Regarding swamin special notes on sloka 913: Swamin has mentioned that "seven verses of SrI RanganAtha PadhukA Sahsram have been identified by our AchAryAs for worship on the seven days of the week by ladies of the house .....".
Adiyen is having a copy (a great treasure kept by adiyen's revered late father) of SrI RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram by SrI U.Ve. Tathacharya swamy. Adiyen has the read the complete book. Adiyen would be much obliged if swamin can tell me such seven slokas' numbers.
Dasan Srinivasan
Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
913. surAsurArchithA DhanyA thungamangaLapAlikA
charAcharashrithA mAnyA rangapungavapAdhukA
Ranganatha-Paaduka possesses an affluence extraordinary-i.e., the
affluence meant by service to the Lord. Devas and Asuras pay homage
to it. Paaduka is also capable of safe-guarding our things
auspicious. All movables and immovables cling to it. The Paaduka is
worshippable to all.
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)
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SlOkam 913 : Seven verses of SrI RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram have
been identified by our AchAryAs for worship on the seven days of the
week by the ladies of the house to bring auspiciousness to their
families. This verse has been identified for worship on THURSDAYS .
Ladies should draw the Dhvichatushkara Chakra Bandham
formed by three circles and two squres with Lord RanganAthA's
Paadhukais at the epi-center . Between the 2nd and the innermost
circle , the two intersecting squares are found in this Bhandham.
This slOkam should be recited in front of that yanthram (kOlam)
with bhakthi, while meditaing on the glories of the Lord's
Paadhukais.
This chithra slOkam ( 913) is set in a pattern (Bhandham)
known as gOmoothrikA Bhandham . There are 32 letters
in this verse starting with "Su " and ending with "kaa".
The first and second lines have a symmetry of 16 letters.
There is a pattern of relationship between the individual letters
in the first and the second lines. The genius of Swamy Desikan in
creating symmetries and echos of sounds is abundantly
displayed here.The split of the 16 letters in each of the two
lines and their sound symmetries to yield the gOmuthrikA
Bhandham is shown below. Each letter in DevanAgari
aksharam has to be put in 16 squares for the two lines
to fully appreciate the genius of our AchAryan to generate
pleasing acoustic echos & lofty meanings :
Su--raa--su---- raa---archi-thaa dha-nyaa tu--nga ma-nga-La paa-
li-kaa
cha-raa--cha--raa----asri-thaa maa-nyaa Ra-nga pu-nga--va paa-
dhu-kaa
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh RanganAtha PaadhukE !
Thou art worshipped by the DevAs and their cousins , the asurAs .
Thus worshipped, You (the PaadhukAs) protect all auspiciousness in
the world and are honored for that upakAram . You (The PaadhukAs)
have the distinct feature of housing all the sentient and insentient
beings and perform that noble duty of protecting the auspiciousness .
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:The PaadhukAs are worshipped by
the chieftains among the DevAs and AsurAs. They confer on them
KshEmam . They are full of Iswaryam and blesses those , who seek
refuge with all auspiciousness. When one views the chara and
achara roopams on the PaadhukAs painted for decoration purposes,
one is reminded of the Viswa roopam of the Lord, where He protects
all the worlds ( Sentients and insentients ) by keeping them in His
body. The PaadhukAs of the Lord of SrIrangam is equivalent to Him in
all aspects and are celebrated by the world for these glories.
3) The Lord's PaadhukAs are worshipped by both DevAs and
AsurAs( SurAsurArchitha). It has the bhAgyam of joining with
the Lord's sacred feet , serves Him and enjoys Him through
that kaimkaryam and becomes "DhanyA ". It protects all
auspicousness that are at the top ( Tunga MangaLa pAlikA).
The PaadhukAs are sought as refuge by all chEthnams and
achEthanams ( present on them as carved images) : " CharAchara
aasrithA ". These PaadhukAs of Lord RanganAthA are celebrated by
one and all for these reasons ( Ranga Pungava PaadhukA
maanyA ) ....(V.S).
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