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>Sri:
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan
>Swamin: 
>
>119. yadhBrAthrE BharathAya rangapathinA rAmathvam AthasThuShA
> nithyOpAsya nijAnGri niShkrayathayA nischithya vishrANitham
> yOgakshemavaham samasthajagathAm yadh gIyathE yOgiBhi:
> pAdhathrANamidham mithampacha kaThAmahnAya mE nihnuthAm 
>
>May that Paaduka,which was given away to Brother Bharata 
>by Ranganatha in His Rama-form as a price, so to say, for 
>His feet (to go to the forest),which has been regarded by 
>sages as the conferer of wealth and welfare on all 
>the worlds quickly eliminate my lowliness!
>
>Namo Narayana,
>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S):
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(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: In this SamarpaNa paddhathi
verse , Swami Desikan prays to the PaadhukhAs worn
by the dispassionate BharathA on his head to sunder 
our bonds of attachment to perishable wealth and confer
on us the blessings of uninterrupted worship of RanganAthA,
who incarnated as RaamA. Swami Desikan says: " May the holy 
PaadhukhAs placed by RaamA on the head of BharathA as 
His representative elevate my mind and bless me with
wealth such as devotion to Lord RanganAthA's sacred feet.
May the holy Paadhukhai identified by Sage VasishTA as
the One inquiring about the Yoga-KshEmam of the worlds 
bless us with the boon of freedom from worldly desires
and grant us unceasing rememberance of the Lord's holy feet 
to gain the permanent riches of Moksham .

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam : Sri RangaAthA incarnated as
Raaman and blessed BharathA with His Paadhukhais in place
of His sacred feet. The learned people say that the world
gains all its blessings(KshEmams) from the holy Paadhukhais.
Swamy Desikan prays for the Paadhukhais to remove his 
dhArithriyam (Spiritual poverty). The inner meaning is 
that PerumAL blesses us with AchAryAs and BhagavathAls
in place of Himself. The world and its janthus receive
all soubhAgyams from the AchAryAs and BhagavathALs .
Swamy Desikan prays for the benovolent katAkshams of
AchAryAs to eliminate his spiritual deficencies. 
Swamy Desikan is having us in mind , when he refers
to his spiritual insufficencies. He had none .He knows
that the foolish one will atleast listen and the half-baked
scholar will not pay heed for sadhupadEsam . Swamy reminds
us that that the blessings of the Lord can only begin to
pour , when one thinks sincerely about one's helplessness
and insignificance (Aakinchanyathvam). That fundamental 
concept is described in the UpOdhgAthAdhikAram of Srimath
Rahasya Thraya Saaram by Swami Desikan .There , he points out
that only SdAchArya anugraham can remove our utter spiritual
poverty .

(3) Three points are made by Swamy Desikan about the sacred
PaadhukhAs of Sri RaaamachandrA in this slOkam rich 
with tattvArthams prior to his moving appeal to them 
for all of our spiritual upliftment :(1)" Yath PaadhukhA 
Raamathvam aathasThushaa "( Those Paadhukhais , which attained 
the status of RaamA ), (2)" BharathAya nithya upAsya
nishkrayathayA visrANitham " ( Those Paadhukhais , which
were given expressly by Raamaa to BharathA as a substitute 
for His sacred feet for the daily AarAdhanam of Bharathan), 
(3)"yath Yogibhi: samastha jagathAm yOga KshEma vaham (ithi) 
geeyathE"(those Paadhukhais , which are sung by the Yogis as 
the conferer of all auspiciousness and protection on 
the worlds and their people ). Recognizing the unique 
greatness of Raama Paadhukhais ( Swami NammAzhwAr) ,
Swami Desikan prays movingly : " Idham PaadhathrANam 
mE mithampacha kathAm ahnAya nihnuthAm " ( May those 
Raama PaadhukhAs remove instantly my spiritual 
deficiencies through their power ).....V.S









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