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NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S):
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(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukhE ! On Your lower side ,
You are resting on the heads of the fortunate , who worship You ;
on Your upper side , Sri RanganAthA's holy feet are present . 
Therefore , the distance for Parama Padaham or Lord's abode
is made very short by You for Your BhakthAs. They reach 
VishNu Padham or Sri Vaikuntam very quickly through 
the shortest of all the routes .

(2)Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: When one wears the Paadhukhai of 
the Lord with Bhakthi , One can easily reach the sacred feet 
of the Lord . The path of Moksham has Swami NammAzhwAr (Satari)
on one end and the Lord's feet on the other end . The inner 
meaning here is that the sishyan of a SadAchAryan is united with
PerumAL in His Parama Padham , when he or she takes refuge 
at the SadAchAryan's feet through Prapatthi .

(3) Here Swami Desikan dwells on the unique status of 
the Lord's Paadhukhais . Swami points out what is under 
the SatAri and what is above it .He says: "adhasthAm SathAm 
(santha:)moordhnA sangaDithAm , upari VishNO: padhEna sangaDithAm ".
Below one finds the heads of the Mumukshu: and prapannAs: and
above one finds the Lord's sacred feet united to the SATari.

In the second paadham of this concluding slOkam of PrabhAva
Paddhathi, Swami Desikan succinctly describes the shortest
route to Moksham : " Bhavatheem VimukthE: adhaveeyaseem 
padhaveem avayanthi " (The great ones recognize You as 
the shortest route to Moksham ). The essence of Srimath
Bhagavath GitA is summarized here. After teaching ArjunA
about the difficult-to-practise Bhakthi and JnAna Yogams , 
Lord KrishNA removes the despair of ArjunA at the end 
of His GitOpadEsam and teaches his Sishyan about the easy 
route of Prapatthi Yogam to reach Him and Him alone 
(MaamEkam Sharanam vraja)and assures ArjunA not to 
sorrow over his state anymore(Maa Sucha:). Prapatthi 
through a SadAchArya ( ukthi Nishtai , AchArya Nishtai )
is pointed out by Swami Desikan as the shortest 
route to Moksham and delivereance form the cycles of 
Births and Deaths....V.S

(4)The hundred slOkams of PrabhAva Paddhathi group fall
under three categories :(a)the First 20 slOkams, where
Swami Desikan described the immensity of the glories
of the PaadhukhAs of the Lord as celebrated by Vedams 
and purANams (b) the next 10 slOkams , where Swami dwelt
on the reasons for the name of "SatakOpan " for 
the Lord's Paadhukhais.(c)the remaining 70 slOkams , where
Swami Desikan paid his own tribute to the sacred Paadhukhais 
and their role in blessing us with Moksha Siddhi .....V.S

SrimathE NigamAntha MahA DesikAya nama:
Sri RanganAtha PaadhukhA SahasrE PrabhAva Paddhathi sampUrNam.
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 




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