Padukasahasra 9

9.1

namaste pāduke puṃsāṃ saṃsārārṇavasetave |
yadārohasya vedāntā vandivaitālikāḥ svayam ||

Homage to you, O sandal, the bridge over the ocean of saṃsāra for men, / for whose ascent the Upaniṣads themselves / are the bards and heralds.

9.2

ucitamupacariṣyan raṅganātha prabhāte vidhiṃśivasanakādyān bāhyakakṣyāniruddhān |
caraṇakamalasevāsaukhyasāmrājyabhājāṃ prathamavihitabhāgāṃ pādukāmādriyethāḥ ||

Intending to receive appropriately in the morning, O Raṅganātha, / Brahmā, Śiva, Sanaka, and others held back in the outer courtyard, / you should show honor to the sandal, which has the first assigned share / among those who enjoy the sovereign bliss of serving your lotus feet.

9.3

padmājuṣṭaṃ bhajatu caraṇaṃ pādukā labdhavārā pratyāsannāstava parijanāḥ prātarāsthānayogyāḥ |
ardhonmeṣādadhikasubhagāmardhanidrānuṣaṅgāṃ nābhīpadme tava nayanayornātha paśyantu śobhām ||

May the sandal, its turn arrived, resort to the foot attended by Padmā; / your attendants worthy of the morning assembly have drawn near; / O Lord, let them behold upon the lotus of your navel the beauty of your eyes / enhanced by half-opening and touched with lingering slumber.

9.4

upanamati muhūrtaṃ śeṣasiddhāntasiddhaṃ tadiha caraṇarakṣā raṅganātha tvayaiṣā |
mṛdupadamadhirūḍhā mañjubhiḥ śiñjitaiḥ svai-rupadiśatu janānāmutsavārambhavārtām ||

The auspicious moment established by the authoritative teaching of Śeṣa is approaching; / therefore here, O Raṅganātha, mounted by your tender foot, / may this foot-protector, by its sweet tinklings, / declare to the people the news of the festival's commencement.

9.5

raṅgādhīśa marudgaṇasya makuṭādāmnāyavṛndasya vā pratyānīya samarpitā vidhimukhairvārakramādāgataiḥ |
vāhārohaṇasambhṛtaṃ śramabharaṃ samyagvinetuṃ kṣamā līlāsañcaraṇapriyā spṛśatu te pādāmbujaṃ pādukā ||

O Sovereign of Raṅgam, brought back and offered from the crown of the host of gods / or of the assembly of the Vedas by Brahmā and the others who have arrived in order of their turns, / able to remove completely the burden of fatigue accumulated from riding mounts, / may the sandal, fond of playful strolling, touch your lotus foot.

9.6

vṛttaṃ krameṇa bahudhā niyutaṃ vidhīnā-mardhaṃ dvitīyamidamaṅkuritaṃ tavāhnaḥ |
nīlāsakhībhirupanīya niveśyamānā maṅktuṃ prabho tvarayate maṇipādukā tvām ||

A million actions have unfolded in manifold ways in due order; / this second half of your day has now dawned; / brought and placed by Nīlā's companions, / the jewel sandal urges you, O Lord, to bathe.

9.7

divyāpsarobhirupadarśitadīpavarge raṅgādhirāja subhage rajanīmukhe'smin |
saṃrakṣiṇī caraṇayoḥ savilāsavṛtti-nīrājanāsanamasau nayatu svayaṃ tvām ||

As a host of lamps is displayed by the divine apsarases, / O supreme King of Raṅgam, at this lovely onset of night, / may this protectress of your feet, moving with grace, / herself lead you to the seat for the wave-offering.

9.8

āsanāducitamāsanāntaraṃ raṅganātha yadi gantumīhase |
sannatena vidhinā samarpitāṃ saprasādamadhiroha pādukām ||

If from this seat to another suitable seat, / O Raṅganātha, you desire to go, / with favor mount upon the sandal / presented by the bowing Brahmā.

9.9

parijanavanitābhiḥ preṣitaḥ prāñjalistvāṃ praṇamati madano'yaṃ deva śuddhāntadāsaḥ |
phaṇipatiśayanīyaṃ prāpayitrī salīlaṃ padakamalamiyaṃ te pādukā paryupāstām ||

Sent by the women of your retinue, with folded hands / this Madana, the servant of the inner chambers, bows to you, O Lord; / playfully leading you to the couch of the serpent lord, / may this sandal attend upon your lotus foot.

9.10

iti nigamavandivacasā samaye samaye gṛhītasaṅketaḥ |
abhisarati raṅganāthaḥ pratipadabhogāya pāduke bhavatīm ||

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iti kavitārkikasiṃhasya sarvatantrasvatantrasya śrīmadveṅkaṭanāthasya śrīmadvedāntācāryasya kṛtiṣu śrīraṅganāthapādukāsahasre vaitālikapaddhatirnavamī ||

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