>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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