Padhuka Sahasram-141

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>Sri:

>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,>

>Translation of Paaduka Sahasram by U.Ve. Sri V.N. Vedanta Desikan

>Swamin:

>

>141. adIshtE pAdukA sA mE yasyA: sAktavAsibhi: !

>anvayavyatirEkAbhyAmanmIyata vaibhavam !!

>

>THAT PAADUKA is my topmost Goddess - whose greatness was

>correctly inferred by the people of Ayodhya in the sense that when

>Paaduka ruled, all in the nation was good and auspicious; and when

>Paaduka was not the ruler, all went amiss.

>

>Namo Narayana,

>SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

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

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(1)The Sixth paddhathi deals with the acceptance

of Paadhukai to take over the rulership of

the Kingdom of Uttara Kosalam .Swamy Desikan

decribes this event in 40 SlOkams in this paddhathi

known as " AdhikAra Parigraha Paddhathi " .AdhikAra

means superintendence or watching over administrative/

religious duties . Parigraha means to accept or

assume. The assumption of duties as the ruler of

AyOdhyA by the Sri Raama Paadhukais is the topic

of this chapter ... V.S

 

(2)Sri UttamUr Swamy's anubhavam:

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Swamy Desikan is celebrated as a lion among

the logicians ( ThArkika simham ) . In this

slOkam, Swamy Desikan uses the rules of logic

known as anvayam (natural order of words in

a sentence) and Vyathirekam (dissimilarities)

to prove the greatness of the Lord's PaadhukAs.

Here Swamy says that the very same PaadhukAs ,

whose glory was inferred through anvaya and

Vyathireka techniques by the citizens of AyOdhyA

are his supreme Goddess.

 

(3)Srimath Andavan's anubhavam:

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When Paadhukais resided in AyOdhyA with

Lord RamachandrA , it was like an uthsavam

at the city. When the Paadhukais left the city

to accompany the Lord , the sufferings of

the people of AyOdhyA were immense. When PaadhukA

returned to AyOdhyA with Bharathan , the joy of

the citizens knew no bounds. Thus the Citizens

of AyOdhyA recognized that the glory of

the Paadhukais was intimately associated with

the prabhAvam of the paadhukais alone .The inner

meaning is that one does unsAsthraic acts

prior to seeking the sacred feet of a sadAchAryan.

After taking refuge at the holy feet of his

SadAchAryan, the ame person shines like a Nithyasoori.

Therefore ,all the glories of the prapannan is solely

due to the grace of the AchAryans .

 

(4) Swamy says " yasyA: Vaibhavam anvaya VyathirEkAbhyAm

anvameeyatha " . The Vaibhavam that arises due to

the presence of Paadhukais is the anvayam . The Vaibhavam

that becomes extinct as a result of the absence of

the Paadhukais is VyathirEkam .The citizns of AyOdhyA

guessed correctly the relationship between the Vaibhavam

or otherwise resulting from the presence or absence of

the Lord's Paadhukais ....V.S

 

 

left AyOdhyA to accompany

the Lord to the jungle ,