Fw: RPS-783

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

783. thava ranganarEndhrapAdharakshE!

prakruthi: sannapi BhakthipArathanthryAth

BhavathIm vahathIva pannagEndhra:

praThithasvasthikalakshaNaI: shirOBhi:

 

Oh Paaduka! Adisesha is Your original model so to say, ince he has taken

Your form (as other forms too). Nevertheless, by dint of intense devotion

to You, he bears on his thousand hoods, the shape of Paaduka, as

the Swastika (or thuthi) symbol-paying homage to you that way !

 

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

 

SlOkam 783

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Ranganatha PadhukE! AdhisEshahas taken

Your form

because of his great regard and devotion for you .He wears yet on the back

of his thousand

hoods as a foot print or mark of auspiciousness. AdisEsha wears the symbol

known as

Swathi on his hoods , which is made up of two linked PaadhukAs . Even if

AdisEsha has

taken Your form already , he still wears the Swasthi mark on his thousand

hoods out of

the great respect he has for You.

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The sannivEsam ( appearance ) of Paadhukai

is

like PerumAL's ThiruvadikaL.There is also a mark on the hood of AdhisEsha ,

which is like PerumAl's Thiruvadi.When one looks at this insignia, it

appears

as though AdisEshan , who has taken the avathAram of Paadhukai still

wishes to carry on His head the Paadhukai out of reverence for the

Paadhukai.

The inner meaning is that AchAryAs are eternally liberated souls (nitya

sooris)

and even when they incarnate as AchAryAs , they celebrate the AchAryAs.

 

3) Oh PaadhukE! Although AdhisEshan is the source of Your avathAram

(PannagEndhra: Tava Prakruthi: sannapi) , He carries You in the form of

Svasthika on His hoods ( PraTitha Svasthika: lakshaNai: sirObhi: vahathi).

This he does because of his great reverence for You and is bound by

his devotion to You ( Bhakthi paaratantryAth bhavatheem vahathi)...(V.S).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan