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the body of Ahalyā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.2) tava sañcaraṇādrajo vidhūtaṃ yadidaṃ raṅganarendrapādarakṣe | alametadanāvilāni kartuṃ katakakṣoda ivāśu mānasāni || > O footwear of the king of Raṅgam, this dust shaken loose by your movement / is capable of quickly rendering minds free of turbid impurity, / just like the powder of the clearing-nut tree. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.3) punaruktapitāmahānubhāvāḥ puruṣāḥ kecidamī punanti viśvam | madhuvairipadāravindabandhoraparāgāstava pāduke parāgaiḥ || > Free from attachment, O sandal, by means of your pollens, / certain men, whose greatness repeats that of the Grandfather, / sanctify the universe— / O friend to the lotus foot of the enemy of Madhu! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.4) abhiyuktajano nijārbhakāṇāṃ bahuśo raṅganarendrapādarakṣe | avalepapiśācamocanārthaṃ rajasā limpati tāvakena dehān || > In order to release them from the demon of conceit, O footwear of the king of Raṅgam, / learned persons frequently smear the bodies / of their children / with your dust. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.5) śirasā parigṛhya lokapālāstava raṅgeśvarapāduke rajāṃsi | viṣameṣu baleṣu dānavānāṃ vyapanītānyaśirastramāviśanti || > Taking your dust upon their heads, O sandal of the Lord of Raṅga, / the guardians of the world enter the fierce hosts of the demons / having removed their helmets. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.6) kṛtinaḥ śirasā samudvahantaḥ katicit keśavapāduke rajaste | rajasaratamaso'pi dūrabhūtaṃ paripaśyanti viśuddhameva satvam || > Certain blessed men, bearing your dust upon their heads, O sandal of Keśava, / behold sattva utterly pure, / far removed even from rajas and tamas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.7) adhikaṃ padamāśrito'pi vedhāḥ prayato raṅgadhurīṇapādarakṣe | abhivāñchati saṅgamaṃ parāgairabhijātaistava devi nābhijātaḥ || > Though having attained the supreme station, the Creator, born from the navel, / devoutly longs for contact with your noble dust, O foot-protector of the Sovereign of Raṅgam, / O queen, yet is not born noble \[in your eyes\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.8) śuddhasattvavapuṣaiva bhavatyā pāduke virajasau haripādau | astu kiṃ punaridaṃ rajasā te śuddhasattvamayatā manujānām || > O sandal, by your very form of pure sattva, Hari's feet are free from dust; / let it be so: what is this, again, that through your dust / men are transformed into pure sattva? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.9) tadrajastava tanoti pāduke mānasānyakaṭhināni dehinām | prastarasya padavīgatasya ya-dvyācakāra munidharmadāratām || > That dust of yours, O sandal, makes soft the minds of embodied beings, / which revealed stone that had become a path / to be the sage's lawful wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.10) raṅgeśayasya puruṣasya jagadvibhūtyai rathyāparikramavidhau manipādarakṣe | sīmantadeśamanavadyasarasvatīnāṃ sindūrayanti bhavatīcaritāḥ parāgāḥ || > O gem footwear, during the circumambulation of the streets / for the welfare of the world by the Puruṣa who reclines in Raṅgam, / the pollens stirred by you redden with vermilion / the hair-parting of spotless Sarasvatīs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.11) mānyena raṅganṛpatermaṇipādarakṣe cūḍāpadāni rajasā tava bhūṣayantaḥ | kālakrameṇa bhajatāṃ kamalāsanatvaṃ nābhīsarojarajasāṃ nivasanti madhye || > O gem footwear of the king of Raṅgam, adorning the crowns of the worshipful / with your dust, they who attain the position of Brahmā in course of time / dwell in the midst of the pollens of the navel-lotus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.12) mātarmukundacaraṇāvani tāvakīnā-ścintāvaśīkaraṇacūrṇaviśeṣakalpāḥ | sañcārapāṃsukaṇikāḥ śirasā vahanto viśvaṃ punanti padapadmaparāgaleśaiḥ || > O mother, foot-protector of Mukunda, bearing upon their heads / the tiny particles of dust from your movement, comparable to a choice powder for bewitching the mind, / \[men\] sanctify the universe with specks of pollen from the lotus feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.13) āyojitānyamaladhībhirananyalabhye pādāvani śrutivadhūpaṭavāsakṛtye | tvatsañcarapracalitāni rajāṃsi śaureḥ prakhyāpayanti padapadmaparāgaśobhām || > Employed by pure intellects in the function of scented perfumed powder for the bride that is Śruti—an attainment not accessible to others— / the dust-specks shaken loose by your pacing, O foot-protector, / proclaim the beauty of Śauri's lotus-foot pollen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.14) mūrdhānamamba murabhinmaṇipādarakṣe yeṣāṃ kadā'pi rajasā bhavatī punāti | tvāmeva te sukṛtinaḥ snapayanti kāle mandāradāmarajasā makuṭacyutena || > O mother, gem footwear of the slayer of Mura, whose head you sanctify / at any time with your dust, / those fortunate ones in due course bathe you / with the pollen of the mandāra garland fallen from their crowns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.15) rathyāvihāra rajasā paridhūsarāṅgīṃ raṅgeśvarasya laliteṣu mahotsaveṣu | prasphoṭayatyavanato maṇipāduke tvāṃ gaurīpatiḥ svayamibhājinapallavena || > Covered in gray dust from roaming the streets / during the delightful grand festivals of the Lord of Raṅga, / Gaurī's consort himself, bowing down, brushes you clean, O gem sandal, / with the fringe of his elephant-hide. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.16) nedīyasāṃ nijaparāganiveśapūrvaṃ spṛṣṭvā śirāṃsi bhavatī bhavarogabhājām | gāḍhaṃ nipīḍya garuḍadhvajapādarakṣe mānagrahaṃ śamayatīva parairasādhyam || > Having touched the heads of those nearest who suffer from the disease of worldly existence, after first applying your own dust, / and pressing firmly, O footwear of Him who has Garuḍa on His banner, / you seem to quell the seizure of pride that is incurable by others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.17) āpātavallavatanorakumārayūnaḥ pādāvani praviśato yamunānikuñjān | āsīdanaṅgasamarātpurataḥ pravṛttaḥ senāparāga iva te padavīparāgaḥ || > When He, possessing the apparent form of a cowherd, a youth beyond boyhood, / entered the Yamunā bowers, O foot-protector, / the dust of your path set forth before Him / was like the army's dust rising before the battle of Love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.18) gaṅgāpagātaṭalatāgṛhamāśrayantyāḥ pādāvani pracalitaṃ padavīrajaste | prāyeṇa pāvanatamaṃ praṇatasya śambhor-uddhūlanaṃ kimapi nūtanamātanoti || > Taking refuge in the creeper-bower on the banks of the river Gaṅgā, O foot-protector, / the dust of your path stirred up, most purifying, / brings about an extraordinary, novel powdering of ashes / for Śambhu as He bows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.19) ante tadā tvamavilambitamānayantī raṅgādbhujaṅgaśayanaṃ maṇipādarakṣe | kāmaṃ nivartayitumarhasi sajjvaraṃ me karpūracūrṇapaṭalairiva dhūlibhiste || > At the end, then, bringing without delay from Raṅgam / Him who reclines upon the serpent, O gem footwear, / you ought surely to relieve my burning fever / with the clusters of your dust, like masses of camphor powder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.20) raṅgeśapādasahadharmacari tvadīyān maulau niveśya mahitānpadavīparāgān | santastrivargapadavīmatilaṅghayanto maulau padaṃ vidadhate vibudheśvarāṇām || > O fellow-observer of dharma with the feet of the Lord of Raṅga, placing upon their heads / the honored dust of your path, / the virtuous, surpassing the path of the three aims of life, / plant their foot upon the heads of the lords of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.21) mātastadā mādhavapādarakṣe tvayi prasaktaṃ tvarayopayāntyām | parāmṛśeyaṃ padavīparāgaṃ prāṇaiḥ prayāṇāya samujjihānaiḥ || > O mother, footwear of Mādhava, when at that time you arrive in haste, / deeply attached to me, / may I touch the dust of your path / with my life-breaths rising up to depart! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.22) tathāgatā rāghavapādarakṣe sampaśyamāneṣu tapodhaneṣu | āsīdahalyā tava pāṃsuleśairapāṃsulānāṃ svayamagragaṇyā || > When she had been reduced to such a state, while the ascetics looked on, / O footwear of Rāghava, / by specks of your dust Ahalyā herself became / the foremost among unblemished women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.23) paśyāmi padmekṣaṇapādarakṣe bhavāmbudhiṃ pātumiva pravṛttān | bhaktopayānatvarayā bhavatyāḥ paryasyamānānpadavīparāgān || > O footwear of the lotus-eyed Lord, I see the dust of your path / scattered about by your haste in approaching the devotee, / setting forth, as it were, to drink up / the ocean of worldly existence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.24) pañcāyudhī bhūṣaṇameva śaureryatastavaite maṇipādarakṣe | vitanvate vyāptadiśaḥ parāgāḥ śāntodayāñchatrucamūparāgān || > The five weapons of Śauri are a mere ornament, / because, O gem footwear, / these dust clouds of yours, pervading the directions, / quell the rising dust of enemy armies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.25) pariṇatimakaṭhorāṃ prāptayā yatprabhāvā-dalabha śilayā svān gautamo dharmadārān | punarupajaniśaṅkāvārakaṃ pāduke ta-tpraśamayati rajaste rāgayogaṃ prajānām || > Through whose power the stone, having attained a soft transformation, / was recovered by Gautama as his lawful wife, / that dust of yours, O sandal, averting the fear of rebirth, / quells the passionate attachment of beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.26) rajanivigamakāle rāmagāthāṃ paṭhantaḥ kuśikatanayamukhyāḥ pāduke bhāvayante | upalaśakalasaktaistvatparāgairakāṇḍe janitamunikalatrān daṇḍakāraṇyabhāgān || > Reciting the story of Rāma at the passing of the night, / foremost among the sons of Kuśika, O sandal, meditate upon / regions of the Daṇḍaka forest where the wives of sages were suddenly brought forth / by your dust adhering to the fragments of stone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.27) śubhasaraṇirajobhiḥ śobhayantī dharitrīṃ pariṇatiramaṇīyānprakṣarantī pumarthān | bhavasi bhuvanavandyā pāduke raṅgabhartuḥ śaraṇamupagatānāṃ śāśvatī kāmadhenuḥ || > Adorning the earth with the dust of \[thy\] auspicious paths, / pouring forth aims of human life charming in their fruition, / thou, O sandal of the Lord of Raṅgam, adorable to the world, / art an eternal wish-granting cow to those who have come for refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.28) pavanataralitaste pāduke raṅgabhartu-rviharaṇasamayeṣu vyāptaviśvaḥ parāgaḥ | viṣamaviṣayavartmavyākulānāmajasraṃ vyapanayati janānāṃ vāsanāreṇujālam || > Stirred by the wind at the times of the Lord of Raṅgam's strolls, / thy pollen-dust, pervading the universe, O sandal, / continually clears away the cloud of latent impressions' dust / for people confounded by the perilous paths of sense-objects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.29) niṣpratyūhamupāsiṣīmahi muhurniśśeṣadoṣacchido nityaṃ raṅgadhurandharasya nigamastomārcite pāduke | dhatte mūrdhabhirādipadmajanitā tattādṛśī santati-ryatsañcārapavitritakṣitirajaḥpaṅktiṃ catuḥpañcaṣaiḥ || > May we constantly worship without obstacle the sandals of the Sovereign of Raṅgam, which sever every fault, / praised by multitudes of the Vedas; / of which \[sandals\] that very lineage born from the primal lotus, by four, five, and six \[heads\], / bears on its crowns the row of earth-dust sanctified by their movement. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.30) rajasā parorajasta-nna khalu na laṅghyeta bhagavato'pi padam | kimuta hṛdayaṃ madīyaṃ bhavatī yadi nāma pāduke na syāt || > That dust beyond the primal matter surely would not have crossed / even the Lord's supreme abode, / much less my heart, / if thou indeed, O sandal, did not exist. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.30.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.30.p1) iti kavitārkikasiṃhasya sarvatantrasvatantrasya śrīmadveṅkaṭanāthasya śrīmadvedāntācāryasya kṛtiṣu śrīraṅganāthapādukāsahasre parāgapaddhatistrayodaśī || > Thus ends the thirteenth section, the Section on Pollen-Dust, in the Thousand \[Verses\] on the Sandals of the Holy Raṅganātha composed by the holy Vedāntācārya, the Lion among poets and logicians, the master of all systems, the venerable Veṅkaṭanātha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.30.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13.30.p2) 14. nādapaddhatiḥ (100) > 14. Section on Sound (100) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra~en-mt.13.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.13) · Pramāṇa