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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

785. vimrushya rangEndhrapathimvarAYA:
shruthE: sThithAm mUrDhani pAdhukE! thvAm
baDhnanthi vruDdhA: samayE vaDhUnAm
thvanmudhrithAnyABharaNAni moULoU

Oh Paaduka! Knowledgeable persons prescribe placing You (in the Shape of
Thiruman engraved on the Thirumangalya) on the head of the bride at the
marriage ceremony. Because it is auspicious. Even the Veda damsel bears
You,
she bearing the Lord on her head-this is because the Veda, accepts the Lord
Narayana only, as its subject of praise and this means she bears the Lord
with the
Paaduka on her head for auspiciousness.

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):

SlOkam 785

1) UtthamUr SWamy's anubhavam: In the previous slOkam , Swamy Desikan
revealed that the twelve insignias that SrI VaishNavAs wear on thier bodies
are the representations of the PaadhukAs protecting the Lord's holy feet.
Here, he states that PaadhukAs are present in the symbolic form in
the auspicious jewelery worn by married women around their necks.
Swamy Desikan says: " Sri RanganAyaki wears You on Her head
(between the brows) . Knowing this , the wise ones make the new brides
wear jewelery containing Your form from the time of their marriages".
Swamy Desikan refers here to the ceremony before tying of the auspicious
thread around the neck of the bride by the bridegroom during the wedding
ceremony . A piece of jewelery containing the representation of the PaadhukA
is placed along with a yoke on the head of the bride. This symbolic act
follows the tradition set by SrI DEvi.

2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: During the marriage celebrations,
an yoke is palced on the head of the bride along with the ThirumAngalyam
jewelery. ThirumAngalyam has the sign of ThirumaNN. One may ask why
such a procedure is practised. It is because VedAs have the PaadhukAs on
their heads . As a result of having the PaadhukAs on their heads, the Veda
Sthrees become nithya sumangalis.Similarly it is hoped that the placement
of Paadhukai's insignia on the heads of brides would make them also
nithya sumangalees.

3) During the marriage celebrations, elders place on the heads of brides
an aabharaNam containing the insignia of PaadhukAs ( VruddhA: kalyANa
samayE VadhUnAm mouLou Thvan-mudhrithAni aabharaNAni Bhadhnanthi).
This is because the enlightened ones recognize that PaadhukAs rest on the
top of
the head of Veda Sthrees , who are the consorts of Lord RanganAthaa . This
presence
on Veda Siras ( Upanishads) provide nithya soumAngalyam to the brides
( ThvAm RangEndhra pathim varAyA: sruthE: moordhani sTithAm ). Thinking of
this symbolism (vimrusya) , the elders place the ThirumAngalyam on the Yoke
and place it on top of the heads of the new brides for the conferral of
nithya soumAngalyam....(V.S).

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan






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