Padhuka Sahasram-112

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

>Swamin:

>

>112. pAdhAmbujAdh vigaLithAm paramasya pumsa:

> thvAm AadharENa vinivEshya jatAkalApE

> angIchakAra BharathO maNipAdharakshE!

> gangADhirUDa shirasO girishasya kAnthim

>

>Oh Paaduka! You came from Rama's feet even as the holy Ganga.

>Bharata on bearing You on his matted hair, shone with an effulgence

>equal to Siva's with Ganga on his head.

>

>Namo Narayana,

Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S)

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(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: BharathA placed the noble

Paadhukhais from the holy feet of RaamA on his head and

attained nobility himself .This is similar to Rudran

attaining the name of Parama Sivan or the most auspicious

One by placing on his head the flood waters of GangA that arose

out of Sriman naarAyaNA's sacred feet during His avathAram

as Thrivikraman. In this matter , there is similarity between

BharathA and Parama Sivan in that both of them were ennobled

by affiliation with their Lord's sacred Paadham .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Here the reference is back

to the second slOkam of this Paddhathi .At AyOdhyA , Raamaa

stepped on His Paadhukhais first prior to His journey to

the forest ( PrthvIm vihAya SamprayAsyan PRATHAMAM thvAm

AALAMBHATHA). Hence , there is no question about BharathA

bringing a new PaadhukhA from AyOdhyA for RaamA to bless it

prior to giving it to him . BharathA requests his brother:

at Chithrkootam " adhirOhArya PaadhAbhyAM " ( Please step onto

the Paadhukhais before gifting them to me ) . This is consistent

with the practise of a sishyan , who places his AchArya Paadhukhai

on his head after the AchAryan steps on them and then presents it

to the Sishyan .

 

(3) Here Swami Desikan points out that both Bharathan and

Parama Sivan have matted locks ( jatA kalApam ). One had

the Raama Paadhukhais on his head and the other had the sacred

waters that flowed out of the holy feet of Thrivikraman on

his matted hair.Both shone with equal splendor due to

the close affilation with the object that had affiliation

with the Lord's sacred Paadham (SatAri and GangA )....V.S