Padukasahasra 26

I praise the sandal with its upright toe-peg, / by the placement of which / even above the foot of Viṣṇu / an ornament has been displayed.

Forcibly warding off thorns and the like / from below Śauri's lotus foot, / you, O foot-guard, support also above it / a member possessing suitable charm.

O jewel-sandal of Muradviṣ, I recognise your flawless toe-peg / as your own raised forefinger, / proclaiming: / 'The Supreme Deity is One.'

O jewel-sandal, your wonderful toe-peg between the two toes / tastes sublime; / revealing the Supreme Person, / it is like the supreme half-measure of the Praṇava.

Accompanied by the desires of Murāri, / you possess the splendor of a chariot of sport; / O foot-guard, this toe-peg of yours / creates the magnificence of the carriage-pole in front.

I imagine this lovely part of yours, meant to clasp / the toes of the Lord of Raṅgam's foot, O foot-protector, / to be your commanding finger raised / for the protection of the worlds.

The part of your upright toe-peg, adorned above / with a knob resembling a pericarp, / I understand, O foot-protector, to be the sporting lotus / for the beauty of the lotus foot of Padmā's Lord.

You are placed above Keśava's foot, which is placed on top [of you], / through having the form of a toe-peg, O foot-covering; / thus your greatness makes light / of mounting the crests of bowing lords of the gods.

As you constantly bear the foot, familiar to the dweller of the lotus [Lakṣmī], / whose splendour is crowned [by your toe-peg], O foot-covering, / your toe-peg assumes a beauty / like a parasol suitable for the splendour of empire.

O foot-guard, you shine like the first digit / of the moon of Raṅgam, / wherein the connection with the toe-peg manifests splendour / like the elevation of its crescent tip.

Thus ends the twenty-sixth section, the Section on the Toe-Peg, in the thousand verses on the sandals of the glorious Raṅganātha composed by the glorious Vedāntācārya, the venerable Veṅkaṭanātha, the lion among poets and logicians, the master of all systems.

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