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>Sri:
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan
>Swamin: 
>
>88. shEShO garuthmAn maNipAdhapITI
> thvam chEthi pAdhAvani! vishvamAnyA:
> thulyADhikArA yadhi kinnu santha: 
> thvAmEva nithyam shirasA vahanthi
>
>Oh Paaduka! Adishesha, Garuda, the gem-studded foot-base in the lotus
>shape and yourself are all said to be equals in service-rights. May it
>be so! But then why do great people accord to You the high previlege of 
>bearing You on their heads, discarding the others?
>
>Namo Narayana,
>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN
**********************

(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhaavam: Oh Dhivya PaadhukhE ! 
AdhisEshA , GarudA , the gem-studded foot rest of Your
Lord and Yourself have a common kainkaryam , (Viz): Carrying
the Lord's Thiruvadi .Thus all of you have equal status .
Inspite of this, the wise people of the world give You 
a status that is superior to all the other three and wear 
You alone on their heads .This is because of Your uncontested 
status arising from Your eternal proximity to Your 
Lord's sacred feet .

(2) Srimadh Andavan's anubhavam : Although AdhisEshan , Garudan
and the Paadham-thAngi (foot rest ) and the paadhukahai
of the Lord have samAdhikAram , the great Ones wear the Lord's
Paadhukhais on their heads .Therefore You are superior .
The inner meaning is : There are many NithyasUris and yet 
there is none among them , who has helped the world as
Swami NammAzhwAr , the Paadhukhai of the Lord .

(3) All the four ( AdhiisEshan , Garudan, Foot-rest and 
the Paadhukhai ) are visvamAnya: ( celebrated by 
the World . They are also "ThulyAdhikAris"( Same Kaimkarya
status). Yet , "santha: thvAmEva sirasA vahanthi" 
( the periyaVALs) adorn you alone on their heads . 
Swamy asks a rhetorical question : " kinnu?" (Why ) 
and lets us decide .





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