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>Sri:
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin
>
>32. NishsheShAmambaratalam yadi PatrikA SyAt
> SaptArNavI Yadi SamEtya maShI BhavitrI
> VaktA Sahasravadana: PuruSha: Svayam ChEt
> LiKhyEta RangapatipAdhukayO: PraBhAva:
>
>What a great and impossible thing it would be if one were to present the
>greatness of the Paaduka of Ranganatha! To do it, the whole sky should
>serve as paper, the seven oceans should join to serve as the ink, and the
>thousand-mouthed Lord should become the speaker. Then could perhaps the
>Paaduka-prabhava be written out!

>Namo Narayana,
>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S)
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(1) UTTHAMOOR SWAMY ANUBHAVAM :Swami Desikan concedes here
that it would be impossible to write or speak about 
the limitless auspicious attributes of Sri RanganAthA's 
PaadhukhAs .He says: "Even if the vast expanse of the sky
were to be made into a writing paper , even if the content 
of the deep sea were to be used as the writing ink and 
even if the thousand-headed AdhisEshan were to be assigned 
the task of writing about the immeasurable kalyANa guNAs 
of the Lord's Paadhukais ,it would be an impossible task
to record fully their prabhAvam ".

(2) ANDAVAN ANUBHAVAM :Swami Desikan points out that the glories
of the divine PaadhukhAs have no boundary . For writing about
their glories , the entire aakAsam has to become the paper;
all the seven oceans have to become the writing ink ; the Lord 
with His thousand faces (as saluted by the Purusha Sooktham )
has to describe the mahimai of His PaadhukhAs. The Lord Himself 
has to put them on paper.Only then even a small portion of
their glories could be covered . 

(3) This type of description is known as adisayOkthi . Swami
Desikan indicates his " inadequacy " to tackle such a mighty
subject (the prabhAvam of the Paadhukhais)that is troublesome 
even for the Lord Himself to handle .This is the conventional,
reverential approach of a poet , when he deals with a sacred
theme .For instance , when Swami Desikan commences his sthuthi
on Lord Hayagreevan , he confesses about his disqualifications:
" apourushEyaairapi vaak prapanchai: adhyApi thE bhUthim adhrushta-
paarAm , sthuvannaham mugdha ithi tvaiyava kAruNyatho Naatha 
KatAkshaNeeya:" ( Lord HayagreevA ! The authorless VedAs daring
to describe Your SvarUpam, ThirumEni and GuNam are struggling 
even today to succeed in their efforts.They are stymied by
the immensity of the task that they have undertaken in a spirit
of bravado. AdiyEn of meager intellect has now stepped forward
to engage in such a task that is way above my head .You should 
consider my effort as that of a foolish child ( mugdhan/asattu 
siRuvan)and cast Your most merciful glances on me )........V.S

We will come across such modest disclaimers from Swami Desikan
in number of his other sthuthis as well .For instance in 
the second slOkam of Sri Varadha Raaja PanchAsath , Swami states 
that the great sages of matchless intellect ( ParAsarar , 
VyAsar et al) gave up their efforts to come to grips with 
the description of the glories of Sri VaradharAjan and were 
overcome by the impossibility of the task and got bewildered.
While the experiences of these great sages are well known ,
adiyEn became emboldened to take on this futile task 
of doing justice to eulogize Your anantha kalyANa guNAs . 
This act of mine is surely foolish and yet adiyEn persists 
in this impossible effort. Only You (Lord VaradharAjA) 
out of Your infinite mercy should put up with my aparAdham 
and bear with me ....V.S

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 







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