Sri RanganAtha Paadhukaa sahasram : SlOkam 124

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

 

124. abhyupEtha vinivrutthi saahasA

Devi Rangapathi rathna paadhukE

athyasEtha bhavathee maheeyasA

paaratanthrya vibhavEna Mythileem

 

The translation by U.Ve.Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan Swamy

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Oh PaadhukA Devi! You did a daring job of returning to

AyOdhyA , when RaamA wished it ; thereby You displayed

a greater implicitness of obedience than SitA to

RaamA's words.

 

Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):

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(1)Sri UtthamUr Swamy 's anubhavam: Oh MaNi PaadhukE !

You are even better than SitA in that You obeyed

RaamA immediately and returned to AyOdhyA . SitA argued with

Her Lord , when He asked Her to stay behind in AyOdhyA ,

when He had to depart for the forest . She won the argument

and as a result She accompanied Him to the forest . You

on the contrary submitted to the will of the Lord and agreed to

return to AyOdhyA to comfort BharathA .RaamA walked back

with You for considerable distance at ChithrakUtam to see

You off out of His regard for You.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PaadhukA Devi ! when

RaamA suggested to SitA that She stay behind during His

Vana Vaasam (exile in the forest) , SitA protested and

spoke some harsh words and refused to stay behind .She

joined the Lord in His exile . Your Lord ordered You to return

to AyOdhyA with BharathA and You obeyed that command

instantly . In this matter Your obedience to the Lord's

command is superior to that of SitA Devi .The inner meaning is

that SitA Devi is very obedient to Her Lord; the AchAryAs

are even more obedient .When some one transcends the commands

of the Lord laid out in His Saasthrams , the Lord punishes

them . The AchAryAs bear with the apachArams of the jeevans and

struggle hard to set them right . AchAryALs will even

abandon their Lord to save the erring jeevans. SitA PirAtti

went to LankA with her husband to protect the world

from the terror caused by RaavaNA .That is why She

disobeyed Her Lord.

 

(3) Here Swamy Desikan addresses the Paadhukais as

" Devi " here since he will be comparing the reaction

of PaadhukA Devi with that of SitA Devi to their Lord's

command . The obedience ( Paaratanthryam ) to their

Lord's command is compared here and Swamy Desikan

declares in the matter of obeying the Lord's command,

whether it was right or wrong , PaadhukA Devi won

and therfore She is superior to SitA pirAtti . Swamy salutes

the paadhukai's act of leaving RaamA's feet as " Saahasam "

or the accomplishmnet of an Imposisble task ...V.S