Padhuka Sahasram-107

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

>Swamin:

>

>107. RamE Vanam vrajathi pankthiraThe prasupthE

> rAjyApavAdhachakithE BharathE tadhAnIm

> AshvAsayEth ka iva kOsalavAsinasthAn

> sIthEva chEth thvamapi sAhasavrutthirAsI:

>

>At that moment, when Rama had insisted on staying away in the forest,

>when King Dasaratha had passed away, when Bharata was in the unhappy

>predicament of being detested as a usurper by design, at that time,

>had You been obstinate like Sita, on following Rama, what consolation

>would have been available to the Kosala subjects (suffering in

>separation from Rama)?

>

>Namo Narayana,Adiyen,

>SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN

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

the citizens of AyOdhyA knew no bounds at the time of RaamA's

entry into forest , SitA's refusal to stay behind in AyOdhyA

without RaamA and was compounded by DasarathA's subsequent death

and BharathA's rejection of the Kingdom for fear of blemish

that he coveted the kingdom . Who else except You , Oh PaadhukhE

could have consoled them at that dire moment ? You returned as

the representative of Your Lord from Chithrakootam and gave them

the comfort to bear that unbearable sadness.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam (The inner meaning ):

If PerumAL had not given Swamy NammAzhwAr to Naatha Muni,

how could our AchArya paramparai have come about ? Our Lord

gave BharathA the gift of His own Padhukai at Chithrakootam

just as AadhipirAn would present later Swami NammAzhwAr to

Naatha Muni to preserve and grow the AchArya paramparai.

 

(3) One disaster after other happened from KaikEyi's

insistence that her son BharathA should inherit

the kingdom instead of Sri RaamachandrA , who went

into exile with His beloved wife and dear brother .

BharathA was heart broken and arrived at Chithrakootam

to beg RaamA to accept the throne and return to AyOdhya as

the rightful heir . RaamA turned that request down .

The sorrow of the citizens at that time was unbearable .

Swamy Desikan says here that the most merciful Paadhukhais

decided to give up the Kaimkaryam to its Lord reluctantly

and return to AyOdhyA to console BharathA and

the citizens of AyOdhyA during the immensely sad time of

RaamachandrA's necessary absence from the kingdom ...V.S

 

(4) The equating of Swami NammAzhwAr to Lord's Paadhukhais

and BharathA to Naatha Muni has been made by Swami Desikan

in the second verse of Sri RanganAtha PaadhukhA sahasram :

" BharathAya param namOsthu --Raaghava PaadhukhA PrabhAva: " .

Swami Desikan reminds us about the saamyam (equality ) of

Bharathan to Naatha Muni in the 25th slOkam of the first

chapter of Sankalpa SooryOdhayam .....V.S