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>Sri:
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin
>
>48. JanayithumalamarDhyam daItyajitpAdarakshE !
> Namathi Mahathi DevE nAkasinDhOrvishIrNA:
> muhurahipathichUdAmoUliratnABhiGhAthAth
> pariNathalaGhimAna: pAThasAmUrmayasthE
>
>Oh Paaduka of the Lord, who won the asuras! When Siva the Mahadeva
>(this name having been acquired after Tripurasamhara) stands bowing his
>head before You, the waters of Ganga on His head get splashed by the
>collision with the gemstones on the head of Vasuki snake which is a
>head ornament of Siva. The splashed-out drops look like ablutions, such
>as Arghya, for You!
>
>Namo Narayana,
>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN
*********************

(1)UttaamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukhAs of the Lord! 
Lord Sivan bends over to worship You . At that time , 
the waves from the river GangA residing in His matted hair 
break forth and collide with the gems of the hood of 
the Serpent Vaasuki coiled around those matted locks (Jatai).
That collision causes the waves of Ganga to break up into
little droplets that appear as arghyam offering to You.

(2) Sri Andavan's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukhE ! The tresses of
Mahesavaran is the home for both the sacred GangA and the great
Serpent king , Vaasuki .There are rathnams in the hood of 
Vaasuki .The waves splashing from the GangA pravAham bump into
those hard gems on the hood of Vaasuki and create a shower of 
droplets on You .That shower of GangA theertham appears like
Lord SivA's arghyam to You .

(3)Offering of Arghyam , Paadhyam , Aachamaneeyam to 
the worshipful ones such as BhagavAn ,the PaadhukhAs
of the Lord and one's AchAryan is part of the poojA rites known
as Saamsparsikam ( where sparsam is involved ).The BhUtha 
Suddhi portion of the AarAdhanam also invokes the creation
of the pure body fit to perform AarAdhanam with the sprinkling 
of GanghA theertham ( --divyAmrutha ThArayA AathmAnam Saatvika-
Bhasma cha abhishEchayAmi ).That divyAmrutha ThArai is the GangA
theertham referred to by Swami Desikan here ... V.S

(4) Lord Sivan is an expert in the Bhagavadh AarAdhana kramam .
He could also be visualized here as offering Arghyam as 
the first of the Various Aasanams of AarAdhanam to
Sri Ranganathan here,(Viz) manthrAsanam .After inviting the Lord 
to be present at the AarAdhanam , the next step is to say ,
" PaadhukhAbhyAm nama:, manthrAsanam alamkrushva ". Here ,
BhagavAn is beseeched by the worshipper TO ADORN HIS PAADHUKHAS 
and THEN be seated in the Aasanam to accept the offered AarAdhanam .
At this stage, arghyam is offered with the statement ,
" Bhagavan! math PoojAm prathigrhuNIshva "( OH Lord !
Please accept my AarAdhanam ).Thus arghyam with GangA
Theertham and the worship of the PaadhukhAs are referred
to by Swami Desikan in this slOkam ....V.S 





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