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		The Paduka

Sri Swamiji -

• Just as citizens should remain obedient to a king; a wife to her husband; children to their parents, ‘sishyas’ (disciples) should remain bound to their Guru. This is the rule!

Sriman Nigamantha Desikan, a great Vaishnava Saint lived from mid-thirteenth to mid-fourteenth century- 1268-1369. Of the innumerable 'Granthas' (texts) written by Him the highly revered and considered as the most extraordinary piece is His "Paduka Sahasram" - a thousand verses on the 'Paduka' of Lord Ranganatha. The Saint has in all composed 1008 verses, the last eight apologizing in all humility for daring to compose these 1000 verses on the Paduka!

Sri Desikan's contemporary Sri Appayya Dikshitar had written a commentary on the "Paduka Sahasram" but unfortunately it has been lost.

Shirasi vinihitãyãm bhaktinamre bhavatyãm
Sapadi tanubhrutastãmunnatim prãpnuvanti |
Madhuripupadarakshe yadvashenaiva teshãm
Anitarasulabham tadh dhãma hastãpacheyam || (53)

The sloka in Sanskrit

Oh! Pãduka of the Lord!
Though the Bhaktas who wear You on their heads appear
To be small with their heads bent,
The abode of the Lord, not easily accessible for others,
Comes within their hand’s reach!

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