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Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan
Swamin: 

87. daithyADhipAnAm balinAm kirItA nikshEpaNam thE yadhi nABhyanandhan
rangEshapAdhAvani! rangaDhAmnassOpAnathAm prApya vahanthyamI thvAm

Oh Paaduka! In the case of Asura chiefs who, out of haughtiness born of 
an uncommon might, do not care to bow their crowned heads to You, You 
mete out a suitable fate; the gems in their crowns are studded in the
steps to Sri Rangavimana, so that You will step out on them

Namo Narayana,
Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN(V.S):
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(1) UtthamUr Swamy"s anubhavam : Oh RanganAthA's PaadhukhE !
The asurAs out of their arrogance elect not to receive You
on their crowned-heads.They experience all calamities and
ultimately You win over them and make the gems from their 
crowns become engraved on the holy steps leading to the sanctum-
sanctorium of Lord RanganAthA's temple at Srirangam . Your Lord
steps on those gems while standing on You as he goes out 
on His errands of protecting His BhakthAs and destroying
their enemies . Out of Your quality of Mercy , You save 
the asurAs this way .

(2) Srimadh Andavan 's anubhavam : Responding to the arrogance of
the mighty asurAs , who refuse to place You on their heads ,
Your Lord yanks their crowns and paves the gems from thier
crowns in to the steps of Sriranga VimAnam .Now , those gems
from the crowns bear You on their heads as You transport 
Your Lord on His daily duties. The inner meaning is that 
RaavaNan and other arrogant asurAs lost all their Isvaryams 
because they did not pay heed to the advice of the righteous .

(3) The RangEsa PaadhAvani ( Lord RangarAjan's Paadhukhais)
is addressed by Swamy Desikan here and is briefed on
the fate of the asurA chieftains , when they did not
recieve them (Paadhukhais) with joy on their (asurA's )
crowned heads . Swami describes the fate symbolically 
with the description , " amee RangadhAmna: sOpanathAm 
prApya thvAm vahanthi " ( these gems from the crowns of 
the defiant asurAs end up as paving material for the holy
steps of Sriranga VimAnam .In the jeweler's art , this 
type of work is called Izhaippu vElai......( V.S ) 










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