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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

711. shoUrE: shuDdhAnthanArINAm vihAramaNidharpaNam
prasatthEriva samsThAnam padhathrANamupAsmahE

We reverentially meditate on the Paaduka-which serves as a mirror in 
which the Duvine Consorts look in a playful fashion, and which is an 
incarnation so to say, of the Lord's grace as well as the crystal 
clarity of the Lord.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

SlOkam 711 

1) Introduction for the Bimbha-Prathibhimbha Paddathi:
There are twenty verses in this Paddhathi. In the past few 
paddhathis , Swamy desikan described the glories of 
the different kinds of gems adorning the Padhukais.
In this section , He describes the reflections and 
the counter reflections of many images on the sacred gems 
adorning the Padhukais.

2) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: We offer our salutations to
the PaadhukAs , which are known for their clarity. They serve as 
the novel mirror for the ladies of the inner chambers of the Lord
to check on their own beauty.

3) SrImad Andavan's anubhavam:The clarity of the gems on 
the SatAri make it function like a blemishless mirror. The ladies 
of the Lord's inner chambers (His Devis) see their bhimbhams in
the Paadukai and use it as a gem studded mirror to check their
alankArams. 

4)"SourE SuddhAntha Naaree:" are the Lord's consorts occupying
the inner chambers like MahA Lakshmi, BhU Devi et al. They
decorate themselves and need a mirror to have a last minute
check on their appearances as the Lord approaches . They 
wish to check whether their aabharaNams and flowers are 
in order . They look at their reflections (Prathibhimbhams )
on the shiny surface of the clear gems on Paadhukais , which serve 
as the gem-studded mirror ( maNi DarpaNam).That MaNi DarpaNam is 
the embodiment of clarity ( prasatthE: SamsTAnam) and reflects
perfectly the bhimbhams of the DEvis of the Lord...(V.S). 








Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

712. kamalApathipAdhukE! kadhAchidh
vihagEndhrasthvayi bimbithO viBhAthi
savilAsagathEpi rangaBharthu:
nijamAthmAnamivOpayA(DhA)thukAma:

Oh Paaduka! In view of being reflected in You only on occasions of 
the Lord riding over him, Garuda probably longs to be reflected in 
You, by standing near You, so that he can have the satisfaction of 
doing a service now too, being reflected in the Padhuka surface!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S)

SlOkam 712

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukAs of the consort of
MahA Lakshmi! Garuda is standing near Your Lord. His form is
reflected on Your gems. This reflected image of Garuda 
seems to suggest that He wants to be the transport for
the Lord , when You are carrying Him all alone. His image
follows as reflections on You , wherever You take 
the Lord on Your back.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The image of Garudan is reflected 
on the shiny gem-studded surface of the Paadhukai. When Your Lord 
steps into You for His sanchAram , it is like Him stepping on 
Garudan's back for His sanchAram. This makes one think that 
Garudan is so eager to have the Kaimkaryam of transporting the Lord 
that He enters into You to have that bliss of service. The inner
meaning is that AzhwAr's paasurams are veda Saaram (the essence of
VedAs). Garudan is Veda Svaroopam and hence one is reminded of
Garudan, when one thinks of SatAri Soori ( Paadhukais).

3)Garudan is some times reflected on Your mirror-like surface
( kadAchith Thvayi BimBitha: VihagEndra:). At those times , Garudan
looks like being eager to offer His body for transporting the Lord 
as RanganAtha steps out for His playful sanchAram on the Paadhukais
( VihagEndra: Rangabharthu: savilAsagathEapi nijam aathmAnam 
upayAthukAma iva vibhAthi)..(V.S). 









Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

713. maNipankthiShu thE dhishAmaDhIshA:
prathibimbAni nijAni vIkshamANA:
aBhiyanthi mukundhapAdhukE! thvAm
aDhikArAntharasruShtishankayEva

Oh Paaduka! The guardian-gods of the eight directions, like Indra, 
seeing their images reflected on Your surface of manifold gems, 
develop a fear that 'substitute appointees' have arrived and approach 
You fast to surrender unto You!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 713

1) UtthamUr Sawmy's anubhavam: Oh Mukundha PaadhukE! 
The Lords of directions approach You and bow before You.
At that time , they see many reflections of themselves
on Your gems. They suddenly become afraid that new Lords of
the directions have been created and that they have lost thrir
power and positions. Out of this sudden fear , they surrender 
to You and seek Your intercession to retain their positions.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: IndrA and the other DEvAs
and DhigpAlakAs see themselves reflected on You , when they
prostrate before Your Lord . When they see thir prathibimbhams
on You , they fear whether they have been replaced by others
to carry out their assigned duties.The inner meaning is that 
high positions like that BrahmA and IndhrA are easily available
to those , who desire only MOksham and engage in Bhakthi 
or Prapatthi yOgam . These paramaikAnthis spurn however such
high positions in favor of Moksham and nithya kaimkaryam to 
the Lord at SrI Vaikuntam . 

3)Oh MaNI PaadhukE! The Ashta dhig paalakAs (protectors of 
the eight directions) arrive at Your Lord's side and see their 
prathiBhimbhams reflected on the surfaces of Your mirror-like gems
( DhisAm adheesA: tE maNi pankthishu nijAni prathiBimBAni 
VeeksahamAnA:). At that time , their anxiety whether they have 
been replaced in their jobs grips them and they fear for 
their positions ( adhikArAnthara Srushti SankayEva ThvAm 
abiyanthi).They approach you for stability of their jobs..(V.S) 







Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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


714. maNimoULishathEna bimbithEna praNathAnAm paritha; surAsurANAm
muraBinmaNipAdhukE! mahimnA yugapath thEShu samarpithEva BhAsi

Oh Manipaaduka! The Devas and Asuras come and bow in their large 
numbers. You are reflected in the crowns of all, all at the same 
time. For a moment they are struck with awe at Your being placed on 
the crowns of so many worshippers and wonder whether it be not 
because of Your greatness!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 714

1) UtthamUr Swamy's aubhavam: Oh PaadhukE of MurAri !
On all sides , DevAs and asurAs are assembled to wear
You on their heads . The crowns on their heads get
reflected simultaneously on Your gems. It appears then 
that You are residing on all their crowned heads simultaneously.
Swamy Desikan says that there is a huge crowd of devotees
waiting to recieve SatAri on their heads during the festival
times . There is a delay in satisfying all of them.The reflections 
of the crowned heads of the assembled devotees on the gems of 
PaadhukAs seem to solve the delay problem by holding 
together all of the images simultaneously.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! When one sees 
the many reflections of the crowns of the DevAs and asurAs 
on Your shiny gems , it appears as though You 
are present in each one of their kirItams. Even if You 
are one entity , You appear as though You have taken 
thousands of forms to occupy every one of the crowned heads of 
the asurAs and DevAs standing in front of You to offer
their prostrations.You seem to have mysterious powers to
be present on tens of thousands of crowned heads just as
Lord KrishNA took tens of thousands of forms at DwArakai
to be present as the Master of the House at every one
of the 16,000 abodes of the women , whom he had married
after NarakAsura Vadham.Both of You ( Your Lord and Yourself)
seem to share this MaayA sakthi. 

3)Oh Paadhukais of the Lord , who destroyed the asuran
by the name of Muran (Murabhin-maNi PaadhukE)! All around You
are the DevAs and asurAs . Your images are reflected on each of
their gem-studded crowns ( praNathAnAm surAsurANAm paritha:
BhimBithEna maNimouLi sathEna bhAsi). You seem to exercise 
mysterious power to reside at many places /crowned heads
at the same time( sva-mahimnA tEshu yugapath samarpithEva 
bhAsi)...(V.S). 







Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

715. upanIthamupAyanam surEndhraI:
prathibimbacChalathasthvayi praviShtam
svayamEva kila prasAdhaBhUmnA
prathigruhNAsi mukundhapAdhukE! thvam

Oh Paaduka! The Deva chiefs come with their respectful offerings to 
the Lord. Those materials on being reflected on You create a vision 
in one's imagination as though You, in Your great kindness received 
their offerings meant for the Lord (as an attendant would do)!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

SlOkam 715

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Mukundha PaadhukE! 
The reflections of the fruits and flowers that the DevAs 
bring to You as offerings are seen on Your gems. Out of
Your kindness , You appear to recieve them directly through 
the route of their images. Normally , devotees bring fruits
and flowers and leave it in front of their Gods. Here ,
it appears that the special compassion of the PaadhukAs permits
the offerings to be recieved directly by the PaadhukAs through 
their images of the offerers seen on the gems of the Paadhukais. 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! the upahArams 
(offerings) brought by the devAs are reflected on Your mirror
like gems.Those BhimBhams suggest that You recieve those
offerings directly from them. 

3)Oh Mukundha PaadhukE! The exalted DevAs (SurEndrA: ) bring
with them offerings for You (upaneetham upAyanam).The images
(Bhimbhams) are reflected (prathibhimBhams) on the clear
surfaces of the gems on the Paadhukais through the power
of their (gem's) clarity ( prasAdha bhUmnA).That scene 
looks as though You are directly recieving their SamarpaNams
(prasAdha bhUmnA svayamEva prathigruhNAsi iva)..(V.S).







Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

716. rangEshvarasya navapallavalOBhanIyoU
pAdhoU kaThannu kaTinA svayamudhvahEyam
ithyAkalayya niyatham maNipAdhukE! thvam 
padhmAstharam vahasi thathprathibimbalakshAth

Oh Manipaaduka! When the Lord is to set His Lotus Feet on You, the 
lotus image is formed on Your surface. I would explain it as the 
lotus layer specially spread by yourself on You in Your great 
consideration of the highly sensitive and delicate feet of the Lord 
by reason of which You feared the feet cannot be let to be placed on 
Your surface, rough because of gems!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 716

1) UthtamUr Swamy's anubhavam: So far , Swamy Desikan described 
the BhimBhams formed on the gems of the Paadhukais before the Lord 
starts His travel on them . Now , he starts to praise the shadows 
of the Lord's lotus feet on the PaadhukAs , just as He is about to
place His feet inside them to start His sanchAram .Swamy Desikan 
says: " Oh MaNi PaadhukE! Your Lord's feet are so soft that even 
tender creepers want to acquire their softness. You seem to worry 
about transporting those tender feet on Your surface adorned with 
hard gems . Therefore , You reflect with affection and use 
the excuse of the shadow of the Lord's lotus feet on You as 
the bed of lotus petals to make Your surface comfortable 
to the lord during His travels on You.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam :Oh PaadhukE! The PadhmAsanam 
under the Lord's feet is reflected on Your shining gems.When
one thinks about the lotus soft feet of the Lord , it appears
as though You hesitate to place those soft feet directly on Your 
hard surface and position the padhmAsanam itself to as
an interleaf(cushion) to support those soft feet .

3)The most desirable feet of Lord RanganAthA are like tender
new shoots of creepers ( RangEswarasya nava pallava lObhaneeyau
paadhou). Your surface is encrusted with hard gems ( Thvam kaDinA).
You seem to worry over the thought as how You can invite those
soft feet on Your hard surface ( kaDinA svayam kaTannu udhvahEyam
ithi aakalya ). You seem to solve this dilemma by carrying 
the prathiBhimBham of the PadmAsanam itself ( Tath prathiBhimBha-
lakshAth padhmAstaram vahasi); that PadhmAsanam in turn 
serves as the seat for the Lotd's lotus soft feet.This is
for sure(niyatham). 






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

717. pAdhArpaNAth praThamathO haridhashmaramyE
maDhyE thava prathiPhalanmaNipAdharakshE!
manyE nidharshayathi rangapathiryugAnthE
nyagrODhapathrashayitham nijamEva rUpam

Oh Manipaaduka! When the slightly bending Ranganatha gets reflected 
in the emerald stone layer of yourself, it creates a mysterious 
vision in my mind; You perhaps wish to exhibit, in a reminiscent 
view, the image of the Lord reclining on a fig leaf once upon a time! 
(See verse 841)

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 717

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here, Swamy Desikan describes
the moment , when RanganAtha bends slightly to place His
feet in to the PaadukAs. His shadow falls on then on the rows of
emeralds adorning the center portion of the PaadhukAs.Swamy Desikan
describes the effect of that sacred image on his mind. He says: 
" Oh MaNi PaadhukE! Prior to entering You , Your Lord bends to
position His feet. At that time , the reflection of His divine
body is seen on the rows of Your emeralds at Your mid portion. 
That green image/reflection reminds me of the Lord displaying
His VaDapathra sAyee form lying on a pupil leave at the time 
of MahA PraLayam.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning is that
PerumAL rests on the pupil leaf without any worry about 
the safety of Jeevans ,who are positioned safely inside
His stomach . Similarly , PerumAL is free of worries about 
Jeevans during the time of the presence of His sadAchAryAs 
in His leelA VIbhUthi . 

3)Oh PaadhukE! The Lord of Rangam sees Himself reflected on
Your beautiful green emerald gems as He bends to position 
His feet inside You before the start of His sanchAram 
( Rangapathi: pAdhArpaNAth praTamatha: haridasma ramyE 
Tava madhyE prathiphalan). At that time , He seems to point
out as comparison for His reflected image on emeralds ,
the scene at the time of universal deluge , when He 
rests on a pupil leaf ( Tava MadhyE prathiphalan ,
yugAnthE nyAgrOdha pathra sayitham nija roopamEva
nidarsayathi manyE)...(V.S).







Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

718. yAthrAvasAnamaDhigacChathi ranganAThE
vishrANayasyanupadham maNipAdhukE! THVAM
prAya: prayANasamayE prathibimbithAnAm
thIrThAvagAhamaparam thridhashEshvaraNAm

Oh Manipaaduka! At the conclusion of each festival, the Deva chiefs, 
while taking leave, bow and get reflected in You. This grants them a 
chance of entering into a holy place and taking a holy bath in the 
sacred waters and of the traditional Avabhrutha immersion! (Yes, this 
even though they are pure from an earlier regular bath). 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 718

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh MaNi PaadhukE! At the end of
Your Lord's journeys on You , the DevAs who accompanied Him take 
leave. At that time , their bodies are reflected on Your gems.
Those images make me think that You are blessing them with
theertthavAri , the ritual bath taken at the conclusion of 
the Uthsavams for the Lord. Swamy Desikan thinks of 
the BrahmOthsavam for Lord RanganAtha . He sees the DevAs 
assembled to join the festivities . On the final day , DevAs
take leave of our Lord. The shadows of their bodies reflected on 
the Paadhukais at that time appear to suggest the ritual of 
purificatory bath prescribed at the conclusion of the BrahmOthsavam . 
The holiness of the PadhukAs help to cleanse the DevAs before their
departures to their respective homes.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:The occasion is BrahmOthsavam 
at SrIrangam . It is the last day of the Uthsavam , when 
TheerthavAri takes place at Chandra PushkaraNi. The dEvAs take a dip
in the sacred pond of the Lord and are ready to return to their
own homes . Their images are reflected on the Paadhukais
at that time. That evokes the image of Paadhukai's lustre 
flowing as a flood to bathe the DevAs again and again. 

3) The time is the end of the Uthsavam at SrIrangam
( RanganAtasya YaathrA avasAnam).The dEvAs are ready to
return to their abodes after TheerTavaari ; during 
that time of their departure , their images are reflected
on Paadhukais' shiny surface ( PrayANa samayE prathiBhimBithAnAm 
thridasEsvarANAm ). Those reflections on You makes it appear 
that You serve as an alternate Chandra PushkaraNi for 
the DevAs , where TheerTavAri takes place ( ThridasEsvarANAm
aparam TheerTAvagAham iva). The multiple reflections on
the Padhukais give the impression of the DevAs participating in 
repeated theerTavAris ( aparam theerTavAham anupadham 
visrANayasi prAya:)...(V.S). 






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

719. ucchAvachEShu thava rathnagaNEShu mAtha:
vEDhA: prayANasamayE prathibimbithAnga:
AshankathE mura(maDhuBhidhO maNipAdhukE! thvA-
mAgAmikalpakamalAsanapankthigarBhAm

Oh Mother Manipaaduka! Brahma sees his reflections on the different 
varieties of gems on You and wonders whether You exhibit so many 
future incumbents of the Brahma post!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 719

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! After the departure of 
the DEvAs , BrahmA tarries a little before taking leave of 
RanganAtha. At that time of proximity to the Lord , BrahmA's body is 
reflected in many of Your gems.When BrahmA sees his many images on
You , he thinks of the many future BrahmAs that will come 
after his reign. He thinks that You have all of those BrahmAs 
held inside You.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Chathurmukha BrahmA completes 
the officiation at the Lord's Uthsavam and is about to return to
his abode of Sathya LOkam . At that time , he sees the many
reflected images of himself on the mirror like surfaces of
the Paadhukai ;those images make him wonder whether all of
them are the images of future BrahmAs waiting to be appointed
for Srushti kaimkaryam in other kalpams after his term is over. 

3)Oh PaadhukE!BrahmA ( vEdhA:)has completed the BrahmOthsavam 
at SrIrangam and he is about to return home. During that
time of impending travel , he sees himself reflected 
on the many gems adorning Your surface ( PrayANa SamayE vEdha: 
ucchAvachEshu Tava rathna gaNEshu prathiBhimBhitha anga:). 
That sight makes him wonder whether those images are those of 
future BrahmAs ,who are housed inside You ( ThvAm aagAmi-kalpa 
KamalAsana pankthi garbhAm aasankathE)...(V.S). 








Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

720. AlOlarashminiyathAm maNipAdhukE! thvA-
mAruhya sancharathi rangapathoU salIlam
antha: purEShu yugapathsudhrushO BhajanthE
dOLADhirOhaNarasam thvayi bimbithAngya:

Oh Manipaaduka! As the Lord goes to the harem, the damsels therein 
see their images get rocked here and there by the ropes in the form 
of gem-rays, thus giving them a pleasure-swing!

[So far the Paaduka in Archa form was praised. From the next verse, 
Paaduka in Vibhava (avatara) form.]

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkma 720

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh MaNi PaadhukE! 
RanganAtha bids farewell to all the visitors and enters 
His inner chambers with Your help. There , the shadows of 
the ladies of the inner chamber fall on Your gems. 
With the long rays from Your precious stones (ropes) , 
You look then like a swing on which the ladies amuse 
themselves.RanganAtha is the One who pushes the swing back 
and forth.The ladies of the inner chamber enjoy this play.

2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! The rays from 
Your gems look like the ropes holding a swing. You look like
the seat of that swing. All the ladies of the Lord's inner 
chambers are reflected on Your mirror-like surface. That scene
of all of them being seen on Your surface is like them 
enjoying the movement of the swing simultaneously. 

3)As Lord RanganAthA moves with His paadhukais 
in the antha: puram during His sportly activities 
with His devis (ThvAm aaruhya antha: purEshu saleelam 
sancharathi), the rays from the gems --the ropes of a swing-- 
on His Paadhukais ( the moving swing itself) also goes forward 
and backward (Rangapathou aalOla rasmi niyathAm ThvAm). 
The images of the antha: pura sthrees are reflected on 
the mirror-like surfaces of the Paadhukais (Thavi BhimBitha
angya: Sudrusa:). The simultaneous reflected imagery of
all the ladies makes it look as though all the ladies 
are enjoying their ride on the swing simultaneously...(V.S).