Sri Ranganatha PaadhukA sahasram : SlOkam 142

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Srimathe RaamAnujAya nama:

 

142. mOchitha sthira charAn ayathnatha:

KosalAn Janapadhaan upAsmahE

yEshu kaaschana vathsarAn

Dhaivatham dhanuja Vairi PaadhukhA

 

Translation by U.Ve. V.N.VedAntha Desikan Swamy

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We meditate on the Kosala country -wherein all beings ,

animals and plants , all were able to secure salvation ,

with no efforts whatsoever-by reason of the reign of

PaadhukA there for some years.

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan

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(1)Sri UthtamUr Swamy's anubhavam

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Let us meditate upon Kosala dEsA , where the Lord's

PaadhukAs ruled for a few years and attained the status

of the Lord Himself. There, the grace of the PaadhukAs

made it possible for all the animate and inanimate beings

to attain Moksham even without them seeking it.

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam

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The inneer meaning here is that even fools

attain sathgathi through the AchAryA's

pefromance of SaraNAgathi for them.

This slokam is perhaps an explanation by

Swami Desikan to KuratthAzhwAn's question

addressed to PerumAL ; AzhwAn asked how

the Lord in His RaamAvathAram enabled /blessed

even inanimate objects like the blades of grass

to attain auspicious worlds without the benfit of

karma -Bhakthi-Prapatthi Yogams .

 

Swami Desikan describes the deed of

Paadhukais as " ayathnatha: Mochitha sthira

charAn " .The celebrated effortless deed was

that of freeing both sentients and

insentients from samsAric bonds without

these entities undertaking the strenous

efforts associated with the prescribed routes

for such a blessing . Swami Desikan explains

as to how this miracle happened. During the most

difficult time at ChithrakUtam , RaamachandrA asked

His Paadhukai to rule the kingdom in His place

during His exile in the forest .The Paadhukai

was reluctant to accede to the request because of

the concern that it has to come down in rank

and power after the limited time of rulership.

The Paadhukais put a condition for acceptance

(viz)., it asked for the full power of its Lord

during its rulership. RaamachandrA agreed to this

request and as a result , the Paadhukai gave sathgathi

to all insentients like itself .