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[sv-poetry] Padhuka Sahasram-563

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rangaswamy_m • Tue May 28 2002 - 03:55:11 PDT 


Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

563. BhAsa svayA BhagavathO maNipAdharakshE!
     mukthAnvithA marathakOpalapaDdhathisthE
     nithyAvagAhanasaham sakalasya janthO:
     gangAnvitham janayathIva samudhramanyam

Oh Manipaaduka! With Your green gems creating a halo reminiscent of 
the ocean, with the pearls looking like the Ganga stream, You are a 
veritable 'ocean' to which one can resort at any time, unlike the 
usual water ocean (that can be resorted to only on full moon and new 
moon days). 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 563

1) UtthamUr Sawmy's anubhavam: Oh Lord's  PaadhukE! The union of Your 
white lustre from the pearls mingling with the green radiance from 
the rows of emeralds  seem to create the impression of an ocean , 
where all living things can bathe without any restrictions. (Swamy 
Desikan imagines here that the union of the lustres of pearls and the 
emeralds of Paadhukais  are  like the union of the white waters of 
Ganga with the dark green waters of the ocean. Bathing is done in the 
ocean only on special days of the year. It is also difficult for the 
old, infirm and children  to take a bath in the ocean. Swamy Desikan 
points out that the admixture of the rays of pearl (Ganga) and 
emerald ( Ocean) creates a new kind of ocean , where one and all can 
bathe without fear and have their sins removed ) . 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The lasting combination of the two 
hues --white of the pearls resembling the clear waters of GangA river 
and the green emerald resembling the waters of the ocean –is like a 
new kind of ocean, where one can take bath at all times. The inner 
meaning is that the fortunate ones, who are blessed to acquire a 
sadAchAryan and comprehend the true meanings of Swamy NammAzhwAr's 
divine paasurams do not have any desire to acquire the blessings  
from ceremonial bathing in the sacred rivers or the ocean. 

3) The lustre of the rows of white pearls and the dark green emeralds 
( mukthAnvitha  tE maratakOpala paddhathi ) genrate their own radiance
( paddhathi: svayA bhAsA ) . That unique lustre made up from the 
admixture of the white and the green hues  remind one of  a special 
kind of ocean, where Ganga enters and where all the people of the 
world can bathe at all times ( BhAsA sakalasya janthO: nithyAvagAhana-
saham GangAnvitham anyam samudhram janayathIva)…(V.S).




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