Padhuka Sahasram-51

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>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin

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>51. BalimaThanavihArAdvarDdhamAnasya ViShNO:

> aKhilamathipathadBhirvikramaIrapramEya:

> AviDhimanaDhigacChan pAparAshirmadhIya:

> samajani padarakshE! sAvaDhistvanmahimnA

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>Oh Paaduka! When the Lord took Trivikrama avatara to sportively quell the

>conceit of King Mahabali, His feet grew and extended over all space and

>spanned all things. The horde of my sins, the magnitude of which cannot

>be gauged, it being so vast, however, became terminated now only, by Your

>potency.(Your potency, Oh Paaduka is greater than that of the Lord's

>feet!)

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>Namo Narayana,

>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN(V.S)

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(1) Oh PaadhukhE ! When Your Lord incarnated as

ThrivikramA , to quell the arrogance of MahA Bali,

His feet expanded and touched everything in this

Univrse and the heavens as he measured them with

His two steps. AdiyEn did not exist in those days

to have the benefit of contact with His spreading ,

holy feet to destroy my mountains of sins. Today ,

with the touch of Yourself(satAri) wiht my head ,

these monumnetal loads of sins have been destroyed

instantly . How can I even attempt to describe Your

glory ? You are indeed more powerful than the holy feet

of Lord ThrivikramA Himself! ..V.S

 

(2) Sri Andavan anubhavam:The inner meaning of this slOkam is :

AchAryALs destroy the sins that could not even be destroyed

by their Lord . That speaks to the glory of Swami NammAzhwAr.

 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan