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>Sri:
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin
>
>41. PadmAkAntapadAnta RangaviBhOdriktam padatram BhajE
> YadBhaktyA namtAm triviShtapasadhAm chUdApadhEShvarpitam
> NityApItanaKhEndhudhIDhithisuDhAsandhOhamucchaIrvama
> tyantarnUnamamAnthamanthikalasacChOShApatacChadhmanA
>
>The white cloth wound round the head of the Devas, who bow in great
>devotion-as a prelude to the placement of the Lord's Paaduka (or Sataari)
>appears like the lustrous halo emanating from the moon of the nails of
>the feet, a halo-nectar uncontrollably overflowing and therefore spread
>out as it were, on the head.
>
>(The white cloth is referred to as Seshapata, appropriate to the
>Seshas we are. It is called Parivattam in Tamil parlance).
>
>Namo Narayana,
>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S)
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(1)UthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here , Swami Desikan decribes
the action taken by DevAs , who become afraid of losing 
their high positions to the devotees of PaadhukhAs . Those
DevAs now rush to adorn the PaadhukhAs on their heads with
devotion and reach a state of happiness that is beyond 
the partaking of nectar. As a result of wearing the PaadhukhAs,
their erstwhile insecuties are removed . Swami Desikan also 
describes here the sEshA paDam or parivattam , a white silken 
piece of unstitched cloth that is wrapped around the dEvA's
heads prior to placing the PaadhukhAs on their heads. Swami
DSesikan observes that the Parivattam enhances the cool and
nectar like rays associated with the foot nails of the Lord 
resident on top of the paadhukhais .Swami Desikan suggests that
the coolness of the nectar emanating from that parivattam is
like the dam of floods of amrutham that originate from 
the nails of the Lord's sacred feet .

(2) Andavan Swamy's anubhavam : Swami Desikan salutes the PaadhukhAs
dear to Lord RanganAthA's chittham .When our revered AchAryA 
sees the dazzling whiteness of the parivattam/paryattam on which 
the PaadhukhA rests over the heads of dEvAs , he is reminded
of the matchless lustre of the finger nails of the Lord and
the PadhukhAs drinking those nakha kaanthi and releasing it 
to share that anubhavam with us. 

(3) In the earlier slOkam , Swami referred to the anxieties 
of the DevAs about losing their exalted positions to those
bhakthAs , whom Paadhukhais favor . In this slOkam , Swami 
Desikan describes the clever strategem of the devAs to have
no surprises . They rush to the sannadhi of the Lord and 
wear the Paadhulhais over their heads as insurance against
any calamities ...V.S

(4) In the first line of the slOkam , Swami Desikan shows 
his deep devotion for the Lord's PaadhukhAs : " PadhmA Kaantha: 
padha antharanga: vibhava udhriktham padathram bhajE "( adiyEn
offers my bhakthi-laden salutation to those Paadhukhais , which 
are intimate with the Sriya: Pathi's sacred feet ...V.S

(5) Swami Desikan compares the bright lustre of the parivattam
sitting under the Paadhukhais over the heads of the DevAs with
a similie : " antha : amAntham nithya aapItha nakha Indhu 
dhIdhithi: sudhA sandhOham ucchai: VAMATHI noonam ". 
The Paadhukhais drink without let the moon-like rays of
the lustre emanating from the foot nails of the Lord .
The lustre of the parivattam circumscribing the heads of
the DevAs appears to Swami Desikan as the outpourings of 
what the Paadhukhais consumed abundantly earlier (viz )., 
the white lustre of the nakha kaanthi .Vamathi means in
Tamil , Kaakuthal or ejecting ... V.S 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam 
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan 





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