Padhuka Sahasram-59

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

>Swamin

>

>59. ShruthishirashchUdApIdE nipIdayithum kshamE

> dhurithasarithAmOGhAnEthAnamOGhavisarpiNa:

> kramapariNamadhvEDha: shrENIshiKhAmaNiGhattanA

> masruNithathalE rangakshONIBhruthO maNipAdhukE

>

>The Lord stands as the head and as an ornament to

>hundreds of Vedas. He is a veritable hill.

>Rows of Brahmas (of different universes) come

>and bend their heads closely on to the hill that

>the Lord is; by friction with the crown-gems of those

>worshippers, the hill surface has been softened as

>it were; the Paadukas are competent to arrest

>the rising flow of rivers of sin that I generate. >

>

>Namo Narayana,

>Adiyen, SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN

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(1)Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Sri RanganAthA's

paadhukhAs are decorating the heads of the VedAs and

Upanishads.They also adorn the lotus feet of Sri RanganathA

at the same time .Over aeons , the crowns of prostrating

BrahmAs rub against the PaadhukhAs and make their surfaces

soft like the Lord's Paadha Kamalam .Sri RanganAthA's sacred

feet stand at an elevated place , since He is a mountian of

Mercy. Since His feet are at a high altitude , our rivers

of Paapam do not stay stagnant there like water staying at

a valley . The flood of our sins drain away rapidly as soon as

we come into contact with those lofty PaadhukhAs adorning

the Lord's holy feet .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam : The inner meaning is that

adiyEn will become pure and be rid of my sins thru the anugraham

of AzhwArs and AchAryAs .

 

(3)These PaadhukhAs are at the lotus soft feet of

the Veda PrathipAdhyan, Sri RanganAthan .He is

sruthi satha sira:chUDA ( He has many Upanishads ,

the siras of many Vedams prostratign at His holy feet).

Those sacred feet are also the site, where we find

the bent heads of a row of BrahmAs ,who follow in

regular succession ( krama pariNamath Vedha:srENi

sikhA).The gems on their crowns rub against

the surface of the paadhukhAs ans make latter smooth

over aeons .The surface of the PaadhukhAs becomes smooth

(asruNitha talam bhavathi).There in that high altitude,

the sins of those , who prostrate at the PaadhukhAs

protecting the holy feet of the Lord , flow rapidly

away . The Lord's PaadhukhAs have such power ( amOgha

visarpiNa: yEthAn dhuritha sarithAm OghAn nipIDayithum

KshamE).... V.S

 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE saraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan