[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Religious Traditions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya) › [Vaiṣṇava traditions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava) › [Śrīvaiṣṇava hymns and devotional works](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava) › [Hymns](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra) › [Padukasahasra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra) › 23 # Padukasahasra 23 Pādukāsahasra 23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.23.10) — 2 parts ### [23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.23.1) sṛṣṭāṃ bhūmāvanantena nityaṃ śeṣasamādhinā | ahaṃ sambhāvayāmi tvāmātmānamiva pāduke || > Created on earth by Ananta > through the constant contemplation of servitude, > I honour you, O sandal, > as my very own self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.23.2) padmābhogātpāduke raṅgabhartuḥ pādasparśādbhogamanyaṃ prapitsoḥ | śeṣasyaikāṃ bhūmikāmabravīt tvā-mācāryāṇāmagraṇiryāmuneyaḥ || > O sandal, the foremost among teachers, the descendant of Yamuna \[Yāmuna\], > declared you to be one manifestation of Śeṣa, > who desires to attain another experience of enjoyment > from the contact with the foot of the Lord of Raṅgam than the embrace of Padmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.23.3) śeṣatvamamba yadi saṃśrayati prakāmaṃ tvadbhūmikāṃ samadhigamya bhujaṅgarājaḥ | tvāmeva bhaktivinatairvahatāṃ śirobhiḥ kāṣṭhāṃ gataṃ tadiha keśavapādarakṣe || > O Mother, if the king of serpents thoroughly assumes servitude > by taking on your manifestation, > that \[servitude\] has reached its culmination here, O footwear of Keśava, > for those who bear you on their heads bowed low in devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.23.4) mā bhūdiyaṃ mayi niṣaṇṇapadasya nityaṃ viśvambharasya vahanādvyathiteti matvā | dhatse balābhyadhikayā maṇipāduke tvaṃ śeṣātmanā vasumatīṃ nijayaiva mūrtyā || > Thinking, 'Let not this \[Earth\] be troubled by bearing > the bearer of the universe whose feet rest perpetually upon me,' > you, O jewelled sandal, through your own form as Śeṣa > endowed with exceeding strength, bear the Earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.23.5) tattādṛśā nijabalena nirūḍhakīrtiḥ śeṣastavaiva pariṇāmaviśeṣa eṣaḥ | rāmeṇa satyavacasā yadananyavāhyāṃ voḍhuṃ purā vasumatīṃ bhavatī niyuktā || > Śeṣa, whose fame is established by such strength of his own, > is an exceptional transformation of yourself alone, > because formerly, by Rāma of true speech, you were appointed > to bear the Earth which could be borne by no other. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.23.6) śeṣatvasīmaniyatāṃ maṇipādarakṣe tvāmāgamāḥ kulavadhūmiva bālaputrāḥ | tvadrūpaśeṣaśayitasya parasya puṃsaḥ pādopadhānaśayitāmupadhānayanti || > The sacred scriptures, O jewelled footwear, > like young sons \[leading\] a daughter-in-law of the family, > place you, who are confined to the limit of servitude, > as a footstool for the Supreme Person > who reclines on Śeṣa in your own form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.23.7) bharataśirasi lagnāṃ pāduke dūratastvāṃ svatanumapi vavande lakṣmaṇaḥ śeṣabhūtaḥ | kimidamiha vicitraṃ nityayuktaḥ siṣeve daśarathatanayaḥ san raṅganāthaḥ svameva || > Lakṣmaṇa, who was himself an embodiment of Śeṣa, bowed from afar > to you attached to Bharata's head, though you were his own body; > what wonder is there in this, when Raṅganātha, > having become the son of Daśaratha, constantly served his own self? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.23.8) bhūyobhūyaḥ stimitacalite yasya saṅkalpasindhau brahmeśānaprabhṛtaya ime budbudatvaṃ bhajanti | tasyānāderyugapariṇatau yoganidrānurūpaṃ krīḍātalpaṃ kimapi tanute pāduke bhūmikā'nyā || > In whose ocean of will, repeatedly calm and agitated, > these \[gods\] such as Brahmā and Īśāna assume the status of bubbles— > for that beginningless Lord, at the end of an aeon, > another manifestation of yours, O sandal, fashions an indescribable play-couch suitable for yogic sleep. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.23.9) ahīnātmā raṅgakṣitiramaṇapādāvani sadā satāmitthaṃ trāṇātprathitanijasatratvavibhavā | avidyāyāminyāḥ spṛśasi punarekāhapadavīṃ kratūnāmārādhyā kraturapica sarvastvamasi naḥ || > Being the Serpent himself, yet devoid of flaw, O foot-protector of the Lord of the realm of Raṅgam, > your majesty as a sacrificial session is proclaimed through your constant protection of the virtuous; > you also attain the status of a single day's rite in dispelling the night of ignorance; > you are the object of worship of all sacrifices, and you are indeed every sacrifice for us. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.23.10) bahumukhabhogasametairnirmuktatayā viśuddhimāpannaiḥ | śeṣātmikā padāvani niṣevyase śeṣabhūtaistvam || > By those endowed with manifold enjoyments and hoods, > who have attained purity through being liberated and sloughing their skin, > you, whose nature is Śeṣa, > are served as the ultimate servant, O foot-protector. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.10.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.23.10.p1) iti kavitārkikasiṃhasya sarvatantrasvatantrasya śrīmadveṅkaṭanāthasya śrīmadvedāntācāryasya kṛtiṣu śrīraṅganāthapādukāsahasre śeṣapaddhatistrayoviṃśī || > Thus ends the twenty-third section, the Section on the Serpent Servant, in the thousand verses on the sandals of the glorious Raṅganātha, composed by the glorious Vedānta teacher, the Venerable Veṅkaṭanātha, the Lion among poets and logicians, the master of all systems. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [23.10.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.23.10.p2) 24. dvandvapaddhatiḥ (20) > 24. The Section on the Pair (20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra~en-mt.23.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.srivaisnava.stotra.padukasahasra.23) · Pramāṇa