Padhuka Sahasram-874

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Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:

 

874. AkrAnthavEdhirBhavathI thadhAnImadharshi

mukthAnvithashONarathnA

karagrahArTham BharathEna BhUmyA:

lAjOthkaraIrvahnishiKhEva kIrNA

 

(Oh Paaduka!) You are seated on a pedestal. Your red gems are

reminiscent of fire. The flames are seen in the radiant beams. The

pearls strewn all around look like the fried rice grains poured into

holy fire, in a homa called lajahoma, which is a part of the wedding

that Bharata had with mother Earth, as its ruler, when Rama had left

for the forest.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S)

 

SlOkam 874

 

1. UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Swamy Desikan sees the PadhukAs on

the throne of the Raghus adorned by white pearls and fire red rubies.

BharathA is sitting in front recieving the taxes from the kings of

the realms. An analogy of a wedding scene comes to Swamy Desikan's

mind. He says: " Oh PaadhukE ! When You sat on the throne and ruled

over the kingdom, Your throne looked like the sacrificial pit for

fire (agni kuntam), where Your pearls and rubies took on the roles of

parched rice and the flames of fire. The scene looked like a

wedding, where Bharatha was conducting the marriage ceremony known as

laaja hOmam during which parched rice is thrown by the handful with

manthrams in to the sacrificial fire. BharathA recieving the homage

of the subordinate rulers on behalf of the PaadhukAs is like the

pouring of the parched rice in to the sacrificail fire to consumate

the marriage between the ruler and the ruled (In this analogy ,

pearls are parched rice and the rubies are the tongues of the

fire.The throne on which the PaadhukA sits is the agni kuntam or

sacrificial pit).

 

2. SrImath Andavan's anubhavam:Oh PaadhukE ! The sight of You being

seated by Bharatha on the SimhAsanam of the kings of Raghu and Your

white pearls and red rubies remind one of the scene of Your

suzeranity over the land achieved through the pouring of parched rice

(pearls on You) by Bharathan in to the fire ( Rubies on You) in to an

Agni kuntam (SimhAsanam) .

 

3.Oh PaadhukE ! You are enmeshed with white pearls and red rubies (

Bhavathee mukthAnvitha sONarathnaa). You are seated on a pedestal in

the form of SimhAsanam( aakrantha vEdhi:) that reminds one of the

agni kuntam for pouring Havis. The pearls remind one of the parched

rice thrown in to the fire for solemnizing the marriage with earth

during the time of Your acceptance of Raajya bhAram ( TadhAneem

BharathEna bhoomyA: karagrahArTam laaja uthkarai: keerNaa

vahni-sikhEva adarsee). Karagraham with BhUmi Devi stands for the

reciept of kappam ( samarpaNams from the vassel kings acccepting

PaadhukA's soverignity over them).