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>Sri:
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin
>
>55. shamadhamaguNadhAnthOdhanthavaIdEshikAnAm
> sharaNamasharaNAnAm mAdrushAm mADhavasya
> padhakamalamidham thE pAdhukE! rakshyamAsIth
> anudayaniDhanAnAmAgamAnAm niDhAnam
>
>Oh Paaduka! For people like me, who are ever distanced from qualities
>like control of senses, mental restraint, quietness of behaviour within
>scriptural sanctions, etc., are helpless and are only saved by the lotus
>feet of the Lord-which feet are treasured by the Vedas that are without
>a beginning and without an end. And those feet of the Lord are in the
>safe custody of You.
>
>Namo Narayana,
>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

(1) UtthamUr Swamy"s anubhavam:
Oh Lord's PaadhukhE ! Your Lord's holy feet are 
the refuge for all and they protrct the SaraNAgathAs 
without fail. You protect those holy feet and thus
attain a status that is greater than those sacred feet.
Thus Your glory is even greater than that of Your Lord's
Paadha kamalam . Eternal VedhAs sing the glory of Your
Lord's sacred feet and salute them as their treasure.
The very same holy feet are Your refuge as well .Thus Your
Vaibhavam is greater than that of Your Lord's celebrated
sacred feet.

(2) Srimadh Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukhE ! We do not have
the power to control our karmEndhriyams and mind . We are
not rich in Bhakthi and bhUtha dayai . In fact , we do not 
possess any redeeming features . Only the Lord's holy feet
celebrated by the VedhAs come to our rescue as we wallow 
in our world full of deficencies .You protect THOSE great
Thiruvadis. The inner meaning is that the people of 
the world would not realize any auspiciousness , if 
our Lord is not present in ArchA form at His koils .
Our Lord is there for AzhwArs and AchAryAs and that presence 
is the causative factor for our well being .Not many recognize
the Saannidhyam of the consecrated ArchA form of the Lord
as one of his five forms in the divya desams . Our Lord 
exists there for the sake of even one of His bhakthAs ,
who undrstand His archAvathAra Tattvam .

(3) Swami Desikan touches here on the importance of ArchA
form of the Lord and the placement of the Lord's Sataari
(SatakOpam ) on one's head in His sannidhis . As ArchA 
moortham , He is present in the manner described by 
Poygai AzhwAr in the Muthal ThiruvandhAthi: " Tamar
uhandadu yevvuruvam avvuruvam thAnE "( In whatever 
form the devotees wish , the Lord assumes a body
in that form to be near His bhakthAs ). This anugraham 
of the Lord is revealed by Him in Sri Bhagavath Gitai 
as well: " yE yathA maam prapadhyanthE taam tathaiva
BhajAmyham ". The worship of the Lord in Archa form 
is the easiest for people at every level of control 
over their IndhriyAs .This is the easiest way to 
develop Bhakthi , come into contact with AchAryan 
through adorning the SatAri on their heads by BhakthAs.
As Saattva samhithA passage states , " God enters into 
the idol by assuming a body corresponding to the ArchA
form made by a BhakthA and becomes indistinguishable 
from it like water in the milk ". The SatAri brings 
the holy feet of the Lord even closer to us in His 
sannidhis and in His Raaja Veethis .Swami Desikan points
out in this PaadhukhA PrabhAva Paddathi slOkam that
the Mahimai of the PaadhukhAs (AchAryAs)are greater 
than that of their Lord ......V.S 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Dasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradachAri SadagOpan 






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