Padhuka Sahasram-56

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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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>56. ParichithapadhapadhmAm PAdhukE! RangiNasthVam

> thriBhuvanamahanIyAm sAdharam DhArayantha:

> nijashirasi nilInam devi! mandAramAlyam

> nigamaparimalaIsthE vAsayanthIva devA:

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>Oh Paaduka! You have a permanent contact with the Lord's feet; the devas

>cherish to bear You (worshipped by all worlds) on their heads, may be, for

>adding vedic fragrance from You to the mandara flower-strings they bear on

>their heads.

>

>Namo Narayana,

>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN(V.S):

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam :Our Lord's feet have been

described as Sarva Gandha and Sarva Rasa. They have hence

the Vedic fragrance and impregnate that unique fragrance

to You, when You are in association with those sacred feet.

The dEvAs adorn You on their heads decorated by MandhAra

MaalAs , which in turn acquire the Vedic fragrance from

You.The mandhAra flowers sense that their intrinsic

fragrance can not match the Vedha parimaLam and hide

themselves inside the tresses of the DevAs. You encourage

them to come out reinforced with Vedhic fragrance imparted

by You .

 

(2) Srimadh Andavan's anubhavam :Oh PaadhukhE ! All the DevAs

wear You on their heads with affection that is more than

that they have for the MandhAra MaalAs that they traditionally

adorn on their tresses. Why ? It is because of Your presence

at the sacred feet of the Lord and because of the salutations

of Your glories by the VedhAs .

 

(3) The devAs are not fully satisfied with the lovely

fragrance of the MandhAra flowers used in the garlands

decorating their heads. They want some thing that is

uniquely capable of enhancing the intrinsic fragrance

of the mandhArA flowers . The DevAs adorn hence the Paadhukhais

on their heads to accomplish this goal .The mandhAra

maalais thru contact with the Lord's SatAri acquire

the nigama parimaLam and become enriched.. V.S

 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari sadagopan