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>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan
>Swamin: 
>
>84. MukundhpAdhAmbhujaDhAriNi!thvAm mOhAdhanutthamsayathAm janAnAm
> MUrdhni sThithA dhurlipayO Bhavanthi prashasthavarNAvaLayasthadhIyA:
>
>Oh Paaduka! The menfolk, who out of a foolish vanity, do not care to
>bear You on their heads, have become destined to get their fate-letters
>which were good and favourable, to be transformed into bad and
>evil-foreboding! (we can change our fate favourably by bearing Sataari)
>
>Namo Narayana,
>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN(V.S):

1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh the holy Paadhukhais of 
MukundhA ! There are some, who out of ego and arrogance 
stay away from wearing You on their heads . For those, 
even the auspicious writings on their skulls by BrahmA
turn into inauspicious writings and cause them harm. These
doubters of Your glory experience many hardships here on earth .

2) The inner meaning of this slOkam is that the good Brahma 
lipi on the head of one , who does not celebrate NammAzhwAr
turns from good to bad . The situation referred to here is
just the opposite to that alluded in slOkam 50 . There Swami
Desikan mentioned that through its powers , the PaadhukhAs 
transform bad Brahma Lipi into good Lipi ,when they adorn
the head of a devotee. 

3) In the previous slOkam, Swami Desikan stated : "Sesha-
GaruthmadhaadhyA: svayam utthamAngai: sEshasamam thvAm
UTTAMSAYANTHI . He described NithyasUris like Adhi Seshan and 
Garudan by their own volition adorning the Paadhukhais as 
Parivattam and enhancing their status . Here, Swami talks
about those deluded ones , who push away the Paadhukhais 
and do not offer it the reverence that it requires :
" thvAm mOhAth ANUTTHAMSAYATHAAM JanAnAm Murdhni 
sthithA: prasastha Varna aavaLaya: dhurlipaya:".
Swami Desikan compares the status of the Uttamsayantha:
(wearers of the Paadhukhais) with anutthamsayantha:
( those who do not wear the Paadhukhais out of arrogance)
and points out that even the good Brahma Lipi on their skulls 
change to bad ones (dhurlipi:) ...V.S 





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