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>Sri:
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan
>Swamin: 
>
>65. DhruvamindriyanAgashrunKhalA vA nirayadhvAranivAraNArgaLA vA
> anapAyapadhADhirOhiNI vA mama rangEshavihArapAdhukE thvam
>
>Oh Paaduka,
>You serve for Ranganatha's sport,
>You serve as the chains binding the elephants which my sense organs are;
>You function as the bolt-rod for the door of the hell-we would not get 
>in there!
>You also remain as the ladder for us to ascend to the Perennial Abode,
>Vaikunta.
>
>Namo Narayana,
>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S):
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(1)Srimadh Andavan anubhavam:
Oh Sri RanganAtha PaadhukhE helping your Lord 
to enjoy His travels in pursuit of His pleasurable
duties! You are the most merciful ! You help me in three 
ways. You serve as a chain to control my IndriyAs ,
which are like a rogue elephant ready to cause damage .
You act as a bolt to the entrance door of Narakam so that 
adiyEn does not stumble in there . You serve further as
the ladder for the eternal Sri VaikunTam .

The inner meaning is that for those , who have
AzhwAr's katAksham , their IndriyAs do not go near
the inauspicious paths. They do not enter Narakam .
Parama Padham is within their easy reach .

(2)Swami says here that the PaadhukhAs are 
the chain that restrains the rouge elephant of the 
ten IndriyAs ( mama Indhriya Naaga SrungalA ).
The PaadhukhAs serve as the inner bolt for 
the entry door of Narakams( Niraya dhvAra nivAraNa 
argaLA ).

What a beautiful rhyme: SrungalA and argaLA !
One is a restraining chain and the other is a 
restraining bolt .

The PaadhukhAs ultimately serve as 
the parama Padha sOpANam/ladder 
(anapAya padha adhirOhiNi)...V.S

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan 




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