Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA sahasram: SlOkam -150

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(150) prApthE dhivam DasaraThE BharathE vilakshE

paryAkulEshu bhrusam utthara kOsalEshu I

thvam chEth upEkshithavathee ka iva abhavishyath

gOpAyithum Guha sakhasya VibhO; padham tath II

 

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

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Oh PaadhukA! King DasarathA had expired. BharathA

was disinclined to accept the rulership.;the people of

Utthara Kosalam were much disturbed ; in that situation ,

if You too had refused , who could have come to rule

and rescue the royal position and possessions ?

 

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

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(1)Sri UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam:

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When BharathA was engaged in offering the fan

service , the citizens of AyOdhyA sang the praise

of the Raama PaadukAs. The citizens sang: " Mighty

indeed is Your glory ! When DasarathA ascended to

heaven ,BharathA was ashamed to ascend the throne

and Raama refused to return to AyOdhyA as per

the request of BharathA . What would have happened

if You had insisted on staying with RaamA ,

the friend of GuhA , the hunter king , to protect

Your Lord's feet during His wanderings in the forest?

Who would have come forward to offer protection

for us, who were orphaned ?

 

(2) Srimath Andavan's anubhavam:

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At the time of King DasarathA's death ,

there was a vacuum in the kingdom due

to RaamA's absence and the rejection of

that kingdom by BharathA . The citizens

suffered immensely from that situation.

At that time, Oh PaadhukA , If You had not

accepted the rulership as a representative of

RaamA , what would have been our fate?

The inner meaning is that the Lokam will

not be at peace , when there are no SadAchAryAs .

 

(3) The mental state of BharathA at the time

of his Father's passing away as a result of

the exile of RaamA in the forest is described

by Swami Desikan as " vilakshE " or a state of

shame over what had happened as a result of his

mother's cruelty. The collective state of mind of

the citizens of Utthara KOsalam is described by

SWamy Desikan as " bhrusam ParyAkulam " or extremely

agitated state and confusion born out of fear

about the future . PaadhukA stepped in at this time

and saved the day by accepting rulership as

a representative of RaamA..V.S