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>Sri:
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan
>Swamin: 
>
>112. pAdhAmbujAdh vigaLithAm paramasya pumsa: 
> thvAm AadharENa vinivEshya jatAkalApE
> angIchakAra BharathO maNipAdharakshE! 
> gangADhirUDa shirasO girishasya kAnthim
>
>Oh Paaduka! You came from Rama's feet even as the holy Ganga. 
>Bharata on bearing You on his matted hair, shone with an effulgence 
>equal to Siva's with Ganga on his head.
>
>Namo Narayana,
Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S)
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(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: BharathA placed the noble
Paadhukhais from the holy feet of RaamA on his head and
attained nobility himself .This is similar to Rudran 
attaining the name of Parama Sivan or the most auspicious 
One by placing on his head the flood waters of GangA that arose
out of Sriman naarAyaNA's sacred feet during His avathAram
as Thrivikraman. In this matter , there is similarity between
BharathA and Parama Sivan in that both of them were ennobled
by affiliation with their Lord's sacred Paadham .

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Here the reference is back 
to the second slOkam of this Paddhathi .At AyOdhyA , Raamaa
stepped on His Paadhukhais first prior to His journey to 
the forest ( PrthvIm vihAya SamprayAsyan PRATHAMAM thvAm
AALAMBHATHA). Hence , there is no question about BharathA
bringing a new PaadhukhA from AyOdhyA for RaamA to bless it
prior to giving it to him . BharathA requests his brother:
at Chithrkootam "adhirOhArya PaadhAbhyAM " ( Please step onto 
the Paadhukhais before gifting them to me ) . This is consistent 
with the practise of a sishyan , who places his AchArya Paadhukhai 
on his head after the AchAryan steps on them and then presents it 
to the Sishyan . 

(3) Here Swami Desikan points out that both Bharathan and
Parama Sivan have matted locks ( jatA kalApam ). One had 
the Raama Paadhukhais on his head and the other had the sacred
waters that flowed out of the holy feet of Thrivikraman on
his matted hair.Both shone with equal splendor due to 
the close affilation with the object that had affiliation 
with the Lord's sacred Paadham (SatAri and GangA )....V.S 






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