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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

721. kAlEShu rAGhavapadhAvani! Bhakthinamra:
kAryANi dhEvi! BharathO vinivEdhayamsthE
thvadhrathnabimbithathayApi muhu: svakIyAm
rAjAsanasThithimavEkshya Bhrutham lalajjE

Oh Manipaaduka Devi! With You ceremoniously seated on the throne, 
Bharata approaches You with reverence and prostration for instruction 
and permission (on administrative issues). When he sees his image in 
You, he feels he has ascended the throne he has scrupulously avoided 
and he shudders in shame. What a unique moralist, this Bharata!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan


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

SlOkam 721

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: So far, Swamy Desikan
focussed on ArchA of Lord RanganAtha. Now, he shifts his
attention to Vibhava in this and the next two slOkAs.

Swamy Desikan says here: " Oh Queen! Oh Paadhukais of
SrI RaamachandrA ! There were times , when Bharatha 
with his body bent in devotion to You had to approach 
You seated on the throne of Raghus. When he approached You 
thus to address and consult with You on the matters of State ,
his image was reflected on Your gems. BharathA felt uncomfortable
at these times because he felt that he was sitting on 
the throne by proxy . What a righteous man was BharathA!"

Swamy Desikan celebrates the propriety of BharathA , who
felt ashamed even at the thought of his reflection falling
on the gems of the PaadhukAs seated on the heriditary throne
of the Raghus. Such was BharathA's distaste to sit on 
the throne , which in his mind belonged to his elder brother.

2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: In their dreams , the Saadhus 
might occasionally experience that they have done some thing wrong.
Even if it was only a dream , the Saadhus are terrified over
that experience, when they wake up. 

3) Oh Padhukai protecting the feet of Lord Raaghavan
( Raaghava Padhavani)! There are times in which Bharatha 
bends before the Paadhukias with devotion ( Kaaleshu 
Bhakthi namra: Bharatha:).He is engaged in presenting
the affairs of the nation to be taken care of by You 
( tE kaaryANi vinivEdhayan sann). At those times , his 
image is seen reflected on Your gems ( Thvath rathna 
BimbhithavAnn). It is just his reflections (Bhimbham)
and Bharatha is not sitting on the throne at all and it is 
only the Paadhukais that are sitting on the throne and 
ruling the kingdom in the name of Lord Raamachandran
as latter's representative . Bharatha gets uncomfortable 
recognizing his image over the throne and feels very bad
(svakeeyaam rAjAsana sTithim avEkshya muhu: bhrusam 
lalajjE )...V.S 






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

722. prathyAgathO vijayini praThamE raGhUNAm
vinyasyathi thvayi padham maNipAdharakshE!
rathnoUGhabimbithanishAcharavAnarAm thvAm
pUrvAkshaNasThamiva puShpakamanvapashyan

Oh Manipaaduka! When the greatest of the Raghus, Sri Rama, returned 
victorious, he inserted His feet on to You. At that moment, the 
Rakshasas and the Vanaras standing all around, were found reflected 
in the rows of gems on You, exactly as all were present in the 
Pushpaka Vimana previously, thus enabling the people (of Ayodhya) to 
witness the Vimana scene, re-enacted.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 722

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Mani PaadhukE! When the scion of 
the family of Raghus returned to AyOdhyA after destroying RaavaNa ,
BharathA united RaamA's holy feet with You. At that time , 
the reflections of all the monkeys, bears and asurAs , who
accompanied RaamA on the Pushpaka VimAnam were seen on Your
many gems. Those at the scene seeing this image thought that 
You are indeed that aerial chariot (Pushpaka VimAnam) that 
transported all the retinue of Raama on His journey from 
LankA to AyOdhyA.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The moment Lord Raamachandra
stepped out of the Pushpaka VimAnam with His entourage from
LankA , Bharatha united his brother's feet with the joyous 
Paadhukais, which was longing for that reunion with its master.
All the entourage of the Lord was reflected on the gems of
the Paadhukais at that moment. That imagery made the Paadhukais 
appear like the Pushpaka vimAnam that carried few moments before 
all the entourage of the Lord . 

3)Lord Raamachnadra , the noblest of Raghu vamsam returned 
from Lanka after His victory over Raavana ( Vijayani prathyAgathE
RaghUNAm prathama:).He united His feet with His Paadhukais
( RaghUNAm PraTamE Thvayi padham vinyasyathi). At that time,
the reflections of the assemblage of asuraas and monkeys 
that accompanied the Lord from LankA are seen on the gems of 
the Paadhukais( Padham Thvayi vinyasyathi sathi rathnouga 
Bhimbhitha nisAchara VaanarAm). The citizens of AyOdhyA were
waiting to see their Lord unite with His PaadhukAs to symbolize
His resumption of duties as their king . The imagery of 
the monkeys and asurAs on the gems made the people feel
that the Paadhukais resembled the Pushpaka VimAnam 
that carried the entourage of Lord Raamachandran
few minutes beforeThvAm poorva-kshaNasTam Pushpakam
iva anvapasyan)...(V.S). 






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

723. vaIyAkulIm shamayithum jagathO vahanthyA
rakshADhurAm raGhuDhuranDharapAdharakshE!
prAjyam yasha: prachurachAmarabimbalakshAth
prAyasthvayA kabaLitham prathiBhUpathInAm

Oh Raghava-Paaduka! You undertook the burden of safeguarding the 
world's interest, when a crisis befell (in the form of Ravana's 
wicked behavior). When the white chamaras, wafted for You, get 
reflected on You, it appears as though You swallow the fame of the 
enemy-kings and that is what is apparent as the white image on You!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 723

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Paadhukais of the Lord ,
who bore the burden of the Raghu vamsam! Many fans are waved
in front of You and the reflections of those fans on Your gems
appear like the garlands of praise offered by the enemy kings ,
who were put in their place by Your power of protecting 
the kingdom from all calamities and agitations.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! When Lord Ramachandra 
left for the forest , you accepted the responsibilitis to govern
a kingless state , which was exposed to great dangers.At the time of 
Your coronation, lot of the kings and the royal servants waved 
the ChAmarams (fans made from the white tail hair of Kavari deeers ).
The reflections of those silver handled chAmarams were seen on 
the surface of your gems. That imagery reminds the assembled of
the swallowing of the glories of the enemy knigs by You.

3)Oh Paadhukais protecting the sacred feet of SrI Raamachandra,
who is capable of discharging the royal duites of all the kings of
Raghu Vamsam ( Raghudhurandhra PaadharakshE)! The people of 
the world had no one to protect them , when Raamachandran 
left for the forest to follow His father's commands and 
You stepped in remove their worries ( Jagatha: vyAkuleem 
samayithum rakshAdhurAm vahanthyA).The royal attendants 
waved many chAmarams then to demonstrate their devotion to You. 
The reflections of those chAmarams were seen on Your gems 
during that occasion .That imagery of the white chAmarams 
on the gems made one think that it symbolized Your swallowing
in one gulp of the glories of all the enemy kings...(V.S).







Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

724. prathidhishamupayAthE dhEvi! yAthrOthsavArTham
thvayi viharaNakAlE bimbithE jIvalOkE
vahasi maNigaNaIsthvam pAdhukE! rangaBharthu:
kabaLithasakalArThAm kAnchidhanyAmavasThAm

Oh Paaduka Devi! While in a procession, devotees throng from all 
directions; they get reflected in You. It then looks as though You 
had swallowed the whole universe, in a manner of the Lord doing so 
during the deluge and reclining on a fig leaf.
(Archa, again)

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 724

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh DEvi PaadhukE! When
You travel outside with Your Lord , the reflections of 
the countless number of people joined to worship Your Lord 
remind one of the stomach of the little child floating on 
the leaf of a pupil tree at the time of universal deluge 
(praLayam) . Like Your Lord , You keep them protected in 
Your stomach made up by Your gems.

Swamy Desikan suggests here that many , many reflections of
people thronged to pay their salutations to the Paadhukais 
are seen on its gems. The containment of these multitude of
reflections of people by the gems of Paadhukais remind one of 
the God child , which swallowed the entire universe for its 
protection during the deluge and floated calmly on a pupil
leaf over the oceans as VaDapathra Saayee.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukA Devi! During the Uthsavam 
times at SrIrangam , PerumAL travels on the raaja veedhis of 
SrIrangam adorning You. The reflections of the assembly of devotees 
is seen at that time on the surface of Your gems. That sight (the 
BhimBham) of all the people reflected on You reminds adiyEn of 
VaDapathra Saayee, who keeps the entire world inside His stomach 
during the time of deluge.

3)Oh PaadhukA Devi! You transport the Lord of SrIrangam
during His festival times around the streets . Many people
from all corners have assembled to have the blessings of
seeing Your Lord at those festival times( Thvam YaathrA 
uthsavArTam prathidhisam upayAthE jeeva lOkE viharaNa kaalE).
The images of the assembled devotees are seen on the surface of
Your gems( tath viharaNa kaalE , maNi gaNai: Thvayi jeeva:
BhimBitha:). Those massive reflections of the entire assembly
of sevArthis reminds one of the other manifestation of Your
Lord as VaDapathra Saayee , when He swallowed in one gulp
the entire world and kept it in His stomach for protecting
the jeevans from the dangers of praLayam ( maNi ganai: Thvayi 
BhimBhithE sathi , kaBaLitha sakalArTAm anyAm Rangabharthu:
kaanchith avasTAm vahasi)..(V.S). 







Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

725. Bhagavathi garudasThE vAhanasThA: surEndhrA-
sthvayi vinihithapAdhE BhUmimEvAshrayanthi
thadhapi charaNarakshE! rathnajAlE thvadhIyE
prathiPhalithanijAngAsthulyavAhA Bhavanthi

Oh Paaduka! When the Lord is on Garuda and moves about, other Deva 
chiefs will also ride on their respective vehicles. But when once the 
Lord gets down and stands on You, they too stand on the earth, but by 
being reflected on You, they appear to occupy equal vehicular status 
with Your Lord!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 725

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! When Your Lord rode on 
GarudA , MahEswarA, IndhrA , SubrahmaNyA followed Him on their
mounts such as the bull , elephant and peacock respectively.
When Your Lord completed His travel and descended from GarudA 
to unite with You , those that accompanied Your Lord dismounted
and stood next to Him. Their reflections were seen on Your many gems 
at that time and they looked like they were seated again on their
mounts. Your gems are their mounts this time though they were only
reflections on Your gems. They appear to have mounts of the same size
and status. The DevAs , MahEsvarA and SubramanyA appear to assist
You in carrying Your Lord .

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! When Your Lord 
mounts on His Garuda Vaahanam , the assembled DevAs ascend on
their own transports to accompany the Lord on anuyAthrA. 
When Your Lord completes His journey and descends from Garuda,
the DevAs descend quickly from their own vAhanams and
at that time , the reflections of the entire assembly of
DevAs are seen on Your gems .That scene reminds one of 
the DEvAs resting on You like Your Lord to help You
transport Him .

3)Oh CharaNa RakshE! When Your Lord ascends on His
transport (Garudan ), then the dEvAs standing near the Lord
mount their individual transports ; when Your lord descends from
Garudan , the dEvAs step down from their own vAhanams
( Bhagavathi GarudasTE sathi, SurEndrA: vAhansTA: -- Bhagavathi
Thvayi vinihitha paadhE sathi , surEndhrA: bhUmimEva aasrayanthi).
The images of the dEvAs are reflected on Your gems at
that time and makes the dEvAs look as though the DevAs and
Yourself provide the same vAhanam for Your Lord( ThvadheeyE 
rathnajAlE prathiphalitha nija angA: tulya vAhA: bhavanthi)...(V.S).









Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

726. svacChAkArAm surayuvathaya: svaprathicChandhalakshyAth
gAhanthE thvAm praNathisamayE pAdhukE! sABhimAnA:
sthrIrathnAnAm pariBhavaviDhoU sruShtimAthrENa dhakshAm
nIchaI: karthum narasaKhamunErUrvashImUrujAthAm

Oh Paaduka! The divine damsel Urvashi, born form the thigh of 
Narayana-muni used to haughtily tease all other women-folk on this 
score, But the others have an opportunity of hitting back: they enter 
into You by being reflected on Your lustrous clear surface. They 
would say: You were once born from the Lord's thigh. But we have the 
previlege of entering into and leaving from the Lord's Paaduka 
whenever we like!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOakm 726

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Following the above slOkams 
dealing with the reflections of DEvAs , Swamy Desikan shifts 
his attention now to the reflections of the wives of the dEvAs
seen on the gems of the Paadhukais. He says: " Oh PaadhukE!
The most beautiful Urvasi was created by NaarAyaNa Muni from
His thigh to humiliate RambhA , who came to destroy His penance.
After seeing the beauty of Urvasi , RambhA recognized that her 
beauty was no match to Uravsi's and ran away. Urvasi thus helped 
NaarAyaNa Muni , the friend of NarA. She however did not originate
from the most beautiful limb of the Sage. Now , the wives of DevAs 
wishing to conquer the beauty of Urvasi bow to You . At that time,
their images are reflected on Your gems and look as though they
were born anew with exquisitely beautiful bodies. Their hopes of
entering Your blemishless body to attain blemishless beauty therby
seems to have been realized ; further , their new body originates
from You and gives them high status compared to Urvasi , who
originated from a lowly thigh of a holy Muni.

2)The apsaras ladies (deva sthree:/Sura Yuvathaya:)
did not foreget the humilation that they underwent ,
when they went to disturb the penanace of SrI NaarAyaNa 
Rishi at BadrikAsramam ( Sura Yuvathaya: saabhimAnA:).
NaarAyana Rishi , The friend of Naran created the most
beautiful apsaras woman from his thigh (UrujAthA Urvasi) 
to show how low was the beauty represented by RambhA 
and others , who came to disturb his penance and
humiliated the assembly of apsaras headed by RambhA
through the mere creation of Urvasi ( Sura Yuvathaya: 
SaabhimAnA: SthreerathnAm paribhava-vidhou
srushtimAthrENa dakshAm Urvaseem chinthayithvA).
The humiliated women did not ever forget that and
wanted to reduce the beauty of Urvasi compared to
them( srushtimAthrENa dakshAm UrujAthAm Urvaseem 
neechai karthum icchantha:) . How did they plan to
achieve this goal ? They tried to enter Your (PaadhukA's)
shiny body (Svaccha aakAram) during the time of their 
prostration (ThvAm praNithasamayE)before You through 
their reflections on You ( Svaprathicchandha lakshyAth 
gaahanthE)...(V.S). 








Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

727. svEcChAkELipriyasahacharIm svacCharathnABhirAmAm
sThAnE sThAnE nihithacharaNO nirvishan ranganATha:
sanchAranthE saha kamalayA shEShashayyADhirUDa
sthyakthvApi thvAm thyajathi na puna: svaprathicChandhalakshAth

(Oh Paaduka!) The Lord walked to various places, being on You. You 
were His dear mate all through in all His sports. But when He ascends 
the Adisesha couch to sport with Mahalakshmi, He indeed leaves You-
but can He really leave you? No; He is still with You, being 
reflected on You!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 727

1)UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! RanganAtha moves joyously 
around from place to place on You during His sanchArams. Duirng these
occasions , He enjoys Your company immensely. Your beauty enhanced
by Your multihued gems especially appeals to Him . At the end of these
sanchArams , He joins His dear Consort , SrI Devi on the bed of 
AdhisEsha . Even there, He does not really leave Your company. 
Through His image reflected on Your gems , He is still enjoying
Your company by proxy.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The Lord after returning to 
His aasthAnam and parting company with You joins His
consort on the bed of AadhisEsha; He still finds His beautiful
body reflected on the gems of His Paadhukai . This makes it
look as though the Lord has not really parted company
with You (His PadhukAs) even if He has done so to enjoy
the company of His divine consort.The inner meaning is 
that the SadAchAryAs never leave the Lord at any time or under
any conditions. Bhagavan also does not ever leave the side
of the SadAchAryAs . 

3)Before the end of His sanchAram (SanchArAnthE), Lord RanganAthA 
enjoys the sporting jaunts (SvEcchA keLi) enabled by His dear
companion Paadhukais (priya sahachareem) , which is beautified by 
its spotless gems (Svaccha rathna abhirAmam PaadhukAm)
and enjoys those enchanting Paadhukais at the very many halts 
( ThvAM sTAnE sTAnE nirvisan) during the sanchAram. At the end of
the day of sportive and most enjoyable sanchAram , the Lord
reaches His aasthAnam , parts with the Paadhukais and unties 
with His Devi( SanchArAnthE ThvAm thyakthvA , RanganATa:
KamalayA saha Sesha sayyA adhirooDa:). Even then , He truly 
does not separate from Your company through the excuse of
His reflected image on You , who is standing nearby ( sayyA
adhirooDOpi svaprathicchandha-lakshyAth puna: ThvAm na
thyajathi). Such is His love for Your companionship..(V.S). 








Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

728. thvAmEvaIkAmaDhigathavatha: kELisanchArakAlE
pArshvE sThithvA vinihithadhrushO: pAdhukE(a)nanyalakshyam
thvadhrathnEShu prathiPhalithayOrnithyalakshyaprasAdhA
padhmABhUmyOrdhishathi BhavathI pAdhasEvAm murArE:

Oh Paaduka! You are gracious; clear-natured too. You grant to the 
consorts, Mahalakshmi and Bhoomi Devi,-who, unlike You, get the 
previlege of Bhagavat-pada-service only on the Sesha-couch-now gain a 
constant pada-service, by being reflected in Your gems and having 
contact with the Feet in all 
His outings. 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 728

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Swamy Desikan uses 
the double meaning of the words "Prasaadham " and
"Paadha SevA" in this verse to suggest how the PaadhukAs
help SrI Devi and BhU Devi , when the Lord travels. 
He says: " Oh PaadhukE! When Your Lord leaves on His travels 
transported by You , both SrI Devi and BhU Devi miss their wonted
pressing services of their Lord's feet . You recognize their 
pangs of sorrow over the loss of kaimkaryam. You rise to 
the occasion and by containing their images on Your gems, 
You unite them thus with their Lord. Out of Your affection for them ,
You serve them and unite them to their consort in this
vicarious manner. Thus the consorts of the Lord continue 
their uninterrupted service to the Lord's sacred feet.

2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:The inner meaning is that the Lord
displays more mercy to AchAryAs than to His Devis.

3)During the sportive travel sessions (kELi sanchAra kaalE),
of the Lord , He has the sole companionship of the Paadhukais
(ThvAm yEkAmEva adhigathavatha: Murari). The two consorts of
the Lord stand by the PaadhukAis with undivided attention
and see themselves reflected on the bright gems of the Paadhukais
( paarsvE sTithvA ananyalakshyam vinihitha dhrusO: thvadhrathnEshu
prathiphalithayO: PadhmA-BhUmyO:). This appears to be an effort of
Paadhukais to give joy to the two DEvis through the Paadha sEvai
of the Lord( PadhmA-BhUmyO: nithya lakshya prasAdhA MurArE:
paadhasEvAm disathi)...(V.S). 







Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

729. EkAmEka: kila niravishathpAdhukE! dvArakAyAm
krIdAyOgI kruthabahuthanu: ShOdashasthrIsahasrE
shuDdhE dhEvi! thvadhupanihithE bimbithO rathnajAlE
BhunkthE nithyam sa Khalu BhavathIm BhUmikAnAm sahasraI:

Oh Paaduka Devi! Krishna addicted to sport enjoyed a sixteen thousand 
damsels at Dwaraka; He taking different forms to please each one. But 
now He repeats it in a slightly different way; He enjoys You all 
through, He taking thousands of forms in the form of images of 
Himself on the numerous gems on You, but You the one on the opposite 
side!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 729

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! The playful Krishna 
took individual forms to enjoy the company of His sixteen thousand
wives at DwarakA each night. At the house of all of His sixteen
thousand wives , You were there. Out of His great love for You ,
He was always with You through His images reflected on Your
blemishless jewels. This way , He enjoys Your company in an
uninterrupted manner always. 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! Just as in 
KrishNAvathAram ,
the Lord enjoys You in a multifold manner through His many reflections
on Your many gems.

3)At DhwAraka , the Lord interested in srungAra sports
(KreeDA-yOgi) took on many bodies through a process of
mulitplication (DhwArakAyAm Bhautanussan krutha:) to enjoy
His 16,000 wives one by one ( Bahu-tanussann shODasa SthreesahasrE 
yEkAm yEka: niravisath kila). That sportive KrishNan 
sees His many forms reflected on the bright gems
enmeshed on You ( Sa: SuddhE thvadhupanihithE rathnajAlE
BhimBhithassann )and thus enjoys You always by taking on
those many forms ( Sa: Tava RathnajAlE BhimBhithassann 
bhUmikAnAm sahasrai: bhavatheem nithyam bunkthE khalu)..(V.S). 








Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

730. haripadhanaKhEShu BhavathI prathiPhalathi thavaIthadhapi 
rathnEShu uchithA miTha: padhAvani! bimbaprathibimbathA yuvayO:

Oh Paaduka! You get reflected in the lustrous nails of the Lord's 
Feet; the Lord's Feet get reflected in the gem-set surface of 
yourself. This is well-nigh appropriate that the Feet and the Paaduka 
remain in the relation of object and image and vice versa too!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkam 730

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! Your image is reflected
in the nails of Your Lord's feet. Those holy feet are reflected 
in turn on Your gems. It appears only appropriate that Your Lord's
feet and Yourself are united forever through the tradition of 
image and counterimage. Swamy Desikan says that the images of 
the Paadhukais are seen on the Lord's nails. The gems of 
the Paadhukais at the same time carry the images of the Lord's
feet .Through this connection , they alternate as image(Bhimbha)
and counter-image (Prathibhimbha) for each other. 

2)SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:The inner meaning is that those
who are true devotees of the Lord serve both as servants and Masters 
of each other.

3)Oh PaadhukE! You are reflected on the shiny and radiant 
nails of the Lord( hE Padhaavani! BhavathI Hari Padha nakhEshu
prathiphalathi ). The nails themselves are reflected on Your 
assembly of gems( yEthadhapi Tava rathnEshu prathiphalathi).
It is very appropriate that both of You ( the Lord's nails
and Paadhukais) serve as BhiBham and PrathiBhimBham to
each other ( YuvayO: miTa: BhimBhaprathiBhimBathA 
uchithA)...(V.S).