Sri PaadhukA sahasram: SlOkam 125

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

 

125. avyAhathAm RaghupathE: vahatha: prathij~nAm

amsAdhirOhaNarasE vihathE dharaNyA:

paadhannivruthya bhavathee MaNipaadharakshE

sparsam padhEna vigatha vyavadhAna khEdham

 

Translation By U.Ve.Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan

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Oh PaadhukE ! You helped RaamA to keep His word

(of going to the forest); but then Mother Earth's

longing to sit on His shoulders --RaamA bearing the duty of

ruling over the Earth--was thereby obstructed ; however

since You returned to AyOdhyA , You granted to Earth ,

the direct contact with the Lord's feet , Your intervention

( between the feet and the Earth being withdrawn).

 

Notes By V.Sadagopan (V.S):

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swami's anubhavam:

 

Oh MaNi PaadhukE ! Bhoomi Devi wanted to have

the physical contact with Her Lord RaamA . That was going

to be possible , when RaamA was about to rest Her on His

shoulder after the planned coronation as the king of KosalA .

When those plans were disrupted and He started on His

journey to the forest , You helped Bhoomi Devi to realize

Her wish. You left RaamA's lotus soft feet to accompany BharathA

and as a result , the Lord's feet came directly in contact

with You (Mother Earth) and gave You the direct physical

contact that You longed for . You thus helped Bhoomi Devi

realize Her wish and united Her with Her Lord.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam:

 

The inner meaning is that the AchAryAs would bear with

all kinds of difficulties to unite the Jeevan with

their Lord . Bhoomi Devi was longing to rest on the

shoulders of Her Lord (RaamA). The boons given to KaikEyi

by DasarathA interfered . Next , Bharathan tried very hard

to get Bhoomi Devi on the shoulder of his brother.That effort

did not succeed either. Oh PaadhukE ! Out of Your DayA ,

You detatched Yourself from the Lord's feet so that

Bhoomi Devi can have her wish fulfilled through direct

sambhandham with Her Lord's feet .

 

(3) RaamA's vow was unalterable ( avyAhathAm prathij~nA).

He abdicated His claim to the throne of KoslA and opted

for the forest . As a result , Bhoomi Devi's desire to rest on

the shoulder of Her Lord( RaghupathE: amsAdhirOhaNam)

did not get fulfilled. Paadhukai returned to AyOdhyA

and as a result did not any longer stand between

the Lord's feet and Bhoomi Devi and thereby facilitated

the direct contact between the Lord's feet and Bhoomi Devi.

Swamy Desikan explains this beautiful thought this way :

" vigatha vyavadhAna khEdham padhEna SPARSAM prAdhAth " ..V.S