Padhuka Sahasram-102

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan

>Swamin:

>

>102. rAjyam vihAya raGhuvamshamahIpathinAm

> poUrAmscha pAdharasikAn pruthivIm cha rakthAm

> thvAmEva hantha charaNAvani! samprayAsyan

> Alambhatha praThamamuttharakOsalEndhra:

>

>Oh Paaduka! When the Prince of Kosala had to leave the country,

>abdicating the Raghu-kingdom he inherited, the loving subjects

>and the land that lovingly longed for his reign, He however, took

>You as the first companion in forest.

>

>Namo Narayana,

>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN:(V.S)

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(1)There has been a request to break the sandhis of

the PaadhukhA sahasram slOkams of Swami Desikan

by a devout Bhakthai .I suspect that wish may be

widely prevalent to enjoy the SlOkams .Hence from now on

adiyEn will provide the splititng of the complex words:

 

raajyam vihAya Raghuvamsa mahIpathInAm

pourAmsccha paadha rasikAn pruthvIm cha rakthAm

thvaamEva hantha charaNAvani samprayAsyan

aalamBatha prathamam utthara kOsalEndhra:

 

(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam : Oh PaadhukhE !

Back in AyOdhyA , at the time of giving up

His Kingdom including the people of AyOdhyA

and His other property , RaamA accepted You

as His capable help to overcome the distresses

that stretched ahead of Him during the next

fourteen years in exile .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam : In the previous slOkam ,

Swami Desikan rferred to the practise of parasthAnam ,

which is valid for all objects except the Paadhukai .

Lord raamachandrA left behind His kingdom , its

dear citizens and every other property except His

Padhukhai during the occasion of leaving AyOdhyA .

Therefore , it is clear that the Paadhukhais are

the dearest possession of RaamA .

 

The inner meaning is that the Lord in His Parama-

Padham cares deeply about the Jeevans and their

sufferings . To remove their distresses , He descends

on the earth in Vibhava and ArchA Vaibhavams . He

leaves behind the nithya sooris in Sri Vaikuntam

and arrives at the Prakruthi maNdalam . He does

not leave the AchAryAs behind .He brings them

with Him .He will leave anything and everything

but not the beloved AchAryAs. He will also not

come close to those , who seek refuge at the blessed

feet of His AchAryAs.

 

(3) Swami addresses the Paadhukhai and states: Oh Uttara-

KosalEndra CharaNAvani ! thvAm prathamam aalamBatha

( The King of the Northern Kosala dEsam , Raaman ,

wore You on His feet first before leaving for the forest ).

Prior to wearing the paadhukai that provides rakshA

for His lotus feet , what did He do ? What did he leave

behind in favor of the paadhukhais ? He left Raajyam ,

paadha rasikAn pourAn ( the citizens of AyOdhyA attached

to His sacred feet ) and rakthAm PruthvIm cha ( also

the desirous land /Bhoomi) . He took the Paadhukhais ,

His Devi and His brother , Lakshmanan , the BhagavathOtthamA

known as the embodiment of kaimkarya Sri...V.S