Padhuka Sahasram-87

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

Swamin:

 

87. daithyADhipAnAm balinAm kirItA nikshEpaNam thE yadhi nABhyanandhan

rangEshapAdhAvani! rangaDhAmnassOpAnathAm prApya vahanthyamI thvAm

 

Oh Paaduka! In the case of Asura chiefs who, out of haughtiness born of

an uncommon might, do not care to bow their crowned heads to You, You

mete out a suitable fate; the gems in their crowns are studded in the

steps to Sri Rangavimana, so that You will step out on them

 

Namo Narayana,

Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN(V.S):

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(1) UtthamUr Swamy " s anubhavam : Oh RanganAthA's PaadhukhE !

The asurAs out of their arrogance elect not to receive You

on their crowned-heads.They experience all calamities and

ultimately You win over them and make the gems from their

crowns become engraved on the holy steps leading to the sanctum-

sanctorium of Lord RanganAthA's temple at Srirangam . Your Lord

steps on those gems while standing on You as he goes out

on His errands of protecting His BhakthAs and destroying

their enemies . Out of Your quality of Mercy , You save

the asurAs this way .

 

(2) Srimadh Andavan 's anubhavam : Responding to the arrogance of

the mighty asurAs , who refuse to place You on their heads ,

Your Lord yanks their crowns and paves the gems from thier

crowns in to the steps of Sriranga VimAnam .Now , those gems

from the crowns bear You on their heads as You transport

Your Lord on His daily duties. The inner meaning is that

RaavaNan and other arrogant asurAs lost all their Isvaryams

because they did not pay heed to the advice of the righteous .

 

(3) The RangEsa PaadhAvani ( Lord RangarAjan's Paadhukhais)

is addressed by Swamy Desikan here and is briefed on

the fate of the asurA chieftains , when they did not

recieve them (Paadhukhais) with joy on their (asurA's )

crowned heads . Swami describes the fate symbolically

with the description , " amee RangadhAmna: sOpanathAm

prApya thvAm vahanthi " ( these gems from the crowns of

the defiant asurAs end up as paving material for the holy

steps of Sriranga VimAnam .In the jeweler's art , this

type of work is called Izhaippu vElai......( V.S )