Fw: RPS-784

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

784. parasya pumsa: padhasannivEshAn

prayunjathE BhavithapancharAthrA:

aGhaprathIpAnapadhishya puNdrAn

angEShu rangEshayapAdhukE! thvAm

 

Oh Paaduka! Those who follow the Pancharatra (or Vaikhanasa) agama for

paying homage to the Lord (in Aradhana), have the habit of adorning their

limbs (forehead, neck, chest, belly and shoulders) with the mark of

the Lord's Foot; the Foot herein is only a pretext, so described; actually

,

they are of Your shape only! (Paaduka only)

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S)

 

SlOkam 784:

 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh RanganAtha PadhukE! SrI VaishNavaas

conversant with PaancharAthra aagamAs wear You on their forehead and

other parts of the body . Those twelve marks on their upper torso are for

reminding themselves about You , who carry the Lord's holy feet . Those

marks representing You remove all their sins by their presence (on the

bodies of

SrI VaishNavAs).

 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! Those who are conversant with

PaancharAthram adorn their upper torso with the twelve ThirumaNNs. The name

is

only sacred clay ( Thiru MaNN ) but it is really Paadhukais , which are

adorned

by the SrI VaishNavAs on their body.

 

3) Oh RangEsaya PadhukE! PaancharAthrA practioners (BhAvitha PaancharAthrA:)

adorn the ThirumaNNs , which are in the form of the Lord's sacred feet on

their body

for elimination of sins ( aga pratheepAn Parasya Pumsa: padha sannivEsAn

prayunjathE).

Actually those ThirumaNNs (PuNDrAn) are insignia for You alone ( PuNDrAn

Upadisya

ThvAm angEshu prayunjathE)...(V.S).

 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan