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SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

924. kAvyAyAsThitha mAvargavyAjayAthagamArgakA
     kAmadhA jagatha: sThithyaI rangapungavapAdhukA

The path on which the Paaduka travels is shining in brilliance. (Its 
path is the one following the footsteps of one-namely, Bharata-who 
went to Rama's camp, by reason of his having spurned the rulership of 
the Kosala nation). It is one which grants all that one wants. And 
the Paaduka of Rama well merits the reputation of being the cause of 
birth of epics like Ramayana

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
 
slOkam 924: The prose order and the word splitting for this verse
set in Garuda gathi chakra bhandham is as follows: 
 
" KaavyAya-asTitha- maavarga-vyAja-yaatha-ga-mArgakA , 
  kaamadhA jagatha: sTithyai: ranga-pungava-paadhukA " . 
 
The Garuda gathi chakra Bhandham can be represented in two 
geometric patters : (1) Four circles with an empty center(inner most)
circle and 5 lines starting from the periphery of that inner circle 
and 
reaching out to the outtermost circle (2) Five linked lotus petal 
shaped
patterns with a common axis with TWO intersecting  triangles formed 
by lines drawn from the center of those five lotus petals.
 
The slOkam yielding two types of Garuda gathi chakra Bhandahm 
has 32 aksharams to form the yanthram . Each paadam has 16 
aksharams. Twenty of the 32 aksharas have been included in
the formation of the two Garuda gathi chakra bhandhams.
Among the twenty , the akshara that is represented twice is "nga:
( R-nga and Pu-nga-va) found in the second paadham .Rest of 
the aksharams appear only once in the Bhandham , although
they may occur more than once in the slOkam .
 
The aksharam "Kaa" has a  special place in this verse. It appears
FOUR  times at the beginning and the end of each of the TWO 
paadhams ( kaa-vyAya, Maarga-kaa , kaamadhA  and Paadhu-kaa). 
This aksharam "Kaa" is represented only once in the Bhandham .
 
The Garuda gathi bhandham is split in to five sectors and each 
incorporates four aksharAs adding up to a total of twenty . Only
"nga" is repeated twice as one of the main aksharAs of the word ,
"Ra-nga". The four fold patterns of aksharAs in the five sectors are: 
 
a) kaa, dhu , ma , vyA  , (b) dhaa , ja , ga , yaa 
c) ta , sTi , thyai , ta:     (d)  ra , ga , pu , maa
e) nga, rga , paa and va .
 
In both versions of this Garuda Bhandham , the center is empty.
In the second version , the empty space is split in to five 
triangles .
Two intersecting triangles from five points as in many yanthrAs .
The outter most structure has five petals with five petals with five 
apexes . This bhandham is patterned after the flight pattern 
preferred by
Garuda BhagavAn , another transport(Vaahanam) for the Lord like
the PaadhukAs.
 
1) Meaning of the slOkam : UtthamUr  Swamy's anubhavam: 
SrI RanganAtha Paadhukais seek the welfare and prosperity 
of the people of the world and bless them with grains ( annam) ,
other riches and true knowledge (Jn~Anam). Thus , it becomes
the object of celebration by the poets.
 
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:The intense compassion and
deep generosity of the PaadhukAs of the Lord of Srirangam
blesses those who appear before Them with great soubhAgyams
even if they did not have deep bhakthi towards Them . They bless
those devotees with material wealth/Jn~Ana Sampath  (thru LakshmI 
KatAksham) ,
and the wealth of Jan~Anam (Jn~Ana Sampath). Once the Jn~Anam 
is born among the devotees and they perform SaraNAgathy ,
then the Paadhukais grant them the Parama purushArTam of
Moksham . For us to be familiar with Their Vaibhavam , the Paadhukais
incarnate with Their Lord during Vibhava and ArchAvathArams 
and reveal Their prabhaavam through SrImadh RaamAyaNam ,
PaadhukA Sahasram and other Kaavyams/ithihAsams.       
 
3) Oh Rangapungava PaadhukE ! You have the short movements
(SanchArams) that lead one quickly to MahA Lakshmi's Sannidhi for 
Lakshmi KatAksham ( Maa aavarga vyAja yAtha ga maargakaa).
Even through svalpa sanchAram ( limited movements) , PaadhukAs 
are able to confer conscpicous wealth (KaamadhA) . For the sake of
the auspiciousness of the world , the Paadhukais became the subject
matter of Kaavyams . 







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