Sri PadhukA Sahasra slOkam : 127

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

 

127. rakshArtham asya jagathO MaNipAdharakshE

Raamasya Paadhakamalam samayE thyajanthyA:

kim dhushkaram thava vibhUthi parigrahO vaa

kim vaa vidhEha dhuhithu: krupaNA dasA saa

 

Translation by Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan

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(1) Oh PaadhukA ! Of the two, SitA and Yourself ,

both of whom had to leave RaamA's company at particular

moments , whose was the most unbearable lot--Your enjoying

the rulership or SitA's pitiable plight in the AsokA forest ?

Your's indeed because You had to enjoy , when RaamA was in

tough and tiring times .

 

Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:

 

In an earlier verse , Swamy Desikan extolled the glory

of the PaadhukAs as exceeeding that of SitA Devi. Here

he gives another reason for this assessment. He says:

" Oh Lord's PaadhukE ! It is true that SitA Devi was

separated form Her Lord and wihtered in AsOka Vanam .

She was overcome with matchless grief due to that

seperation .You had to leave RaamA's holy feet and

return with BharathA to AyOdhyA .The grief that You

experienced from the seperation was indeed greater

than that of SitA Devi . You had to conduct

the affairs of the state , look after the welfare of

the people and particpate in many auspicious functions

of the state. It is generally agreed that the requirement

to conduct unavoidable auspicious event in the middle of

a calamity is the worst that could happen to anyone. "

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam:

 

For the sake of protecting the world , SitA and

PaadhukAs had to part with the Lord's lotus feet.

SitA stayed in AsOka vanam with great sorrow.

You ruled over the world with great sorrow while being

seperated from Your Lord's feet . The inner meaning

is that the AchAryAs' sufferings for helping

the Jeevan to gain mOksham are unmatched .

 

(3) Both SitA and PaadhukAs parted with the Lord's

lotus feet for the protection of the universe( lOka

rakshArtham).Swamy Desikan almost lets us decide which was

the harder of the two sufferings . He asks whether

VibhUthi Parigraham ( raajyaparipAlanam) by the Paadhukais

in its time of sorrow was worse than SitA pirAtti's

suffering in isolation at AsOka Vanam . He questions :

" VibhUthi parigrahO Dhushkaram kim " or " VidEha Dhuhithu:

krupaNA dasA dhushkaram kim ? " ....V.S