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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

951. prapadhyE pAdhukAm dhEvIm paravidhyAmiva Svayam
        yAmarpayathi dhInAnAm dhayamAnO jagadhguru:

The great First Acharya, the Lord Ranganatha, had
furnished the Paaduka as a Supreme Vidya, as a path
for Moksha; this path has been specially appropriate
to poor pitiable persons with little equipment of any
type; the Lord has provided it in His great grace.
That Paaduka Devi I cling to as my sure means of
salvation.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
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Introduction to NirvEdha Paddhathi :
 
This is the 31st of the 32 Paddhathis of SrI RanganAtha
PaadhukA Sahasram and has 20 powerful slOkams
embedding deep SrIvaishNava Tatthvams .
 
After describing the glories of the Paadhukais of the Lord 
in words and geometrical patterns ( Chithrams) , Swamy 
Desikan laments now over the time that he lost sofar in chasing
pursuits other than dedicating himself to the worship of 
the Paadhukais . He asserts here that He is clear now about 
the power of the Paadhukais to confer the Moksha Sukham . 
He states that the Paadhukais are His Supreme Knowledge
( Para VidhyA ).
 
Until now , Swamy  Desikan eulogized the many Vaibhavams of
the Lord's Paadhukais (viz)., Swamy NammAzhwAr . The Paadhukais
were pleased and appeared before the mind's eye of Swamy  Desikan
and filled Him with the delectable anubhavam of their Asccharya 
Roopa, Svaroopa and GuNa  vyApArams . The Paadhukais blessed Swamy
Desikan with visEsha Tatthva Jn~Anam and ananyArha Sesha Vrutthi
( the way of sole servitude to the Paadhukais ) .The Paadhukais 
chased away all obstacles to such sEsha Vrutthi and displayed
matchless soulabhyam ( ease of access ) and souseelyam .
Swamy  Deikan was inundated with that BrahmAnandham of 
mingling with the merciful Paadhukais & the Lord and felt that He was
enjoying the anubhavam that one enjoys at SrI Vaikuntam
performing Nithya Kaimakryam to the Lord  there. This mental 
visualization suddenly disappeared and Swamy  Desikan was left with 
the physical visualization of the ArchA roopam of the Paadhukas of 
the Lord. His experience of indescribable bliss concluded now.He was 
reminded harshly about his lot among the kumathis ( people with false 
knowledge)and Bhagavath vimukhAs (  who are indifferent to the 
Lord ). He became worried about the terrible effects of the pancha 
Indhriyams over him and the power of Kaama-KrOdhams and other adverse 
guNams.Swamy Desikan now attained a state of dejection and 
despondency like Swamy  NammAzwAr expressed in ThiruvAimozhi about 
the hopelessness of His lot as a Nithya SamsAri. Although Swamy  
Desikan and Swamy NammAzhwAr are evolved souls, who had conquered all 
the above adversities , they empathized  with the lot of SamsAris and 
enacted the sufferings of the Nithya samsAris to illustrate the 
lowliness of the SamsAric way of life .
 
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : I recognize the PaadhukAs as the 
means for Moksham. They represent the true knowledge about the ways 
to achieve Moksham and serves therefore as Para VidhyA . The Lord , 
the teacher of all teachers, has given to us the PaadhukAs out of His 
compassion for us helpless beings. Adorning the PaadhukAs on our 
heads is the way to Moksham is the upadEsam of Swamy Desikan .
 
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Swamy  Desikan laments that 
the Paadhukais acted as though they were saving him and abandoned 
him however to suffer in samsAram  . Swamy addresses the Paadhukais
sorrowfully about its neglect  and begs for its grace to save him 
from the horrors of SamsAram in  amood of nirvEdham 
(Despair and sorrow ) . Oh PaadhukE ! Your Lord has shown 
the two UpAyams of Bhakthi yOgama nd Prapatthi yOgam
to lift the suffering samsAris from the terrible ocean of SamsAram.
You have been assigned to come to the rescue of SamsAris by
Your Lord. While that is the case , how can you abandon me and
look at me in this amused mode ? What can I do over Your 
indifference? Is it fair for You to act like this ? Therefore , I 
perform Parapatthi once more to You and seek You as my refuge.Please 
remove fully the bonds of SamsAram  and grant me the Parama 
PurushArTam of Moksham instead of the temporary and fleeting 
experience of Your guNams through Maanasa SaakshAthkAram .
 
3) Swamy  Desikan performs direct SaraNAgathy before 
the Paadhukais : " DEveem PaadhukAm PrapadhyE ". He 
reminds the Paadhukais that its merciful Lord , who is
the Universal AchArya , has created the routes of Bhakthi
and Prapatthi for our salvation .  He has annointed You , His
PaadhukAs , to a status equal to that of Para VidhyA 
( Jagath Guru: DayamAna: Svayam dheenAnAm 
ThvAm PaadhukA DEveem ParavidhyAmiva arpayathi)....(V.S) .    










Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

952. api janmani pAdhukE! Parasmin
        anaGhaI: karmaBhirIdhrishO BhavEyam
        ya imE vinayana rangaBharthu: 
        samayE thvAm padhayO: samarpayanthi

Oh Paaduka! Previleged are those persons doing pious
services at the Feet of Lord Ranganatha, respectfully
submitting You at the Lord's Feet for being worn! Will
I be ever enabled, by virtue of flawless acts of mine,
to secure another birth to do similar service to the
Lord? Please do grant one such!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

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

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE! May I become
one of the fortunate few , who become blessed to present You at 
the appropriate times to Your Lord with humility . May I be blessed
with this boon to become sinless and to engage in such services to 
you 
atleast in my next birth , if I miss that opportunity in this birth .
 
Swamy  Desikan talks about here about the next birth , although 
those  
who gain moksham through the grace of the PaahdukAs  do not have 
any more births. This statement is indicative of Swamy Desikan's 
special joy in serving RanganAtha through PaadhukA Kaimkaryam
instead of staying in Vaikuntam as a result of  attaining Moksham.
Earlier in SrI VaradarAja PanchAsath , Swamy  Desikan has stated 
in a similar vein that he would prefer to return to this earth to 
serve 
and enjoy Lord VaradarAjan than staying in Vaikuntam without any
rebirths (Vaikunta VaasEapi na mE abhilAsha: ) . Parasara Bhattar , 
the precocious son of KurEsar , the prime disciple of AchArya 
RaamAnujA 
also expressed a similar sentiment .It appears that all the servants 
of 
Ranganatha are equal in status to those , who permanently reside in 
SrI Vaikuntam. That is why SrIrangam is known as BhUlOka Vaikuntam .
 
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! It does not matter 
if you do not grant me the Parama PurushArTam of Moksham after
removing my sambhandham with this physical body . It will be 
sufficent 
for me if You grant me another birth with a body to be born as 
the archaka for Lord RanganAtha to present  You ( PaadhukAs)
to Him on the prescribed occasions ( Uchitha Kaalams) . Kaimkaryam
to You (Paadhukais) will be sufficent in this earth than Moksham 
itself .
Please bless me with the BhAgyam to be born as an Archakar  of
Lord Ranganatha . Wherever I am , May I be blessed to be engaged
in uninterrupted kaimkaryam to You .That itself is the equal to 
Moksham.
May I be engaged in Bhagavath PaadhukA Kaimkaryam right here 
if I do not get to enjoy the BhOgyA adhisayam at SrI Vaikuntam .

3) Oh PadhukE! The ArchakAs of Lord RanganAtha present You 
to Him with humility during His Uhtsava Kaala sanchaarams and
during the six Aasana kaalams linked to His AarAdhanams 
( PaadhukE ! yE imE vinayEna samayE ThvAm Rangabharthu :
padhayO: samarpayanthi ). Incidentally , The ArchakAs of Lord 
RanganAtha belonging to five gOthrams are said to have descended 
with their Lord to perform exclusive AarAdhanam for Him . Swamy
Desikan points out that the ArchakAs are rid of all sins through
such Kaimkaryams ( anagai: karmabhi: Idhrusa: ) and prays for 
the boon of being born as Lord RanganAthA's archakan in the next
Janmam ( Karmabhi: Idhrusa: parasmin janmani api bhavEyam )...(V.S). 
  





Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

953. parivarthayithA pithAmahAdhIn
     thvamivAnanthamasoU vahathyanEhA
     aGhunApi na shoUripAdhukE! thvAm
     anaGhAlambanamaBhyupaIthi chittham

Oh Lord's Paaduka! Infinite Time has passed from immemorial 
beginning, many Brahma-incumbents have come and gone and time goes 
on,-as You go on bearing the Lord! But I remain just like this. Oh 
Alas! I have not yet learnt to perfect my heart for a meditation, 
clinging to You as a good auspicious prop!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
 
Slokam 953
 
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan dwells on
the timeless service that the PaadhukAs do for the Lord such as 
supporting the Lord , taking Him on His rounds. He calls those
services Ananta vAhanam in contrast to vahanam , which means
passage of time of specific duration . He says: " Oh Lord's PaadhukE !
Time rolls on and ends the reign of BrahmAs , even if they rule for a 
very, very long  time. Even their reigns have a finite time elements 
built into them. Your rule in contrast has no time boundary . You 
perform Your endless service to the Lord without any interruption 
across the time scale. May I be blessed with the type of eternal 
service that You do from now on, even if my mind has not reached out 
to You so far as my blemish-free companion? 
 
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukaE with MahA Vaathsalyam 
towards bhaddha Jeevans ! Over countless aeons (Brahma Kalpams ) , 
You create  innumerable jeevans ( give new bodies to them after 
PraLayam, when they were in a sookshma state) and wait patiently to 
see if those embodied Jeevans will now comprehend Your and Iswara 
Tatthvams to become liberated from their bound states ( Bhaddha
dasai to Muktha Dasai ). For fulfilling that goal, You carry Your
Lord on Your back so that the embodied Jeevans can have
His darsanam and get uplifted  to perform SaraNAgathy at 
His sacred feet . Alas ! these Jeevans due to their load of
sins do not take advantage of Your krupA and go round and round 
in the  whirlpool of SamsAram and Time ( Kaala PravAham) .
They miss to recognize You and are lost in SamsAric afflictions.
 
I am aslo one of those Paapis , who has been immersed in 
the terror-striking waters of SamsAric ocean and have lost you
until now. Now I recognize that You have blessed me  as
an excuse for a small good deed that I might have done 
regarding Bhagavath-BhAgavatha Kaimkaryams  and given me
the intellect to enjoy You ( BhOgyathA Buddhi) and thereby long for 
a status , where I can completely cast aside the ruchi for transient 
SamsAric pleasures and be immersed in uninterrupted dhyAnam 
about Your roopam , Svaroopam and GuNams. Alas ! My mind
however does not stay put in such dhyAnams due to the burden 
of my  Paapa Raasis . What a Pity ?
 
3) Oh Souri PaadhukE ! The time cycle of that great grandfather ,
Brahma Devan creating innumerable embodied souls is almost 
endless  . Your time of service to Your Lord  however is endless 
( PitAmahAdheen parivarthayithA asou anEhA  Thvamiva anantham 
vahathi). Even after all these times , my poor mind does not stay 
firm in meditating on Your glories to gain salvation ( adhunA api 
chittham anaga aalamBanam ThvAm na abhyupaithi) ...(V.S)   
    





Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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


954. kamalADhyuShithE niDhoU nirIhE
     sulaBhE thiShTathi rangakOshamaDhyE
     thvayi thathprathilamBhanE sThithAyAm
     paramanvicChathi pAdhukE! manO mE

Oh Paaduka! The Lord is a treasure, invested with Sri, namely, the 
Goddess of wealth. This treasure has no want; it is so fully endowed 
with all one can ask for. It lies almost securely safe-guarded, under 
Ranga-vimana. And for me to secure it, You are there to help. 
Nevertheless, this heart of mine goes in vain search of someone or 
something, the very antithesis of this treasure! Alas! what to do?

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan


Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S) 

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here , Swamy Desikan 
expresses his sense of anguish over his mind running all over the 
place except to the site , where the Supreme Lord and His PaadhukAs 
are residing under the Ranga Vimanam . He says : " Oh PaadhukE ! 
Your Lord is beyond all desires . He has every thing. He is the One , 
who removes our desires for material and mundane , which affect 
our spiritual progress. Since there is nothing that is superior 
to Him , we get our desires for other things eliminated . When we 
have to engage our mind in that Supreme object , which gives every 
kind of boon, I do not understand why my mind drags me to nonlasting 
things , which can never match up to the eternal Lord. He is like 
a golden treasure and you are able to bring that treasure in front 
of us. Why does my mind then get distracted by other impermanent 
and sorrow-producing things ? 
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam :Swamy Desikan expresses 
his nirvedam here by recalling that his mind is steeped in in 
SamsAric activities , which cause nothing but sorrow , while 
the SaThAri ( PaadhukA of the Lord) is there to create 
the Sambhandham ( links) to the all powerful Lord of Srirangam , 
who is the divine consort of MahA Lakshmi , who is the grantor of 
every kind of wealth . Swamy Desikan compares his sorrowful 
status to that of a poverty stricken human being engaged in paltry 
efforts to earn a small amount of money , while he knows about 
the existence of a great treasure , which can be unearthed with 
the help of a manthravAthi ( who knows the code ). 
3) Oh PaadhukE ! RanganAtha is a Nidhi ( treasure) ; this nidhi 
is easy to access and it has nothing to desire for ( avAptha samastha 
Kaamathvam) . While such a magnificent treasure with MahA Lakshmi 
is there at he centre of Ranga VimAnam ( KamalAdhyushithE nireehE 
sulabhE nidhou kOsa madhyE thishtathi sathi) and while , You ( 
Paadhukai) 
are like the magician who can reveal that Nidhi , my mind runs after 
useless other things ( Thvayi sTitAyAm mE mana: param anvicchathi)...
(V.S). 




Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

955. yadhyapyaham tharaLaDhIsthava na smrEyam
        na smarthumarhathi kaTham BhavathI svayam mE
        vathsE vihArakuthukam kalayathyavasThA
        kA nAma kEshavapadhAvani! VathsalAyA:

Oh Lord's Paaduka! Well I have moved away from You, in my 
vacillation, without a thought for You. Let it be so. How come that 
You ignore me? When a calf that is in the suckling stage has gone 
away astray in its playful movements, what does the mother-cow do? 
Should You not restore me to You?

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan ( V.S): 
1) UtthamUr  Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Kesava PaadhukE ! 
Due to my agitated state of mind and its fickle nature , I may
fail to think about You .Even then , You should think of me 
like the cow , which hastens to the side of the calf to feed it ,
even if the calf forgets to nourish itself due to its concentration 
in playing . ( Swamy  Desikan begs the Paadhukais here to
think of him and bless him even if he forgets to think of Them . 
He says that their overwhelming affection should overlook his 
lapses and forgive him ).
 
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE , who has
abundant love for those , who seek Your refuge !  When we think
about the Cow that has given birth protects its new calf with 
unwavering
attention and runs after it , whenever the calf strays away from 
it ,  
Your ( Paadhukais's) limitless Jn~Anam , Vaathsalyam , DayA 
should be protecting me with vigour and chase away all my sins.
It is not fair of You to ignore me and let me be the victim of all
the enemies , which stand in my way of attaining the sacred
feet of Your Lord.
 
3) Oh Kesava PaadhukE ,  the most merciful One ! YOu may
choose to ignore me ( na smarEyam yadhyapi) . How can You
not think about me ( Bhavathee svayam mE na smarthum kaTam
arhathi? ). Your  status and mood should be like the Mother Cow 
who runs after the calf , who gets  distracted by play and fails
to nourish itself ( VathsE vihAra kuthukam kalayathi sathi,
VathsalAyA: aavasTA kaa nAma ? )...(V.S).





Sri:
 
 SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
 
 Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
 
 
 956. mAtharmukundhakaruNamapi nihnuvAnAth
          kim vA param kimapi kilbiShathO madhIyAth
          gADam gruhIthacharaNAgamanApadhEshAth
          thathprEraNapraNayinI thava chEnna lIlA
 
 Oh Mother Paaduka! If You were to pronounce that my sin is so 
 powerful, let me tell You this:-You get hold of the Lord's Feet 
 firmly and take Him over to various places in the pretext of His 
 strolls all around. It is Your sport to help me too! If this were 
 absent, then it only means that my sin, that compels me to refuse 
 and negate the Karuna of the Lord, the Moksha-giver, is the greatest 
 force on earth! How else will I be denied the Lord's grace in spite 
 of Your effort?
 
 Namo Narayana,
 
 SriMuralidhara Dasan
  
 Special Notes by V.Sadagopan 
  
 SlOkam 956
  
 1) UtthamUr  Swamy's anubhavam: Citing the excuse of Your Lord's
 external travel , You tightly cling to Your Lord's feet and make 
 sure thaT He comes my way . If I do not have Your intervention , my 
 huge sins will prevent Him from showing mercy to me. You bring Him 
 over to me and that serves as my atonement  to banish my sins .If 
 you did not help, I will be unhappy and complain that Your Lord is 
 merciless. How can I then praise adequately Your help ?
 
  
 2) SrImath Andavan anubhavam : Oh PaadhukE ! You have
 unlimited affection (Vaathsalyam ) for me.Due to my limited
 intellect and unlimited sufferings , I assessed that You are
 indifferent to me and spoke rudely to you and complained that
 You are indifferent . Please pardon me for this apachAram.
 My sins are huge. The Lord is there to forgive the sinners
 and is ready to confer Bhogam and Mosham due to His 
 limitless dayA . My Paapams however prevent the Lord's 
 sahaja krupA coming my way . At this juncture , You perform 
 a MahOpakAram . You use the external excuse of bringing PerumAL 
 out of His sanctum for ullAsa sanchAram and hold on to His sacred
 feet tightly and pray for my upliftment . You make it possible for 
 me, who did not get inside the Lord's temple and bring the Lord 
 before me to chase away my paapams . If you had not taken this
 initative , there would be no sambhandham between me and my 
 Lord ;  He would have ignored me and that would have led to
 my total destruction . My paapams would have won in that case. 
 Swamy  Desikan expresses sorrow (nirvEdham ) over the power of 
 his paapams for our sake .  
  
 3)  SWamy Desikan states that there is nothing more exalted than 
 the DayA of the Paadhukai that propells it to intervene on behalf of
 the bhaddha Jeevans and make the recommendations to
 the Lord . He queries in a rhetorical sense : Is there anything 
 superior than the DayA of the Paadhukais to achieve the Lord's 
 intervention ? ( Param kimapi kim vaa? ). The Paadhukai uses 
 the excuse of taking the Lord for a walk and holds tightly to His
 feet during that sanchAram ( gamanApadEsAth ghADam gruhItha 
 charaNA ). The eager Paadhukai egg the Lord to engage in His role
 as the protector of all paapis  ( Tath PrEraNa praNayinee Tava 
 leelA ). If that intervention and appeal were not there , then there 
 would be no hope of gaining moksham by the samsAris ( prEraNa 
 praNayanee Tava leela na chEth , Mukundha: Mu Ku na dadhAthi) ...
 (V.S)
 
 
 




 

Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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


957. kshIbhAsi kAnchanapadhAvani! KaITaBhArE:
        pAdhAravindhamakarandhaniShEvaNEna
        dhEvi! (dhaIvAth) thvadhanthikajuSha: kaThamanyaThA mE 
        dhInAksharANi na shruNOShi dhayADhikA thvam

Oh Devi Gold Paaduka! You perhaps, have got intoxicated with honey 
from the Lord's Lotus Feet. How elese You, with Your great mercy 
quality, remain heedless to my pathetic words from near You! 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
 
SlOkam 957
 
1) UtthamUr  Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Golden Paadhukais of the Lord ! 
You seem to be intoxicated from the drinking of the honey from the 
lotus
feet of Your Lord . Otherwise , DEvi , how can I explain or 
understand 
Your neglect  of my dire pleas ? Normally , You are very 
compassionate 
and respond fast to the cries of Your devotees .( Swamy  Desikan 
begged 
the Paadhukais to bring the Lord before him . They acted as though 
they
never heard him . He expresses his sorrow and disappointment in 
this slOkam ).
 
2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! I am a MahA Paapi ,
who dare not approach You . Inspite of that , due to Bhagavan's 
anugraham ,
I have been empowered to approach You . My sins have not been 
banished
however even after seeking You as my refuge. I am standing next to 
You  and
crying with agitated voice about my unbearable samsAric sufferings. 
How come 
those pleas are not falling on Your ears ? I can not say that You 
are indifferent
because You are heartless  . You are indeed the embodiment of DayA.
I can not also assess that You do not have the power to eliminate my 
sorrows .
Among the three items needed for rakshaNam , Jn~Anam , DayA and 
Sakthi
are included. Since You have DayA and Sakthi in abundance , it must 
be the lack
of Jn~Anam about my sufferings that must be interfering with Your 
rush to protect
me.  I am sure that you did not reject me purposely . I surmise that 
It is your
total immersion in the aanandhAnubhavam arising from Your drinking 
the madhu associated with Your Lord's lotus feet makes You oblivious 
of me .My cries of suffering (Aaartha Dhvani) has therefore escaped 
Your ears. There are also external signs ( golden color of Yours and 
the lustre of Your body ) that shows off and are linkable to the 
golden 
pollen despositing on You from the Lord's lotus feet . It is only my
paapa raasis that make You  deaf to my soulful cries seeking Your
intervention ! 
 
3) Oh golden PaadhukA Devi , who  is the PaadhukA of the Lord ,
who destroyed the asuran , KaiDaban ( KaiDabhArE: Kaacnana 
PadhAvani DEvi ) ! You are in a state of intoxication from 
the consumption of the honey associated with Your Lord's 
lotus feet ( KaidabhArE: Paadharavindha makarandha 
nishEvaNEna ksheeBA asi). If that were not so (anyaTA) ,
You filled with DayA by svabhAbhAvam ( dayAdhikA  Thvam ) 
will not be indifferent to me standing next to You ( Thvanthikajusha:
mE )  and ignore my heart rending cries for rescue (dheenAksharANi
kaTam na sruNOshi )? ....(V.S) .



Sri:
 
 SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
 
 Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
 
 958. mAthasthvadharpithaBharasya mukundhapAdhE
         BhadhrEtharANi yadhi nAma Bhavanthi BhUya:
         KIrthi: prapannaparirakshaNadhIkshithAyA:
         Kim na thrapEtha thava kAnchanapAdharakshE

Oh Mother Gold Paaduka! I have had, by You, deposited my burden at 
 the Feet of Mukunda, the Moksha-giver. If under this circumstance, 
 something not good, not auspicious, occurs to me, what is to happen 
 to Your great reputation as a saviour of Prapannas? Would that 
 reputation not be sullied to become shame-faced? 
 
 Namo Narayana,
 
 SriMuralidhara Dasan
 
 Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
 
 slOkam 958
  
 1) UtthamUr  Swamy's anubhavam : Oh Golden PaadhukA , Oh Mother !
 I do not think Your reputation as the One , who delivers the Jeevans 
 at the feet of the Lord as a part of their SaraNAgathy is sullied . 
 You have vowed to protect the PrapannAs . Hence , I am not worried 
 about being abandoned. No inauspiciousness will come to me because 
 of Your established reputation as a protector of those , who have 
 perfromed BharanyAsam . I have unswerving faith in You to take me to 
 the Lord's sacred feet to be blessed with the fruits of BharanyAsam .
  
 2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam : Oh Golden Paadhukais with
 the determination to grant BhOga-mOkshams to those , who perform
 SaraNAgathy unto You ! With Your mighty sipArsu , You have placed
 the burden of my protection at the sacred feet of Your Lord. After 
 becoming the object of both of Your protection , if any 
 inauspiciousness occurs, it will  be a slander to both of Your 
 keerthi and Vaibhavam . There will be damage to Your Keerthi ( 
 Keerthi hAni)  as a result of such lapses of failing to protect a 
 SaraNAgathan. It must indeed be my pApams that make You ignore me 
 unmindful of the damage to Your reputaton as unfailing SaraNAgatha 
 Rakshakan .  
  
 3) Oh Mother ! Oh Golden PaadhukE ( Maatha: Kaanchana PaadhukE ) !
 You have placed me at the sacred feet of the Lord , 
who is the  grantor of  BhOgams in this world and Moksham
in the other world ( Mukundha  PaadhE Thvadharpitha Bhara: ) . 
After reaching this coveted state as  a Prapannan , 
who has performed Bhara samarpaNam , 
 any inauspiciousness encountered by  me ( BhUya : 
bhadrEtharANi  bhavanthi yadhi nAma ) in  the post-prapatthi 
state  will affect  Your  reputation as the celebrated One 
vowed to protecting ParapannAs  ( Prapanna parirakshaNa 
dheekshithAyA: tava Keerthi: na  trapEtha kim ? ) ...(V.S).
 


Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

959. dhoUvArikadhvirasanaprabalAntharAyaI-
        dhUryE padhAvani! DhurADyabilapravEshaI:
        thadhrangaDhAmanirapAyaDhanOttharAyAm
        thvayyEva vishramaya mamkshu manOraTham mE

Oh Paaduka! I should not suffer at the hands of snake-like gate-
keepers of the mole-hills of rich persons, in my efforts to get a 
few coppers for my living. The most valuable perennial treasure that 
Sri Ranganatha is, rests in You of admitted greatness. My prayer now 
is that You make my craving to rest in You; please grant it at once!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
 
SlOkam 959
 
1) UtthamUr  Swamy's anubhavam: Here, Swamy  Desikan describes 
the kind of inauspicousness that will not come his way due to the 
grace of the Paadhukais. One of the inauspiciousness that Swamy  
Desikan feared is that of entering the house of the wicked wealthy 
to request money from them to make a living . Swamy  says: " The 
houses of the wicked wealthy are in reality the residence of 
poisonous snakes. Rich are the big snakes with the twin tongues. 
They say one thing and do not stick to it the next time. When You
are in Srirangam blessed by the permanent wealth known as 
RanganAtha , I do not need to enter the house of the haughty rich ; 
I will turn my attention to You and fulfill my heart's desires . May 
Thou keep me restful quickly in Your shade !
 
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! There are those ,
who deluded by their wealth do not realize that wealth is  
perishable and their exalted status and riches are transient . 
Forgetting these facts, they become haughty and arrogant. Even the 
servant in front of such rich men insult the visitors with harsh 
words just like their masters. Entering their houses is like 
entering the abode of poisonous snakes . One is terrorized
over the thought of entering the houses of these haughty rich and 
coming out of them safely . It is the poverty and desire for wealth
makes the SamsAris enter the houses of these kings of misers . 
It is indeed a delorable state. Wont You keep us away from the 
houses of the rich and direct us towards the house of Your Lord , 
who is sarva sulabhan and the possessor of undiminishing auspicious 
wealth of every kind ? Thus laments Swamy  Desikan .
 
3) Oh PadhAvani ! I am saddened by my  decisions to enter 
the doors of the arrogant rich guarded by the hissing snake like 
door keepers ( dhouvArika dhvirasana praBalAntarAyai: 
dhurADya Bhila pravEsai : aham dhUyE ). To remove my sorrows 
arising from my pravEsam into the houses of the arrogant rich ,
You must  fix my firm attention and desire with Your Lord , 
the source of all undiminishing riches ( Tath RangadhAma nirapAya
dhana uttharAyAm , manoraTam munkshu visramaya)....(V.S).









Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

960. vyAmuhyathAm thriviDhathApamayE niDhAGhE
        mAyAvishEShajanithAsu marIchikAsu
        samspruShtashoUricharaNA charaNAvani! thvam 
        sThEyA svayam Bhavasi nascharamE pumarThE

Oh Paaduka! In the world of Samsara, which is a sultry summer, in 
which the three heats afflict us, we seek relief from the mirages of 
sense-experiences, that are a consequence of Maya or Moolaprakriti 
with its manifestations of sound, etc. At this moment of 
disillusion, You cling to the Feet of the Lord firmly and declare to 
us, `This is the Supreme Goal of Life'. It allays all our doubts and 
we secure a steadfastness.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan 
 
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
 
SlOkma 960
 
1) UtthamUr  Swamy's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukE ! We suffer from 
the three afflictions -- AdhyAthmikA , AadhiboudhikA and 
Adhidhaivika --of SamsArA and are emaciated by the heat of Maaya 
based on the admixture of Rajas , Tamas and Satthva . We get lost in 
this mirage. You take Your hands and touch Your Lord's feet and show 
them to us very clearly. You point out that those holy feet are the 
highest goal for us so that we can get relief from the three 
samsAric afflictions and feel cool and comfortable . You bless us
with that type of true knowledge.
 
2) SrIamth Andavan's anubhavam: Due to the power of our ancient 
karmAs, we are bound by the three guNams and engage in pursuit of 
transient and perishable things linked to SamsAram . We have hence 
nothing but sorrows and pain. We run after the mirage and tire. At 
this time of our suffering, You point out Your Lord's sacred feet to 
which You are linked and identify them as Parama PurushArTam ( the 
ultimate goal of life ). You show us that those sacred feet are our 
upAyam and phalan for overcoing samsAric sufferings . Inspite of all 
these efforts on Your part, we do not learn and get tossed around in 
the waves of SamsAram . What a pity ?  
 
3)Oh CharaNAvani ! You are touching the sacred feet of the Lord 
( Thvam samsprushta Souri charaNA ). We are deluded by the mirages
of the summer of samsAram as a result of our exposures to
the three kinds of tApams ( Thrividha TaapamayE nidhAdhE , 
mAyaa visEsha janithAsu mareechikAsu vyAmuhyathAm na: ).
For suffering souls like us , Oh PaadhukE ! You serve as 
the remover of the doubts about which real pools of water to drink
for gaining Moksham and to stay away from the mischevous mirages 
( charamE pumarTE svayam sTEyA bhavasi) ...(V.S).