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>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,>
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan
>Swamin: 
>
>105. rAmAthmana: prathipadham maNipAdharakshE!
> vishvamBharasya vahanEna parIkshithAm thvAm
> vishvasya devi vahanE vinivEshayiShyan
> visrabDha Eva BharathO BhavatIm yayAchE
>
>Oh Paaduka! Bharata had evidently sought You as a gift from Rama with 
>great confidence in You (in regard to the ability to reign over the 
>land), because he had well become satisfied, on examining You bearing 
>the Universe-sustaining Superlord in the form of Rama, at every step 
>of walking.
>
>Namo Narayana,Adiyen, >
>SriMuralidhara Dasan

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN(V.S):
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(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Here Swami Desikan points out
the reason for BharathA's request for the bequeathing of 
the PaadhukhAs as gift from his brother. Swami says :
" Oh Gem-bedecked ( Kallizhaittha ) PaadhukE ! Oh Empress!
You have carried RaamA , the ruler of the worlds during all
His missions . On those occasions , Your performance has been 
checked out and found to be perfect at each one of the steps 
you made for Him. Therefore , BharathA had a lot of trust 
in Your power toadminister the affairs of the world and therefore 
asked RaamA to give You as a gift to him to enable him to
conduct the affairs of the state as His (RaamA's) 
representative (adhikAri) ".

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam :The inner meaning of this slOkam
is: When a sishyan selects an AchAryan for pancha samskAram and
prapatthi , he examines the auspicious qualities of the AchAryan
and then with unalloyed faith (VisvAsam , Nambikkai) , the sishyan
adopts the sacred feet of that AchAryan for his protection . 
The sishyan from then on is utterly loyal to the AchAryan that 
he has chosen . There are also those , who go through the motion of 
prapatthi to an AchAryan for the sake of the ritual. The faithful
Sishyan however knows fully well that the Lord responds to 
his AchAryan and will accept that SadAchAryan's recommendation . 
Therefore , he leaves all his worries behind and celebrates his 
AchAryan always.

At the time of receiving the Paadhukhais , Bharathan requested 
his brother to step into the Paadhukhais ( AdhirOhArya PaahdAbhyAm )
suggesting as though he was testing those PaadhukhAs prior to 
accepting them . Swami Desikan uses therefore the word "ParikshithAm
thvAm " to indicate that Bharathan did not simply accept 
the Paadhukhais. He tested them out and then fully satisfied
about their prowess , accepted them with MahA visvAsam .

(3) BharathA's mind set at the end of testing the Paadhukhais
and accepting them for "visvambhara Vahanam" ( to rule
the world) is described as " VISRABDHA: " by Swami Desikan .
The choice of the word "Visrabdha:" is a testament to
the SaraNAgathi Saasthram . Visrabdha: means a state of mind
completely free from anxiety , a state of utter trust or
MahA VISVAASAM . Both Visrabdah: and VisvAsam have the prefix
" Vis " in them . The state of Nirbharam ( fearlessness and
state of freedom from worries about his rakshaNam) arises 
from the Visrabdha state to begin with . Lakshmi Tanthram
is Quoted by Swami Desikan in Srimath rahasya Thraya Saaram 
in this context: " RakshayishyathIthi VisvAsAth abhIshDOpAya 
Kalpanam" . BharathA had that feeling of Visrabdham or 
VisvAsam in Paadhukai of Lord RaamachandrA...V.S

(4) AdiyEn is also reminded of the latter half of the concluding 
slOkam of the 14th chapter of Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram 
(SvanishtAbhijn~Ana adhikAram ) here :

" tatthvOpAya prabhruthi vishayE SWAMI DHATTHAAM SvanishtAm
SeshAm kruthvA SIRASI KRUTHINA: sEsham aayu: nayanthi "

Here Swami states: " These blessed souls hold aloft on
their heads the nishtai gifted to them by the Lord 
(through AchArya Mukham ) in the matter of Tattvam ,
upAyam and PurushArtham and leads the rst of their 
lives without fear in a state of utter visvAsam ".
The nishtai here is the Raama Paadhukhai held aloft on 
BharathA's head as a parivattam for the next fourteen 
years .Bharathan thus became a kruthinan or krutha kruthyan . 
He also received the adhikAram through his clear understanding of 
the SvarUpa, UpAya , PurishArtha nishtais.....V.S







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