[sv-poetry] Padhuka Sahasram-583
From the Bhakti List Archives
• June 27, 2002
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
583. padhapallavasangiBhi: pradhIpthaI:
aDhikOllAsiBhiramba! padhmarAgaI:
analE shayanam kvachinmurArE:
avisamvAdhayasIva pAdhukE! thvam
Oh Mother Paaduka! The effulgence from the ruby stones is already on
the extreme; added to it, is the halo of the tender fingers of the
Lord's foot. It then looks as if the Lord stands in a reddish flame.
You perhaps affirm that it is beyond dispute that the Lord once lay
in Fire (and created Siva)*.
*Pancharatra
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 583:
1)UtthamUr Sawmy's anubhavam: Oh Mother PaadhukE! Your PadhmarAga
gems are associated with the tender feet of Your Lord. There, they
shine with such a brilliance that His whole body seems to become
invisible in that red effulgence. It seems that You provide evidence
to the Aagamaa statement that Your Lord lies amidst the red flames of
fire. (Swamy desikan refers here to the PaancharAthrA Aagamic
statement that VishNu lies in the middle of fire to create Rudra.
Swamy desikan also uses the word, "adhikam " with its double
meaning in mind. This word can mean either excessive or above the head
(adhi+kam ). By the latter meaning, Swamy hints that the flame-like
brilliance of the padhmarAgaa gems on the Paadhukais reach out and
obscure as it were the head of the Lord standing on the Paadhukais.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! Your PadhmarAga gems are
shining with a brilliant red hue. Your Lord's sole of the feet are
also tender red in color. When these red hues unite, it is like a
shining red flame in the middle of which the Lord is resting as
stated in the PaancharAthra AagamAs.
3. Lord's soft feet are red like the tender shoots of creepers (
padha pallavam ). The ruby gems on You are resplendent in their red
color and unite with the Lord's soft-red feet(Thvam Padha pallava
sanghibhi: pradhIpthai: adhikOllasibhi: PadhmarAgai: ). That
combination of red colors seem to testify to the truth of
Aagamic statement that the Lord rested amidst flames to create Rudran
( PadhmarAgai: MurArE: kvachith analE sayanam avisamvAdhayasi)Â…(V.S).
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