Padhuka Sahasram-117

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

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

>Swamin:

>

>117. RaGhupathi padha padhmAth rathnapITE nivEShTum

> Bharatha shirasi lagnAm prEkshya pAdhavani! thvAm

> pariNatha puruShArtha: poura varga: svayam thE

> viDhim aBhajatha sarvO vandhi vaIthALikAnAm

>

>Oh Paaduka! When You sat on Bharata's head, coming away from Rama's

>feet, the Ayodhya folk felt as if having achieved their ambition and

>assumed, of their own accord, the role of court bards and panegyrists

>to herald Your victory?

>

>Namo Narayana,

>Adiyen,SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

NOTES BY V.SADAGOPAN (V.S)

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

When BharathA carried You on his head and started

his journey back to AyOdhyA to place You on

the gem-studded throne of Kosala dEsam , the citizens of

AyOdhyA accompanied him (BharathA)and participated in all

of the ceremonies.The Citizens were elated to see You

ruling the kingdom as the representative of RaamA

and offered their prayers and praises to You with joy.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The joyous citizens

of AyOdhyA reacted as though they had received all

the four PurushArthams , when BharathA brought You

on his head to AyOdhyA from ChithrakUtam .They woke

You up in the morning with their eulogies.

 

(3) The joyous Poura Vargam ( the assembly of Citizens)

of AyOdhyA is split into two groups:Vandhi: and VaithALikA:

PerumAl is awakened by VaithALikAs with SuprabhAtham

and Vandhi: follow them with their salutatory eulogies.

The exalted status of the PaadhukhAis are thus hinted here.

Later Swami Desikan is going to create a whole Paadhathi

called VaithALika Paddhathi ( the 9th of the 32 Paddhathis)

to awaken the PaadhukhAs through VaithALikAs with ten

slOkams. There , Swami Desikan identified the VaithALikAs

as the Upanishads . These VaithALikAs also announce

the different times of the day and night to remind

the PaadhukhAs of the royal duites associated with those

time slots ...V.S