Sri Ranganatha PaadhukA Sahasram: Slokam: 139

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Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

 

kaikyIvaradhana dhurdina nirAlOkasya lOkasya yath

thrANArtham BharathEna BhavyamanasA SaakEthamAnIyatha

RaamathyAgasahai: asahya viraham RangakshthIndrasya tath

PaadhathrANam ananya tantra phaNithE: aapIDam IdImahi

 

Translation by Sri V.N.Venaktanathan Swamy

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May we praise the PaadhukA of RanganAthA , -which

was brought to AyOdhyA by BharathA of kindly

heart , so as to bring light into the darkness

enshrouding the country as a result of KaikEyi's

demands having been met, -whose separation

can hardly be sustained by the people , even

if they could bear Rama's seperation , and

-which is the head ornam,ent of the Veda damsel.

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):

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(1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Let us offer our

worship to the sacred PaadhukAs of RanganaathA and

sing its glory with noble words. DasarathA's pledge to

KaikEyi resulted in RamA's leaving for the forest

to enable BharathA to become the king of AyOdhyA .

During those sad days following Rama's exit to the forest,

the citizens of AyOdhyA suffered and their days were

without any hope. They despaired day and night. BharathA

removed the despair of the citizens by bringing

Rama PaadhukAs back to AyOdhyA . The citizens, who could

even stand the suffering of separation from RamA could not

accept their separation from their dear PadhukAs .

The citizens with BharathA went to ChithrakUtam and

brought back the PaadhukAs , since they could no longer live

without them. May we salute theis auspicious PaadhukAs of

the Lord of Srirangam !

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: The inner meaning of this

slOkam is: People comprehend Isvaran through the upadEsam

of SadAchAryAs and achieve auspiciousness. The people

suffer , when they have to be separated from their

AchAryAs . May adiyEn receive the anugraham of such

AchAryAs !

 

(3) Swamy Deikan offers his salutations to

the Paadhukais of Sri RanganAtha That are eulogized by

the Upanishads . He points out that these sacred

Paadhukais of the Lord were brought back to AyOdhyA

by the good-minded BharathA ( Bhavya-manasA BharathEna

LOkasya ThrANArtham SaakEtham aanIyatha) for

the protection of the world. Swamy salutes

the Upanishads,which are veda Siras with

an unusual phrase :ananyatantra PhaNithE: AapIDam .

He explains the aapourushEyam ( not composed by

any author )nature of the Vedam (phaNithE:)with

the word , " ananya tanthram " .Upanishads are

the sirOrathnam/and decorative gem (aapIDam) .

What is that sirOrathnam adorning the head of

the VedAs ? Upanishds that salute the Lord's

Paadhukais by adorning them are the

SirObhUshanam .. V.S