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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

861. AnandhasU: praNayinAmanaGhaprasAdhA
rangADhirAjapadhjarakshiNi! rathnaBhAsA
nyasthE muhurnijaBharE sThirathAm BhajanthyA:
varNAmshukam vitharasIva vasunDharAyA:

Oh Paaduka! You are a spontaneous spring of graciousness and You 
grant bliss to seekers and devotees. Mother earth perhaps performed 
the Bharanyasa (deposition of one's burden) to You, not being able to 
bear the heavy sinners of the wrong-sighted class who interpret the 
scriptures as they like. May be , You were also happy that she bore 
Your stamp with pleasure. As a consequence, You granted by means of 
Your rays of various colours, a variety of garments for Bhoomi Devi!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

Slokam 861

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh RanganAtha PaadhukE ! 
You present BhUmi Devi with new clothes through Your thousands of
colorful rays. She causes happiness to Her devotees. You remove Her 
burden of carrying the demented scholars with incorrect views on Your 
Lord's primordial nature and auspicious attributes. You clear the 
world often of such scholars causing mischief and make Bhumi Devi 
shed this burden. At those times, You present Her with new and novel 
dresses woven out of Your myriad colorful rays and honor Her. 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! When one looks at the 
spreading of the rays from your gems on Mother Earth, You appear to 
be presenting to BhUmi Devi a multi-colored vasthram to honor Her for 
patiently bearing Your weight and of that Lord positioned on You. 

3) Oh Paadhukais protecting the sacred feet of RanganAtha ( 
RangAdhirAja Padha RakshaNi)! You produce joy in those , who are dear 
to you ( praNayinAm Aanandhasoo: ). You are blemishless (anagha:) and 
tranquil ( PrasAdhA ). When Your weight is placed on BhUmi , She 
exhibits firmness and does not show unsteadiness ( nija bharE nyasthE 
sTirathAm bhajanthyA: VasundharAyA: ). For Her forbearance and 
support, You seem to present Her with a multi-colored vasthram in the 
form of Your many colored rays ( VasundharAyA: rathna bhAsA 
varNAmsukam vitharaseeva)...(V.S). 





Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

862. thvam chithraBhAnurasi rathnavishEShayOgAth
BhUmnA nijEna paripuShyasi pAvakathvam
svEnaIva shoUricharaNAvani! chandhrarUpA
thEjasthrayIva miLithAsi thamOpahA na:

Oh Paaduka! You are three-in-one, having in yourself the sun, the 
fire, and the moon, the three natural sources of light. You emit 
multicoloured spectrum of light; You purify people and You are made 
of gold, the three features implying the three light sources, 
respectively.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

Slokam 862

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan describes the paadhukAs 
as the integrated effulgence of the three jyOthis (Surya, Agni and 
Chandra) . He says: "Oh PaadhukE ! Through the assembly of Your 
colorful gems, You are recognized as Chithrabhaanu or the 
multicolored Surya. Through Your glory and purity, You are recognized 
as the purifying Agni. Through Your golden form, You also become 
Chandra. You thus become the integrated essence of the above three
effulgences and remove all darkness in this universe".

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: With Your multi-colored rays ,You 
seem to have taken the combined form of Sooryan, Agni and Chandran to 
remove our ajn~Anam . 

3) Oh Lord's PaadhukE ! ( Souri charaNAvani) ! You through the union 
of many colored rays from Your gems become Sooryan ( Thvam rathna 
visEsha yOgAth chithrabhAnu: asi). Through Your glories , You seem to 
have attained the status of the sanctifying Agni(Thvam nijEna BhUmnA 
pAvakathvam paripushyasi). Through Your intrinsic qualities, You 
appear like Chandran ( Svainaiva ChandraroopA asi). In You all the 
three (Sun, Agni and Chandran) seem to have merged in one place to 
remove our nescience(miLithA tEjasrayeeva na: tama: apahA )..
(V.S) . 






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

863. proUDapravALaruchirA BhuvanaIkavandhyA
rangADhirAjacharaNAvani! ramyachandhrA
samBhinnamOukthikaruchi: sathatham prajAnAm
thApAthyayam dhishasi thArakithEva sanDhyA

Oh Paaduka! Red like ripe corals, golden in nature, having shining 
pearls, respectable to all, You remind one of the dusk. There appears 
a tender streak of moon, the sky is red, stars appear in the sky and 
people perform homage to the gods, as required, at the dusk. Like the 
dusk, You also afford relief and peace to men.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

Slokam 863

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan compares the PaadhukAs 
to the early evening , when the partly red sky is illuminated by the 
stars and the Moon. He says : "Oh RanganAtha PadhukE ! With Your red 
corals , You become beautiful and are the object of worship by the 
people . With Your beautiful gold(Chandra) combined with Your shining 
pearls , You are like the early evening sky decorated by stars and 
the Moon . In this state, You remove all the sufferings of Your 
devotees ". 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! You remove the taapams of
the suffering people like the cool and auspicious sandhyaa kaalam , 
when the digits of the Moon are united with the stars in the sky. The 
gold on You is the (golden) Moon and the perals on top of the gold 
serve as stars in that magical sandhyA kaalam. 

3) Oh RangAdhirAja CharaNAvani ! You always remove the sufferings of 
people like the sacred SandhyA kaalam ( Thvam SandhyEva sathatham 
prajAnAm tApathyayam disasi). You are beautiful like the tender 
shoots of leaves and are youthful (Thvam prouDa pravALa ruchirA ). 
You exist for the exclusive worship of the people of the world ( Tvam 
Bhuvana yEkavandhyA ). You resemble SandhyA Kaalam through the union 
of the beautiful golden base and the white pearls embedded on that 
base ( Ramya chandhrA sambhinna moukthika ruchi:) . That union 
makes You look like the star-studded evening sky at SandhyA kaalam ( 
Thvam thArakithA SandhyEva bhAsathi)...(V.S) 






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

864. rangEshvarasya purathO maNipAdhukE! thvam
rathnAmshuBhirvikirasi sPhutaBhakthibhanDhA
pAdhoU vihArayithumadhBhuthasoUkumAryoU
prAya: sarOjakumudhOthpalapathrapankthim

Oh Manipaaduka! The Lord's Feet are tender. To suit them, You make 
earnest care in great love. You enable the Lord to proceed on His 
tours, on Your well built gem-set surface. You also cause to spread a 
layer of lotus, white lily and blue water-lily flowers on the Lord's 
path, by scattering rays of light from Your gems, a red-carpet 
treatment being thus given.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

Slokam 864

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Mani PaadhukE! Wishing to make the 
most tender feet of Your Lord travel in comfort, You affectionately 
spread the tender petals of lotus, white and blue lillies in His path 
through Your multicolored rays and announce His arrival with 
delightful sound of Your jingling gems.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE! When Lord RanganAtha 
travels on the streets of His RaajadhAni, You want to protect His 
soft feet from the ill effects of any rough patch over which You have 
to transport Him. Therefore, You use the spreading rays from Your 
colorful gems and line the path with rows and rows of petals from red 
and blue lotus as well as the white lillies.

3) Oh MaNi PaadhukE ! You have firm and durable Bhakthi for Your Lord
(Thvam sphuDa bhakthi bhandhA). You wish to transport the uniquely 
mysterious and flower-petal soft feet of the Lord with out any harm 
to them ( RangEswarasya adhbhutha soukumAryou paadhou viharayithum
icchasi). What initiative do you take to overcome any shocks or jolts 
to those soft feet of Your Lord , which are Your charge ? Your 
initative is to spread ahead the petals of red (SarOja) and blue 
(Uthpala) lotuses and white lillies ( Kumudha) in the guise of Your 
multicolored rays from the gems ( Puratha: rathnAmsubhi: SarOja 
Kumudha Uthpala pathra pankthim praaya: vikirasi)...(V.S) . 






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

865. AsannavrutthiravarODhagruhEShu shoUrE-
rApAdhayasyanupadham varavarNinInAm
AlagnarathnakiraNA maNipAdhukE! thvam
manjusvanA madhanabhANaniGharShashankAm

Oh Manipaaduka! You take the Lord along to the harem. The rays from 
the gems spread all around. Your gait releases melody too. These two 
occur frequently; it creates an impression that Cupid's arrows are 
being rubbed on the touchstone of Your surface in order to captivate 
the 
Divine Consorts. 

The Paaduka and its melody are the right cause for humans to develop 
devotion to God. Paaduka being Azhvar, his works have got a major 
role in creating Bhakti-bhava in men.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

SlOkam 865

1) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! When the Lord travels 
with You generating auspicious naadham and spreading 
Your beautiful , multi-colored rays , the Devis of the Lord in their 
inner chambers develop a special passion for their Lord. It is like 
the end result of Manmathan sharpening His arrows and generating 
sound and light in that process to afffect the mind set of the Devis.

2) MaNi Padhukais of the Lord of Srirangam are near His inner 
chambers, where His Devis live ( SourE: avarOdhagruhEshu 
aasannavrutthi: ). The Paadhukais have both kaanthi from their gems ( 
aalagna rathna kiraNA ) and sweet sounds (manjuswanA ). As the 
PaadhukAs take each step (anupadham) and transports the Lord to His 
inner chambers , it creates the impression of Manmathan sharpening 
his arrows to heighten the passion of the Lord's Devis (anupadham 
Madana bhANa nigarsha sankhAm aapaadhayasi)...(V.S)







Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

866. paryApthamoUkthikanaKhA sPhutapadhmarAgA
rEKhAvishESharuchirA laLithaprachArA
rangaDhirAjapadhayOrmaNipAdhukE! thvam
sAyujyamAshrithavathIva samasthavandhyA

Oh Manipaaduka! Your pearls simulate the nails of the Feet. The red 
gems on You give an impression of red lotus and are reminiscent of 
the Lord's Lotus Feet. There are the streaks on You. The gait is 
exactly the same as that of the Lord's. Thus, the complete identity 
between You and the Feet are secured. This is Sayujya.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

SlOkma 866

1) UttamUr Swamy's anubhavam: In the 854th verse , Swamy Desikan 
compared the PaadhukAs to the feet of the Lord. Here, he takes this 
comparison one step further. He says: "Oh Mani PaadhukE! RanganAthA's 
feet have pearly white toe nails ; they are red like Your rubies ; 
they contain lines and patterns similar to those seen on You.
Therefore, You become equal to the Lord's feet in status because of 
above similarities and are worshipped by every one .They celebrate 
Your lovely steps and gait and recognize their equality with Your 
Lord's feet". 

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! There is close 
similiarity between You and Your Lord's sacred feet. Both of You are 
eminently worshippable. The pearls on You resemble the Lord's 
lustrous white nails in Kaanthi. The soft red lotus like feet
of Your Lord matches the red hue of Your rubies. Both of You have 
rekhAs and have beautiful gaits. 

3) Oh PaadhukE ! You have attained closeness to Your Lord's sacred 
feet (MaNi PaadhukE ! Thvam RangAdhirAja padhayO: Saayujyam 
aasrithavathee ). Where are the points of comparison ? The white 
pearls resemble in hue the shining nails of the Lord's toes ( 
ParyAptha Moukthika NakhA ). The red rubies resemble the lotus 
feet ( SphuDa PadhmarAga ). Matching beauty in lines (rEkhAs ) on 
both of You like Dhvajam , Vajram et al ( rEkhA visEsha ruchirA ) are 
seen. Close symmetry in gaits(laLitha PracharA ). Both are worshipped 
by all ( Samastha VandhyA ). 







Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

867. prApthABhiShEkA maNipAdhukE! thvam pradhIptharathnA 
raGhurAjaDhAnyA: pradhakshiNaprakamaNAdhakarShI: prakAramAgnEyamiva 
praBhABhi:

Oh Manipaaduka! After the formal coronation, You enjoy a procession 
on the streets of Ayodhya. The gems emit such an effulgent beam then 
that it looks like fire. You appear to have made a fire-fortress for 
the city.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan


Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S)

SlOkam 867

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh MaNi PaadhukE ! After Your sacred 
bath, the lustre of Your rubies become multifold and spread around 
the boundaries of the city of AyOdhyA and forms a wall of fire to 
encircle it and protect it.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! When BharathA performed
coronation uthsavam for You and took You around the Raaja veedhis of 
AyOdhyA, the lustre from Your gems created an image of the rays from 
those gems forming a radiant and encircling wall around the City.

3) Oh MaNi PaadhukE ! You have enjoyed Your abhishEkam ( prAptha
abhishEkA ) and are radiant with the lustre from Your gems( 
pradheeptha rathnA). You were taken around the favourite city of the 
kings of Raghu lineage(Raghu RaajadhAnyA: PradakshiNa 
PrakramaNavAnn). At that time, You appeared to create a boundary wall 
of fire around the City with Your rays (PrabhAbhi: aagnEyam prAkAram 
akArsheeriva)....(V.S). 






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

868. rathnAsanE rAGhavapAdharakshE! pradhIpyamAnasthava padhmarAgA:
prAyO narEndhrAn Bharathasya jEthu: prathApavahnEraBhavan 
prarOhA:

Oh Raghava-Paaduka! When You are seated ceremoniously on the throne, 
the ruby stones from You radiate an array of effulgent beams, which 
one would regard as the sprouts of the fire of valour, of Bharata, 
which won the kings, by Your grace of course.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)
SlOkam 868

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Raaghava PaadhukE ! The red rays 
of rubies originating from You as You sit on the throne of Raghus 
appear like the little flames representing the fire of valor of 
BharathA that defeats the enemies of the kingdom of AyOdhyA ruled by 
You.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh MaNi PaadhukE ! As You sat on the 
throne of Raghus, the downward spreading red rays from Your rubies 
gave the impression of BhrathA's valour was sprouting all around that 
throne.

3) Oh Raagava PaadharakshE ! Bharatha is the one , who defeats the 
opposing kings of the kingdom of AyOdhyA in the name of the Raama 
Paadhukais NarEndhrAn jEthu: Bharatha:). BharathA's valor is like 
the tongues of fire ( Bharathasya PrathApa Vahni:) reminding one of 
sprouted germs ( PrathApa VahnE : prarOhA iva abhavan ). 







Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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


869. shuBhapraNAdhA BhavathI shruthInAm kaNTEShu vaIkuNTapathimvarANAm
bhaDhnAsi nUnam maNipAdharakshE! mangaLyasUthram maNirashmijAlaI:

Oh Manipaaduka! The Vedas choose and desire to have, as their 
husband, the Lord Narayana alone. You help and assist the Lord tying 
the Mangalya-sootra in the necks of the Vedic damsels. At that 
moment, You pronounce mantras in sweet voice. This is certain. 

The Paaduka acts as a priest, so to say. Her service may be likened 
to that of Azhvar, who, by his works, established that the subject of 
all Vedas is only the Lord.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

SlOkam 869

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:Oh MaNi PaadhukE ! Through Your 
auspciious sounds, You serve as the sister of the Lord in performing 
the ceremony of tying the MangaLa Soothram around the necks of the 
VedAs taking the form of the brides of RanganAtha. Although , He ties 
the Maangalya Soothra as the bride groom, You assist Him as the 
traditional sister of the groom, who has to assist in tying one 
of the knots.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! Veda sthrees desire to 
have the Lord as their husband. You seem to help the Lord tie the 
Maangalya soothram on the necks of Veda sthrees with Your auspicious 
rays and sounds.

3) Oh Mani PadharakshE ! You generate both auspicious sounds ( 
Bhavathee Subha praNadhA ) and multi-colored rays from Your many 
different kinds of gems ( MaNi rasmi Jaalai: ). You use Your extended 
rays to help Your Lord tie the Maangalya Soothram on the necks of 
Veda Sthrees , who wish to be married to Your Lord ( Vaikuntapathim 
VarANAm kaNDEshu maNirasmijAlai: mangaLya soothram bhadhnAsi)...(V.S).






Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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


870. vichithravarNA shruthiramyashabdhA niShEvyasE nAkasadhAm 
shirOBhi:
maDhudhviShasthvam maNipAdharakshE! shrEyaskarI shAsanapathrikEva

Oh Manipaaduka! You have a variety of colors-various alphabets. Your 
sound is melodious, Your message is composed of sweet words. Your 
dictates are beneficial. As such the Devas accept this; they bear the 
Paaduka on their heads. 

Azhvar's command embodied in the Paaduka are acceptable to the Devas 
also.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

SlOkam 870

1) UtthamUr SWamy's anubhavam: Oh Mani PaadhukE ! With Your 
enchanting colors of Your gems and the delectable sounds associated 
with Your diverse movements, You sound like the auspicious VedAs and 
confer Your blessings on one and all. With all of these attributes, 
You appear like the document containing Your Lord's commandments,
which are worn on the heads of the DevAs with great reverence .

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! DevathAs carry You on 
their head with great respect. You house beautiful symbols and sounds 
inside You. The DevathAs carry You on their heads as though they are 
carrying a sheet of instructions containing the commands of Your 
Lord. 

3) Oh PaadhukE ! You are filled with different colors ( Vichithra 
VarNA ). You generate sounds that are dear to the ears of the VedAs ( 
Sruthi ramyasabdhA ). You are the harbinger of the auspicous news 
about Moksham for the Jeevans ( Thvam SrEyaskaree). You are worn on 
the heads of DevAs like the letter containing the commands of Your 
Lord ( Madhudhvisha: sAsana pathrikEva nAgasadhAm sirObhi: 
nishEvyasE )...(V.S).