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DEar BhakthAs :
Sri Murali Rangaswamy is doing a wonderful 
Kaimkaryam on making Dr.V.N.Vedantha Desikan's 
translations of the Sri Ranganatha PadhukhA 
Sahasra (RPS)slOkams . 

He sent me the following note on his anubhavam
of the 31st slOkam the RPS. I would like to share that
anubhavam with you .

A little later , we will try to create 
home pages for the RPS with appropriate
graphics and images pertaining to the SlOkams 
and Sri Rangam , where the Sri Sookthi was
composed .

V.Sadagopan 

>Sri:
>
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>
>Dear Sriman Sadagopan,
>
>Thank you very much for the additional notes on Shlokams 30 and 31.
>The connection of the number 1000 to NammAzhwar's Pasurams, and
>Swami Desikan's Padhuka Sahasram are extremely touching to read.
>Sri Uttamoor Swami's Anubhavam is like Amrutam. Please permit
>Adiyen to share the following observations on verse 31.
>
>The Vamana Padhuka and Madhusudhana Padhuka provide a consummate
>illustration of the fact that the Padhukas crush the pride of
>arrogant ones while elevating the humble supplicant. In the Vamana
>Avataram, Mahabali ridiculed the Lord for the latter's request of
>three paces of land and laughed at Him in contempt. Lo and behold!
>the Trivikrama Padhuka in two paces deprived Mahabali of all his
>possessions. When Mahabali humbly submitted his head to the Lord's
>lotus feet, he was guaranteed Moksham (Divya Sampath). The Madhusudhana 
>Padhuka is another marvellous illustration of arrogant
>ones meeting their doom. Duryodhana and Arjuna arrived in Dwaraka
>to seek the Lord's help for the Mahabharata war. The Lord was resting
>at that time in his private quarters. The haughty Duryodhana stood
>by the head-rest of the Lord's bed, whereas Arjuna paid respectful
>obeisance while standing near the Lord's Lotus feet.
>
>Swami Desikan implicitly refers to this characteristic of the Lord's
>Padhuka in the Dehalisa Stuthi. In it Swami Desikan uses the
>analogy of a bent tree-branch bearing laden with ripe fruit.
>Swami Desikan thus subtly instructs all to bow down with respect
>to the Lord's Shatari. Sri Alavandar salutes the Lord's Padhuka in
>the Stotra Ratnam as "Madeeya MUrdhanamalankarishyati"
>
>Namo Narayana,
>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan
>
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