The PaadhukA Sahasram : SlOkam 130

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

 

130: aasA: prsAdhiyuthum ambha tadhA bhavathyAm

dhaivAth akANDa saradheeva samuthtithAyAm

sthOkAvasEsha salilAs sahasA bhabhUvu:

SaakEtha youvatha vilOchana vaarivAhA:

 

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

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Oh maNi PaadhukE ! Your return to AyOdhyA was like

an untimely advent of autumn , fortunately coming off

to please the young damsels of the city of AyOdhyA

(though suffering grief over RaamA's exit)as evident

in their eyes not having anymore than a tiny tear drop.

As autumn brightens up the various directions , it will

leave a few clouds and a little moisture behind.

 

Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):

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

arrived in AyOdhyA with BharathA , the women of that city

shed much less tears compared to the time , when RaamA

left for the forest.Even now , they could not stop shedding

tears altogether, since Your Lord was still away from them.

Your return to AyOdhyA however brought joy to their hearts

and they consoled themselves and shook off the oppressive

despair that had them in its grip. All the days until Your

arrival as the representative of RaamA were like dark , rainy

days for them. The days after Your arrival made them feel

that they were enjoying autumn days, when the earth is

full of wealth everywhere.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: When RaamA left for

the 14 year exile , the women folk of AyOdhyA cried

their heart out. When their Lord's Padhukai returned

to AyOdhyA as their Lord's representative , they stopped

their heavy crying. You appeared to them like the appearnace

of Iypaasi month in AavaNi . The inner meaning of this slOkam

is that the sishyan , who has been blessd with a sadAchAryan

has more or less no regrets ; the only small regret that

he has not arrived at parama Padham .

 

(3) Swamy Desikan addresses the Paadhukais as " Ambha " here ,

since the mother alone can understand the deep feelings (sorrows)

of their daughters and can console them effectively .

Here Swamy Desikan compares the tear laden eyes of

the sorrowing young women of AyOdhyA as the dense water-laden

clouds of the rainy season ( iyppasi month) . The sudden arirval of

the Paadhukais at AyOdhyA seemed to the young women of the City

that they were enjoying an out of season autumn ( AavaNi month )

in the middle of the intense rainy season .The autumn season

unlike the rainy season is known for bright skies with clouds

that occasionally sprinkle a few drops of rain ....V.S