Padhuka Sahasram-277

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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:

 

277. padhEShu mandhEShu mahathsvapi thvam

nIranDhrasamshlEShavathI murArE:

prathyAyanArTham kila pAdhukE! na:

svABhAvikam darshayasi praBhAvam

 

Oh Paaduka! The Lord can adopt a small or a large foot, depending on

His form and size in that Avatara (say, Vamana and Trivikrama). Lord

Ranganatha too can place His steps in small or large measure in His

stride. You too can adapt Your size or stride to suite His, so that

You will have unintermittent contact with the Lord's Feet. Certain it

is that You show Your natural greatness in this in order to infuse in

us a confidence in You!

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.SaTakOpan (V.S):

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE!

You increase our faith in You by taking the small

or big form to serve the Lord's feet during His

many avathArAs. This way , You are never disassociated

from Your Lord's Thiruvadi on any occasion . During

VamanAvathAram , You took a smaller shape to fit

the feet of the mystrious dwarf . When Your Lord

grew to His gigantic form as Thrivikraman and

measured the earth , sky and the beyond ,You took on

another appropriate form to fit the growing feet.

This way, You protected Your Lord's feet and displayed

Your supermacy.

 

(2) Sriamth Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! You

cling to Your Lord's feet , whether it is small or

gigantic . You take on the matching shape and protect

Your Lord's Thiruvadi. Through such display of

devotion, You enhance our faith in Your innate

glory.

 

(3) The svAbhAvika prabhAvam (innate glory )of

the Paadhukais is celebrated here.Paadhukai has

the power to be small, when it has to be small

and big , when it has to be big ( mandhEshu padhEshu

mandha:, mahathsvapi padhEshu mahath). The most

important feature inspite of all the transformations

in dimensions of Paadhukai is its inseperablity from

the Lord's Thiruvadi. That natural glory of

the Paadhukais instills reverence in

the minds of its devotees ...V.S