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>Sri:
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,>
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin
>
>44. PadhakamalarajOBhirvAsithE RangaBhartu:
> parichithanigamAntE PAdhukE DhArayantha:
> avidhitaparipAkam chandramutthamsayanthE
> pariNathaBhuvanam thath padmamaDhyAsathE vA
>
>The Lord's feet are at home in Vedanta. (They are spoken of in the Vedanta.)
>The dust from such feet of Lotus, flavours the Paadukas. Those who bear
>these Paadukas would be entitled to wear an unchanging moon on the head
>as well as to be seated on the lotus that is the origin of the whole
>universe-that is they would get the seats of Siva and Brahma.
>
>Namo Narayana,
>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S)
***************************

(1)Sri UttamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swami Desikan plays 
with the word " Rajas" in this verse to illustrate 
the unlimited glory of the PaadhukhAs of Lord 
RanganaathA . "Rajas" has the meaning of either 
a speck of dust or one of the three guNAs , which
gives rise to thirst and attachment to worldly things.

Swami Desikna says that the PaadhukhAs of the Lord 
are praised by the VedAs regarding their auspiciousness.
VedAs bow unto them to receive their blessing and
worship them with lotuses.The dust "rajas" from 
the PaadhukhAs mingle with the lotus petals 
placed on them during the AarAdhanam by the VedAs .

The devotees who wear the PaadhukhAs worshipped by
the vedAs on their heads succeed in capturing
the dust that shakes off from the lotuses that adorn
the PaadhukhAs .As a result of contact with the dust 
(rajas) of the PaadhukhAs, the erstwhile passionate nature 
( rajas or rajO GuNam ) of the devotee is destroyed completely ;
the devotee attains then parama Saatvic tendency that qualifies
him to reach the status of a BrahmA or a Rudran .
Such is the sanctifying power of even a speck of dust 
associated with the Lord's sacred Paadhukhais , which have
the contact with Sri RanganAthA's Paadha Kamalam .

(2) Sri Andavan 's anubhavam : Even the speck of dust associated
with the lord's Paadhukhais have Vedic fragrance 
( Nigama parimaLam ).When one wears the Lord's Paadhukhais
on his or her head , the dust from the Paadhukhais elevate 
them to the status of BrahmA or Lord SivA.

(3) Here, Swami Desikan is referring to the Veda parimaLam
(vedic fragrance ) of the Sri Sookthi of NammAzhwAr
(viz)., ThiruvAimozhi. Swami Desikan wrote a commentary
on Swami NammAzhwAr's ThiruvAimozhi by the name of 
"Nigama parimaLam or the Seventy four Thousand " , an elaborate
commentary of the doctrinal principles of VisishtAdhvaitham
elaborated by the paasurams of the ThiruvAimozhi.For Swami Desikan,
ThiruvAimozhi had Vedic fragrance in every one of its Paasurams.
Why ? It is because these Paasurams eulogize the lotus feet 
of the Lord , which are worshipped by the VedAs . He considerd
ThiruvAimozhi and the rest of the Divya prabandham as
Tamil Vedam at Srirangam and Kaanchipuram and was
honored by the Lord for establishing the Veda Saamyam
of the ThiruvAimozhii and other aruLiccheyalkaL ....V.S

(4) Swami Desikan states that the devotee , who adorns 
the Lord's Paadhukhais on his/her head does not even 
know what happened to them ( avidhitha paripAkam is
Swami Desikan's words). They were not longing for any
special boons to attain such as the high status of
BrahmA or Lord SivA . But that happens even without
their awareness due to the contact with the dust 
assoicated with the Lord's Paadhukhais ...V.S

(5) Swami Desikan describes the PaadhukhAs have two
exemplary attributes: (1) " Ranga Bharthu: Padha Kamala
rajObhi: vaasithE (They have been made fragrant by
the dust from the Lord's lous feet )and (2)"parichitha 
nigamAnthE " ( having the friendship of the VedAs ,
whose heads have been in contact with the Lord's lotus
feet). Swami weaves these two attributes to suggest 
that the Rajas (dust ) on the PaadhukhAs have the power
to eliminate the Rajas (rajO guNam ) of the devotee 
and elevate him to Brahma padham or Siva Padham (status)..V.S

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,
Daasan , Oppiliappn Koill VaradAchAri SadagOpan 







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