पदpada[pad-á] (m.) n. step; stride; footstep; trace; mark, sign; footing, place, abode, home; station, position…
[pad-á] (masculine) neuter step; stride; footstep; trace; mark, sign; footing, place, abode, home; station, position, office; dignity, rank; object (of contempt, dispute, etc.); cause, oc casion; foot (also as a measure); quarter verse; word; nominal base before consonant terminations (so-called because treated like a word in external Sandhi); word-reading of the Veda (in which the words are given sepa rately irrespective of the rules of Sandhi): padam kri, set foot on, enter (locative); have a regard for (prati); have to do with (locative): mûrdhni, place one's foot on the head of (genitive) Equivalent toovercome, surpass, hridaye or kitte --, take complete possession of the heart or mind; padam â-tan, gain ground; -dhâ, gain a footing; -ni-dhâ, set foot on=make an im pression on (locative): -padavyâm, set foot on the path of=emulate (genitive); padam ni-bandh= engage in (locative); pade pade, at every step, everywhere, on every occasion.
जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम् ॥