Sri Ranganatha PaadhukA Sahasram: SlOkam 138

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

 

138. DasagrIva sthamBhErama dhaLana durdhAntha hrudhayE

vihAra svacchandhyAth visathi RaghusimhE vanabhuvam

svavaathsalya krODIkrutha Bharatha saaBhEvabhavathI

nirAbhAdhAm PaadhAvani na vijahou KosalaguhAm

 

Translation by Sri U.Ve. Vedantha Desikan Swamy:

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Oh PaadhukE ! The lion of RaamA having gone to quell

the elephant (RaavaNA ) , He had presumably assigned

to You the duy of looking after His calf , ( the lion

cub BharathA )and You looked after him safely in

the Kosalaa cave free from any possible danger.

 

Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S):

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:

 

Swamy Desikan compares RaamA to a lion , PaadhukA

to a lioness and BharathA to the lion cub . Swamy

says: " When RaamA , the Lion entered the forest to kill

RaavaNA , You , the lioness out of greart concern for

the well being of Your cub BharathA , returned to

AyOdhyA , the cave of KosalA kingdom. There , You

waited for Your Lord to return after fourteen years

andtook good care of BharathA entrusted to You.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam:

 

When the Lion king leaves for hunt , the Lioness

stays behind in its cave with its little one. She

does not leave the safety of the cave forthe sake

of its cub.

 

(3) The majesty of VeerarAghavan and the tenderness

of the Mother Paadhukai is depicted beautifully here:

The valor of the Lord is described this way:

DasagrIva(RaavaNA's) sthamBhErama (elephant's) daLana

( to tear apart)durdhaantha hrudhayE( resolved

in its mind to accomplish that destruction)

RaghusimhE ( that lion of RaamA ); the tenderness

of the Paadhukais over BharathA's welfare is

described as : " sva vaathsalya krODikrutha

Bharatha SaaBhA " ...V.S