Padhuka Sahasram-88

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

>Swamin:

>

>88. shEShO garuthmAn maNipAdhapITI

> thvam chEthi pAdhAvani! vishvamAnyA:

> thulyADhikArA yadhi kinnu santha:

> thvAmEva nithyam shirasA vahanthi

>

>Oh Paaduka! Adishesha, Garuda, the gem-studded foot-base in the lotus

>shape and yourself are all said to be equals in service-rights. May it

>be so! But then why do great people accord to You the high previlege of

>bearing You on their heads, discarding the others?

>

>Namo Narayana,

>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhaavam: Oh Dhivya PaadhukhE !

AdhisEshA , GarudA , the gem-studded foot rest of Your

Lord and Yourself have a common kainkaryam , (Viz): Carrying

the Lord's Thiruvadi .Thus all of you have equal status .

Inspite of this, the wise people of the world give You

a status that is superior to all the other three and wear

You alone on their heads .This is because of Your uncontested

status arising from Your eternal proximity to Your

Lord's sacred feet .

 

(2) Srimadh Andavan's anubhavam : Although AdhisEshan , Garudan

and the Paadham-thAngi (foot rest ) and the paadhukahai

of the Lord have samAdhikAram , the great Ones wear the Lord's

Paadhukhais on their heads .Therefore You are superior .

The inner meaning is : There are many NithyasUris and yet

there is none among them , who has helped the world as

Swami NammAzhwAr , the Paadhukhai of the Lord .

 

(3) All the four ( AdhiisEshan , Garudan, Foot-rest and

the Paadhukhai ) are visvamAnya: ( celebrated by

the World . They are also " ThulyAdhikAris " ( Same Kaimkarya

status). Yet , " santha: thvAmEva sirasA vahanthi "

( the periyaVALs) adorn you alone on their heads .

Swamy asks a rhetorical question : " kinnu? " (Why )

and lets us decide .