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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

VaithALika Paddhathi: Navami

241. namasthE pAdhukE! pumsAm samsArArNavasEthavE
yadhArohasya vedhAnthA vandhivaIthALikA: svayam

Oh Paaduka! My prostrations to You who is served by the Upanishads 
acting as panegyrists and 
announcers, say, at the time of the Lord wearing You who is the 
bridge for humans to cross the 
ocean of samsara.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S):
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(1)This ninth paddhathi has ten slOkams . This paddhathi
has been constructed in the form of court singers waking up
Lord RanganAthA and requesting Him to adorn His holy PaadhukAs
to conduct His dialy duties. Court poets or singers appointed
for waking up a king are known as Vandhis or VaithALikAs
or BodhakArAs. Tis paddathi derives its name from that
of the vaithALikAs waking up Sri RanganAthan ...V.S

(2) In this verse , Swami Desikan indicates that
the court singers , who wake up RanganAthA in
the morning hours are none other than the Upanishads
and VedAs.The ten verses of this paddhathi address RanganAthA
Himself , since He alone enjoys the two states of being
awake and engaging in Yoga NidhrA . PaadhukAs on the other
hand do not experience the above two states ..V.S

(3) Much of the references in these ten slOkams about
the ThiruppaLLi Yezhuchci of RanganAtha will have echos in
the Ten Pasurams of ThoNDaradippoDi AzhwAr's
ThiruppaLLIyezucchi Paasurams.. V.S

(3) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: "Oh PaadhukE ! You
are the bridge to cross the ocean of SamsArA. AdiyEn's
salutations to You for serving as such and helping
the populace .

The Upanishads themselves assume the form of court singers
to announce the different divisions of time of the day
and night for RanganAthA and request Him to adorn
the Paadhukais in the context of performance of His duties.
These VaithALikAs serve as reminders of the time and
occasion for RanganAthA to mount the Paadhukais for
His many travels to protect His bhakthAs and punish
their enemies.

(4) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukE ! AdiyEn
salutes You, who removes the cycles of births and deaths
of the people. Upanishads wake up Your Lord and eulogize
Him .

Through these salutaions ,Upanishads exhibit twin
functions (viz)., vandhis (eulogizers) and VaithALikAs
( Those who provide the wake up call ).

(5) Swami Desikan salutes the Paadhukais as "SamsArArNava
Sethu" or the dam over which people travel to escape from
repeated births and deaths .Upanishads have a dedicated
role in RanganAthA's court . Their goal is to request
the Lord to wake up, adorn His Paadhukais to conduct
His daily duties ( Yath aarOhasya VedAnthA: svayam
vandhi-VaithALikA:).







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