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SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:

907. kAlE thalpaBhujangamasya Bhajatha: kAShTAm gathAm shEShathAm
     mUrthim kAmapi vEdhmi ranganrupathEschithrAm padhathradhvayIm
     sEvAnamrasurAsurEndhramakutIshEShApatIsangamE
     mukthAchandhrikayEva yA praThayathE nirmOkayOgam puna:

The Paaduka reaches the extreme border of servility to the Lord 
Rangaraja, (Seshatva-Kashta), when He is on his strolls and tours. 
Then one wonders whether the Paaduka is only another nonpareil form 
of Adisesha who serves as the couch for the Lord to recline on. But 
then interestingly enough, when deva or asura chiefs come to serve 
and bow low before the Lord, a garment is tied round their crown (as 
parivattam or Seshavastram) and Paaduka is placed on them, when it 
looks almost like the pulled-out skin of Adisesha. Why it even looks 
like a band of rays from the pearls of the Paaduka!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
 
SlOkam 907
 
1. UtthamUr  Swamy's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! When I see Your 
brilliance caused by Your cluster of pearls, I am reminded of You as 
AadhisEshan, who has just shed His skin and is white all over . When 
I see the colored cloth tied around the heads of DevAs prior to
placing You ( SatAri) there, I am once again reminded of AdhisEsha 
united with His colorful skin again. You are indeed an incarnation of 
AdhisEsha, the bed of the Lord.
 
2.SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:The emphasis in this slOkam is on 
sEshathva Kaashtai ( boundary or limit of the Paadhukai being a 
servant/sEshan to the Sarva SEshi, SrIman NaarAyaNan. Those like the 
Paadhukai (Swamy  NammAzhwAr) are Sarva Vidha Poojyars( worshippable 
by all means). Paadhukais are considered as another avathAram of 
AdhisEshan here engaged in serving the Lord during His various 
sanchArams.  
 
3. Swamy  Desikan states :  adiyEn considers the Paadhukais as another
avathAram of AdhisEsshan serving as the Lord's bed (Talpabhujangamasya
kaamapi Moorthim vEdhmi). These wonderful PaadhukAs during their 
avathAram from AdhisEshan have reached the limit of servitude to the 
Lord (chithrAm Padhathradhvayeem sanchAra kaalE kAshtAm gathAm 
sEshathAm abhajath ). There are two reasons to arrive at the 
conclusion that the Paadhukais are the incarnation of AdhisEshan : 
(1) It is like a  silver mountain (RajathAdhri nibham )
in hue resembling AdhisEshan's own color . This arises from the huge 
amounts of Pearl embellishing the surface of the Paadhukais (2) When 
the Paadukais are placed on the heads of the DEvAs, it sits on top of 
the Parivattam (SEsha Vasthram ) and look slike a  veritable 
AdhisEshan ....(V.S).
 






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