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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:

781. aNOraNIyasIm viShNOrmahathOpi mahIyasIm
prapadhyE pAdhukAm nithyam thathpadhEnaIva sammithAm

I cling to the Paaduka-as my only shelter-which Paaduka adapts a form to
suit the Lord's Feet, whether he is in a mini-particle size as an atom or
in
a mammoth-sized form-this the Paaduka does as the Lord himself does.

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

The 25 th Paddhathi of SrI RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram has tweny verses
dealing with the intimate physical connections tha tthe PaadhukAs have with
the Lord's
holy feet during His many incarnations. The changes in shapes and forms
during those
occasions are covered in this section known as SannivEsa Paddhathi.


SlOkam 781

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: I bow always before the PaadhukAs ,
which exactly fit the feet of the small sized VishNu (Vaamana) or the feet
of
the giant sized VishNu ( Thrivikrama) equally well.

2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: The SannivEsam ( Uruvam , the form) of
the Paadhukais are described here. It is customary for the Paadhukais to
be neither larger or smaller than one's feet. It should be of the
appropraite
size (SannivEsam) to fit the feet of the one , who wears it. In the case of
the Lord , the Paadhukais match the Lord's feet exactly , whether His feet
are small as in the case of VaamanAvathAram or huge as at the time of
ThrivikramAvathAram.

3) Swamy DEsikan offers his Prapatthi to the miraculous Paadhukais here
( VishNO: PaadhukAm prapadhyE). They have the matching dimension
with the Lord's holy feet always( nithyam tath-padhEnaiva sammithAm
PaadhukAm prapadhyE). Those PaadhukAs are smaller than the small
Thriuvadi during the VaamanAvathAram ( aNO: aNIyAn ) and larger
than the large feet of the Lord during ThrivikramAvathAram ( mahathOapi
maheeyaseem ) . The shape and size changes befitting the occasion
to serve the Lord.

The MahA NaarAyaNOpanishad manthram is recalled by Swamy Desikan here:

" aNO: aNeeyAn mahathO maheeyAn AathmA guhAyAm nihithOsya JanthO:
Tamakrathum pasyati veethasOkO dhAthu: prasAdhAn mahimAnam Isam "

Here the Supreme Self , the indweller of the ChEthanam is recognized as
subtler than the subtle and greater than the great . That ParamAthmA is
seated in the heart lotus of the chEthanam. The Upanishad manthram goes on
to describe the aathma saakshAthkAram of the ParamAthmA in the hrudhya
puNDareekam by the JeevAthmA and the gaining of freedom from all
griefs as a rsult of the anugraham of the ParamAthmA.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan






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