Padhuka Sahasram-118

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

>Swamin:

>

>118. ananya rAjanya nidhEshaniShTAm

chakAra pruThvIm chathurarNavAnthAm

BrAthur yiyAsO: Bharathas thaDhA thvAm

mUrdhnA vahan mUrthimathim ivAjnyAm

>

>One could say that You were the will personified, of Rama on

>proceeding to the forest; when Bharata bore You on his head, he could

>rule over the four-ocean-bounded kingdom of the whole earth, under

>Paaduka's sole authority, without any possibility of any other ruler

>dictating to him.

>

>

>Namo Narayana,

>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S):

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

had You, the incarnation of His brother's command as it were ,

on his head and ruled this earth girdled by the four oceans.

His rule carried out Your command and made sure that all

the kings of the earth obeyed Your order of keeping RaamachandrA

as the undisputed king of all kings .

 

(2) Sriamth Andavan's anubhavam :Oh PaadhukhE !When RaamA

went on exile to the forest , BharathA wore You ,

the embodiment of the command of RaamA ,on his head

and ruled all the worlds bordered by the four seas

without any question to RaamA's supermacy as the king of

Kings . The inner meaning is that for those , who have

true devotion to their AchAryAs , the whole universe

will become under their full control .

 

(3) RaamA is Chakravarthi . All the kings understood

that suzeranity and obeyed Him and would not do anything

counter to His Yeka ChakrAdhipathyam . To emphasize

this point , Swamy Desikan uses twice the word " Ananya "

at the very beginning of this slOkam (ananya Raajanya

nidEsa nishtAm ). The choice of word " nidEsa " is also

highly suggestive of the nuances of the command of the Lord .

The obedience to the command of the Paadhukhais was total ,

voluntary and undisputed without any remonstrance .

Swamy Desikan did not use here a harsher sounding word like

" nirdEsam " which also means command . He did not use

the words " aadEsam " or " SandEsam " , which also mean

Command . He used " nidEsam " instead to telling efect to

indicate the total , undisputed acceptance of the soverignity

of Sri RaamachandrA by all vassal kings . In RaamAyaNA of

Sage ValmikI , there is a passage : " BrAthrumaadEsam

aadhAya " in this context.....V.S