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Dear bhAgavAthas:

Let us enjoy what Swami Desikan has to describe about Sri Ranganatha
pAdukA. I have found the following from the web, posted in one of our
siste website or message groups. At the end I have a question.

388. shruthiBhi: paramam padham* murArE:
     anidhankAramanEvamithyupAttham
     idhamitThamithi bravIShi nUnam
     maNipadhAvani! manjuBhi: praNAdhaI:

In the matter of the nature and greatness of the Lord* (the Lord's 
abode, the Lord's Feet), which is not comprehensible even to the 
Vedas so that they only say "it is not this" and "it is not like 
this", You Oh Manipaaduka!, pronounce, in sweet tones, clearly, "it 
is this" and "it is like this". 

*'Padam' can mean all the three given.

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V. Satakopan (V.S.)

(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh Mani PaadhukE! VedAs are 
unable to describe the divine qualities of the lotus feet of Your 
Lord. The glories of the Lord's feet are so profound and beyond 
description that the VedAs fail in their attempts to characterize 
them as this or that . Where  the VedAs have failed , it appears 
that 
You are able to define the auspicious qualities of the Lord's lotus 
feet through the sweet sounds emanating from You. 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The Svaroopam of perumAL and the 
Svaroopam of His Supreme abode , Sri Vaikuntam are beyond the ken of 
Vedams. They give up their attempts to describe them. AzhwAr's 
ThiruvAimozhi however describes them clearly for our comprehension. 
The sweet Naadham enmanating from You is that ThiruvAimozhi 
explaining the two Svaroopams. 

(3) "murAre"s Paramam Padham Sruthibhi: anidhamkAram" (It is beyond 
the power of the VedAs to describe the Svaroopam of the Lord's Sri 
Vaikuntam). When they have failed , Oh PaadhukE , Your sweet Naadham 
precisely describe the nature of Your Lord's Parama Padham and His 
Svaroopam ( thvam manjubhi: PraNAdhai: idham ittham ithi 
braveeshi ). 
Such is the power of Your PaadhukA naadham....V.S.


The question is this: What does Swamy Desikan mean when he says the
Padhu dwani describes all his auspicous qualities? Is there an 
earlier reference in the purAnAs he is pointing to? Adiyen follows 
the emotive power with which Swami describes the pAdhukA. However
I am looking for the other literary references Swami is alluding 
here.


Thanks.
dAsan,
RTV Varadarajan






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