Sri Ranganatha PaadhukA Sahasram: SlOKam -149

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

(149)maanyE RaghUdhvaha padhE MaNipAdhukE thvAm

vinyasya vigrahavathIm iva rAjyalakshmIm I

aalOlam akshavalayee BharathO jaDAvAn

aalamBhya chAmaram ananyamanA: sishivE II

 

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

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Oh PaadhukA ! After placing on the respectable

throne of RaamA , You , a virtual incarnation

of Raajya LakshmI , BharathA performed fan service

at Your presence; he had a rosary of beads, his

head had matted hair; he wandered hither and

thither and wafted the chaamarams in Your favor,

doing all in a single-minded , concentrated

devotion .

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan(V.S)

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(1)Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:

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Oh PaadhukA ! BharathA with his matted hair

and with a japa-maalA on his neck was Your

principal servant in Your fan service.

He placed You on the throne, where You glowed

like Raajya LakshmI . He offered his fan service

then with an uninterrupted mind. He did PaadhukA

japam while meditaing on Your glory during

such occasions.

 

(2)Srimath Andavan's anubhavam:

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Oh PaadhukE ! You looked like the embodiment

of Raajya Lakshmi , when BharathA placed You

on the throne intended for RaamA and offered

fan service for you with great reverence.

 

(3) Elsewhere Swamy Desikan has saluted RaamA as

" RaamO VigrahavAn dharma: " ( RaamA as the embodiment

of Dharmam ); here he salutes the PaadhukA as

" VigrahavathIm iva Raajya LakshmIm " ( PaadhukA,

which was like the embodiment of Raajya LakshmI).

Sri RaamA was reputed for HIs expertise

in Raaja Dharmam. PaadhukA was the Raaja dharma

LakshmI. Where does the PaadhukA sit ? It has been

placed with reverence by Bharathan on the

most worshipful throne of Raghu Kulam that

was about to be occupied by Sri RaamachandrA

(MaanyE RaghUdhvaha padahm ). The fan (chAmaram )

is moving (aalOlam ); BharathA's mind however

is steady ( ananya mana:) with dhyAnam on

the glories of the PaadhukA ... V.S