Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA sahasram: SlOkam 134

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SrimathE raamAnujAya nama:

 

134: chanthrEndhumanDalavathi MaNipAdhukE thvam

vyaadhUtha chamara kalaapa saraprasUnaa

sadhYO bhabhUvith samagra vikAsa hEthu:

SaakEthapoura vanithA nayana uthpalAnAm

 

Translation by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedaantha Desikan Swamy

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Oh PadhukA ! On Your entering AyOdhyA , the moon's

circle of light being the umbrella , the oscillating

grass stalks providing informal chaamaraa wafting , the blue

lotus that were the eyes of the city's damsels blossomed.

It was a veritable autumn ot the people of AyOdhyA .

 

Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):

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(1) Sri UttamUr Swamy's anubhavam:

 

Here Swamy Desikan describes how the PaadhukAs

became the cause for the full blossoming of the eyes

of the ladies of AyOdhyA . He says: " Oh PaadhukAs !

when the beautiful eyes of the ladies of AyOdhyA saw

You receiving the royal honors of white umbrella

(mmon-like) spreading over You and the respectful

waving of the white fans , their happiness knew no

bounds.Thier blue eyes blossomed fully.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam:

 

The eyes of the ladies of AyOdhyA were like

karuneythal (blue lotus). The white umbrella

over the PadhulkA was like the moon. The PaadhukA

resembled the cool autumn season. The chamarams looked

like the stalks of the sacred grass as they moved

gently from side to side. When the ladies saw this

beautiful sight , their neelOthpala-eyes blossomed

as though they have seen the autumn moon. The inner

meaning is all mahAns were afraid of kali yugam

and the terrors it contained. In this kali yugam ,

sadAchAryAs like NammAzhwar were born to make

the jn~aNa chakshus of the good people blossom .