swamy  Desikan thinks of 
the BrahmOthsavam for Lord RanganAtha . He sees the DevAs  
assembled to join the festivities . On the final day , DevAs
take leave of our Lord. The shadows of their bodies reflected on 
the Paadhukais at that time appear to suggest the ritual of 
purificatory bath prescribed at the conclusion of the BrahmOthsavam . 
The holiness of the PadhukAs help to cleanse the DevAs before their
departures to their respective homes.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:The occasion is BrahmOthsavam 
at SrIrangam . It is the last day of the Uthsavam , when 
TheerthavAri takes place at Chandra PushkaraNi. The dEvAs take a dip
in the sacred pond of the Lord and are ready to return to their
own homes . Their images are reflected on the Paadhukais
at that time. That evokes the image of Paadhukai's lustre 
flowing as a flood to bathe the DevAs again and again.  

3) The time is the end of the Uthsavam at SrIrangam
( RanganAtasya YaathrA avasAnam).The dEvAs are ready to
return to their abodes after TheerTavaari ; during 
that time of their departure , their images are reflected
on Paadhukais' shiny  surface ( PrayANa samayE prathiBhimBithAnAm 
thridasEsvarANAm ). Those reflections on You makes it appear 
that You serve as an alternate Chandra PushkaraNi for 
the DevAs , where TheerTavAri takes place ( ThridasEsvarANAm
aparam TheerTAvagAham iva). The multiple reflections on
the Padhukais give the impression of the DevAs participating in 
repeated theerTavAris ( aparam theerTavAham anupadham 
visrANayasi prAya:)...(V.S). 





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