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>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan
>Swamin: 
>
>82.biBharShi Nithyam MaNipAdhukE! thvam vishvamBharam DhAma nijEna
>BhUmnA thavAnuBhAvashchuLakIkruthOyam BhaktaIrajasram BhavatIm dhaDhAnaI:
>
>Oh Paaduka! You permanently bear the Lord (who Himself bears all the
>worlds) by Your intrinsic greatness; but then this greatness is a moiety-a
>palmful- compared to the greatness the devotees acquire by reason of their
>bearing You on their heads!
>
>Note: This is not belittling the Paaduka by any stretch of imagination
>even. Bhaktas derive their greatness now only from Paaduka. They are more 
>praiseworthy. That is the implication here.
>
>Namo Narayana,
>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN(V.S):
**************************

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Gem-bedecked PaadhukhE!
You carry always the Lord on Your back , who carries 
the world itself ! This is possible because of Your 
unique status and glory. Your devotees , who bear You on 
their heads fully understand this glorious attribute 
of Yours. 

2) Srimadh Andavan's anubhavam: Three things are compared
here. The Lord carries the world; PaadhukhA carries 
the Lord; BhakthAs carry the PaadhukhA on their heads .
The glory of the BhakthAs carrying You on their siras
is smaller than that of Yours carrying PerumAL on
Your back. 

The inner meaning is that PerumAL Bhakthar's Bhakthars are 
superior to PerumAl's Bhakthars . Thirumazhisai AzhwAr
refers to this tattvam in his aruLiccheyalkaL as :
yEtthi iruppaarai vellumE maRRavarai saatthi iruppAr tavam "

3) Swami states here that BhakthAs , who adorn Paadhukhais
o on their heads make the glory of Paadhukais bearing the Lord
on its back pale into insignificance compared to their own
glories .Swami says here that the measure of that glory of
PaadhukhA is like the measure of water held in the palm of 
a man's hand (ChuLakam )compared to the infinitude of 
an Ocean ....V.S






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