Sri: SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha, Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin: 74. aBhigamya mukundapAdhukE! thvAmapanIthAthapavAraNaI: shirOBhi: harithAm pathayE dhurApamanyaIranaGhacChAyamavApnuvanthi BhOgam Oh Paaduka! The guardians of the directions (such as Indra, Rudra, etc.,)come and worship You, after leaving off their umbrellas and other paraphernalia. What reward they get! They now dervie a lordship and enjoyment of the perfect honour and paraphernalia-not attainable to others! Namo Narayana, Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN(V.S): *************************** (1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukhE adorning the holy feet of MukundhA ! It is Your overflowing and matchless affection that confers the comfort of immesurable wealth and unquestioned status to the Lords of the eight directions . They forsake their umbrellas duirng the heat of the day and step out with unprotected heads to receive You on their heads with affection .They enjoy the cool shade of Your contact and become enrichd . 2) Srimadh Andavan anubhavam : Oh PaadhukhE ! When Your Lord wears You on His lotus feet and goes about His sanchAram , the Digh PaalakAs walk behind You without their umbrellas covering their heads . Through this act ,they come under Your comforting shade and attain all riches. The inner meaning is : When we are with AchAryAs and PerumAL , we should not use the umbrellas even if it is noon day's heat . We wil not be affected by the mid-day heat , when we are with Them . VisEsha Sukhams result. This is part of Their PrabhAvam . 3) Swami Desikan chooses exquisite words to describe the unique blessings conferred by the Mukundha Paadhukhais (Moksham granting AchAryaas ). When we have their (AchAryA's ) sambhandham , then the unattainable (dhurApam) comes within our reach . Swami Desikan says: ThvAm abhigamya anyai: dhurApam anaga: chAyam bhOgam avApnuvanthi .The word '" chaayam" means both lustre (Kaanthi) and shade (Nizhal ). Those , who have the AchArya sambhandham attain and enjoy these BhOgams ... V.S
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