Sri Paadhukaa Sahasra SlOkam : 126

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Srimathe RaamAnujAya nama:

 

126. manthrAbhishEka virahAth bhajathA visuddhim

samskAra varjana vasAth abhisamskruthEna

moordhnA ninAya BharathO MaNipaadhukE thvAm

RaamAj~nyaa vinihithAmiva RaajyalakshmIm

 

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

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Oh PaadhukA ! When BharathA held You on his head

and returned to AyOdhyA , he was returning victoriously

with RaajyalakshmI (the kingdom) , so to say. If he had

no ceremonial abolution on the throne with mantrA chanting,

it was because he had purity already ; he was also best

accomplished in make-up without the traditional oil bath

et al. All of this because RaamA placed You on BharathA's

head and You do not require such purifications . You Yourself

purify and it would have been wrong to perform manthrAbhshEkams

for You .

 

Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:

 

RaamA's pledge to His father to spend fourteen years

could not be revoked. BharathA's request to RaamA to

return to AyOdhyA was therefore rejected. The casualty

in this context was the Raajyalakshmi. She accompanied

RaamA to the forest. Thereafter, the whole of AyOdhyA

lost its lustre and auspiciousness. RaamA returned Raajyalakshmi

to AyOdhyA through the return of the PaadhukAs as a gift

to BharathA. They brought the Raajyalakshmi back to AyOdhyA

without the traditional paraphernalia of coronation , such

as the sacred bath in the holy waters and other requird

ceremonies. This was so , because of Your own glory .

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam:

 

It is customary during coronations to have abhishEkam

in the waters from sacred rivers with the recitation of

Vedic manthrAs. Such a ceremony would have been only

for the coronation for the kingdom of DasarathA . For

the Raajyam of Paadhukai presented to BharathA by RaamA,

such ceremonies are not necessary .They only need to stay

on the head of a holy person like BharathA . It is indeed

because of the supreme penance of BharathA that You (Paadhuka)

returned to AyOdhyA . It is well known that Naatha Muni and

Madhura Kavi did such penance to attain the anugraham of

NammAzhwAr.

 

(3) Swamy Desikan compares the Paadhukais that adorned

the head of BharathA at the command of RaamA to Raajyalakshmi

( RaamAj~nyA vinihithAm RaajyalakshmI iva). The head of BharathA

that formed the peetam for the RaajyalakshmI and its (head's)

noble qualifications are saluted as " abhisamskruthEna moordhnA "

or a well prepared or a highly qualified head to have

the honor of bearing that RaajyaLakshmI...V.S