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>Sri:
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan
>Swamin: 
>
>96. DhanyA Mukundhasya padhAnuShangAth DhanIyathA yEna samarchithA thvam
> vAsasthadhIyO maNipAdharakshE! lakshmyALakAmapyaDharIkarOthi
>
>Oh Paaduka! You are previleged to have the association with the 
>Lord's feet. Whosoever pays homage to You in a desire to secure riches, 
>his residence becomes blessed with wealth to such a degree that even 
>Kubera's city would be inferior in affluence.
>
>Namo Narayana,Adiyen,
>SriMuralidhara Dasan

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN(V.S)
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(1)UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh Mani PaadhukhE ! 
MukundhA's lotus feet never leave You. Due to that 
powerful assoication , You have attained great prowess.
When You are worshipped by some , who seek earthly
wealth , You confer on them the riches that are superior
to those of KubErA , the Lord of wealth .

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning of this
slOkam is: PerumAL is under the influence of the AchAryAs.
Hence, when some one worships the AchAryAs with devotion for 
the sake of gaining earthly riches, those people succeed
in getting immense wealth through their (AchAryan's) grace 
and sambhnadham with the GitAchAryan .

(3)Swami plays with the words " DhanyA " and "dhanIyathA "
in this slOkam . First , he states that the Paadhukhai
is blessed because of its sambhandham with MukundhA's
sacred feet ( Mukhundhasya Padha-anushangAth DHANYAA thvam).

Next he focuses on those , who are not such dhanyAs , but
are " dhanIyathA " (desirous of becoming wealthy ).Swami
points out that the houses of those desiring dhanam 
are filled with riches far greater in value than those
found in the mansion of the Lord of Wealth , KubEran at 
his city of ALakApuri .Swami Desikan lays a condition 
for such boon to come the way of the arthArthi ( one who
prays for wealth).Swami emphasizes that the arthArthi
has to worship his/her AchAryan with great bhakthi
(DhanIyathA yEna samarchithA , tadhiya: Vaasa: LakshmyA 
ALakAmapi adhikarOthi).That worship of the AchAryan
with sraddhA is however a prerequisite....V.S

(4) Lord KrishNA describes in one of the GitA slOkams
(Chapter 7.16) the four kinds of virtuous men , who
worship Him -the distressed (Aartha:), the wealth seekers
(arthArthi), the seekers after knowledge(Jigyn~Asu) and
the men of true knowledge( Jn~Ani). In this slOkam ,
Swami Desikan refers to the wealth seekers and their 
approach of AchAryAs with devotion .The wealth seekers
can be of two types:(a) the distressed one (Aarthi) , who 
has lost his position in life and his wealth 
(b)the other one, who aspires for wealth(arthArthi )
and has not yet attained it prior to reaching the sacred feet
of the sadAchAryan to get his wish fulfilled .Between
these two categories of people seeking wealth , there is
not much of a difference. When these people seeking 
wealth worship their AchAryan with sraddhA , then 
even their limited wishes come true and they attain
wealth of an extraordinary kind that exceeds the wealth
of KubErA (Dhanapathi gruhAth -- vaanchithAnAm vasUnAm 
dhArA: adhikam adhikam niryAnthi -- Sri Sthuthi ,slOkam :16).
Such outpouring of wealth arises from the Lakshmi 
KatAksham facilitated by the AchAryAs ( YasyAm YasyAm
dhisi viharathE Devi dhrishtis thvadhIyA ,tasyAm tasyAm
ahamamahamikAm tanvathE sampadhOgA:--Sri Sthuthi: slOkam 15).
Swami Desikan in his own life demonstrated his power
as a great AchAryan through his appeal to PerumdEvi ThAyAr
at Kanchi , when a poor BrahmachAri begged for wealth 
to get married .A shower of golden coins resulted as a
result of Swami Desikan's prayer on behalf of the poor 
BrahmachAri seeking relief from his poverty ...V.S 







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