Fw: RPS-785

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

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

 

785. vimrushya rangEndhrapathimvarAYA:

shruthE: sThithAm mUrDhani pAdhukE! thvAm

baDhnanthi vruDdhA: samayE vaDhUnAm

thvanmudhrithAnyABharaNAni moULoU

 

Oh Paaduka! Knowledgeable persons prescribe placing You (in the Shape of

Thiruman engraved on the Thirumangalya) on the head of the bride at the

marriage ceremony. Because it is auspicious. Even the Veda damsel bears

You,

she bearing the Lord on her head-this is because the Veda, accepts the Lord

Narayana only, as its subject of praise and this means she bears the Lord

with the

Paaduka on her head for auspiciousness.

 

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

 

SlOkam 785

 

1) UtthamUr SWamy's anubhavam: In the previous slOkam , Swamy Desikan

revealed that the twelve insignias that SrI VaishNavAs wear on thier bodies

are the representations of the PaadhukAs protecting the Lord's holy feet.

Here, he states that PaadhukAs are present in the symbolic form in

the auspicious jewelery worn by married women around their necks.

Swamy Desikan says: " Sri RanganAyaki wears You on Her head

(between the brows) . Knowing this , the wise ones make the new brides

wear jewelery containing Your form from the time of their marriages " .

Swamy Desikan refers here to the ceremony before tying of the auspicious

thread around the neck of the bride by the bridegroom during the wedding

ceremony . A piece of jewelery containing the representation of the PaadhukA

is placed along with a yoke on the head of the bride. This symbolic act

follows the tradition set by SrI DEvi.

 

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: During the marriage celebrations,

an yoke is palced on the head of the bride along with the ThirumAngalyam

jewelery. ThirumAngalyam has the sign of ThirumaNN. One may ask why

such a procedure is practised. It is because VedAs have the PaadhukAs on

their heads . As a result of having the PaadhukAs on their heads, the Veda

Sthrees become nithya sumangalis.Similarly it is hoped that the placement

of Paadhukai's insignia on the heads of brides would make them also

nithya sumangalees.

 

3) During the marriage celebrations, elders place on the heads of brides

an aabharaNam containing the insignia of PaadhukAs ( VruddhA: kalyANa

samayE VadhUnAm mouLou Thvan-mudhrithAni aabharaNAni Bhadhnanthi).

This is because the enlightened ones recognize that PaadhukAs rest on the

top of

the head of Veda Sthrees , who are the consorts of Lord RanganAthaa . This

presence

on Veda Siras ( Upanishads) provide nithya soumAngalyam to the brides

( ThvAm RangEndhra pathim varAyA: sruthE: moordhani sTithAm ). Thinking of

this symbolism (vimrusya) , the elders place the ThirumAngalyam on the Yoke

and place it on top of the heads of the new brides for the conferral of

nithya soumAngalyam....(V.S).

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan