Fw: RPS-781

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

781. aNOraNIyasIm viShNOrmahathOpi mahIyasIm

prapadhyE pAdhukAm nithyam thathpadhEnaIva sammithAm

 

I cling to the Paaduka-as my only shelter-which Paaduka adapts a form to

suit the Lord's Feet, whether he is in a mini-particle size as an atom or

in

a mammoth-sized form-this the Paaduka does as the Lord himself does.

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

 

The 25 th Paddhathi of SrI RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram has tweny verses

dealing with the intimate physical connections tha tthe PaadhukAs have with

the Lord's

holy feet during His many incarnations. The changes in shapes and forms

during those

occasions are covered in this section known as SannivEsa Paddhathi.

 

 

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1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: I bow always before the PaadhukAs ,

which exactly fit the feet of the small sized VishNu (Vaamana) or the feet

of

the giant sized VishNu ( Thrivikrama) equally well.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The SannivEsam ( Uruvam , the form) of

the Paadhukais are described here. It is customary for the Paadhukais to

be neither larger or smaller than one's feet. It should be of the

appropraite

size (SannivEsam) to fit the feet of the one , who wears it. In the case of

the Lord , the Paadhukais match the Lord's feet exactly , whether His feet

are small as in the case of VaamanAvathAram or huge as at the time of

ThrivikramAvathAram.

 

3) Swamy DEsikan offers his Prapatthi to the miraculous Paadhukais here

( VishNO: PaadhukAm prapadhyE). They have the matching dimension

with the Lord's holy feet always( nithyam tath-padhEnaiva sammithAm

PaadhukAm prapadhyE). Those PaadhukAs are smaller than the small

Thriuvadi during the VaamanAvathAram ( aNO: aNIyAn ) and larger

than the large feet of the Lord during ThrivikramAvathAram ( mahathOapi

maheeyaseem ) . The shape and size changes befitting the occasion

to serve the Lord.

 

The MahA NaarAyaNOpanishad manthram is recalled by Swamy Desikan here:

 

" aNO: aNeeyAn mahathO maheeyAn AathmA guhAyAm nihithOsya JanthO:

Tamakrathum pasyati veethasOkO dhAthu: prasAdhAn mahimAnam Isam "

 

Here the Supreme Self , the indweller of the ChEthanam is recognized as

subtler than the subtle and greater than the great . That ParamAthmA is

seated in the heart lotus of the chEthanam. The Upanishad manthram goes on

to describe the aathma saakshAthkAram of the ParamAthmA in the hrudhya

puNDareekam by the JeevAthmA and the gaining of freedom from all

griefs as a rsult of the anugraham of the ParamAthmA.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan