Sri ranganatha PaadhukA sahasram : SlOkam --145

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SrimathE raamAnujAya Nama:

 

145: RaamaprayANa janitham vyapaneeya sOkam

rathnAsanE sThithavathi MaNipaadharakshE

PruthvIm nijEna yasasaa vihithOttharIyAm

yEkAthapathra tilakAm bhavathI vithEnE

 

Translation by U.Ve. V.N. Vedantha Desikan :

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Oh PaadhukA ! RaamA's exit had caused great grief

to Earth. You removed it when You sat on the throne.

Your fame was like a lovable garment that covered

Eath's upper regions; Your royal umbrella was like

the auspicious tilakam on Earth's forehead. Thus You

brought joy to Earth.

 

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

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(1) Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: Oh MaNi PaadhukE!

When You sat on the gem-studded throne of Kosala

kings , You removed the sorrow of the citizens of

AyOdhyA . At that time , You wore a silken upper

garment (UttharIyam ) and an umbrella was held

over You to indicate Your undisputed status

as an Emperor.Your fame spread all over this earth.

Prior to that occupancy of the throne by Yourself ,

Mother Earth suffered from the pangs of sorrow over

RaamA's absence form the kingdom .In Her sorrow,

it appeared as though Her upper garment slipped

from Her shoulder and the auspicious vermillion mark

on Her forehead was missing. As You sat on the throne

and Your fame spread far and wide ,Mother Earth regained

Her upper garment , when You wore the silk UttharIyam

and the umbrella over Your head served as Her

auspicious mark on Her forehead (Tilakam).

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam: Oh PadhukE!

You controlled Your grief over seperation from

Your Lord and sat on the throne of Kosalam

and protected the Earth . Your fame served as

the upper garmnet and royal insignia (umbrella)

helped out as the tilakam for the forehead of

the Earth . The innner meaning is that the AchAryALs

control their sorrow over seperation from their Lord

(in Sri Vaikuntam ) and stay on this earth comforting

thier sishyAls and blessing them to enjoy all kinds

of auspiciousness.

 

(3) The Paadhukai controlled the " Raama PrayANa

janitha sOkam " (the sorrow arising from the journey

of RaamA to the forest ). It sat on the gem-studded

throne ( RathnAsanE sThithavathi). By that gesture ,

it removed the sorrow of the Earth ..V.S