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# Padukasahasra 12

Pādukāsahasra 12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.30) — 2 parts

### [12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.1)

śaureḥ sañcārakāleṣu puṣpavṛṣṭirdivaścyutā |  
paryavasyati yatraiva prapadye tāṃ padāvanīm ||

> During Śauri's movements, the shower of flowers falling from heaven  
> comes to rest upon none other than that foot-protector, to which I surrender.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.2)

daivataṃ mama jagattrayārcitā divyadampativihārapādukā |  
pāṇipādakamalārpaṇāt tayoryā bhajatyanudinaṃ sabhājanam ||

> My deity is the sporting sandal of the divine couple, worshiped by the three worlds,  
> which enjoys daily honoring through the placing of their lotus-hands and lotus-feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.3)

tava raṅgarājamaṇipādu tato vihitārhaṇaḥ surasaritpayasā |  
avataṃsacandrakalayā giriśo navaketakīdalamivārcayati ||

> O gem sandal of Raṅga's King, the Mountain-Lord, having performed his worship of you  
> with the waters of the celestial river, then worships you with the crescent moon on his crest,  
> as though it were a fresh petal of the screwpine flower.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.4)

kusumeṣu samarpiteṣu bhaktai-stvayi raṅgeśapadāvani pratīmaḥ |  
śaṭhakopamunestvadekanāmnaḥ subhagaṃ yat surabhitvamasya nityam ||

> When flowers are offered upon you by the devotees, O foot-protector of Raṅgeśa,  
> we understand why the sage Śaṭhakopa, who bears your sole name,  
> possesses this perpetual, enchanting fragrance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.5)

pade parasmin bhuvane vidhātuḥ puṇyaiḥ prasūnaiḥ puline sarayvāḥ |  
madhye ca pādāvani sahyasindho-rāsīccatuḥsthānamivārcanaṃ te ||

> In the supreme abode, in the realm of the Creator, with holy blossoms on the bank of the Sarayū,  
> and in the midst of the river from Mount Sahya, O foot-protector,  
> your worship was like an installation in four places.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.6)

tavaiva raṅgeśvarapādarakṣe saubhāgyamavyāhatamāptukāmāḥ |  
suradrumāṇāṃ prasavaiḥ sujātairabhyarcayantyapsaraso muhustvām ||

> Desiring to obtain your very own unhindered good fortune, O footwear of Raṅgeśvara,  
> the celestial nymphs repeatedly worship you  
> with the well-grown blossoms of the wish-granting trees of heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.7)

niveśitāṃ raṅgapateḥ padābje manye saparyāṃ maṇipādarakṣe |  
tvadarpaṇādāpatitāmapaśyad gāṇḍīvadhanvā giriśottamāṅge ||

> I consider, O gem footwear, that the worship offered at the lotus foot of Raṅgapati  
> was seen on the head of the Mountain-Lord by the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow,  
> having fallen there precisely from being placed upon you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.8)

patrāṇi raṅganṛpatermanipādarakṣe dvitrāṇyapi tvayi samarpya vibhūtikāmāḥ |  
paryāyalabdhapuruhūtapadāḥ śacīnāṃ patrāṅkurāṇi vilikhanti payodhareṣu ||

> O gem footwear of Raṅga's King, offering to you even two or three leaves,  
> those who desire sovereign glory obtain the rank of Indra in turn  
> and paint decorative leaf-patterns on the breasts of their Śacīs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.9)

nirvartayanti tava ye nicitāni puṣpai-rvaihārikāṇyupavanāni vasundharāyām |  
kālena te kamalalocanapādarakṣe krīḍanti nandanavane kṛtinaḥ pumāṃsaḥ ||

> Those who arrange for you pleasure gardens filled with flowers on this earth—  
> those fortunate men, O footwear of the lotus-eyed Lord,  
> sport in time within the Nandana garden of heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.10)

arcanti ye murabhido maṇipādarakṣe bhāvātmakairapi paraṃ bhavatīṃ prasūnaiḥ |  
mandāradāmasubhagairmukuṭairajasraṃ vṛndārakāḥ surabhayanti padaṃ tadīyam ||

> Those who worship you, O gem footwear of the slayer of Mura,  
> even solely with the blossoms of their internal devotion—  
> the gods constantly perfume their feet  
> with diadems charming with garlands of Mandāra flowers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.11)

aspṛṣṭadoṣaparimarṣamalaṅghyamanyai-rhastāpaceyamakhilaṃ puruṣārthavargam |  
citraṃ janārdanapadāvani sādhakānāṃ tvayyarpitāḥ sumanasaḥ sahasā phalanti ||

> Untouched by the taint of faults, unassailable by others,  
> the entire aggregate of human aims is plucked by hand;  
> O foot-protector of Janārdana, how wonderful that the flowers offered unto you  
> suddenly bear fruit for their devotees!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.12)

vandārubhiḥ suragaṇaistvayi saṃprayuktā mālā vibhāti madhusūdanapādarakṣe |  
vikrāntaviṣṇupadasaṃśrayabaddhasakhyā bhāgīrathīva parirambhaṇakāṅkṣiṇī te ||

> The garland offered upon you by the reverent hosts of gods,  
> O footwear of Madhusūdana, shines like the river Bhāgīrathī,  
> which, having formed an alliance through resorting to the striding foot of Viṣṇu,  
> desires to embrace you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.13)

ye nāma raṅganṛpatermaṇipāduke tvā-mabhyarcayanti kamalairadhikartukāmāḥ |  
āropayatyavahitā niyatiḥ kramāt tān kalpāntarīyakamalāsanapatrikāsu ||

> Those who worship you with lotuses, O gem sandal of Raṅga's King,  
> desiring to attain authority—  
> vigilant destiny gradually raises them  
> onto the lotus-seat registers of Brahmās of other cosmic ages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.14)

tvayyarpitāni manujairmaṇipādarakṣe dūrvāṅkurāṇi sulabhānyathavā tulasyaḥ |  
sārādhikāḥ sapadi raṅganarendraśaktyā saṃsāranāgadamanauṣadhayo bhavanti ||

> The shoots of Dūrvā grass or easily gathered Tulasī leaves offered upon you by mortals,  
> O gem footwear, at once become supremely potent herbs  
> to tame the serpent of saṃsāra, through the power of the King of Raṅgam.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.15)

ārādhya nūnamasurārdanapāduke tvā-māmuṣmikāya vibhavāya sahasrapatraiḥ |  
manvantareṣu parivartiṣu devi martyāḥ paryāyataḥ pariṇamanti sahasranetrāḥ ||

> Surely, having worshiped you with thousand-petaled lotuses for other-worldly glory,  
> O sandal of the smiter of asuras,  
> mortals are transformed in turn into the thousand-eyed Indra,  
> O goddess, through the changing eras of Manus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.16)

dhanyaistvayi tridaśarakṣakapādarakṣe puṣpāṇi kāñcanamayāni samarpitāni |  
visraṃsinā vinamato giriśottamāṅgā-dāragvadhena militānyapṛthagbhavanti ||

> The golden flowers offered upon you, O footwear of the protector of the thirty gods,  
> by the blessed, become indistinguishable from the cassia flowers  
> that slip down from the head of the Mountain-Lord as he bows down.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.17)

viśvopasargaśamanaṃ tvayi manyamānai-rvaimānikaiḥ praṇihitaṃ maṇipādarakṣe |  
padmāsahāyapadapadmanakhārciṣaste puṣpopahāravibhavaṃ punaruktayanti ||

> Placed upon you by the celestial gods who consider you the pacifier of all afflictions,  
> O gem footwear, the splendor of the wealth of flower-offerings  
> is rendered redundant by the rays of the toenails of the lotus-feet of the consort of Padmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.18)

nākaukasāṃ śamayituṃ paripanthivargān nāthe padaṃ tvayi niveśayituṃ pravṛtte |  
tvatsaṃśritāṃ vijahatastulasīṃ vamanti prasthānakāhalaravānprathamaṃ dvirephāḥ ||

> When the Lord undertakes to place his foot in you to quell the adversaries of heaven's dwellers,  
> the bees, abandoning the Tulasī clinging to you,  
> sound first the trumpet-blasts of departure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.19)

raṅgeśapādaparibhogasujātagandhāṃ saṃprāpya devi bhavatīṃ saha divyapuṣpaiḥ |  
nityopadarśitarasaṃ na kilādriyante nābhīsarojamapi nandanacañcarīkāḥ ||

> Having reached you, O goddess, whose fragrance is born of enjoying Raṅgeśa's foot,  
> along with celestial blossoms,  
> the bees of the Nandana garden indeed show no regard  
> even for the lotus of his navel, whose sweet essence is ever displayed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.20)

prāgeva kāñcanapadāvani puṣpavarṣā-tsaṃvartite śamitadaityabhayaiḥ surendraiḥ |  
padmekṣaṇasya padapadmaniveśalābhe puṣpābhiṣekamucitaṃ pratipadyase tvam ||

> O golden foot-protector, even before the shower of flowers  
> is set in motion by the lords of gods whose fear of demons has been pacified,  
> you receive a fitting lustrous consecration of flowers  
> when you obtain the descent of the lotus-feet of the lotus-eyed Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.21)

diśidiśi munipatnyo daṇḍakāraṇyabhāge na jahati bahumānānnūnamadyāpi mūlam |  
raghupatipadarakṣe tvatpariṣkāraheto-rapacitakusumānāmāśramānokahānām ||

> Surely even today the sages' wives in every quarter throughout the Daṇḍaka forest  
> do not, out of deep reverence, abandon the base  
> of the hermitage trees from which blossoms were gathered  
> for the sake of your adornment, O footwear of the Lord of the Raghus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.22)

ghaṭayasi paripūrṇān kṛṣṇameghapracāre kṛtibhirupahṛtaistvaṃ ketakīgarbhapatraiḥ |  
varatanupariṇāmādvāmataḥ śyāmalānāṃ praṇatisamayalagnānpāduke maulicandrān ||

> When the dark cloud moves forth, O sandal, with the inner petals of screwpine flowers offered by the wise,  
> you make whole the crest-moons of the gods—dark on the left side  
> due to the form of their excellent consorts—which adhere to you at the moment of their prostration.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.23)

paricaraṇaniyuktaiḥ pāduke raṅgabhartuḥ pavanatanayamukhyairarpitāṃ tvatsamīpe |  
vinatavidhimukhebhyo nirviśeṣāṃ dvirephāḥ kathamapi vibhajante kāñcanīṃ padmapaṅktim ||

> Offered near you by the son of the wind and others appointed to your service,  
> O sandal of the Lord of Raṅgam,  
> the bees with great difficulty distinguish the row of golden lotuses  
> from the bowed faces of Brahmā and the gods, which look no different.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.24)

vidhiśivapuruhūtasparśitairdivyapuṣpai-stvayi saha nipatantastattadudyānabhṛṅgāḥ |  
madhuripupadarakṣe mañjubhiḥ svairninādai-raviditaparamārthān nūnamadhyāpayanti ||

> Falling upon you together with the divine flowers touched by Brahmā, Śiva, and Indra,  
> the bees of their respective gardens, O footwear of the foe of Madhu,  
> surely instruct those who do not know the highest reality  
> with their own sweet buzzing sounds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.25)

praśamayati janānāṃ saṃjvaraṃ raṅgabhartuḥ parisaracalitānāṃ pāduke cāmarāṇām |  
anudinamupayātairutthitaṃ divyapuṣpai-rnigamaparimalaṃ te nirviśan gandhavāhaḥ ||

> Consuming the Vedic perfume of the divine flowers that constantly arrive  
> and rise from you, O sandal, the breeze produced by the flywhisks  
> waved in the vicinity of the Lord of Raṅgam  
> allays the burning fever of the people.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.26)

akhilabhuvanarakṣānāṭikāṃ darśayiṣya-nnanimiṣatarupuṣpairarcite raṅgamadhye |  
abhinayamanurūpaṃ śikṣayatyātmanā tvāṃ prathamavihitalāsyaḥ pāduke raṅganāthaḥ ||

> Intending to present the drama of the protection of the entire world / on the central stage of Raṅgam, adorned with flowers from the trees of the gods, / Raṅganātha, having first performed the graceful dance Himself, / instructs you, O sandal, in the fitting dramatic gesture.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.27)

agalitanijarāgāṃ devi viṣṇoḥ padaṃ ta-ttribhuvanamahanīyāṃ prāpya sandhyāmiva tvām |  
bhavati vibudhamuktaiḥ spaṣṭatārānuṣaṅgaṃ parisarapatitaiste pārijātaprasūnaiḥ ||

> O queen, when you have reached that abode of Viṣṇu, honored by the three worlds, / with your own red hue unfaded—just as twilight attains the sky— / the blossoms of the pārijāta fallen around you, cast by the gods, / clearly display an association with the stars.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.28)

vyañjantyete vibhavamanaghaṃ rañjayantaḥ śrutīrnaḥ prādhvaṃ raṅgakṣitipatipadaṃ pāduke dhārayantyāḥ |  
nādairantarnihitanigamairnandanodyānabhṛṅgā divyaiḥ puṣpaiḥ snapitavapuṣo devi sausnātikāste ||

> O sandal, properly bearing the foot of the king of Raṅga, / pleasing our ears, revealing His faultless majesty, / with sounds holding the Vedas within them, / the bees of Indra's pleasure garden, bathed by divine flowers, are attendants after the sacred bath for you, O queen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.29)

kiṃ puṣpaistulasīdalairapi kṛtaṃ dūrvā'pi dūre sthitā tvatpūjāsu mukundapādu kṛpayā tvaṃ kāmadhenuḥ satām |  
pratyagrāhṛtadarbhapallavalavagrāsābhilāṣonmukhī dhenustiṣṭhatu sā vasiṣṭhabhavanadvāropakaṇṭhasthale ||

> What need of flowers? Even tulasī leaves are done with; dūrvā grass too remains far off / in your rites of worship, O sandal of Mukunda; out of grace you are the wish-granting cow of the virtuous! / Let that cow eager for a mouthful of fresh young kuśa grass / stand beside the entrance to Vasiṣṭha's house!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.30)

cūḍāragvadharajasā cūrṇasnapanaṃ vidhāya te pūrvam |  
raṅgeśapāduke tvāmabhiṣiñcati mauligaṅgayā śambhuḥ ||

> Having first performed a scented-powder bath for you / with the dust of the cassia flower on His crest, / Śambhu bathes you, O sandal of Raṅgeśa, / with the Gaṅgā of His head.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.30.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.30.p1)

iti kavitārkikasiṃhasya sarvatantrasvatantrasya śrīmadveṅkaṭanāthasya śrīmadvedāntācāryasya kṛtiṣu śrīraṅganāthapādukāsahasre puṣpapaddhatirdvādaśī ||

> Thus concludes the twelfth section, on flowers, in the Sahasra on the sandals of the blessed Raṅganātha, composed by the Lion among poets and logicians, master of all systems, the venerable Veṅkaṭanātha, the revered Vedānta teacher.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [12.30.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.12.30.p2)

13. parāgapaddhatiḥ (30)

> 13. The Section on Dust (30)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra~en-mt.12.1) — English, machine translation

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